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...discovery: as another resident of the courtyard, a pretty teenager named Luiza Israilova, put it: "everyone has got used to killings." The district where Anna lives, Mikrorayon, is pretty much a safe area for anti-Russian guerrillas, who recently detonated two remote-controlled mines and killed a soldier in the space of a couple of days...
...Hester Chew, managing director of Tricon's Thailand, Singapore and Indonesia units, is the loyal soldier assigned the job of vanquishing Heinecke. The only painting in Chew's Sukhumvit Road office is a portrait of the ranking officer of the fast-food business, Colonel Sanders. Behind Chew's desk, left over from a KFC-Star Wars promotion, looms a 6-ft. tall statue of Darth Vader wielding his laser. Chew, a former lieutenant in the Singapore army, talks about being a "general'' in this conflict. Still, he could be busted down to buck private if he loses...
...withstand an exodus of its headliners. Although Wang had been selected by the Mavericks in the second round of the 1999 draft, his team?the army-run August 1 Rockets? had refused to let him go. Only this year, in the wake of the Sydney debacle, did the dutiful soldier get his chance. "This is a very, very long process," says Michael Denzel, vice president of NBA Asia. "Frankly, we're just relieved that Wang got to Dallas and had an opportunity to play...
...years ago NATO intervened in Kosovo to defend the ethnic Albanians. Now they recognise that Albanian extremism is threatening to destroy the fragile stability in the war-torn province and beyond. As one senior NATO soldier in Kosovo puts it: "They're extremely close to pushing the entire region over the precipice and into the abyss. And that will mean a massive disaster...
...hawk a commemorative tuxedo-clad Ken doll, expected to land in stores in June. Fortieth-anniversary Ken will be sold with a tiny replica of the very first Ken, who wore a red bathing suit with a yellow towel. Over the years, Ken has come in many versions, including soldier Ken, lifeguard Ken, Olympic skater Ken, sailor Ken and even cowboy Ken--in short, all the Village People. Curiously, he and Barbie never married...