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...Bulgaria and Ukraine are considering pulling their forces out of Iraq. Yeah, it's going to happen as soon as they find a car that can seat six people." --CONAN O'BRIEN...
...crowding the upper echelons, occupying 12 of the sport's top 42 rankings. Thirty-four of today's 58 foreign wrestlers are from Mongolia, which has a strong tradition in a kind of wrestling similar to sumo, but a growing number are from Eastern Europe. Nine wrestlers are from Bulgaria, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, the Czech Republic,Kazakhstan and Russia. (A handful of Americans, like the first non-Japanese yokozuna, Akebonoknown as Chad Rowan to childhood friends in Hawaiirose to the highest ranks of sumo in the early 1990s...
...September, it announced a joint venture with Baltimore, Maryland-based Constellation Energy to promote its new generation of nuclear plant, and expects orders for four reactors once the technology is approved by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Even in nuclear-resistant Europe, official attitudes are shifting. Bulgaria is currently holding a tender for two new reactors; British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who last week hosted an international conference on climate change, has called for a debate about the future of nuclear power amid signs that the government may order several new plants; and in both Germany and Sweden, public debates...
...Berlusconi's private and political domination of Italian broadcasting. During the show's premiere, Celentano gave a sizzling monologue demanding a free press and declaring open season for satire. He flashed national rankings for freedom of expression on a giant screen: in one survey, Italy placed 77th, sandwiched between Bulgaria and Mongolia. Given Italy's sluggish economy, Berlusconi's bickering center-right coalition and his steady fall in the polls ahead of an April re-election bid, Celentano's show is the last thing the Prime Minister needs. Celentano and Berlusconi both rose to fame from the outskirts of Milan...
...Office in Las Cruces, N.M., may have found his answer when he agreed to a stint for the International Senior Lawyers Project, which uses experienced attorneys to promote the rule of law around the world. After Kinney spent three months (pro bono, but with expenses paid) setting up Bulgaria's first public defender's office and a month in Mongolia on a similar mission, his vision for retirement was transformed. He and his wife sold their intended retirement haven, a house in Honduras. Now he hopes to move to Budapest after retirement and be a Senior Lawyers volunteer throughout Eastern...