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...really have too many thoughts about whether they're productive; it's not an issue we've discussed much within HRC. The demonstrations seem to have gotten a lot of attention (good and bad) in the media, so to the extent that you buy into the idea that all publicity is good publicity (which I do not), I guess you could term them moderately successful. They do seem to have tapped into some of the sentiment against wasteful government spending...
...days after the shooting, you spoke extensively to the media about the warning signs you saw in Cho. What was the response...
...boil over in January, when inhabitants say they got word of a police decision to storm the settlement, and 3,000 Tatars set up camp for several days to offer protection. "We will defend our homes and families," says Khalilov. And not only from the police. In 2007, Ukranian media reported that representatives of the developer had clashed with Tatars at the site...
...local media's focus on Tatar land grabs often ignores the fact that land is regularly seized illegally by non-Tatars. "Our argument is not with ordinary people, but with the powers that be," says Khalilov, his voice filled with a mixture of anger and frustration. "The city is in a terrible state, so they think up other problems to distract people. They use the Tatars as an enemy." Indeed, the old myth of the Tatars' "betrayal" during World War II is still widely believed...
...Somali coast, particularly after the Hong Kong-registered MT Stolt Valor was hijacked in September of last year along with its crew of 22, including 18 Indians. The wife of the ship's Indian captain, Seema Goyal, waged a high-profile battle with the help of the media and the NUSI until the hostages were freed two months later. "I knew I would have to create pressure to get the government to act," says Goyal. "Otherwise, who cares about sailors from Asian countries?" (See more pictures of the brazen pirates of Somalia...