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Challenging the official line is still hazardous. On Nov. 6, the Moscow business newspaper Vedomosti carried an opinion piece by the Academy of Sciences' Gontmakher titled NOVOCHERKASSK - 2009. The headline was a reference to spontaneous strikes by workers in a Russian town in 1962 that ended in bloodshed when troops were called in and opened fire: at least 20 people were killed and three dozen wounded. In his article, Gontmakher drew some parallels between the social tensions back then and the deteriorating economy today. Within days, the newspaper received an official warning from the Kremlin's media watchdog...
...state-controlled banks, it is bailing out selected business executives who are having trouble paying their debts - including Oleg Deripaska, a metals tycoon who until recently was Russia's richest man. It is also playing an increasingly intrusive role in the private sector. At a meeting in Moscow on Nov. 25, for example, Igor Shuvalov, Putin's First Deputy Prime Minister, told the nation's major retailers that the Kremlin would ensure they gained access to credit on condition that they demonstrated "social responsibility" by not raising prices...
After years of relative invisibility, the dispute has returned to the world's agenda. U.S. and Indian officials believe that Lashkar-e-Taiba, a militant group formed in Muzaffarabad, planned the Nov. 26 terrorist strike on Mumbai. The attack left 171 people dead and many Indians baying for revenge against the terrorists and their patrons; New Delhi says Pakistan actively supports and encourages groups like Lashkar. Although technically banned in Pakistan, Lashkar is thought to be working under the aegis of its charitable wing and is at least tolerated by Islamabad...
...interview yesterday, University President Drew G. Faust said that the timeline in Allston has changed. “I’m sure that what we thought we might do in the next decade is going to take longer,” Faust said, adding that since her Nov. 10 letter about the impact of the financial crisis on Harvard, the University has been assessing a number of its plans. “One of the things we’ll be looking at really hard is Houses,” she said, referring to the undergraduate Houses projected...
This year has been a year of hope. Barack Obama was elected on Nov. 4, Roberto Bolaño’s posthumous estate produced another masterpiece, and Britney Spears has managed to climb out of the smut pages and into the Billboard 100 once again. It seems like anything’s possible! But not everyone is bathing in the good vibes, and they deserve to be represented, too. So here’s a look at two films and two books of 2008 that just love to hate. Films “Saw V:” Thomas...