St. Joseph News-Press, July 30th, 2006
He's 9. Skinny. All arms and legs and a head of pale blonde hair.
He sits in the stands as classic rock in a foreign language fills the ball park air on a sweaty Sunday summer night.
Ihar Melnikau smiles and laughs with a little girl next to him, three rows up from the American family he's staying with.
It's easy, on this warm evening, not to notice the air filled with smells of hot dogs and sounds of chattering fans.
But his body does. It's why he's here.
Clean food and water, clear air and family are basics. Easy to overlook, but hard to live without.
Twenty years ago, a nuclear explos...
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