1.0 link 31419 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deborah-jones-and-aimee-liu/in-memory-of-anna-politko_b_31419.html Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya did not have to die. The child of diplomats in the Brezhnev era, she could have made a career of ease. The mother of two, she could have stayed home without questioning the war her government was fighting in her name. Even within her chosen profession, she could have stayed safe by reporting the news approved by Putin's administration. If she had taken the easy way she likely would not have been gunned down in her...

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