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Litvinenko had spent the 1990s as an officer in the élite organized crime unit of the Federal Security Service (FSB), which was tasked with penetrating organized-crime gangs in the murky post-Soviet world of big money and official corruption. Like anyone else who touched that cesspit, he had collected some powerful enemies--and at least one ally. That was Boris Berezovsky, one of Russia's first billionaires, who made his money in cars and oil partly by using his excellent connections with Boris Yeltsin to buy state assets for much less than they turned out to be worth...
...government abandoned plans to pardon those behind the abortive coup and mutiny of 2000. But some in Fiji say Bainimarama, who during the mutiny narrowly escaped assassination by rebel troops, has another motive: ending a police probe into the killings of four soldiers from the mutinous special-forces unit...
...07.Puchtel, the former Crimson tight end turned University of Minnesota basketball starting forward, leads a band of former Harvard JV—or Gopher varsity—team members to serve a new purpose: become the most vaunted scout team Harvard women’s hoops has ever seen.The unit includes freshman forward Alex Ahmed, fellow first year Dave Boswell, and senior big man Jacob Mays to compliment Puchtel. The challenge this squad of athletic, quick, and often mammoth men poses to the women’s team is a double-edged sword—it is a struggle...
...Brand said. Junior saber fencer Carolyn Wright went undefeated in her three bouts as well, and the saber squad finished the match, 8-1. The women’s foil also went 8-1, as freshman Arielle Pensler and sophomore Lisa Vastola turned in undefeated efforts. The epee unit performed well for the women, finishing 6-3 in large part due to a 3-0 performance by sophomore Maria Larsson. On the men’s side, the score was slightly closer, but the result was the same. Harvard tacked another victory on to its undefeated record, thanks...
Tensions flared yesterday when Allston community members criticized what they said was a lack of clear communication and information at a meeting with owners of Charlesview Apartments. Over 60 Allston residents gathered to hear preliminary plans for a proposed relocation of the 213-unit affordable housing complex in the heart of Harvard’s planned campus across the Charles River. “This is the beginning of a process of not only sharing our vision and views, but also yours,” said a member of the apartment’s Board of Directors and community pastor...