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Monthly Archives: December 2005
What Are We Doing?
What are we doing becoming so cozy with China? How long can we continue to turn a blind eye to things like this, a new crackdown on Chinaâs most liberal media, as reported in the International Herald Tribune? Hereâs some more coverage by Guardian Unlimited.
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Ukraine and Yuschenko Stand Firm on Gas
Forbes reports that Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko has rejected a Russian loan as a means of coping with impending hikes in prices by Russiaâs state-controlled Gazprom. According to the article, Gazprom is forcing a 4-fold increase in prices upon the Ukraine. Others have speculated that this action comes as retribution for the defeat of the [...]
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The Return of Russian Despotism
This Washington Post article sums up the state of affairs in Russia. Key points include:
Supression of free media outlets
Forced nationalization of key economic sectors, such as the oil industry
Punishment of neighboring countries using oil prices as a weapon
Manipulation of the national legislature to make [...]
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Longing and Delight
The books or the music in which we thought the beauty was located will betray us if we trust to them; it was not in them, it only came through them, and what came through them was longing. These things â the beauty, the memory of our own past â are good images of what [...]
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