James Waterson reports on the latest news from Roland Garros. Li Na became China’s first Grand Slam singles champion after she defeated Francesca Schiavone 6-4, 7-6 (0). Meanwhile, the second-seeded team of Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor overcame Eduardo Schwank and Juan Sebastian Cabal, the team who upset the Bryan brothers in the semifinals. Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will rekindle their Grand Slam rivalry tomorrow, and Bjorn Fratangelo, a 17-year-old who trains in Florida, will try to be... Читать дальше...
Paul Goble
Staunton, June 4 – In the wake of Georgia’s recognition of the Circassian genocide, the head of the Volga Center of Regional and Ethno-Religious Research says, “it cannot be excluded” that there will soon be similar “campaigns” seeking similar international recognition of Russian-conducted genocides against the peoples of the Middle Volga and Siberia.
In an essay on the “Novoye Vostochnoye Obozreniye” portal yesterday, Rais Suleymanov whose center is part of the Russian... Читать дальше...
A platoon of U.S. soldiers walked along a dirt path mottled with sheep droppings, moving past fruit orchards and muddy streams under a warm morning sun. Gunfire, mortar explosions and the other noises of war were nowhere to be heard.
