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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...past, the Chinese government has cited the need for deterrence and public support of the death penalty to justify its broad use of capital punishment. In online forums on Chinese websites, opinion over the Shaikh case tends to back the official stance. "We should stick to the Chinese law no matter what, instead of bending under the pressure from Western countries," wrote a commentator in a chat room on Tianya.com. "Otherwise, we would only damage the dignity of China's judicial system...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Despite a Controversial Execution, China Curbs Use of the Death Penalty | 12/30/2009 | See Source »

...They swung out with improvised weapons. Only one had a police baton, another wielded a long metal file he had presumably taken from a toolshed. The most impassioned of the group held a sharpened stick, which he brandished high in the air while he careened about menacingly, seemingly possessed. Later I saw one man brandishing a construction worker's shovel, still caked in dirt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On Scene: Preparing for a Bloody Confrontation | 12/27/2009 | See Source »

...hard-pressed to understand why al-Qaeda, a slaughtering group of extremists, and that brazenly ruthless movement called the Taliban would stick around for the next 18 months, making themselves a vastly outnumbered, living sacrifice to U.S. and allied forces, when all they seemingly have to do is hide out until we're supposed to leave?" --12/5/09...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 12/21/2009 | See Source »

...years ago, backs the father. But what's particularly striking is how Sean's case has been hijacked by local political influence in ways that recall Elián's. A decade ago in Miami it was the Cuban exile lobby, which saw in Eliancito a way to stick it to Fidel Castro. (One local judge, who ruled that Elián's Miami relatives should have custody of him, turned out to be a client of a powerful exile political broker pushing for Elián to remain in the U.S.) Today in Rio it's the politically connected...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Goldman Controversy: Memories of Elián González | 12/19/2009 | See Source »

...emphasis on enforcement is based on years of familiarity with Microsoft's inadequate commitments and broken promises," he says. The European Commission has also warned that the company may be fined up to 10% of its yearly global turnover - an estimated $58 billion in 2009 - if it doesn't stick to the terms of the deal over the next five years. (See the best netbooks and netbook accessories...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In E.U. Deal, Microsoft Allows Rival Browsers | 12/17/2009 | See Source »

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