Word: tsunamis
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...them died-killed, said government officials, by other criminals. (Human-rights groups claimed the killings were carried out by Thai security forces.) The campaign was welcomed by ordinary Thais fed up with the prevalence of drugs in their society. Then Thaksin won high marks for his leadership after the tsunami of Dec. 26, 2004, and for Thailand's efforts to control bird flu. Many Thais appreciate his style. "He's the only Prime Minister who goes to the slums to meet the people," says Thamniap Lekchai, a Bangkok taxi driver...
...days with the dead. The walls are hung with faded photographs: her husband, shot and burned in his fishing boat by the Sri Lankan navy; her two nephews, Tamil Tiger guerrillas killed in battle; and 17 relatives, including 13-year-old daughter May Linda, washed away by the tsunami. As Sri Lanka once more flirts with civil war, Rosa expects she will soon be adding one more picture to her gallery of ghosts: her 23-year-old son, Anthony. He joined the Tigers five years ago and she hasn't seen him since. "I remember golden days here when...
...fell first to the Sri Lankan army. Then in 1996 the Tigers took it back, wiping out a garrison of 1,200 government troops and losing 800 of their own in a single day. After the two sides stopped fighting, Mullaitivu enjoyed three years of peace. Then came the tsunami of Dec. 26, 2004, which killed 3,323 people in the village...
...developing world, not for anything he has done to shake the rich half of Europe out of its slumber. Two years ago, at the Time Board of Economists in Davos, Moisés Naím, editor of Foreign Policy magazine in Washington, said that Europe "has a tsunami coming its way" in the shape of competition from Asian and U.S. rivals. Yet as old manufacturing industrial areas are hollowed out - think of northern Italy - there is still no sign of urgency among the European élite about how they might respond to the new world. There was more...
...volunteer should have been TIME's choice. Bono and the Gateses have the resources to do great things for the world, and they should be obliged to. There were, however, many people who left the comfort of their homes to help rebuild houses in tsunami-stricken countries. Generous people welcomed Katrina victims into their homes, and some individuals who were struggling financially managed somehow to donate money. Although Bono and the Gateses have done great things, people who help others out of the kindness of their heart are even more significant. Margarita V. Vanegas Seattle...