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...game's original packaging). The handheld game system and its variations sold more than 118 million units; Tetris, generally believed to have played a large role in the pioneering portable's success, sold a staggering 35 million units for the Game Boy alone. But despite his creation's record-breaking popularity, Pajitnov continued to receive his normal salary while the Kremlin claimed millions in royalties...
...When the conference wrapped up at the end of the day, there was a public record of hundreds of tweets documenting the conversation. And the conversation continued - if you search Twitter for #hackedu, you'll find dozens of new comments posted over the past few weeks, even though the conference happened in early March...
...This is a difficult responsibility to embrace. For human history has often been a record of nations and tribes subjugating one another to serve their own interests. Yet in this new age, such attitudes are self-defeating. Given our interdependence, any world order that elevates one nation or group of people over another will inevitably fail. So whatever we think of the past, we must not be prisoners of it. Our problems must be dealt with through partnership; progress must be shared...
...while Shamanov's human-rights record is the issue making waves internationally, inside Russia it's his hawkishness that is causing problems for the country's leadership. Commenting on his promotion, Shamanov said certain airborne units that were due to be cut under the government's blueprint to build a smaller, more professional fighting force would instead be kept on, and some would even be expanded - a step off the party line that has upset the Kremlin. (Read "Russia's Chechnya Pullout: Compromise Over Victory...
...Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao as he spoke at Cambridge University earlier this year, the verdict came with an air of denouement. On Tuesday, German biomedical research student Martin Jahnke, 27, who had tossed his footwear onto the stage during Wen's speech in protest over China's human-rights record, was found not guilty of a public order offense by the Cambridge Magistrates' Court...