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...victim told police that one of the suspects attempted to strike him in the genital area, but the victim blocked the blow and kept walking past the suspects...
...jure, but it certainly exists de facto," says Andriy Shchevchenko, leader of the newly formed Independent Media Union. Serhiy Vasilyev, head of President Kuchma's Information Department, insisted the memos were nothing more than simple press releases. But some 500 journalists signed a manifesto in which they threatened to strike in protest against the temniki and in support of free-expression guarantees. "Ukraine is the most informationally open country," counters Ivan Chizh, chairman of the State Committee on Information Policies, TV and Radio. "It is so open that quite often those who are using this openness are working against...
VENEZUELA Chavez On The Edge President Hugo Chávez was pushed even further into a corner as the U.S. joined his domestic opponents in calling for early elections. Chávez insisted he wouldn't be cowed by a lengthy general strike that has brought the economy close to collapse, but he was fast running out of options - and outside support. A White House statement said early elections were the only "peaceful, viable" way to end the political and economic crisis. Banks, supermarkets and the vital oil industry have all been seriously affected by the strike, which began...
...least twice as long as plasma screens. But picture quality generally falls short of both plasma and crt sets. lcd displays have a slow response rate, meaning they don't handle fast on-screen action well. When Bruce Willis dives from that burning building or Ronaldo launches a perfect strike into the upper left hand corner of the net, objects moving quickly across the screen are liable to leave ghostly "tracers" in their wake...
...China, the situation looks increasingly ominous. If North Korea has nukes, South Korea and possibly Japan will feel pressured to develop nuclear strike capabilities of their own to deter the North, say diplomats. That raises the prospect of China?which already shares borders with nuclear powers India, Pakistan and Russia?facing ancient adversaries armed with weapons of mass destruction on its eastern flank, too. Last month, during a regular meeting of senior foreign ministry diplomats at a luxury compound east of Beijing, a group of about fifteen department heads and other officials discussed a request from Washington that Beijing...