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That lackluster turnout failed to dissuade Page and venerable musher Joe Redington Sr., who mortgaged his home and sold a piece of land to help finance the event's start-up costs. Their efforts helped persuade officials to stage the first full-length Iditarod in March, 1973, in which Dick Wilmarth and his lead dog, Hotfoot, triumphed by covering the inhospitable terrain in 20 days. Since 1983, the Iditarod - the word is said to mean "distant place" in indigenous Alaskan dialects - has steadily grown in popularity, becoming both the most popular sporting event in the state and an international touchstone...
...There was clear disappointment as Asian stocks slumped after Wen offered no new stimulus spending when he delivered his annual work report March 5 at the opening of the National People's Congress. At follow-up sessions the following day, top officials offered more details on its stimulus plan, saying it would go to transportation infrastructure, housing, energy saving technology and health care. While they didn't rule out additional funds, they said decisions on whether to throw more money at its problems would be based on analysis of how well current programs are working. (See photos of China...
...Chinese officials expressed "confidence" - a word that was repeated frequently during March 6 press conferences - that their program would offer significant benefits for the country's consumers and corporations. Zhang Ping, head of the National Development and Reform Commission, outlined an infrastructure-heavy program that includes $219 billion for roads, railways and other transportation, $146 billion for recovery from disasters including the Sichuan earthquake, $58 billion for improving housing for the poor, $54 billion for rural development programs, $54 billion to boosting technology and innovation at Chinese corporations and $30 billion for energy saving and anti-pollution measures. Health care...
...circuses know that the show must go on, and they're already taking action. On March 3, Clay testified before the House of Commons' Home Affairs Select Committee about the need to bring embassy workers up to speed on the rules and to rework technicalities. Recently, Clay says, dancers, musicians and tumblers from Zimbabwe who have performed at British festivals every year since 1998 were rejected because embassy staff felt the troupe could not prove it had sufficient funds to support itself in the U.K., despite having contracts and a spotless track record. "How can they [show sufficient funds], with...
...Some recent events have given cause for optimism that Medvedev may be relaxing some of the strictures of the Putin regime: The president withdrew Duma-approved legislation that would have broadened the terms for a treason conviction. Permission was granted for a protest march by an opposition party last month. And Medvedev visited the headquarters of Novaya Gazeta after the murder of journalist Anastasia Baburova - no such gesture was forthcoming from Putin after the murder of Anna Politkovskaya two years ago, a journalist from the same newspaper known for her exposes of human rights abuses in Chechnya...