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...penguin has ended up in Chechnya, and heads to the volatile region to save his feathered friend. There, he ends up slaving for a Chechen boss in a makeshift crematorium that is the region's only neutral zone because it accommodates the dead from both sides of the conflict. Although he eventually returns home with Misha, Viktor and the penguin soon have to flee from a Kiev mafia boss turned parliamentarian. Their escape route involves a yacht trip to Argentina with a Bosnian-Serb family wanted as war criminals. Luckily for Misha, Argentina boasts islands inhabited by birds...
...conflict between demands of a job and the needs of a family is not exactly the most original one in the comic-dramatic lexicon. That's especially true of a movie that aspires to popular approval. As you might imagine, Michael inevitably opts for "family values." That is to say, he learns the appropriate lessons from his trip into the future. The question is, will filmmakers ever learn theirs? Conceptually, Click contains the faint possibility of a certain rueful elegance. That universal remote is a technologically (and psychologically) hip way to lead him (and us) into what amounts...
...take action and help restore dignity and peace to the brave Congolese people. Amanda Doveatt Naperville, Illinois, U.S. Thank you for drawing attention to the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo, perhaps the world's most neglected humanitarian crisis. Fewer than 2% of the deaths in the conflict are due to violent acts, while almost three-quarters are due to easily preventable infectious diseases and malnutrition. Our survey, which was mentioned in your story, found that when security is assured, death rates plummet. Halting the fighting would allow medical clinics to function, food production to recommence, markets to operate...
...spoils of Angola. There was no way to trace its history, except to say De Beers' office in London was the probable point of transfer to America. The diamond easily outlasted my busted engagement, but retracing its trip from the mine to me would reveal a world of conflict, competition, bloodshed and a remarkable global-marketing machine...
...Despite the war games, some analysts say Chavez will ultimately not jeopardize his relationship with the United States, his nation's largest oil customer and financial market. Venezuelan military analyst and columnist Alberto Garrido says military conflict between the two countries is still a "hypothesis." But even he acknowledges that, given how high the stakes are in the U.S.-Venezuelan relationship, anything is possible. As he puts it, "One never knows what can happen when there are two conflicting positions up against each other with oil in the middle...