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...declare his candidacy. "But should we have a Duma mostly occupied with in-house squabbles ... the President will be tied hand and foot." So the Kremlin has tightened media controls as the election nears. Mikhail Kozhokin, editor-in-chief of the major daily Izvestiya and a cautious Putin critic, recently resigned, a move widely believed to have been instigated by the Kremlin. The once independent NTV now prerecords most of its flagship Freedom of Speech talk show. And in September the government appointed a new board to run the country's most credible polling organization, the Russian Institute...
...latest feature, Tokyo Godfathers, recently opened in Japan to packed cinemas and looks certain to expand his fan base beyond the connoisseurs who have formed his core audience so far. "It's not only his best movie, it's also his most accessible," says Atsushi Ohara, an anim? critic for the daily Asahi Shimbun. "It's going to appeal to people beyond the usual animation fans...
...anti-Israeli feeling among Muslims, and anti-Americanism. "We used to keep out of commenting on these attacks," says an Israeli diplomat in Europe. "But our approach has changed because of the link between anti-Semitism and Israel." It ought to be simple to distinguish between anti-Semitism and criticism of Israeli policies. Yet some of the most rancorous polemics in France in recent months have been over precisely where to draw that line. Many argue that the French media are systematically skewed against Israel. Others complain that criticizing Sharon quickly leads to charges of anti-Semitism. The fierceness...
...Crimson Arts Critic Alexandra D. Hoffer can be reached at hoffer@fas.harvard.edu...
...Crimson Arts Critic Eugenia B. Schraa can be reached at schraa@fas.harvard.edu...