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How could it be possible that "the peaceful continent" and "the most generous donor of development aid in the world" fails to exist on the world stage? Its success in building "an attractive social, economic and political model" is no accident. It rose from a somber period in human history...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Europe Speaks Back | 3/29/2010 | See Source »

"My back-of-the-envelope calculations ... suggest that if you drive one of the Toyotas recalled for acceleration problems ... your chances of being involved in a fatal accident over the next two years [are] 2.8 in a million ... Driving one of these suspect Toyotas raises your chances of dying in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 3/29/2010 | See Source »

Some gags do fall flat. Chevy Chase is wasted as what Jacob dubs the "mystical time-traveling guy" who arrives to fix the hot tub; everything he says is mumbled nonsense and the only laugh lies in him being '80s icon Chevy Chase. But a gory running joke involving another...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hot Tub Time Machine: Good, Not-So-Clean Fun | 3/25/2010 | See Source »

How much of the trouble between India and China stems from the accident of geography - that they exist side by side in a very volatile part of the world? The tragedy of continental states is that they have ever shifting spheres of influence that constantly create friction. Geographic proximity has...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Coming China-India Conflict: Is War Inevitable? | 3/23/2010 | See Source »

His appointment is no accident. North Sinai is not a territory the Egyptians take lightly. Bordered on the west by the Suez Canal Zone and on the east by Israel and the volatile Gaza Strip, North Sinai is home to a thriving cross-border smuggling trade and a sometimes rebellious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Trouble with Sinai: Egypt's 'Mexico' Problem | 3/21/2010 | See Source »

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