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Later, Taraki will boast that his coup took both superpowers by surprise. The Americans certainly were: it's rumored, though never confirmed, that the coaches of our Little League game that afternoon were CIA agents who missed the biggest news from their patch for years. All summer, my father cycles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Middle East: A Time to Remember | 2/22/2010 | See Source »

You have to hand it the folks at China's Foreign Ministry. As well as anyone on the planet, they have learned over the years how to craft sentences that reach the summit of diplomatic obfuscation. So it was on Feb. 6, when the Foreign Minister representing this century's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China's Iran Dilemma | 2/22/2010 | See Source »

Until recently, SWIFT had its data servers on U.S. soil, giving American authorities the jurisdiction they needed to access them. But at the end last year, the servers covering European wire transfers were moved to Switzerland and the Netherlands, forcing the U.S. to seek European consent to continue sifting through...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Protecting Europe's Bank Data: U.S. Access Denied | 2/21/2010 | See Source »

But while the spots boast of victories and progress, a rising chorus of voices across Mexico is complaining that the military approach to Mexico's crime problem is not bearing fruit. Leftists and human-rights groups have slammed the central role of the army and paramilitary police since President Felipe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Mexico's Drug War May Become Its Iraq | 2/21/2010 | See Source »

Usually, when you witness a bit of sports history, euphoria sweeps through the building. But when short-track speedskater Apolo Ohno finished third in the 1,000 meter event on Saturday night, giving him seven career Olympic medals, the most-ever by an American Winter Olympian, you couldn't help...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Ohno the Greatest Winter Olympian of All Time? | 2/21/2010 | See Source »

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