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...Yekaterinburg. Such expansion outside Moscow was unthinkable even a few years ago, but it's a sign of how Russian retailing has evolved over the past decade. Some new retailers are racing to create national chain stores for the first time - an ambitious goal given Russia's vast size, the poor state of its roads and railways and the complexity of dealing with local bureaucrats. In sectors ranging from pharmacies to DIY stores, recognizable brand names are starting to emerge. Euroset, a seller of mobile phones, is the best example. Its fortunes have soared as Russians across the country have...
During the silent years, it seems, Hannah was soaking up vast storehouses of information. The girl without language had an extensive vocabulary, a sense of humor and some unusual gifts. One day, when Jacob presented her with a page of 30 or so math problems, Hannah took one look, then typed all 30 answers. Stunned, Jacob asked, "Do you have a photographic memory?" Hannah typed...
...among Ritai’s band, Ga Yu channels the horror of the poachers’ heartlessness along with the ostensibly righteous cruelty Ritai’s men serve to those that threaten the wilderness they protect. In one especially disquieting scene, the mountain patrol looks out over a vast field of sun-bleached antelope carcasses as a pair of marauding vultures picks them clean of their meat. During these moments, Lu draws us close to the mountain patrol, sharing in not only their disgust, but also their terror. It’s all the more tragic, then, when...
...Moussaoui will also be part of an elite minority at ADX Florence: the five percent of inmates who were sent there immediately after their sentencing hearing. The vast majority of the 399 prisoners took a more circuitous route, earning their spot in the country's most high-tech and restrictive prison by doing things like attacking guards at other prisons, killing inmates or trying to escape. After a number of prisoner-on-prisoner fatalities, says spokeswoman Krista Rear, the super max in Florence cut off all contact among inmates. There hasn't been a fatality since, she says...
...their armed loyalists. The status of Kirkuk, officially to be decided in a referendum by the end of 2007, is one of the most contentious issues facing the new Iraqi government; though claimed by the Kurds, it is controlled by Baghdad, which is reluctant to part with its vast oilfields...