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Childless and twice married, Merkel was cast as an indulgent mother to the electorate during the 2009 campaign. Though she claims to bake the occasional plum cake, she doesn't exactly match the ideal of a German hausfrau. Her second husband, an eminent chemist, often ducks out of official events...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Angela Merkel's Moment | 1/11/2010 | See Source »

With such commitment to humanist and democratic values, Merkel has declared herself willing to pursue policies that could cost her country dearly. Germany is Iran's largest trading partner in Europe, and many German businesses oppose any restrictions on trade with the country. But she has recently suggested that she...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Angela Merkel's Moment | 1/11/2010 | See Source »

But Google's plan for world domination is far from complete. Scheduled to launch in the fourth quarter of 2010 are netbooks that will run on Chrome OS rather than Windows or some other operating system. These devices will be optimized for the Web and will boot up directly into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Google Builds a Better Browser | 1/11/2010 | See Source »

Official bodies at every level, intent on drawing our attention where it would not otherwise turn, carve the year into un-anniversaries marking those things that haven't happened but apparently should. The new year begins the U.N.'s Decade for Deserts and the Fight Against Desertification. It is also...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Remembrance of Things Future | 1/11/2010 | See Source »

Given al-Qaeda's love of head fakes, the official wonders what percentage of the 550,000 names on the U.S. terrorism watch list might be decoys intended to jam American databases and allow more furtive or budding extremists to get lost in the mass of information. But even if...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Flight 253: Too Much Intelligence to Blame? | 1/7/2010 | See Source »

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