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...Salmaan Taseer, the governor of Punjab who took control of the province last week, says a search operation is underway. "It was a similar type of attack to Mumbai," he tells TIME. "They were well armed and well trained. They had rocket launchers, grenades and Kalashnikovs. They were also well trained in the use of explosives. The police have discovered a vehicle that was used by the gunmen that was packed with explosives. The engine was running with the key in. If anyone turned off the car, it would have blown up. We are not afraid - the people of Lahore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Attack on Sri Lankan Cricket Team: Echoes of Mumbai? | 3/3/2009 | See Source »

Investigations are underway, with the prime minister revealing on the floor of the parliament that she has approached the U.S. government as well as the United Nations for assistance. The stakes are high in the search for those responsibile for the mutiny and their real motives. Sheikh Hasina's government was elected into office two months ago following two years of rule by an army-backed caretaker government, one that surprised many political observers by voluntarily relinquishing power. The army got good marks for the electoral transition and has been praised for suppressing the mutiny. But in everyone's mind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: After the Mutiny, Questions About Bangladesh's Army | 3/2/2009 | See Source »

Last month, as the 133rd annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show got underway in New York, sheriffs were raiding a puppy mill in Sparta, Tenn. The emaciated dogs that sheriffs hauled from cramped wire cages could not have looked more different than the pampered pooches atop pedestals in Madison Square Garden. But they hinted at a common ailment: the commodification of our nation’s dogs...

Author: By Lewis E. Bollard | Title: The Dog Delusion | 2/24/2009 | See Source »

...only one planet to protect. Scientists have informed us of the imminent dangers of global warming, and we have the tools at hand to combat it. All that is needed now is a concerted, united effort to effect change. Those who deny the geological deterioration that is likely already underway are both foolish and disrespectful to future generations of our species and others. If preserving life on Earth as we know it is not reason enough to pay higher taxes, take public transportation, and err on the side of caution, I cannot imagine what else...

Author: By Sabrina G. Lee | Title: Global Warning | 2/20/2009 | See Source »

...school is also attracting people leaving the Bush administration, including Meghan L. O’Sullivan, a former deputy national security adviser, and R. Nicholas Burns, former undersecretary of state for political affairs. Polk suggested the Kennedy School’s administration accelerate the searches that are currently underway for high-level faculty positions. “The student body would have liked it if the administration had worked to bring in some rock star professors to replace the rock star professors that have left,” he said. —Staff writer Niha S. Jain...

Author: By Niha S Jain, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Students Upset As Professors Depart | 2/20/2009 | See Source »

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