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...former Soviet republic is about to experience regime change. You must maneuver your faction into position to replace the tottering totalitarian leader and win the hearts and minds of the people without attracting the attention of the secret police. That's the premise behind Republic (PC, $40), a thoughtful, nuanced game for all those who have ever wanted to try their hand at Machiavellian politics...
...Ukranian-born Sharansky, a prominent dissident in the Soviet Union who was jailed by the Kremlin from 1977 to 1986, said that human rights activists—who once made the effort to free him from prison an international cause-celebre—have since abandoned the plight of the Jews...
...watching the Apollo launches and hoped that by now the U.S. would have made many more giant leaps into our solar system and beyond. The Apollo lunar program was a testament to mankind's curiosity, tenacity and intellect. But it demonstrated our competitive nature and paranoia about the Soviet Union's space program. Perhaps a little competition is what we need to give the National Aeronautics and Space Administration the proper funding. I wish the Chinese success in space. It can only help us all in this large universe. Veronica Coscia Havertown...
...Ankara that the absence of a settlement for Cyprus "could become a serious obstacle" to Turkey's hopes of starting talks on E.U. entry in 2005. Flawed Result GEORGIA Thousands of protesters gathered in the capital, Tbilisi, in support of opposition groups claiming that parliamentary elections in the former Soviet republic were rigged by President Eduard Shevardnadze's government. Interim results had a pro-Shevardnadze bloc vying for the lead with a regional grouping allied to the government, despite exit polls that showed popular support for the radical opposition. International observers claimed the election was marred by serious irregularities...
...arrived in Kabul a day earlier than expected, so, to keep me occupied, my interpreter took me to his cousin's wedding party?a women-only affair in a crumbling, Soviet-era housing estate. I was ushered through the apartment door into a heaving jewel box of glitter and gold lam?. About 40 women filled the tiny room, spilling over sofas and sitting in one another's laps. Space for a dance floor had been cleared between sprawling limbs, and a corpulent, velvet-bedecked woman gyrated to a popular Bollywood tune. When she tired, she was replaced by a girl...