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...scared to take one of the secret paths through the woods and across the fields, but I really, really want to see my daughter," says Zoya. Before the war, she was able to visit her daughter in Tbilisi any time by taking one of the local buses that ran from Tskhinvali to Tbilisi several times a day. Now, there is not a single bus running from the bus station. "I know blood has been spilled," Zoya says. "But people need to go on living and forget the past...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In South Ossetia, Families Remain Torn Apart | 8/13/2009 | See Source »

...called for an urgent meeting of his counterparts in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, a regional organization that is usually supportive of Burma. A global arms embargo is "the most effective way of showing this military dictatorship that it can no longer defy the international community," says Zoya Phan of London-based advocacy group Burma Campaign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Burma Court Finds Aung San Suu Kyi Guilty | 8/11/2009 | See Source »

However, there are many valid alternatives for parents who don’t want their children to join the ranks of the 29,128 other girls named Emily in 1999. They could try “Alexia” or “Zoya.” True, these names don’t conjure up a nice little corporate song; Alexia and Zoya have to make their own songs...

Author: By Asya Troychansky, | Title: Product Placement in the Crib | 1/7/2004 | See Source »

...terrorists were overcome by the gas, shot and killed. The same gas killed some hostages, but many more died as a result of delayed or inadequate medical care. Trunov said those deaths were the city's responsibility, and that it should pay compensation. One of his clients is Zoya Chernet- sova, whose 23-year-old son, Daniel, died in the raid. "The only thing they should have done was to put a tube in my son's mouth to ventilate his lungs. He would have survived then. Why such negligence?" asked Chernetsova, 50, a nurse who has combat experience with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Struck Down | 1/26/2003 | See Source »

...buttocks, and authorities initially said Sergay had been "violated." His throat was violently slashed. Soltys left behind a list, apparently scolding family members for their "tongues," that is, for saying things that they ought not to have said. Besides singling out his wife, Soltys listed two relatives: Zoya, the mother of Tatyana; and Sergay, the father of Dimitriy. Remaining family members were quickly provided with police protection...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ripping at the Tongues | 9/3/2001 | See Source »

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