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...South Ossetia government official speaking on condition of anonymity admitted that Ossetians had started murdering the old people who had remained to protect houses, possessions and livestock. TIME has not been able to verify that claim. The Russian military, which invaded after Georgia tried to retake the breakaway region of South Ossetia, has not allowed Western journalists to leave the buses that have been allowed through the destroyed areas. But Russian journalists have been given free access to the area and allege that ethnic Georgian property has been targeted. Explains Dmitri Steshin, a reporter for Komsomolskaya Pravda, a Russian daily...
...point of Ramesh Ponnuru's commentary seems to be that Obama benefits from "plain old liberal bias" while John McCain suffers from it. But the claim that the mainstream media are "smitten with Obama" wasn't reflected in a recent analysis by George Mason University's Center for Media and Public Affairs, which found that on the three major TV networks, coverage of Obama during the first six weeks of the general election was 72% negative and only 28% positive. McCain's coverage, by contrast, was 57% negative and 43% positive. Jessica G. Gugino, AYER, MASS...
...city of Gori has been getting a lot of attention lately, as the target of Russian air attacks that followed the outbreak of fighting in South Ossetia. But that's not the central Georgian city's only claim to fame. Gori is home to perhaps the world's only museum officially dedicated to the memory of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, who was born there in 1878, and named Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili. And, curiously enough, it turns out that many residents of Gori, have a soft spot for the dictator. His epic crimes and Russia's recent attack on their homeland...
...Liukin, from Parker, Tex., and Johnson, who grew up in West Des Moines Iowa, claim they have truly become firm friends in the run-up to Beijing and feel no nasty urge to sabotage the other's toothpaste. They finished first and second in every competition they entered together in 2008, usually with Johnson coming out on top. When Johnson's gym was damaged in the floods through the Midwest just weeks before the Olympic trials, Liukin text messaged Johnson offering to help. "She is one of my best friends, and we just want the best for each other," said...
...Laboureur cried foul, complaining he "felt like a criminal being jailed" and suggesting that the father's position as a police official had led to treatment he decried as "completely out of proportion." Initial press reports and commentary on his case were dismissive of his claim of victimization; the pundits seemed far more concerned with how often legally prohibited corporal punishment takes place in French schools without anyone hearing about...