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...eject several unruly M.P.s. But she never lost her cool. "Maybe they thought I wouldn't be strong enough to stand up to them because I'm a woman," she says. "They were wrong." During the Milosevic years, Micic had ample opportunity to toughen up as a human-rights activist in the provincial town of Uzice near the Bosnian border. Her law office became the unofficial headquarters of Otpor, the anti-Milosevic resistance group that played a pivotal role in toppling the dictator. "She was like a mother to us," remembers one former Otpor activist. "As soon as someone...
BRITAIN Let Off ... for Now A London court granted bail to Chechen activist Akhmed Zakayev at the start of extradition proceedings demanded by Russia. His case has become a cause célèbre: the actress Vanessa Redgrave guaranteed his €78,000 bail. Zakayev, 43, is an envoy of Chechen separatist leader Aslan Maskhadov; Moscow calls him a terrorist. He was briefly detained by British authorities upon his arrival from Denmark, where he spent more than a month in custody. Copenhagen let him go, saying there wasn't enough evidence to support Russia's accusations against...
...personification, nay, the very essence, of “creative black tie.” Of all the distinctive dressers present that evening, Rich Halvorson perhaps placed the greatest emphasis on the “creative” aspect. Halvorson belied his conservative leanings as a Christian and Republican activist by opting for the brooding hulk look, his tuxedo shirt ripped free of its sleeves...
...Noah Z. Seton ’00 and Kamil E. Redmond ’00 launched a campaign for the Undergraduate Council presidency and vice presidency that matched two students of contrasting ideologies—one a right-leaning student leader cozy with administrators, the other a noted liberal activist...
...Museum founder and sanitation activist Dr Bindeshwar Pathak's answer to the "social curse" stands in the courtyard: a range of cheap, composting commodes. An earnestly enthusiastic member of staff takes me through every last lavatory detail: apparently a 28? slope is the ideal ergonomic angle for a squat...