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...next month, when more cuts are due. But suggestions by some members of the government and the ruling political bloc in the Duma that the demonstrations were organized by unnamed enemies of the state seem to leave open the possibility that the Kremlin has not ruled out a crackdown...
RESIGNED. MICHAEL POWELL, 41, as Federal Communications Commission chairman; after four turbulent years highlighted by his battle to loosen media-ownership restrictions and a controversial crackdown on broadcast indecency; in Washington. "Everything's political," he told TIME. "Maybe that's a lesson...
...eventually rose to be its General Secretary, a leader fondly remembered by many Chinese. Peasants in Sichuan used to say, "Yao chi liang, Zhao Ziyang," a rhyming pun that means, roughly, "If you want to eat, look for Zhao." After trying to prevent the brutal Tiananmen crackdown, he was purged and placed under house arrest, where he remained for the rest of his life...
...paradox is that millions of the faithful have more freedom to worship than ever before-as long as they do it in state-approved churches. Analysts say Hanoi's crackdown on non-sanctioned Buddhists and Christians stems not from godless communist dogma, but from worries about politics. "It is not a fear of religion itself," says Dr. David Koh, a fellow specializing in Vietnam at Singapore's Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. "It's a fear of the use of religion by outsiders to topple the Vietnamese government...
...supposed to have been bullied off the road by now, and to some extent they have been, with sales falling over the past few years as Americans traded up to SUVs and roomier, performance-enhanced sedans and minivans. With gas prices up nearly 70% since 2002, however, and a crackdown on tailpipe emissions looming in California, automakers are preparing a blitz of downsized models, from hatchbacks to wagons and minivans; even a pint-size Jeep is in the works. "There's a lot of activity in the segment," says analyst Jeff Schuster of J.D. Power & Associates. He forecasts that small...