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It is too early to tell how Obama's call to service will perform when put up against other great presidential pleas of the past. Long after Kennedy, President George H.W. Bush spoke out about "a thousand points of light," and President Bill Clinton founded AmeriCorps to recruit more young...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama's Inaugural Internet Call to Service | 1/15/2009 | See Source »

The Palestinian death toll has topped 700, according to U.N. and other sources in Gaza, while 11 Israelis have been killed, eight of them soldiers. Meanwhile, worldwide calls for a cease-fire - including repeated pleas from Benedict - have come to naught. On Thursday, during his annual address to the international...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will the Pope Cancel His Holy Land Trip? | 1/9/2009 | See Source »

Critics of Guantánamo say that after years of alleged torture and abuse, detainees aren't competent to plead guilty, as the five men are trying to do. Disputes over issues like that make it unlikely the proceedings will wrap up before the Inauguration on Jan. 20--which will complicate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Moment | 12/11/2008 | See Source »

At an outdoor 2000 Pearl Jam concert in Denmark, nine people were killed when the fans in back surged forward - despite band members' pleas to step back.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Prevent a Crowd Crush | 12/6/2008 | See Source »

Indian accusations of a Pakistani hand in last week's Mumbai massacre couldn't have come at a worse time for the government in Islamabad: As a Taliban insurgency continues to simmer in the tribal areas along the Afghan border, clashes on Sunday between rival political groups in the southern...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mumbai: The Perils of Blaming Pakistan | 11/30/2008 | See Source »

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