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ASSASSINATED. ANDREI LUKANOV, 58, Bulgaria's first post-communist socialist Prime Minister and a critic of the current economically and politically embattled socialist-led government; by an unknown gunman or gunmen; outside his home in Sofia...
...term dominance has been casually applied. A more telling comparison of sporting achievement would be a "power rating" of countries--medals in relation to population. On this fairer basis (medals per 10 million people), the Top 10 Olympic countries were Jamaica (with 23.4), Cuba, Australia, Hungary, New Zealand, Bulgaria, Norway, Trinidad and Tobago, Belarus and the Netherlands. In this ranking, the U.S. stands 36th among the 57 countries that won more than one medal. A power rating would show the true athletic achievement of many smaller countries. ROBERT CARMICHAEL Coralville, Iowa...
DIED. VANGELIA GUSHTEROVA, 84, who was known as "Vanga," a prophet venerated by politicians and peasants; in Rupite, Bulgaria. By her account, Vanga was hurled more than a mile by a storm at age 12--which left her blind but may have opened up worlds hidden and future. She dreamed in 1941 of an "ancient horseman" who foretold the Nazi march into the Balkans...
...pool with a 5-0 record. Argentina qualified for the men's volleyball playoffs with a 3-1 win over Poland, putting more pressure on the United States in its final pool match tonight. Argentina had been tied for second place with the United States, Brazil and Bulgaria at 2-2 in Pool A. The United States plays Bulgaria tonight, while Brazil, the defending gold medalist that routed the Americans 3-0 on Saturday, plays pool winner Cuba (4-0). The top four teams in the two pools advance to the quarterfinals. -->
RHYTHMIC The ones to beat are Maria Petrova of Bulgaria and Ekaterina Serebrianskaya of Ukraine...