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...Andijan could be a turning point in the resistance to Karimov's rule. Prominent local businessmen took up arms, and the revolt could also attract the involvement of battle-hardened Uzbek fighters from the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan ( imu). "Andijan has in a single stroke revitalized the imu," says Alexey Malashenko of the Carnegie Moscow Center. A senior U.S. diplomat in Moscow says Karimov should "turn toward a course of reform and democratization." Asked if there was any hope of that happening, the diplomat replied: "I can't say that anyone is that optimistic about that...
...where opposition calls for reforms have been repeatedly repressed. Belarussian leader Alexander Lukashenko put down a protest over the weekend, and some analysts believe the dominoes could even start falling in the Kremlin's direction, though Vladimir Putin's grip seems pretty secure. "Nobody rushed to defend Akayev," says Alexey Malashenko of the Carnegie Moscow Center. "All these post-Soviet authoritarian regimes are proving colossuses with feet of clay...
Mather House: Esther R. Bisker, Deborah B. Doroshow, Noah L. Fabricant, Alexey V. Gorshkov, Rozalina Grubina, Jennifer L. Imamura, Irene S. Kim, Eric J. Powell and Yulia Y. Steshenko...
...just jealous. Ever since I overdosed on Tetris in the early '90s, there just haven't been any games that thrilled me for more than an hour or two. Until now. The elegant and addictive Pandora's Box (Microsoft; $35)--which, not coincidentally, was created by Tetris designer Alexey Pajitnov--has kept me up until 2 a.m. and turned 15-minute coffee breaks into 2 1/2-hour obsessions. Consisting of some 10 different puzzle types that morph into 350 unique games, Pandora's Box combines problem-solving fun with the visual richness of fine art and photography. For long sessions...
...pictures were staged, holding out the prospect that if he did so TIME would have to pay him "very good money. $20,000." They tell Sasha, "There is big money here. You and the kids can get real decent money and live in clover the rest of your lives. . . . Alexey ((the photographer)) made his money and in a way set you up." (In fact, Ostrovskiy had not been paid for the pictures, pending the outcome of our investigation...