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...example of violation of human rights and condemned the detention without recourse to the normal legal process of more than 1,100 foreign nationals since Sept. 11. COLOMBIA Time to Talk Having won the election outright in the first round, President-elect Alvaro Uribe pledged to commit men and money to a crackdown on the drug trade. Uribe won 53% of the vote and promised to halt the activities of left-wing rebels and right-wing paramilitaries, who use money from drug trafficking to finance fighting that kills thousands each year. He also sent a request...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Watch | 6/2/2002 | See Source »

...official notes, "The last killing anyone recalls in Vauvert was of an Arab youth." Be that as it may, the French feel vulnerable - and want action. "Crime and feelings of insecurity are directly linked to immigration," Berthezène growls. "Immigrants who are here illegally and who cheat or commit crime will be expelled. They are costing us money and creating the trouble." With a handful of conservative candidates (including Beaucaire's rightist mayor, Jean-Marie André) and a largely united left behind Socialist incumbent Alain Fabre-Pujol challenging Berthezène, her march to parliament is far from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Le Pen Effect | 6/2/2002 | See Source »

...dates back to the Pakistani leader's promised crackdown on extremism last January. With India threatening to attack following a terrorist attack on its parliament, Musharraf declared a wide-ranging crackdown on Islamist extremists operating in Pakistan, and vowed that no group on Pakistani soil would be allowed to commit acts of terrorism in the name of Kashmir. Although infiltration of fighters into Kashmir stopped for a time, it soon resumed, and many of the extremists arrested in the initial crackdown have subsequently been released...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why India and Pakistan Aren't Backing Away From the Brink | 5/31/2002 | See Source »

...real puzzle is, Did Will Dormer (Al Pacino) also commit murder? That is to say, Did he, with malice aforethought, shoot his partner Hap (Martin Donovan), or was it an accident--a snap shot in the fog as they were stalking Finch near the scene of his crime...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: Sleepless in Alaska | 5/27/2002 | See Source »

...Justice Department brief was filed in response to a motion filed by Reid's lawyers objecting to constraints on his contacts with his defense team. The prosecutors argued that Reid's communications must be carefully monitored by the government because he "is a committed loyalist who attempted to commit mass murder as part of a terrorist campaign against this nation - a campaign which deploys techniques of stealth and secrecy, including codes and 'hidden messages...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Did Richard Reid Let Mom Know? | 5/23/2002 | See Source »

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