Is the party over in Silicon Valley? Judy Estrin, a serial entrepreneur, investor and former chief technology officer at Cisco apparently thinks it is, in a book coming out Tuesday, "Closing the Innovation Gap." She tells the Bits blog at the New York Times in Does...
AFTER the fall of the Soviet Union--so thunderous, so unexpected--the bystanders wondered who had brought it about. Was it the main actors on the spot, Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin, pulling sometimes in tandem, more often at loggerheads? Was it Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher, who rallied the willpower of...
LEADING ARTICLE The future of two enclaves should not be allowed to spark conflict Russia's action in recognising the unilaterally declared independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia was hasty, intemperate and ill-advised. It was also utterly predictable. These two regions have tried to separate themselves from...
Russia's U.N. ambassador said Tuesday he doesn't think Russia's recognition of two separatist regions in Georgia will lead to a new Cold War, though he predicted a difficult period ahead in relations with the West. Vitaly Churkin said Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili's attack on South Ossetia created...
Celebrate the heritage and history of theformer Soviet Union's republics during the "Russian Mosaic" Festival atPenn's Landing. For the fifth year, the Russian speaking community ofPhiladelphia will join together to rejoice in the rich traditions of theirculture. This FREE festival will take place at the Great Plaza at Penn'sLanding, on...
Impressive. That's the best one-word description of the China Olympics. The fireworks show alone during the closing ceremonies Sunday night will long be remembered not only by those actually inside the Bird's Nest stadium in Beijing, but also by those of us who were in awe just watching it on...
NEW YORK -- The following is a statement by OligarchWatch reporter, Viktor Pavlov: "While Russian and Georgian soldiers were fighting in Ossetia, another battle was being waged in Moscow - against Georgian organized crime bosses. The Georgian mafia, its members known colloquially as "thieves in law" for their...
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Pet owners listen up! Many people have probably heard of Oprah's friend "The Dog Whisperer," but they may not have heard of David Letterman's friend, "Vladae The Russian Dog Wizard!" Vladae is truly a character! He is a former Soviet Intelligence...
NEW YORK -- The following is a statement by OligarchWatch reporter, Viktor Pavlov: "Traditionally, Georgian organized crime bosses, known colloquially as "thieves in law," choose to relocate to Moscow from Georgia. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, many have managed to establish ties in the government and...
If the conflict in Georgia were an Olympic event, the gold medal for brutish stupidity would go to the Russian prime minister, Vladimir Putin. The silver medal for bone-headed recklessness would go to Georgia's president, Mikheil Saakashvili, and the bronze medal for rank shortsightedness would go to the Clinton and...
On board S/Y Bushido Finally a gold medal for Greece, for cheating. Fifteen of our men and women have joined the pantheon of cheaters, the latest our 400-metres hurdles gold medal winner in Athens, Fani Halkia. It's a disgrace but the athletes are not solely to blame. ...
CHESAPEAKE, Virginia AFP — Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama staged a rare show of unity with President George W. Bush Thursday by endorsing his approach to the crisis between Georgia and Russia. Obama, whose Republican rival John McCain has been hammering the Georgia issue to flag his...
GORI, Georgia -- Russian forces lingered deep in Georgia on Thursday, digging trenches and setting up mortars a day before Kremlin officials promised to complete a troop withdrawal from this former Soviet republic. But a top Russian general said it could be 10 days before the bulk...
Edinburgh Festival 2008 A CLOUD IN TROUSERS Underbelly *** A slight figure, face whitened, carrying a suitcase, saunters onto the small stage. This is A Girl in a Suit, as Samantha Bloom sister of Orlando describes her one-woman company. Her show is a monologue - a...
Among all the dramatic and doom-laden suggestions this week of how to deal with Russia after Georgia, one of the most naive must be the suggestion that we can somehow separate the politics from the commerce, playing hardball with the one and softball with the other. Tell that to BP....
As we observe the fighting in Georgia, on the Russian border, we might remember just what NATO was all about. It committed us, by the treaty's language at least, to an automatic tripwire war with any state (read, the Soviet Union) that attacked any NATO member-state. The American Constitution gives...
BEIJING -- The Olympic Games are showcasing incredible changes in the lives of China's billion-plus people. Yet one aspect of life in this fiercely capitalist marketplace remains firmly stuck in the socialist past. That's China's state-run sports system, which continues to churn out gold medal champions. ...
GORI, Georgia -- Russia said Monday it had begun withdrawing from the conflict zone in Georgia, but it held fast to key positions and sent some of its troops in the opposite direction -- closer to the Georgian capital. Russian troops and vehicles roamed freely around the...
BEIJING -- In 1988, Valeri Liukin tied for an Olympic gold medal on the high bar for the Soviet Union. Fast-forward 20 years. His daughter, Nastia, tied for first for the USA in the women's equivalent -- the uneven bars -- in an Olympic women's gymnastics...
WASHINGTON AFP — Republican White House hopeful John McCain vowed Monday to stand with "brave" new democracies that were once "captive" of the Soviet Union, and slammed the judgement of his Democratic foe Barack Obama. McCain stepped up his attacks on Obama, arguing that turbulent world events like...
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