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...20th century was a time of unprecedented progress, Tisch Professor of History Niall Ferguson said yesterday. Life expectancy soared, quality of life improved, and democracy spread. But why was the twentieth century also the bloodiest? According to Ferguson, who spoke to a crowd of 20 students at Hilles as part of the “Coffee with a View” series yesterday afternoon, the answer lies partly in that very progress. In a talk entitled, “The War of the World,” Ferguson argued that the major ingredients for world war continue to loom today...
Santorum said that to combat radical Islam, the U.S. needs to maintain an offensive stance, educate the American people, disarm the enemy, and involve the Islamic world in the process of halting the spread of radical Islam. “If Islam does not confront and deal with its radical elements, then we are going to be on a tough collision course,” Santorum said...
...forces have been battling an Islamist militia led by a radical cleric determined to establish Sharia law in the region. Yet the truth is, Swat's militancy has been festering for well over a year, with Musharraf's government unable to rein in the charismatic Mullah Fazlullah, who has spread his message over the airways in weekly radio addresses...
...bungled police reports about the suspects' AIDS status has helped spread the controversy all the way to Hollywood. Sharon Stone is preparing to host a major fund-raiser in Dubai on December 10 for the Foundation for AIDS Research, or amfAR, for which she heads global fund-raising. The event will be part of the Dubai International Film Festival, and Stone's trip to Dubai has garnered major coverage in Dubai's Gulf News daily. On Friday evening, as TIME met Véronique Robert in a Paris café, amfAR's organizers in Manhattan called her to express concern...
When Musharraf made his declaration of emergency rule, he said it was in the interest of fighting terrorism in Pakistan. Do you agree with him? I agree that there is terrorism in the country, I believe it has spread since the 2002 elections when the People's Party was excluded from the government, but I don't believe martial law was declared to stop terrorism, I believe it was declared to stop an adverse decision by the Supreme Court on Musharraf's eligibility to remain as President and to keep the ruling PML-Q in power...