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CHARGED. MIKHAIL KHODORKOVSKY, 40, chief of the Russian oil giant Yukos and the wealthiest of the country's "oligarchs," who made quick fortunes after the Soviet Union's collapse by acquiring cheap state property; with fraud and tax evasion; by prosecutors in Moscow, after special forces surrounded his plane at an airport in Siberia. The dramatic move, part of an ongoing probe into Yukos, was seen by skeptics as a Kremlin-led effort to keep the tycoon, who has funded opposition parties, out of politics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Nov. 3, 2003 | 11/3/2003 | See Source »

...double-door fridge. Nice amenities, but after two years on the road, they most cherish the spontaneous instant messages sent via the Internet from their 10-year-old granddaughter in California. That wasn't always possible before wi-fi. It used to be that they would wait for cheap evening rates on their mobile phone and then dial online through a cellular modem. Now the messages zip freely back and forth. "She writes 'Grandpa?', and I write back, 'Hi, Peanut.' I love that," says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wi-Fi Gets Rolling | 11/3/2003 | See Source »

...perfect wi-fi world, you wouldn't have such a hard time spotting the 18-in. antenna on top of San Bruno--because it would be the only one there. Theoretically, given enough unlicensed radio bands and megabits too cheap to meter, you could transmit via wi-fi all of today's broadcast TV and radio programs and every phone call (cellular or wired) as well--most of it free. That may sound like a tin-can-and-string utopia, but if the past 50 years of technology have taught us anything, it is this: never underestimate what geeks with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Free and Easy | 11/3/2003 | See Source »

...million." In Dambulla, a trading town in the center of Sri Lanka, vegetable sellers now do brisk business with Jaffna, the chief city in the Tamil north: these days, large onions and pineapples are sent up north, while trucks carry small red onions, bananas and beetroots south. Cheap agricultural produce from the north is one reason why inflation has dropped to barely 7% from more than 14% in 2001: in Dambulla, the price of small red onions has come down this year from 60 rupees (60?) a kilo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Peace Dividend | 11/3/2003 | See Source »

Remember when Volkswagen was known for making cheap, dependable and, above all, lovable cars? So does Ann Jones, a Jetta owner from Corona, California. Jones was lured to the Jetta (known as the Bora in Europe) by its stylish looks and solid road handling - easily worth the $18,900 sticker price. But a few months after bringing her new sedan home in 2000, she returned it to the dealership because of a fluid leak. Then a door lock broke. Then a spring popped out of the driver's seat. With 80,000 km on it, her Jetta started to feel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Revving Up Volkswagen | 11/2/2003 | See Source »

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