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...Considering the way in which distance, price, and general hassle have conspired, are the Russians truly ready to host big-time boxing? The most charitable evaluation: not just yet. As for Holyfield, who turns 45 this week, he said he appreciated the visit despite the defeat. Given the chance, he said he would return. "The people have been great," Holyfield said. "Treat me nice, you get me twice...
Trotta said that co-host Pat Sajak was “pretty funny” and joked around with the contestants and the audience in between takes, while the show’s other cohost, Vanna White, was even more gorgeous in person...
...commission underlined the importance of free expression in an ever-shrinking world beset by contagious diseases and globalized trade. In China, however, the media are muzzled by officials seeking to protect themselves, the report said. Even though foreign reporters were granted greater freedoms to host the Olympics, Beijing has increased government restrictions on domestic journalists in the interest of preserving order and control before a party congress this month. "Developments during 2007 suggests that the prospects for a free press in China remain dim," it said...
...past year, Al Gore has gone about his considerable business without showing much interest in running for President. While picking up an Oscar and an Emmy, publishing a very smart book and playing host at a global concert for the planet, he's never done more than tease the idea. And yet all that time, the leaders of the Draft Gore movement have been clinging to a single fervid dream: that Gore would win the Nobel Peace Prize and use it to catapult himself to an eleventh-hour bid for the presidency...
...Originally built to control the Yangtze's regular flooding, produce electricity to fuel China's booming economy and (not incidentally) serve as a symbol of the nation's emerging engineering prowess, the Three Gorges Dam has already faced a host of problems. An estimated 1.4 million residents have been displaced by the 640-km-long reservoir forming behind it, which also flooded several important archaeological sites. And some hydrologists say that by trapping silt the dam could actually make downstream riverbanks more vulnerable to flooding...