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...Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) camp in Angostura, just inside Ecuador, as well as allegations that Ecuador was supporting the rebels. Colombia assaulted the camp on March 1, 2008, killing nearly two dozen people, including one of the guerrillas' top commanders, who is known as Raul Reyes. The attack was criticized throughout Latin America for violating Ecuadorian territory. But the government of Colombian President Alvaro Uribe argued that laptops found by Colombian troops during the mission contained e-mails showing that the FARC had close ties to several Ecuadorian and Venezuelan officials. (Chávez has since denied that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ecuador Officials Linked to Colombia Rebels | 12/15/2009 | See Source »

...unclear how the Prime Minister will emerge from the attack. After his first night in the hospital, with at least one more night to go, the famously resilient Berlusconi was notably "passive," according to his doctor. "He is subdued, very gloomy," his personal doctor, Alberto Zangrillo, told RAI television. "He is reacting in a way that is not like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Berlusconi Attack: Will Italy's Leader Gain Sympathy? | 12/14/2009 | See Source »

Regardless of what drove Berlusconi to exhibit his battered face, the world would be left with sufficient images of both the attack and its chaotic aftermath. Professional media coverage and amateur footage is on YouTube, and Italians have clicked through the events of the night like a real-time, interactive Zapruder film. Meanwhile, photographs of Berlusconi's slashed and bruised visage will now forever be part of the way we see the perma-tanned and image-conscious billionaire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Berlusconi Attack: Will Italy's Leader Gain Sympathy? | 12/14/2009 | See Source »

...Prime Minister suffered. Doctors at San Raffaele Hospital in Milan have run repeated MRIs on Berlusconi; there have been no signs of neurological damage so far. Berlusconi told aides that only a miracle prevented him from being blinded in his left eye. Interior Minister Maroni said the attack could have been fatal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Berlusconi Attack: Will Italy's Leader Gain Sympathy? | 12/14/2009 | See Source »

...university. In addition to showing support for opposition leaders like Mousavi, who ran against Ahmadinejad in the disputed June election, students are demanding the resignation of University of Tehran President Farhad Rahbar because of allegations that he allowed paramilitary Basij forces into the dormitories one evening in June to attack students who were sleeping...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ayatullah Khomeini Returns to Haunt Iranian Politics | 12/14/2009 | See Source »

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