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...Trans-Siberian Railroad links the western, European part of the country to the Asian region in the east. The passenger trains involved were traveling between Novosibirsk, the largest town in Siberia with a population of 1.3 million, and Adler, a popular health resort...
...government recently pledged to stop importing luxury cars and halt the annual migration of Beijing officials to the beachside resort of Beidaihe to escape the sweltering summer. On the way to his favorite barber, Vice Premier Tian Jiyun was seen being driven in a Toyota sedan instead of his beloved Mercedes-Benz. Unfortunately for the capital's elite, such modest belt tightening is not likely to impress the student protesters...
...Georgia, one of 42 states where prisons are under court order to reduce overcrowding, correctional officials resort to a kind of risky triage, releasing less dangerous inmates to make room for muggers, rapists and other violent criminals. Sometimes their judgment goes awry. Ronnie Fisher was sprung from Fulton County Jail last month while awaiting trial on car-theft and drug charges. Barely an hour after he was set free, police caught him apparently trying to rob a man on an Atlanta street. Georgia still plans to release 3,000 inmates by July...
...city is under court order to remedy the situation, but New York prison authorities are forbidden by law to resort to a simple release of surplus prisoners to alleviate overcrowding. Instead, the city is scrambling to speed up inmate processing, so that accused criminals awaiting trial can be released on bail, while it is also spilling inmates into the overcrowded state system...
...Noriega will go to ensure Duque's triumph -- and how U.S. officials and irate Panamanians will react when the tainted returns trickle in. The Bush Administration is betting that the cocky Noriega will trip on his own blind determination. As Washington sketchs it, Noriega's supporters will resort to such blatant electoral fraud that Panamanians will take to the streets in furious protest, sparking a brutish response from the Panama Defense Forces. The international outcry will deepen Panama's diplomatic isolation, and eventually the economic and political erosion will reach such dire proportions that the military will abandon Noriega...