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...November, Hill had declared his intention to run against Galluccio for the seat in the fall of 2010. Hill had already formed a campaign committee, created a Web site, and begun soliciting donations. In light of recent events, Hill said he is “definitely running” for the now-open seat...

Author: By Julie M. Zauzmer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Senate Hopefuls Eye Galluccio's Vacant Seat | 1/7/2010 | See Source »

...time to cut down on the booze. On Jan. 1, the Kremlin adopted new minimum-price standards for vodka that will nearly double the cost of a half-liter bottle of the national spirit, from $1.69 to $3. The move, part of President Dmitri Medvedev's anti-alcoholism campaign, is designed to curb Russians' excessive drinking. With a per capita alcohol consumption twice as high as that of the U.S. and an active underground market for homemade alcohol (known as samogon), Russians aren't about to give up their vodka so easily. The 2010 price hikes are just the latest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russians and Vodka | 1/5/2010 | See Source »

...temperance movement flared up again in the 1985 when Gorbachev launched an all-out campaign to eradicate drunkenness, revoking liquor licenses, banning vodka consumption at Soviet embassies and razing vineyards (Russia also makes wine), earning himself the nickname Mineral'nyi Sekretar ("The Mineral Water Secretary.") (See pictures of Denver, Beer Country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russians and Vodka | 1/5/2010 | See Source »

...Afghanistan: Having proclaimed it "the right war" on the campaign trail, Obama initially sought to lower the benchmark of success to avoid nation-building or expansive counterinsurgency and instead focus narrowly on preventing al-Qaeda from restoring its presence there. But the commander he appointed to take charge of the war, General Stanley McChrystal, warned the White House last summer that the U.S. side was losing in Afghanistan and requested tens of thousands more troops to stop the Taliban's advance. After months of internal debate, Obama opted to send reinforcements, with the hopelessly optimistic caveat that they would begin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Obama Defaulted to Bush Foreign Policy Positions | 1/4/2010 | See Source »

During his presidential campaign, Obama criticized Guantánamo as little more than terrorist advertising. The senior Administration official echoed that refrain, saying al-Qaeda has recently used Guantánamo as one of its "recruiting and motivational tools." Because of its notorious reputation, he said, it should be closed as quickly as possible. Critics counter that sending detainees back home - especially to poorer nations like Yemen (where unemployment hovers around 40%) - could allow them to attack again, especially if they were radicalized during their Guantánamo stay. And they maintain that sending such detainees to the Illinois prison...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Flight 253 Could Delay Guantánamo's Closure | 1/2/2010 | See Source »

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