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...wrote to the daily Komsomolskaya Pravda about how the law affects him: "I received some $250 [worth of] benefits, but my monetary compensation is now $31 while my utility bills have increased by 150%. The state must really hate its defenders to taunt them like this." The cutbacks triggered protests all across Russia, and a rare volley of criticism aimed directly at President Putin. "With this legislation, Putin has delegitimized his office," says Mikhail Delyagin, an economist and director of the Institute of Modernization. "He's created the threat of a major state crisis and the disintegration of Russia." That...
...DAVID SILVERMAN/GETTY IMAGES Israeli settlers protest Sharon's withdrawal plans...
...Warming Trend CUBA The European Union cautiously welcomed Havana's announcement that it was resuming diplomatic ties with eight E.U. member states, including Britain, France and Germany. Cuba froze relations with most E.U. nations in 2003 after the bloc decided to invite dissidents to embassy functions in Cuba, in protest at a crackdown on opponents of the regime. In December, the E.U. advised dropping that policy after a number of jailed dissidents were released. Slow Justice CHILE The Supreme Court upheld an indictment on charges of kidnap and murder against former dictator Augusto Pinochet, relating to his 1973-1990 period...
...real news shows--and won. Richard Clarke waged a lone, self-righteous battle against his former bosses in the Bush Administration. The swift-boat vets launched a publicity-seeking missile at one of their own--John Kerry. On the other side, George Soros helped bankroll a million points of protest ads against the Bush Administration--and came up short in November. So did MoveOn.org which signally failed to move...
...officials themselves of "complicity" in poisoning him at what might have been his last supper. According to Dmytro Ponamarchuk, a Kiev political analyst opposed to Yushchenko, "The meeting was initiated by Yushchenko, and the SBU agreed to it in good faith to discuss how to keep [anticipated street protests] under control in case of rigged elections." A key Yushchenko staffer says that Smeshko made it clear at the dinner that the SBU would remain neutral - which amounted to tacit support for Yushchenko. At least one part of Yushchenko's account is disputed by Volodymyr Syvkovych, who is leading a parliamentary...