Word: roberts
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...conflict with Georgia is undeniably "having an impact," agrees Robert Amsterdam, a lawyer who represents Russia's most famous economic victim: Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who once headed the Yukos oil company. In 2003, Khodorkovsky was hounded out of business and he now languishes in a Siberian jail. "People who were among the most bullish on Russia are now ready to be the most aggressive in demonizing it," says Amsterdam...
...didn't stop there: Putin's comments wiped tens of billions of dollars off Russia's stock market in a matter of days. The Mechel furore came on top of an ugly, months-long scrap over control of oil company TNK-BP between BP and its Russian billionaire partners. Robert Dudley, the BP-appointed CEO, last month quit Russia, citing "sustained harassment of the company and myself." BP blames its Russian partners for orchestrating a state administrative and regulatory crackdown on the firm in recent months; the Russians claim BP hasn't lived up to its contractual obligations. Asked what...
...care solutions, not McCain's juvenile critique of Obama's European trip. Voters must demand solutions from those running for office - not fifth-grade political campaigns with playground sound bites. As a retired U.S. Air Force veteran, I find it disturbing that McCain has lost touch with reality. Major Robert Tormey (ret.), Escondido, California...
...Zabeen's adoptive parents are horrified by the revelations. "There isn't sufficient information available, and nobody capable of giving us the advice we need to sort it out," they say. A spokesman for Australian Attorney-General Robert McClelland says the allegations "show why there cannot be any relaxation of standards when it comes to verifying the identity of children adopted under the inter-country program." While he says the government "is endeavoring to improve Australia-wide practice in respect to overseas adoption," Zabeen's parents would like to see firm control taken, with foreign adoptions handled by federal rather...
...eventually revealing that former President Frederick Chiluba had stolen some $41 million from the state during his rule. Mwanawasa thereafter became known as a politician who was never afraid to challenge corruption and greed. He was one of the first African leaders to speak out against the Zimbabwean despot Robert Mugabe, lamenting the plight of the neighboring country as a "catastrophe." Two months after suffering a debilitating stroke, he died in Paris...