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...guidelines. It takes anonymous online chatting (not a new thing), adds webcams and lets users have at it. You don't need a user name, a profile or a friend request to participate - there's an immediate connection to a random stream of total strangers from all around the world. Bored by what you see? Click "Next," and someone else is waiting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ChatRoulette: The Perils of Video Chats with Strangers | 2/16/2010 | See Source »

...Lots of business is secured and done in the developing world by nations and companies that adopt a so-called pragmatic tolerance of corruption," Valerian says. "When contracts are signed and money is made it benefits everyone - except local publics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How U.S. Legal Loopholes Are Aiding Money Launderers | 2/15/2010 | See Source »

...have enough time to pick up speed at the bottom of the mountain. "God blessed the Germans today," says Ruben Gonzalez of Argentina, who came in last. "Once I saw the wall up, I though we were fine. They didn't have to move the start. At the next World Cup they have here, you watch, they will be starting from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Still Fear — and Loathing — at the Luge Track | 2/15/2010 | See Source »

...even more irked about the changes. While the men started from the women's position, the women will now start their race where the juniors take off, right before the sixth turn in the 16-turn Whistler track. "I understand it," said American Erin Hamlin, the reigning luge World Champion, while taking in the final moments of the men's competition. "But I've worked so hard training from the women's start and getting into rhythm, for nothing." Competitors in the women's event were only able to practice a handful of runs on the new course...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Still Fear — and Loathing — at the Luge Track | 2/15/2010 | See Source »

...wake of the 9/11 attacks, the West moved quickly to crack down on the money laundering and secret banking systems that fund much of the terrorism in the world. But as evidence in both the U.S. and Europe suggests, illicit finances continue to circulate around the globe - and quite often the money has nothing to do with violence, but plain greed. Indeed, a new report released by the U.S. Senate this month cites cases of huge volumes of suspect cash being moved from Africa to the U.S. for no other reason than to fatten the bank accounts of crooked leaders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How U.S. Legal Loopholes Are Aiding Money Launderers | 2/15/2010 | See Source »

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