Word: railways
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After Georgia promised to join the Commonwealth of Independent States, dominated by Russia, Moscow agreed to send troops to defend a vital railway in the western part of the republic, where fighting between rebels and government forces persists. Georgian leader Eduard Shevardnadze has accused the Russian military of helping the Abkhazian separatists...
...years ago, the best chance of finding instant felicity was to go to Japan, a society that polls still purport to be among the most satisfied on earth. A principal reason for such fulfillment no doubt lay in one of the country's most alluring tourist attractions: a remote railway depot on the northern island of Hokkaido called Koufuku Eki, or Happiness Station. There, travelers whose feet had strayed from the path to contentment could set themselves aright by reaching into their pockets, plunking down $2.10 and buying, literally, "a ticket to Happiness...
Unfortunately, because the railway failed to make sufficient profits, Koufuku Eki was forced to shut its doors in 1987 -- a passing that has left the world a notch less happy...
...idea that their tumultuous but potentially powerful nation will someday have the democratic government it deserves. They may have started down that road in earnest last week when the city of Lagos, a boisterous, sprawling metropolis of more than 6 million, stood empty and silent. Businesses were shuttered, railway and bus transport brought to a standstill, the normally congested streets deserted. Thousands of police and riot-control troops out on patrol had the silent city to themselves. Citizens were staying home to protest the ruling military's refusal to hand over power to the man elected President on June...
...want to take care of them. Some children fall into prostitution through abduction or trickery. Easy prey, they become chattel for the sex merchants. Sasha says Marik was sold to him for a case of vodka, while he found Volodya abandoned at the Moscow railway station -- together with thousands of other youngsters who have turned the terminal into a street urchin's paradise. Once victimized by the violent gangsters and pimps who control the sex trade, most children end up addicted to alcohol or drugs. Despair is the norm; suicide is common...