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...Legacy of 1989 Thanks for your double issue [June 29?July 6]. Twenty years ago I was a 5-year-old starting school. My world was untouched by violence, hatred and division and the only web I knew was Charlotte's Web. The Berlin Wall, Tiananmen Square, Gorbachev and Mandela are of course familiar to me, but now I understand and appreciate the history, importance and indelible impact of these people and events. In 20 years' time I look forward to your issue on the significant events from 2009 that would shape our world. Obama's presidency? The global financial...
...Legacy of 1989 Thanks for your double issue [june 29 - July 6]. Twenty years ago I was a 5-year-old starting school. My world was untouched by violence, hatred and division and the only web I knew was Charlotte's Web. The Wall, Tiananmen Square, Gorbachev and Mandela are of course familiar to me, but now I understand and appreciate the history, importance and indelible impact of these people and events. In 20 years' time I look forward to your issue on the significant events from 2009 that would shape our world. Obama's presidency? The global financial crisis...
...question now is whether Obama will throw his weight into the battle. "Which country will create these jobs and these industries?" he said in a speech on June 25. "I want that answer to be the United States of America." It can be - but only if we're willing to shoot for the moon...
...ensuing crackdown was violent, with hundreds of opposition supporters jailed. In the aftermath, Moldovan leader and Communist strongman Vladimir Voronin, 68, turned inwards - and to Moscow. He accused neighboring European Union member Romania of provoking the riots in order to pave the way for a coup against him. In June, Russia rewarded Voronin with $500 million in infrastructure loans. That was followed last week by good news from China, who announced $1 billion in similar loans. To put that in context: Moldova's annual GDP is just $4 billion...
...means certain. Coalitions in the shaky former Soviet republics are rarely stable, as neighboring Ukraine has shown. Three of the four opposition parties are liberal and campaigned on a joint platform. But the fourth, the Democratic Party, is run by a former Communist who resigned in June and could yet change sides. (Read: "No Sex, Please: Ukraine Bans...