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...taken into custody and beaten, with hundreds more violently mishandled in the street. Sergei Gulyayev, a member of the city's legislature, told the media that the OMON, Russia's special purpose militia, dragged him down as he was addressing fellow protesters so brutally that his head crashed over stone pavement and he recovered only in a squad car that took him to a precinct...
...drivers and workers rights' advocates at NyayaBhoomi say the real crooks are the city officials. "Politicians have left no stone unturned to portray auto rickshaw drivers as dishonest, cheats and rude. The reality, however, is that they are the victims of the same political games that have played havoc with the entire public transport system of Delhi," reports NyayaBhoomi's website. "There are scores of other problems which the politicians do not want to address. The result is that in spite of cheating you, most auto drivers live in slums or resettlement colonies. Their children are forced into child labor...
...view will come under even more cinematic fire. The rights to Chang's book have been acquired by producer Gerald Green and director Simon West (Lara Croft: Tomb Raider), who will soon start filming a $38 million project. California-based writer and producer Kevin Kent is negotiating with Oliver Stone to direct a film based on his own novel, Nanking. Stanley Tong, the Hong Kong director of several Jackie Chan movies, has a Nanjing movie in development, and award-winning Chinese director Lu Chuan hopes to start shooting his own account of the massacre this month. Finally, Canadian filmmaker Bill...
...grand sérail, seat of the Lebanese government, is a magnificent 19th century Oriental palace. The stone façade, geometrical courtyard and ornate chambers were originally built as an Ottoman military barracks. Though beautifully restored, the structure was gutted at the start of the 15-year civil war - a wound on Lebanese history that is never far from the mind of the Grand Sérail's occupant since 2005's Cedar Revolution: Prime Minister Fouad Siniora...
...their four conference losses coming against first-place Dartmouth. Junior Sabrina Harbec leads the team with 63 points and sophomore Carson Duggan has 27 goals to pace the Saints’ offense. “We’re well-matched,” head coach Katey Stone said after Harvard’s quarterfinal series with Yale. “I think there is a little bit extra when we haven’t beaten them yet this year.” Despite feeling the need for revenge, the Crimson is trying not to worry about past performances. What...