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...characterize Putin, the savior of Russia, as "Tsar of the New Russia"? He has done much to develop Russia's economy and its ties with other countries; he has brought about widespread stability. Tsars were lazy, useless, upper-class leaders who dictated to everyone. Putin has instead proved diligent and well loved by many Russians. Victor Looi Yi En, SINGAPORE...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Leading Russia into the Future | 1/16/2008 | See Source »

...enjoy the tingle of fear? I think I found fear a very stimulating factor. I'm sure the feeling of fear, as long as you can take advantage of it and not be rendered useless by it, can make you extend yourself beyond what you would regard as your capacity. If you're afraid, the blood seems to flow freely through the veins and you really do feel a sense of stimulation. If you can summon up your determination and motivation to overcome the fear, you seem to have more energy to tackle the problem and overcome...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Interview with the Last Adventurer | 1/12/2008 | See Source »

...solution to the ongoing debate, but Bhutto's husband Asif Ali Zadari declined one at the time of her death, explaining at a news conference on Sunday that, "It was an insult to my wife, an insult to the mother of the nation. I know their forensic reports are useless. I refuse to give them her last remains." The government has since offered to exhume the body, which was buried Friday, in order to perform a post-mortem - but it may be a case of too little, too late. Doing so now only risks inflaming tensions. Islamic traditions hold that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Missing Evidence from Bhutto's Murder | 12/31/2007 | See Source »

...This situation actually happens all the time, and it’s not just fly-by-night retailers going out of business; in the past year Major League Baseball and the Google Video Store have both discontinued their proprietary DRM video services, leaving paying customers high-and-dry with useless video files. Consumers rejected a move several years ago to include DRM on music CDs; will we accept these restrictions on our entire library of books...

Author: By G. parker Higgins | Title: When Judging Amazon’s Kindle, DRM Is Crucial | 12/14/2007 | See Source »

...quite yet his savior. Flush with revenues from record-high oil prices, the Libyan leader is rebuilding his military virtually from scratch, since decades-long Western sanctions banned him from purchasing arms and replacing broken equipment. "Libya's military inventories during the embargoes degraded to the point of being useless," says Matthew Smith, economics analyst for Jane's, the London-based defense research group. The organization this week estimates Libya's military spending was about $620 million last year - small change for the gargantuan defense industry. And since Libya has few military factories, Gaddafi is also unlikely to demand "offsets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: French Defense Execs Woo Gaddafi | 12/14/2007 | See Source »

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