Showing results for: ukraine (page 162)
“An explosion waiting to happen”
Jeff Horwitz
Iraq expert Amy Hawthorne discusses the possibilities -- but mostly the pitfalls -- of Sunday's elections.
Taunting the Kremlin
Ian Traynor
Yushchenko names a billionaire populist -- a woman who played a key role in the "orange" revolution -- as Ukraine's prime minister.
Fresh start for freedom
Ian Traynor
Viktor Yushchenko, taking the oath as president, pledges that Ukraine "will become an honest nation."
Right Hook
Mark Follman
Fox News' Sean Hannity rips U.N. official over tsunami relief comment, wants him fired. Too bad his facts are wrong. And: Why is a right-winger singing from the same choir as Michael Moore?
Romania’s orange alert
Simon Tisdall
Traian Basescu's victory signals closer ties between Eastern Europe and the West, and further isolation for Russia.
Letters
Salon Staff
What do Ukraine and Ohio have in common? Should the CIA play dirty? Has Bush soured Canadians on America for good? Salon readers weigh in.
Justice for Bhopal survivors
Mark Hertsgaard
The worst industrial disaster in history killed 22,000 people and counting. Twenty years later, activists are working with Amnesty International to haul those responsible into court.
Where democracy refuses to die
David Talbot
The media was pro-government. In much of the country, the election machinery was controlled by the ruling party. Voter fraud was rampant. But the people of Ukraine will not surrender.
Democracy inaction
James K. Galbraith
If U.S. officials who are complaining about election fraud in Ukraine applied the same standards in Ohio, then our own presidential election certainly was stolen.
I Like to Watch
Heather Havrilesky
Enough plasma TVs will make the scary gangbangers go away, Ewan McGregor tours Mongolia by motorcycle, and "Tom Goes to the Mayor" is extremely weird yet not funny!
“House of Flying Daggers”
Stephanie Zacharek
The director of "Hero" comes out with a follow-up so heroically seductive you may just faint into its arms.
Looking for votes, finding America
Jonathan Alford
Scared, angry and needing to act, I left California to volunteer for John Kerry in Pennsylvania. I changed some minds -- including my own.
Ask the pilot
Patrick Smith
The destruction of two Russian jetliners is proof that bombs, not skyjackings, are the current terrorist threat to watch for. But just what is a Tupolev jet, anyway?
King Kaufman’s Sports Daily
Salon Staff
Olympics: The Dream Team that couldn't shoot straight. Plus: Ginobili can! And: NBC holds the syrup and shows actual events.
If murder won’t work, try crying libel
Katharine Mieszkowski
Her partner was kidnapped and beheaded. Now, charges Ukrainian journalist Olena Prytula, the government is using the courts to shut down her crusading Web site.
Letters
Salon Staff
Readers respond to "A Call to Conscience," by former U.S. diplomat Roger Morris. Plus: Does the demise of the Soviet Union foretell the fate of Cuba after Fidel?
Iraq by the numbers
Geraldine Sealey
From swatting flies to stirring up hornets’ nests
Husain Haqqani
A new terrorist document shows that as the U.S. flails in Iraq, only al-Qaida seems to have a strategy.
Journey to the “planet of thin”
Kera Bolonik
The author of "Passing for Thin: How I Lost Half My Weight and Found Myself" talks about a lifetime of physical and psychic pain brought on by her weight, and even after losing 188 pounds, how far she still has to go.
Poisoning the roots of the techno-boom
Jeff Taylor
An engineer's perspective: Outsourcing jobs to India doesn't just hurt workers but also threatens the health of the entire American technology sector.
Ask the pilot
Patrick Smith
Does lavatory refuse ever fall from the sky? And there can't really be an airline called Aerobanana, can there?
He had me at “allo”
Salon Staff
My Ukrainian composer spoke no English, had carpetlike back hair, and smelled vaguely of cooked cabbage. What's not to love?
Italy’s sex slaves
Laura Fraser
Young women from Africa and Eastern Europe are lured to Italy with the promise of good jobs
and a new life. But when they get there they are beaten, raped and forced into prostitution.
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