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...Department in Pavia, Italy, a young engineer dons a firefighter's uniform that has been in testing for six months. The first prototype of the Proetex project, the ordinary-looking navy blue jacket and pants contain high-tech fabrics that can keep track of a firefighter's vital signs, warn him if the fire is too hot up ahead, provide GPS readings of his position and alert the command center if he has passed out. The Eucentre engineer walks across the room, and the computer screen reacts. The interface reads MOVING...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Smarter Clothes | 7/3/2008 | See Source »

...Staff, he advised Prime Minister Indira Gandhi to wait rather than intervene after a declaration of martial law in East Pakistan threatened to destabilize the region. He organized a coordinated army, air force and navy offensive that began on Dec. 3, 1971, and repeatedly went on the radio to warn the West Pakistani troops that they were surrounded. Overwhelmed, their commander surrendered within two weeks. The subsequent Simla Accords eventually led to the creation of Pakistan and Bangladesh. Shortly before he retired in January 1973, Manekshaw became field marshal of the Indian army, one of only two people ever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sam Manekshaw | 7/3/2008 | See Source »

...that's true, why do so many political leaders continue to warn about the threat - or even the likelihood - of another major terrorist attack? Why did the U.S. National Intelligence Estimate say al-Qaeda "has protected or regenerated key elements of homeland attack capability"? Why would the head of Britain's domestic intelligence service, MI5, say there were 2,000 citizens and other U.K. residents who posed a serious threat to security, a number of whom took direction from al-Qaeda? The struggle against al‑Qaeda - and, to a lesser extent, the quest to capture bin Laden - has dominated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Does Osama bin Laden Still Matter? | 7/2/2008 | See Source »

...that is exactly the kind of talk that concerns Tancredo, who has announced that he will be leaving Congress after this term to try to clamp down on illegal immigration at the state and local level. He plans to continue to warn McCain, raising the dark specter of Republicans failing to show up at the polls in November. "It's awfully shaky," Tancredo says of the Republican base. "That's why I think it is disastrous to do something that gets into the 'comprehensive' approach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: McCain's Delicate Immigration Dance | 6/30/2008 | See Source »

...force on June 15, four months after the former Serbian province declared its independence. But Kosovo's path to autonomous statehood remains rocky. While some 40 countries have recognized Kosovo's secession, Serbia and ally Russia oppose its sovereignty, which they view as a violation of international law. Observers warn that the charter could also inflame simmering tensions between Kosovo's ethnic Albanian majority and its resident Serbs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World | 6/19/2008 | See Source »

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