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ACQUITTED. Kazbek Dukuzov, 32, and Musa Vakhayev, 42, of carrying out the contract killing of U.S. journalist Paul Klebnikov; in Moscow. Klebnikov, the chief editor of Forbes' Russian edition, was shot dead as he left his Moscow office in July 2004. The prosecution had alleged that the two Chechens killed the editor on orders from Chechen separatist Kozh-Akhmed Nukhayev, the subject of Klebnikov's book Conversations with a Barbarian...
...five veto-wielding members of the U.N. Security Council to discuss an Anglo-French resolution - backed by the U.S. - that would threaten sanctions if Iran fails to halt enrichment. The meeting failed to achieve agreement, as China and Russia remained firmly opposed to a resolution even threatening sanctions. Moscow and Beijing are urging both sides to take more steps to cool the atmosphere of confrontation and seek a diplomatic compromise. But the prime target for a new diplomatic push from Iran, however, may be the U.S. allies in Europe, led by Germany - and backed by a growing number of voices...
...boom times last? Russia has set aside a portion of its oil revenues in a so-called stabilization fund that tops $55 billion, and Moscow is running a budget surplus equal to 7% of GDP. But economists are worried that the Kremlin hasn't used the fat years to cut back on the remnants of Soviet-era bureaucracy, modernize Russian industry or improve the overall investment climate. "Russia will continue to be hooked on oil revenue for the foreseeable future," says Ivan Szegvari, a Russian-economy specialist at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in London. Retailing is booming...
...interview with U.S. Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte [April 24], TIME should have asked whether he realizes that another Pearl Harbor is around the corner. It will be not a military attack but a political and economic blow that will cripple the U.S. Tehran and Moscow share a common interest: to drastically reduce the political power of the U.S. in the Middle East. Once Iran has the Bomb, Tehran and Moscow will practically control the world oil supply and could blackmail the U.S. and Europe. In the past few months, Tehran has bluntly positioned itself as the pre-eminent...
...gherkin, which is known more formally as the Swiss Re headquarters. But Foster's immense operation--he employs 534 people--is still thriving. It has projects under way in 22 nations, including a substantial addition to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, a pyramidal office tower in Moscow City and a huge airport for Beijing...