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Monitoring zones like this around the world to get a general sense of where the next such pops may happen is not that difficult, mostly because tectonic activity is hard to conceal completely. There are three types of quakes: the dip-slip fault (in which one clashing plate slides under...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Could the Haiti Earthquake Have Been Predicted? | 1/13/2010 | See Source »

His opponent is a teenager who seems to be having difficulty staying awake. Magnus Carlsen yawns, fidgets, slumps in his chair. He gets up and wanders over to the other games, staring at the boards like a curious toddler. Every now and then, he returns to his own game and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Bold Opening for Chess Player Magnus Carlsen | 1/11/2010 | See Source »

Stalled Out?Yet in the past few years, desegregation proponents have wondered whether Willow's commitment extends to giving minorities a truly representative voice. Organizational shifts in the church resulted in the disbanding of many small groups, including those concerned with race. Hybels, with his convert's zeal on the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Megachurches Bridge the Racial Divide? | 1/11/2010 | See Source »

"2009 has turned out to be the year of the antihero. It is the year in which Joe Lieberman gets my nod--cynical though it is--as 'American of the Year.' A Democrat of convenience, Lieberman has succeeded in doing what Benedict Arnold couldn't. In a masterful act of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 1/11/2010 | See Source »

Any hope that 2010 would be a more peaceful year in Pakistan were blown away on New Year's Day, when a suicide bomber detonated an SUV packed with explosives at a volleyball tournament, leaving more than 90 people dead. It was but the latest in an a steady stream...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pakistan's Response to Terrorism: Still Inadequate | 1/11/2010 | See Source »

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