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...them at the gates of a Gardez hospital; others were out back, tinkering with a rusty generator. But the two soldiers bolted. By the weekend, U.S. forces were fighting al-Qaeda suspects near Gardez in the fiercest battle in months. One American was reported dead. Civilian casualties were unknown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Bad Information Kills People | 3/11/2002 | See Source »

...toxic phosphor dust. Lead and barium from the crushed components seep into the riverbank. Toner cartridges are cracked open for their carbon-black dust. Used in industrial processing, the material "is a great seller," says one worker, "more than 10 per cartridge." But its effects when inhaled are unknown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Garbage In, Garbage Out | 3/11/2002 | See Source »

...Pakistani was wanted in Egypt." So where did Havis go? One clue: the 25-year-old was wanted by the U.S. for a possible connection to the shoe bomber, Richard Reid. Intelligence sources in Jakarta say Havis was bundled onto a CIA Gulfstream G-5 executive jet for an unknown destination. As is its usual practice, the CIA refused to comment about the case, though a senior intelligence official in Washington did say Havis is in custody in a "foreign country." Another Washington official describes this kind of mission as a routine part of the CIA's work: "The agency...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Plausible Deniability | 3/11/2002 | See Source »

Berezovsky's accusations centered on an incident that took place soon after the worst bombings. Local residents in the city of Ryazan, south of Moscow, reported suspicious behavior to the police, who discovered a large quantity of an unknown powder. The FSB later claimed that they had been conducting an exercise, and that the powder was sugar, yet an explosives specialist from the city was quoted as saying that it was in fact hexogen, the substance that had wrought such horrible damage in Moscow and Volgodonsk. If the bombing was done by the FSB, Berezovsky said, Putin must have known...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Explosive Allegations | 3/11/2002 | See Source »

...photographs are taken in collaboration with nature. They are night-scapes where purely natural light punctuates the rich blacks of the night’s darkness. The stunning patterns of burning points of light, resembling unknown constellations or neural impulses, are radiant emanations generated solely by fireflies...

Author: By Sarah R. Lehrer–graiwer, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Old Favorites and New Pioneers: New York Art | 3/8/2002 | See Source »

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