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...Syrian death squads intent on avenging the cedar revolution protests last spring that prompted Syrian forces to end their 29-year domination of Lebanon. Ghattas Khoury, a defiant Hariri ally, told TIME that Lebanon's future depends on standing up to Hariri's killers. "Unless we reach the truth, there will be no stability in the country," Khoury says. "If they can kill Rafiq Hariri and get away with it, then they can kill anyone and get away with it." But they may not: if Lebanon's ex-security chiefs are convicted, they could face a firing squad...
...blanche to do whatever it wants, knowing that people will follow like sheep. "My country, right or wrong" is a great idea--if you're running a totalitarian regime. In a pluralistic democracy, we need the Cindy Sheehans to speak up and honor their fallen children by telling the truth as they...
...case with every hurricane, not everybody would be leaving. In truth, few U.S. cities have good plans for taking out the sick, the elderly and those without cars of their own. The situation in New Orleans, though, was particularly dire. Officials knew that the least mobile residents lived in the most flood-prone part of town. But they had no solution. "When I asked that question, I got a lot of unsure looks," says Brian Wolshon, an engineer with the L.S.U. team who helped design the evacuation plans with state police and transportation officials...
...single issue that made young people crazy about Pope John Paul II during the past quarter-century, it was precisely his stand against the birth-control pill. Flat rejection of the Pill means being committed to true life-giving love. Taking the Pill would do away with truth, life and love, making those things empty and untrue. I was offended by Lehmann's comment. I bet lots of young girls feel the same way, and I pray they are not discouraged in their beautiful and faith-inspiring struggle. Claudio J. Urbano Pamplona, Spain It is a pity that most...
...About to be published in Australia and New Zealand, The Truth About the Drug Companies (Scribe Publications; 319 pages) is an unrelenting attack on the practices of the world's largest medicine makers, which Angell portrays as rich behemoths that have abandoned the once noble goals of their industry in pursuit of profit. It's hard to argue with the rich bit: according to the latest Fortune 500, U.S. giant Pfizer had revenues last year of $53 billion, of which $11 billion were profits...