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...counts. Others, including Bhutan and East Timor, which is competing for the first time, are simply happy to wave their flags. Unlike high-profile gold-medal hopefuls, many of whom travel with their own personal trainers and a fridge full of optimal training food, athletes from these smaller nations exist in an alternate universe of constant anonymity and more-than-occasional cash crunches. "I heard the team from Kiribati is selling its [Olympic-souvenir] pins so they have enough money for daily living," whispers Chhetri, Bhutan's Olympic chief of mission, referring to the tiny South Pacific nation that...
Eurocorps Steps Out The European Union has long talked about creating its own rapid reaction force that could be quickly dispatched to the world's hot spots. That still doesn't exist, but last week Eurocorps - a defense force created in 1992 and made up of soldiers from Germany, France, Spain, Belgium and Luxembourg - assumed command of the 6,500 NATO troops in Afghanistan, the organization's first such deployment outside Europe. "I think there's a great deal of expectation for the E.U. to be here within a NATO operation," says French Lieutenant General Jean-Louis Py, Eurocorps' commander...
...years later, Orlean’s nonfiction work was chosen as the basis of a film scripted by offbeat indie writer Charlie Kaufman and his twin brother Donald Kaufman, who may or may not exist. But when she saw the script to the film, titled Adaptation, her reaction was not surprise but something closer to horror, Orlean said...
...move angered some former Miss Americas, including GRETCHEN CARLSON, who played the violin in 1989 and now is a host of CBS's Saturday Early Show. "It's like somebody training for the Olympics, putting in all that time and commitment, and finding out that their race doesn't exist anymore," Carlson says. On the upside, finalists can really study for the swimsuit competition...
...billion for the smelter and its hydropower system, it's the biggest construction project in Iceland's history - and it's taking shape in one of Europe's last remaining large wilderness areas. Little wonder that it has sparked a furious debate over whether economic growth can co-exist with environmental care in this place that few people ever visit. "The highlands have a great value in themselves, especially because Europe is so densely populated," says Arni Finnsson, chairman of the Iceland Nature Conservation Association, a leading opponent of the Kárahnjúkar project. "This area...