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But in Russia, the Kremlin treats the media as a powerful weapon, to be purchased, coerced, or driven out. Partly spawned by the Chechen conflict, the government has been using proxies like its oil behemoth, Gazprom, to acquire media outlets for years. Examples of this include the NPV television network...

Author: By Pierpaolo Barbieri | Title: The Blind Spot | 10/23/2006 | See Source »

Every sports fan has said it. Every sane human has mocked its truth. But everyone still wants to believe it: this is the year.The Radcliffe varsity lightweights are no different. But after three straight third-place finishes at the IRA National Championships and the loss of two standout captains from...

Author: By Walter E. Howell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: HEAD OF THE CHARLES '06: Hope Lost—and Found | 10/20/2006 | See Source »

According to Chertoff, Al Qaeda shares similar characteristics with conventional wartime enemies because both have clearly defined political aims, attempt to acquire territory, and are able to inflict damage of wide scope—“three fundamental elements of the current struggle that put it in war,?...

Author: By Kevin Zhou, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Chertoff Defends Bush Policies on Terror, Immigration | 10/17/2006 | See Source »

Numbers $1.65 billion Amount paid by Google to acquire the video-sharing website YouTube last week $11.5 million Amount paid by venture-capital firm Sequoia Capital for an estimated 30% of YouTube. The Google acquisition values its stake at $495 million, a 43-fold return on the investment

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 10/16/2006 | See Source »

The North Korean incident impetus to what appears to be a determined push by Iran to acquire the capability to produce its own nuclear bomb. Tehran insists it is interested only in a civilian nuclear program for energy purposes. The main outside players--the U.S., the European Union, the International...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Outlaws Get The Bomb | 10/15/2006 | See Source »

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