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...Maklowicz and Bikont, both self-taught food pundits, have launched the Institute of Good Taste, a collaboration with a Kraków butcher who makes traditional products. Their latest: a range of wood-smoked, naturally dried hams. At $12 a kg, the hams cost no more than burgers and fries for four, but the taste is pure Poland...
...rescind bans on thousands of mainly reformist candidates. Officials had called for the election to be postponed, but the Council refused. In from the Cold LIBYA The U.S. praised Libya for making "real progress" toward fulfilling its commitment to dismantle its unconventional weapons program, announcing that 25,000 kg of material related to Libya's nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles programs had been flown to Tennessee. U.S. and British nuclear inspectors also completed their first visit to Libya. An End to Anarchy? SOMALIA Warlords who control most of the country joined politicians and other traditional leaders to sign a landmark...
...HONG KONG: Dogotel At this canine-only facility, guests are assigned their own rooms, with ample space to stretch their legs and a vet-recommended bed. Scheduled playtime and social opportunities are provided and staff are on-site 24 hours a day. Dogotel only accepts dogs under 35 kg. tel: (852) 2711 0019; www.dogotel.com. Rooms are $23-$36 a night, depending on the dog's weight...
...CAPTURED. A PYTHON reported to be 14.8 m long and weighing 447 kg, which would make it the largest snake ever discovered; in Curugsewu, Java, Indonesia. The dark-colored male reticulated python, which is capable of eating up to five dogs a month, would be almost 5 m longer than the previous record holder, a 10-m python shot on Sulawesi, Indonesia...
...Land of the Rising Sun, Matsui is considered the best everyday player. The 28-year-old switch-hitter-who is not related to Yankees leftfielder Hideki Matsui (whose 1.88-m, 95-kg frame and status as Japan's premier power hitter led to Kazuo's being dubbed Little Matsui)-has won four Gold Gloves, batted better than .300 for seven straight years, hit at least 20 homers in each of the past four seasons and stolen 30 or more bases five times. In a millennium poll, fans voted him the greatest Japanese shortstop ever. He was 24 at the time...