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  • Russia in Broad Retreat From Kyiv, Seeking to Regroup From Battering

    04/03/2022 9:40:39 AM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 64 replies
    The New York Times ^ | April 2, 2022 | Andrew E. Kramer and Neil MacFarquhar
    BUCHA, Ukraine — The Russian forces that were intent on overwhelming Kyiv at the war’s start with tanks and artillery retreated under fire across a broad front on Saturday, leaving behind them dead soldiers and burned vehicles, according to witnesses, Ukrainian officials, satellite images and military analysts. The withdrawal suggested the possibility of a major turn in the six-week war — the collapse, at least for now, of Russia’s initial attempt to seize Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, and the end of its hopes for the quick subjugation of the nation. Moscow has described the withdrawal as a tactical move to...
  • Wife batterer freed as TV star waives revenge

    07/05/2004 3:09:22 PM PDT · by MadIvan · 36 replies · 1,697+ views
    The Times ^ | July 6, 2004 | Nicholas Blanford
    A POPULAR Saudi newsreader has pardoned her husband for beating her almost to death, allowing his release from prison after less than three months. In a case that has broken Saudi taboos and prompted a tightening of laws to protect women, Rania al-Baz, a presenter with Saudi Television’s Channel One, withdrew her right for monetary compensation. She also waived the right under Sharia (Islamic law) to inflict a beating of equal severity on her husband, Mohammed al-Fallatta, and requested his release. The television presenter was savagely beaten on April 4 because she kept answering the phone at the family home....