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...Prices for the two-hour excursion start from $110, and the payoff is breathtaking: flying at speeds of up to 50 km/h, with wing spans as wide as 2.4 m, the eagles skim the water and make their kills with astonishing precision before gliding back to the towering treetops or mountains behind. What's more, all this takes place just an hour's drive from Vancouver. Even if you're the kind of stay-a-bed who never gets going before breakfast, it's worth the early start to see the eagles enjoy theirs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Early Birds | 9/28/2006 | See Source »

...them stick out in their parties. Blackwell is the controversial Ohio Secretary of State, whom many Democrats blame for problems some voters had, such as long lines at polling places, on Election Day in 2004. He's one of the major figures in the rise of the conservative, evangelical wing of the Ohio Republican Party and won a difficult primary over a more moderate opponent. And he's one of the few African-American Republicans running statewide in the country. Democrats are often unfairly described as a party that doesn't appeal to religious voters, as African Americans attend church...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2006: The Battle for Ohio, Round Two | 9/26/2006 | See Source »

...expected more from their elected leaders. But according to Gyurcsány's supporters, there's a more partisan root to the clashes as the country heads toward nationwide municipal elections on Oct. 1. In the aftermath of the demonstrations, police determined that a small coterie of right-wing football hooligans was responsible for the attacks and vandalism that caused close to €1 million in damage. Budapest Mayor Gabor Demszky says that the true nature of the violence was revealed on Monday night when rioters laying siege to the state TV building presented police with demands they wanted aired...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Lies Beneath | 9/24/2006 | See Source »

...accusations that police reprisals were responsible for many casualties. Not surprisingly, the mayhem has become a hot issue in elections scheduled for Oct. 1, when Brazilians vote for their President as well as state and other federal leaders. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a veteran left-wing labor leader, looks set for a second term. Ferréz, a prominent local writer whose latest novel, In São Paulo Nobody Is Innocent, was published last month, treats the prospect with guarded pleasure at best. "Lula opened a dialogue with the people," says Ferr...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Grim Rules Of Gangland | 9/24/2006 | See Source »

HILLARY CLINTON "Hillary is the devil," said right-wing radio host Jay Severin last year on MSNBC's The Situation with Tucker Carlson. Severin was outraged when she appeared with Billy Graham at a revival...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Call It An Axis of Devil | 9/24/2006 | See Source »

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