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...them deaf and mute, may have been sexually abused. The government has promised to let Pestana take a broom to Casa Pia. Doing so would help Prime Minister José Manuel Dur?o Barroso, whose Social Democratic Party ousted the Socialists in March last year, make good on his vow to bring life and honor back into Portugal's public institutions. The Casa Pia scandal should give him plenty of ideas about where to begin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Better Late than Never | 5/28/2003 | See Source »

...been affected, but our future will continue brightly." To show just how serious Shanghai is about keeping the virus at bay, the municipal government earlier this month mandated a limited quarantine on anyone coming from a SARS-infected area?a policy that runs counter to Premier Wen Jiabao's vow last month not to implement any extreme quarantine measures. But Shanghai's quarantine policy has not been rigorously enforced, as dozens of visitors from Beijing and Hong Kong continue to disperse into the city without a trace. Still, locals seem to think that Shanghai can beat the bug. "Shanghai...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Case Study | 5/19/2003 | See Source »

...brokered last December by the Geneva-based Henry Dunant Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, GAM agreed to abandon its 26-year armed struggle and accept autonomy as a starting point for negotiations. But GAM's leaders - possibly emboldened by East Timor's successful breakaway from Jakarta in 1999 - continue to vow that Aceh will one day be a sovereign entity. What's more, they have yet to begin disarming...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Losing the Peace | 5/12/2003 | See Source »

...Screaming children will give you a headache and make you vow never to procreate...

Author: By A.a. Showalter, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Picnic in the Woods (of Harvard) | 4/17/2003 | See Source »

...when the Shiites were betrayed by the U.S. - the mass influx of SCIRI fighters from Iran during the 1991 uprising had been one reason the first Bush administration refrained from backing the rebellion. This time around, SCIRI officials make no secret of their skepticism of the U.S. intentions and vow to take up arms against American forces if they remain in Iraq after deposing Saddam...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What a Shiite Stabbing Says About Post-Saddam Perils | 4/10/2003 | See Source »

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