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Among the foreign and Arab dignitaries attending Suleiman's election in the Lebanese parliament was Walid Muallem, Syria's foreign minister. It was the first official visit to Beirut by a senior Syrian official since 2005, signaling the possibility of a rapprochement between Damascus and the new government in Beirut...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New Man for Lebanon's Old Puzzle | 5/26/2008 | See Source »

...recent measles clusters in the U.S. began in 2008 when the child of a family on a visit Europe contracted the virus there and carried it back to the U.S. The child's mother, who selectively vaccinates her children, spoke to TIME on condition of anonymity, fearing a backlash from her community. She asked that her name and her region not be identified. We will call her Jane...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How My Son Spread the Measles | 5/25/2008 | See Source »

...Maliki's visit Thursday to Najaf, where he met with Sistani, seemed to be acknowledgment of just that change in status, one that the Ayatollah did not appear to shrink from. "Sistani emphasized that everything should be done to get back total sovereignty on all levels," said Sheik Abdul Mehdi al-Karbala'e, who summed up Sistani's meeting with Maliki in a speech to Shi'ite follower attending Friday prayers in Karbala...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Return of Iraq's Ayatollah | 5/25/2008 | See Source »

...Baghdad in the last two months. With Sadr on the outs, Sistani rises again as a kind of godfather figure whose silence can be interpreted as tacit support, particularly when leaders such as Maliki are seen as consulting him. Sistani maintained his usual silence as Crocker wrapped up his visit to Najaf Saturday. But there is little doubt about the renewed strength of his hand in Iraq...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Return of Iraq's Ayatollah | 5/25/2008 | See Source »

...Capa and author John Steinbeck had journeyed to the U.S.S.R. on a lengthy magazine assignment about the Soviet Union. At the close of their visit, the state-security police insisted on developing - and examining - Capa's film. He refused. But what to do? No acquiescence, no pictures. "Okay," Capa said finally, "but on one condition: that my friend Yevgeny Khaldei do the developing. He's the only one I'll trust." Khaldei happily complied, under watchful state-security eyes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Remembering a Red Flag Day | 5/23/2008 | See Source »

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