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...grab the book. How about this? "Lebanon has never won an Olympic medal, but recently a Lebanese woman won the world karaoke championship in Finland, singing the 1980s classic Fame." Oh, this is the one: "Gabon's President, as you know, is Omar Bongo, now in his 37th year as head of state. And yet again, he has promised any Gabonian medal winner a new house and vast sums of cash. But the wily Bongo is hedging his bets, insofar as they have never won an Olympic medal...
...almost 1,400 years later, Chinese scholars are attempting a subtler land grab, claiming that the ancient kingdom of Koguryo was a part of China?a "regional government founded by an ethnic group," as Beijing's state-run Northeast Asia Project put it in June. The argument isn't just academic...
...Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington and an expert on the Caspian region. "This is re-evaluation. Kazakhstan is learning to play with the big boys. This is the Kazakh definition of national interest." The government's move doesn't necessarily amount to a Yukos-style power grab, but it still worries many Western oil executives whose companies have already invested billions in the country. How did it come to this? When Kazakhstan broke away from the Soviet Union in 1991, this sparsely populated region of mostly barren steppe about the size of Western Europe was crippled with debt...
...foot-long bus, stationed by the mall, drew a handful of would-be shoppers lured by the prospect of free goodies, courtesy of sponsors Sunkist, Cingular, Wireless and Motorola. Among the grab-bag of assorted items were pins, stickers and temporary tattoos bearing the Rock the Vote logo. And some volunteers, manning two booths set up outside, welcomed questions from prospective registrants...
...A430 million redevelopment of the northern side of the ground is in full swing. But between stops to get his breath, Church explains the sights and shares memories with twinkling eyes. "This place has something about it," he says. "The people who work here . . . it just seems to grab them...