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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...wants to be a member. As long as it acts like this it will be impossible to move forward with accession." Turkish officials, who point out that they too are struggling to cope with huge flows of immigrants, deny a lack of cooperation and say Greece is trying to unburden itself of immigrants who may have never touched Turkish soil in the first place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Greece's Immigrant Odyssey | 11/20/2008 | See Source »

...peaceful exterior hides a deepening disquiet. The Omar al-Mukhtar is a Sunni mosque, and these days, many of al-Nasseri's flock stop by his office after their daily prayers to unburden their anxieties--about the lack of jobs, the growing violence and, mostly, Iraq's political future. "Most of the conversations are about the elections," he says. "People want to know what they should do. Should they vote? Will it make any difference if they do? And who should they vote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: As for That Other Election | 11/8/2004 | See Source »

...behest of prison official Shoji Nango (played by wizened screen icon Tsutomu Yamazaki). Nango wants Mikami's help in a private investigation commissioned by an enigmatic client. Their mission: to clear a convicted murderer slated to hang in three months. It is a chance for both men to unburden themselves of their guilt?Mikami for the bar killing, Nango for taking part in prison executions?and the investigation increasingly turns into a journey of atonement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Guilt Trippers | 2/24/2003 | See Source »

...record had him intermittently in Toledo, Ohio, and the Bronx). As many as 2,000 people at a time have come to hear him speak. They have gathered out in the fields to pray through the night. They have stopped him on the street to talk one on one, unburden themselves of problems and ask for his prayers. They have called in to a local cable talk show that put him on the air four times in two months...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Appalachian Apostle | 2/14/2000 | See Source »

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