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...that is in its death throes after being hit with multibillion-dollar back-tax claims that its erstwhile owners say were part of a Kremlin campaign against them. A Moscow court last month sentenced Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the former Yukos chief executive and a major shareholder, to nine years in jail on charges of tax evasion and fraud...
...Army sergeant who defected to North Korea in 1965 and lived there for 39 years before being allowed to emigrate to Japan in 2004; to Weldon, North Carolina. Jenkins said he wanted to visit his ailing 91-year-old mother. Jenkins served 25 days in a U.S. military jail in Japan last year after pleading guilty to desertion and aiding the enemy...
...Wang Ling is getting steamed up over being evicted from her home. "They're liars," she says, pulling out official documents. "They're not going according to government regulations!" The Wangs got caught up in the dealings of a shady property tycoon who is serving three years in jail for stock manipulation--but not before they and thousands of others were tossed out of their homes to make way for the tycoon's now deferred project. They allege the developer got the property unfairly because of his cozy relationship with state officials. Wang has traveled to Beijing several times...
...scene. Not long ago, it would have been unimaginable for Wang to so openly criticize the government or to arm herself with the law--and all while sipping a cappuccino. True, Wang hasn't found justice yet. But compared with the repression of the past, when complainers went to jail and the Communist Party controlled every aspect of life, China can be exhilaratingly free. The Chinese can do virtually anything today, from finding a job to singing karaoke in sparkling brothels to organizing to protect the environment. If you stood on a street corner and cursed the leaders, passersby might...
...care what any shrink will tell you. I've been in the trenches for ten years. Sex offenders do not get rehabbed. I think that it's always been that way. I hate to sound jaded - I don't believe that every criminal should go to jail, I think people with drug problems, alcohol problems, burglaries, thefts, car-jackings, anything that's not a violent crime, should be tried to be treated through rehab. I really do. But as far as pedophilia and sex crimes, I really don't think those can be rehabbed. Put 'em in, and throw away...