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...read with fascination your article on museum curator Irving Finkel and his researches into the Royal Game of Ur. But I take issue with his claim that Monopoly introduced the last "momentous" innovation in board games. In fact, the last 15 years have seen great innovations in board-game design. One game, Settlers of Catan, has almost single-handedly sparked a renaissance in board gaming in Europe. And retoolings of classic American games like Risk have introduced ideas that leave many older games in the dust. Granted, board games are a niche hobby. However, the 250,000-plus people...
...without a new terrorism alert. In early April, the Ministry of Public Security announced it had uncovered plans for attacks during the Games by Uighur separatists from China's Xinjiang region. In March, authorities said a female Uighur terrorist attempted to start a fire on a flight from Urümqi to Beijing. Although the attempted attack received widespread coverage, authorities offered few further details. Interpol and the U.S. Department of State have both warned that the Olympics could be an attractive target for international terrorists...
...three occasions - most recently on April 10 - officials in the Chinese capital have announced that security forces foiled planned attacks by what they called Muslim separatist groups from the province. Details were scant but the most recent announcement alleged that some 45 Uighurs in the provincial capital of Urümqi had been arrested in raids that uncovered plans to kidnap athletes and others attending the 2008 Beijing Olympics. An earlier report alleged that a young Uighur woman had tried to smuggle a bomb aboard a commercial aircraft in an attempt to bring it down...
...Putin has other plans. He became UR chairman on Tuesday without having bothered to join the party; on Monday night, the UR congress amended its charter to allow this, and the Ministry of Justice worked through the night to smooth any legal problems by Tuesday morning...
...Meanwhile, Duma Speaker and, until today, UR Chairman Boris Gryzlov reminded the congress of their new chair's exalted status of "National Leader...