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...Statkevich, 49, leader of the opposition Social Democratic party, found himself confined to a prison barrack in the town of Baranovichi, 120 km west of Minsk, the nation's capital. Last March, the government sentenced him to three years of forced labor for "resisting the authorities and obstructing traffic" during a protest in October 2003. So now Statkevich rises to the dawn sound of reveille, submits to a body search and roll call, then walks for an hour to a damp, cold shop where he repairs radios. This is the only work authorities will allow Statkevich, who holds a Ph.D...
...renationalized most banks, stepped up centralized controls and preserved collective farms. Minsk today looks like the set for a 1950s Soviet movie. Its broad boulevards, designed for military parades and tanks, are clean, orderly - and dull. Monotonous rows of Stalinist apartment blocks line the streets, and there are no traffic jams or bright advertising to bring life to the city. The omnipresent police keep crime in check, but also beat up "undesirables" in broad daylight. Some modern shops stock luxury consumer goods - at least in their windows - but most shoppers earn wages that barely cover staples. At night harsh floodlights...
...down the price per dose to pennies. Keasling and his team at Berkeley have already worked out how to extract the genes responsible for making artemisinin and transplanted them into a harmless strain of E. coli. Now they're furiously working those 100-hour weeks to reroute the metabolic traffic in the microbe and produce oodles of artemisinin...
...accumulated while Boe played every single minute in net up to this point in the season.“We want to see these kids get some playing time,” Stone said. “These are tough games to play. A lot of shots come through traffic because the defense is taking more away in shooting.”“I’ve been waiting all season for this,” Vitt added. “I felt really comfortable out there even though these are tough games because there...
...other day, while tottering home in black velvet stilettos and a backpack that weighed more than a small child, I found myself waiting for a Mass. Ave. traffic light to change. After politely refusing two homeless persons’ solicitations, I occupied myself with the conversation next to me. “I love that music!” said one girl, gesturing to that ubiquitous street musician who plays a gourd attached to a string. “It’s pretty soulful,” her companion agreed.“I kind of wish we could...