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...satisfied with the sentence meted out by a British court, the Chechens wanted to avenge the deaths of their envoys in blood. That sealed Karen Reed's fate. It is hard to imagine a family less likely to be involved in a political mafia killing from the former Soviet Union than Karen and Alison's. But as one of the officers involved in the case pointed out at the time, "We were suddenly dealing with crime and politics from a part of the world that, to be honest, none of us in the Metropolitan or Surrey police had ever heard...
...last 20 years? Two key factors are at play. The first is globalization - the liberalization of financial and commodity markets that has created huge new opportunities for the world's most adventurous entrepreneurs. The second is the fall of communism. When the communist regimes in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union imploded, they left a power vacuum that was filled by a swath of failing states that stretched from the Balkans across Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia as far as the Chinese border...
...lead, disgruntled liberals in the last few years have been constantly on the verge of claiming refugee status within the borders of their northern neighbor. Meanwhile, God-fearing conservatives seem happy to share in Pat Buchanan’s nuanced vision of Canada as “Soviet Canuckistan...
Unfair or not, the Olympics have never been simply about sports. Just ask any member of the 1980 U.S. team whose lifelong Olympic dream died when President Jimmy Carter ordered a boycott of the Moscow games to protest the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. And the 2008 Games in Beijing promise to be one of the most politically charged Olympiads in modern times, offering a unique platform for protest groups seeking to highlight issues ranging from the host country's crackdown in Tibet and its economic ties with the Sudanese government responsible for the atrocities in Darfur to its domestic political...
...only passing interest if not for the airport's history. Tempelhof's stern, monumental style was meant to trumpet the permanence of National Socialism. It outlived that twisted purpose to take on a more benign and, for many Berliners, vital role. When West Berlin was blockaded by Soviet troops in 1948 - 60 years ago this June - Tempelhof served as the city's sole lifeline to the West. Cargo planes, known as "raisin bombers," ferried in supplies - from potatoes to Hershey's chocolate bars - every three minutes around the clock for 15 months. The place became a symbol for the West...