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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...group said it would no longer confine its battle to the heavily policed regions that it seeks to control. Russia's industrial centers, factories and infrastructure would become the targets. "To carry out these tasks, subversive groups were created and sent to a host of Russian regions with the aim of carrying out industrial sabotage. The priority targets laid out for them are gas pipelines, oil pipelines, the destruction of electricity stations and high-voltage power lines, and sabotage at factories," the statement read. (See pictures of Barack Obama in Russia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Man Behind Russia's Deadly Train Blast | 12/3/2009 | See Source »

...Pakistan's aim has always been to have a friendly government in Kabul that is an accurate representation of the Pashtun population," says Nawaz. "If there's a reconfiguration of the Karzai government, it brings more Pashtuns in, Pakistan may want to play a part to try and bring in people that may be supporting the Taliban but are not ideologues." Such a solution would probably not involve Mullah Omar and the Afghan Taliban directly but would perhaps include the notorious Haqqani network based in Pakistan's North Waziristan and Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, leader of Hizb-e-Islami - both of which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pakistan's Reaction to Obama's Plan: Departure Is Key | 12/2/2009 | See Source »

...aim it so that you don’t need to be a fluent Spanish [speaker],” Alvarez says. “You can still get so many different things out of it. And I think in the past, the audience has been very receptive to that. No matter what your background in Spanish is, I think that everyone can get something...

Author: By Alex C. Nunnelly, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: "Jardín de Pulpos" Reveals Life Under Dictator's Tentacles | 12/1/2009 | See Source »

...aim it so that you don’t need to be a fluent Spanish [speaker],” Alvarez says. “You can still get so many different things out of it. And I think in the past, the audience has been very receptive to that. No matter what your background in Spanish is, I think that everyone can get something...

Author: By Alex C. Nunnelly, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: "Jardín de Pulpos" Reveals Life Under Dictator's Tentacles | 12/1/2009 | See Source »

...addition to limiting the hours during which junk food can be advertised on TV, the bill would prohibit celebrities from appearing in any ads for foods aimed at children. And, in a move that may mean the death of the Happy Meal, it would ban companies from including toys or prizes in foods targeted to children. "The aim is to protect children from their own bad food choices, since we know that they don't always have the ability to make wise, informed decisions," says Roberto Sabrido, president of the Spanish Food Security and Nutrition Agency, the entity that drafted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Spain, Taking Some Joy out of the Happy Meal | 12/1/2009 | See Source »

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