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...find a newspaper that is truly independent and uncowed, which is why the fearless investigative reporting of Politkovskaya was so remarkable. Just recently, Vladimir Rakhmankov, the editor of a Web magazine in the city of Ivanovo, was fined $750 for a satirical critique of Putin's plans to boost birthrates in Russia. (Rakhmankov slyly noted that foxes, bears and other animals breed at the city zoo because they are well looked after.) It was only thanks to the intervention of a press-freedom group called the Center for Journalism in Extreme Situations that Rakhmankov wasn't jailed, as local prosecutors...
...cellular carriers are far less enthusiastic. They see WiMax as a threat to the 3G cellular networks they have invested in so heavily. For now, many operators are settling for relatively small software upgrades that boost the speed of 3G networks at far less cost than building a new WiMax network. But some operators acknowledge that these enhancements will probably not be powerful enough to compete with mobile WiMax, and few seem to have a strategy beyond that. Sanjiv Ahuja, chief executive of Orange, the France Telecom?owned mobile carrier, says only that Orange "will be making decisions over...
...when he or she was placed next to a major candidate on a certain ballot. Voting results were contrasted with demographic data to see which groups were most likely to cast erroneous votes. The study estimates that, in a close race, Republican Schwarzenegger would have received an 0.06 percent boost over his Democratic rival due to misvotes alone—since those misvotes were more likely to be cast by Democratic-leaning demographics. In a close race, like the 2000 presidential election, that margin could have meant the difference between victory and defeat. Though the study was only based...
...Steven E. Hyman, Harvard Law School Dean Elena Kagan, and Radcliffe Institute Dean Drew Gilpin Faust—only Hyman’s salary is publicly available. In 2004-2005, he earned $416,939 in combined salary and benefits, meaning that the top job would be a significant pay boost...
...capital remains a standout among Chinese cities in that it has no restrictions on the number of new cars hitting its streets. Shanghai for example limits new cars sales by charging for new license plates. In Beijing, there are no limits, and every day about 1,000 new vehicles boost the approximately 2.8 million total in the city...