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...helicopter crash behind enemy lines, only to land in a far more dangerous situation - the convoluted and toxic dramas of a refugee family forced to rely on poppy to survive. As the soldiers and the Afghans warily circle each other misunderstandings abound. The refugees have taken shelter under abandoned Soviet army tanks, which the soldiers mistake for a Taliban encampment. They open fire, setting the stage for anger and frustration. The Afghans fear the soldiers are after their opium crop, or, when one of the soldiers tries to make friends with a toddler, that the foreigners want to take their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Afghanistan's Great Film Hope | 2/17/2009 | See Source »

...looking for recipes. We found one that worked made from grape and in 2004 we launched our product." Kosogorov, which is bottled in a factory and tested by safety authorities, is sold in most supermarkets for $40. It is, however, made to look like the moonshine sold in Soviet times with it's label printed crookedly in a handwritten font. "It's a nice product with a good brand image," Poluetkov says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russia's Artisanal Moonshine Boom | 2/15/2009 | See Source »

...movies. 5. Every time you find yourself thinking, “Barack would never do this.” 6. Every time you find yourself thinking, “McCain might have done this in his younger days.” 7. Every time one of the sketchy Soviet terrorists sneaks a peek at a skirted woman climbing a ladder. 8. Every time a decision of Vice President Glenn Close is ignored because she’s a woman. We’ve come so far since 1997. 9. Every time we are supposed to understand that the president...

Author: By William P. Hennrikus, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: ScreenShots: Air Force One | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

...Born in 1958 in the part of the former Soviet Union now known as Moldova. Married, with three children...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Avigdor Lieberman | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

...Used his Soviet roots to form a political base, founding the Zionist Forum for Soviet Jewry during the mid-1980s. He used this to launch himself into a prominent role in the Likud party, serving as the party's director from 1993 to 1996 and in the office of the prime minister from 1996 to 1997. • Founded the Yisreal Beitenu party in 1999 as an offshoot to Likud, when he was angered by concecessions the party was making to Palestinians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Avigdor Lieberman | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

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