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...most valuable companies. Last year, it became a powerful symbol of the nation's crony capitalism. In a privatization widely decried as rigged, Kryvorizhstal was sold last June by the state to Viktor Pinchuk, the son-in-law of then-President Leonid Kuchma, and coal-and-steel magnate Rinat Akhmetov, for $800 million, less than half the amount offered by outside firms. The case stirred public outrage and quickly became a rallying point during Ukraine's orange revolution. Viktor Yushchenko, the former opposition leader who was elected President in December after street protests forced a rerun of the vote, denounced...
...Rinat Akchurin, 50, the heart surgeon who may have the daunting honor of operating on President Boris Yeltsin, was nowhere to be found last week. His answering machine invited callers to leave a message; his colleagues said he was resting. And by late last week, despite its new commitment to openness about Yeltsin's health, the Kremlin had not said when the operation would be performed or where and by whom...
When she was 18, everything came up roses. Now she is 19, and all that comes up is spuds. Drafted into the Israeli army, Private Ronit Rinat, Miss Israel 1964, is on K.P.-and swears that she enjoys peeling potatoes just as much as peeling for the Miss Universe contest, where she placed third. When she's served her 18-month hitch, honey-blonde Ronit hopes to study medicine...
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