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Fifteen years after the Soviet Union's collapse, it's tempting to think of the cold war as history--until you land in Baku. This is the front line of a new East-West contest, one that is as consequential as the nuclear-weapons face-off of the past: the battle for energy supplies among countries heavily dependent on imported oil and gas, which include the U.S. and the E.U., plus the rocketing economies of China and India. That necessity is a powerful weapon in this new battle. Shortly before Christmas, Russian President Vladimir Putin forced Royal Dutch Shell...
...with Katie Couric gone to CBS--and Meredith Vieira still settling in as co-host--senior anchor Lauer is now more responsible for keeping Today on top. Lauer, 49, talked with TIME's Jeanne McDowell about his 10 years on Today, his chemistry with Vieira and his memorable face-off with Tom Cruise...
...most teenagers can attest, the quality of pick-up games is often abysmally low. But when No. 5 Dartmouth and the No. 6 Harvard women’s hockey team face-off tonight in Hanover, N.H., the lineups will look like the best game of pick-up hockey that one might ever see: with a combined seven Olympians on the two teams, the opening face-off will comprise more than one sixth of the Canadian and American teams. In other words, three players with bronze medals and four with gold medals will grace the ice tonight. “It?...
...play with a greater sense of urgency on the powerplay. We do a better job of letting the puck do the work tomorrow night.” Vaillancourt scored the first of these—and the first goal of the game—8:05 after the opening face-off. She got off a clean and quick shot from the right after the play had been exclusively to Kim Martin’s left, leaving her unable to get back to block the shot. The second one came at 15:57 of the third period and was buried...
...they come, we will view them as invading troops," said Ahmed. "And we are ready to defend ourselves because we are not ready to be colonized again by any sort of troops in the world." Without those peacekeepers, however, the two sides seem destined to clash. A face-off would surely drag Ethiopia and Eritrea into a proxy--if not outright--war. The Islamists' stated aim to unite all of Somalia is believed to include the secular breakaway territories of Puntland and Somaliland, as well as portions of Kenya and Ethiopia. Once fighting has begun, there's little to prevent...