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...Still, for Moscow, the Galashki clashes are welcome evidence of Georgian perfidy. The Georgian government traditionally claims that Chechen rebels hide out in the lawless Pankisi Valley where the government has no control, but it's safe to assume the government knew what was happening. There's a lot of sympathy for the Chechen rebels in Georgia, a former Soviet Republic whose leaders have been trying to move out of the Russian orbit and closer to the West. And of course that, and not simply rebel infiltration, is the source of Moscow's hostility to Georgia's government...
...have calmed a little. Georgia is expecting retaliation, and not just in the Pankisi Gorge. That might be bombed a couple of times, but there's not much there except a few sheep. Instead, the Georgians expect a Russian military operation to break Georgia's grip on the Kodori Valley. Several pieces of Georgia have been nibbled away by Russian-backed separatist insurgencies since Georgia broke from the Soviet Union. The most independently-minded region is Abkhazia, to which the Georgian-held Kodori valley is the strategic gateway. And Georgian officials fear that if Russian pressure forces their troops...
DUNE FORCE Spend enough time in Wadi Rum, a desolate and spellbinding valley of rocks and rolling sands stretching 130 kilometers through the southern desert, and you're bound to come across the Desert Police?Jordan's sandblasted law enforcers. Dressed in ceremonial khaki galabias and armed with silver-sheathed knives and Smith & Wesson guns, their camelback patrols are often regarded as little more than an example of Jordan's p.r. machine cranked into full effect. True, on a day-to-day basis, rescuing lost tourists is their primary duty, and most desert policemen are more than happy to pose...
Luba loved her job. as a systems analyst for a large software company in Silicon Valley, she was part of a team of men and women who developed computer programs. The pressure was intense: Luba worked 12-hour days, plus weekends on her laptop. But the middle-aged wife and mother found the work fascinating. She liked her colleagues and became deeply involved in their lives. After three years, however, Luba was suddenly reassigned to another group. Although the transfer involved more pay and responsibility, she felt she had been ripped away from a life she cherished. She suffered shortness...
...Trend Alert Boot Up, Urban Cowboy By KATE DRAKE/Hong Kong The deer and antelope are still less than abundant, but when it comes to fashion, Hong Kong is now at home on the range. Cowboy boots and fringe-covered suede boots are suddenly hotter than Death Valley in August. Local magazine Fashion & Beauty recently ran a full page story flogging the new style, and retailers are finding it difficult to keep their shelves stocked. Local store i.t, which started carrying Western-style boots in July, sold out its first shipment of over 1,000 pairs in just two weeks. Zarina...