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...those who oppose the regime. When, in 1999, Gennady Karpenko, a former member of parliament then challenging the President, died of an apparent brain hemorrhage, people were swift to suggest he had been murdered. Three more prominent opposition activists have since disappeared. And in 2000, when a Russian TV cameraman was kidnapped and murdered, some alleged he had been the mistaken victim of a politically motivated assassination. Christos Pourgourides, delegated by the Council of Europe's parliamentary assembly to look into these cases, concluded in a January 2004 report that top state officials took steps "to cover up these disappearances...
...portrayal of his characters’ vulnerability counters media depictions of terrorists as cold-blooded extremists. Khaled delivers a speech to his community, pouring out his frustrations and grievances and explaining why he has chosen to become a martyr. His angry words are not recorded, however, because the cameraman was concentrating on his falafel sandwich. The dark irony of his deflated diatribe both amuses and overwhelms the viewer with compassion for him. It somehow feels akin to watching a younger brother flounder in a play while no one pays attention to his efforts...
...relations catastrophes, Bush's staff gave him a very busy, very public schedule. He was a patient audience member at a daylong conference that First Lady Laura Bush held on Helping America's Youth, and he worked the crowd in one hotel ballroom for so long that a veteran cameraman said it was like having Bill Clinton back. Bush palled around with Democratic luminary Vernon Jordan at a luncheon and invited a group of military wives to suggest a gift for his 28th wedding anniversary. "Sorry I asked," he quipped when urged to give diamonds...
...crime or just a tragic mistake? A Spanish judge opted for the former when he issued an international arrest warrant for three U.S. soldiers alleged to be responsible for firing a 120-mm tank shell into the Palestine Hotel in Baghdad on April 8, 2003, killing Reuters cameraman Taras Protsyuk and José Couso from the Spanish network Telecinco. Judge Santiago Pedraz's order charged that the Americans had committed a possible "crime against the international community." He said he issued the warrant because his court had received no response to its request for information about legal proceedings under...
...Crónicas” follows a Spanish-language tabloid news team covering a serial killer in rural Ecuador. The crew, led by the vain and ambitious field reporter Manolo Bonilla (Leguizamo), includes his sensitive and conflicted producer Marisa (Watling) and their good-natured, stoner cameraman Ivan (José Maria Yazpik...