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...there is little they can do about these radical groups. Not only are the PKK and PEJAK hardened guerilla fighters in formidable terrain, but the Iraqi Kurds' own security forces are stretched pretty thin keeping their territory safe from Arab terrorists in the rest of the country. That threat is as real as ever. The official death toll from last week's suicide attacks against several towns near Iraqi Kurdistan has risen to over 400 and continues to climb...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why is Iran Shelling Iraq? | 8/20/2007 | See Source »

...reality is that it's a daily occurrence - not weekly, not monthly - for local nationals," says a Kabul-based businesswoman who asks to remain anonymous due to security fears. "Everyone who works in this town will have it happen one way or another, be it a kidnapping, a threat of kidnapping or a holdup," she adds, saying that in the past month there have been two kidnappings on her street, despite a police presence. "Security in this town is a joke. The Taliban are talked about incessantly, but no one talks about this stuff - this is the real reason Afghanistan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Kidnappers of Kabul | 8/18/2007 | See Source »

...ozone layer, for example, Lindner might suggest they give a presentation to students at a local school on the importance of wearing sunscreen. Or she proposes that they start a drive at the school to send sunscreen to children in Australia, where the shifting ozone poses a particularly grave threat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Despair Over the Polar Bear | 8/17/2007 | See Source »

...biggest threat, though, is a crash in the property or stock market. When U.S. property and media tycoon Sam Zell visited India in April, he told local real estate executives that they were "on the brink of excess" and that the boom could end in a bust. Real estate stocks plunged as much as 50% in a general market sell-off last spring, while property prices have fallen 20% or so in some areas in the past six months. Both the government and the Reserve Bank of India are trying to cool the real estate sector without crashing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Building a Dream | 8/17/2007 | See Source »

With supporters of the ousted Fretilin party rampaging through the streets, setting homes ablaze and attacking U.N. vehicles, the most urgent priority for East Timor's new government is restoring stability. Yet while the authorities focus on the Fretilin violence, another potential threat continues to lurk in the country's central mountains...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Man on the Run | 8/17/2007 | See Source »

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