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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Several weeks ago, Mexican police in Ciudad Juarez had some unexpected visitors—or at least parts of them. In a cooler left by a station near Ascension, the police discovered the heads of four men between the ages of 25 and 35. Officers reported some difficulty in identifying...

Author: By Sabrina G. Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Mexico's Newest Luxury Item | 1/4/2009 | See Source »

The euro's 10th anniversary will see the euro zone take on a 16th member, Slovakia. Eight other central and East European countries have set the goal of joining within the next six years, including Poland, whose political establishment dropped its longtime opposition after a recent run on the Polish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is the Euro the New Dollar? | 1/1/2009 | See Source »

In a move as brazen as it was unexpected, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich - accused of trying to swap President Elect Barack Obama's vacant senate seat for a high-paying Administration job or other favors - named former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris as Obama's replacement. As a former State...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Roland Burris | 12/31/2008 | See Source »

That peculiarly British reticence may be one reason that an unexpected spiritual awakening among London's high society has gone unnoticed in recent years. Long considered an aggressively secular city, London has quietly become one of Britain's most Christian areas, going from the least observant region in Britain in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Finding Jesus in London | 12/21/2008 | See Source »

In other Carrey movies, the star needed magical or divine intervention to change his ways: a boy's wish that his dad will tell the truth for 24 hours in Liar Liar and, in Bruce Almighty, God's command that he try being omnipotent in order to learn how tough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Yes Man and Seven Pounds: Santas for Hard Times | 12/18/2008 | See Source »

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