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...grievances. They include allegations of torture by the police, pressure on journalists, and what opponents see as an erosion of Russia's democratic institutions. The ranks of the new dissidents are swelled by unlikely recruits - men such as Alexei Kondaurov, who, as a major-general of the kgb's Fifth Main Directorate, was responsible for crushing ideological subversion in Soviet days. Kondaurov is now a member of the Duma's Communist Party faction, and campaigns tirelessly on behalf of his friend and former employer, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who once headed Yukos, Russia's biggest private oil company. Khodorkovsky is currently...
...Syrian Lebanese Minister of Industry and son of former President Amin Gemayel; after three gunmen shot him at point-blank range as he was driving on a busy street; in Beirut. A rising political star in the Christian Phalange Party, founded by his grandfather and namesake, he was the fifth anti-Syrian leader in the past two years to be murdered. Parliament member Saad Hariri, son of former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri, who was killed last year, vowed to find and prosecute those responsible...
...keep things moving in that direction, the school district emphasizes customer service. In many neighborhoods, the buses stop every fifth of a mile. "Legally, we only have to put a stop every two miles, but we wouldn't be very popular if we did," says Mike Mulheirn, who oversees the school district's transportation system. "The seats," he notes, "are well padded...
...cross-town rivals, B.U. or B.C., in non-Beanpot play. The Crimson downed both squads when Donato was a rookie skipper in 2004-2005, and Harvard beat the Eagles and tied the Terriers last season…Freshman Alex Biega scored his second collegiate goal and is now fifth on the team with 5 points… Both teams’ power plays were scoreless on the night: B.U. was 0-5 on 12 shots, and the Crimson was 0-4 with six shots...
...time at 16:50. The early second half run came from the hands of two players who had struggled against Michigan. Goffredo, whose 6-15 shooting fell below expectations at Michigan, scored seven points during the run, and finished the game with 22 points on 8-15 shooting. Meanwhile, fifth-year senior Brian Cusworth seemed determined to put his 6 point effort in Ann Arbor behind him, dropping four points during the 11-2 run, enroute to a 10 point, 11 rebound night. “I honestly think of all of our guys, Brian put too much pressure...