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So. There's this new guy, Samuel, whom we met last week, who can control ink, but his actual described power is to control the earth. He wants to find someone to replace his dead brother within his entourage at the carnival. So he goes after Peter Petrelli by pretending...

Author: By H. Zane B. Wruble | Title: Recap: "Ink" | 9/29/2009 | See Source »

Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov, a controversial figure in Russian politics whose regime human rights groups have linked to a variety of human-rights violations, has entered two horses to participate in Melbourne's Spring Carnival, a series of thoroughbred horse races that are held through October and November. His stallion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Australia Let Chechnya's President Race His Horses? | 9/29/2009 | See Source »

For some, the answer is clear. Australian Greens Party Senator Bob Brown has said that hosting Kadyrov's racehorses in the $4.95 million Melbourne Cup, could be "the lowest point of Australia's sporting history." Brown is running a campaign to ban the horses from entering the country. "He shouldn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Australia Let Chechnya's President Race His Horses? | 9/29/2009 | See Source »

Kadyrov's racehorses have already found fortune at prominent equestrian events. Bronze Cannon, a four-year-old thoroughbred, won the prestigious Hardwicke Stakes race at Ascot in July. His Indian Jameson stallion won the honor prize at the Moscow Hippodrome's 175th anniversary. Russian tabloid Komsomolskaya Pravda reported on July...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Australia Let Chechnya's President Race His Horses? | 9/29/2009 | See Source »

While Mourilyan's slated appearance at this year's Melbourne Cup seems to be causing headaches for Australian politicians and Spring Carnival organizers, the horse's British trainer Gary Moore told TIME that he "wouldn't be fussed" if it was disqualified for political reasons. Purchased by Kadyrov from the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Australia Let Chechnya's President Race His Horses? | 9/29/2009 | See Source »

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