I think I got what you want, but unfortunately I tweaked a little here and there too much and so I'm not completely sure what all I changed. I'm attaching a screen shot of the result in Firefox 4 RC1. As a note, the page doesn't look right in Opera 11. The background gradient color on the body is what's off.
Here's the aside, which was the crucial part. This is only what I added to the existing styles.
aside {
President Vladimir Putin
Medvedev
Russian President Dmitry
Dmitry Medvedev and Vladimir
Dmitry Medvedev and Vladimir
Dmitri Medvedev
Medvedev with Vladimir Putin
Dmitry Medvedev looks set to
Here's the aside, which was the crucial part. This is only what I added to the existing styles.
aside {