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...private and political domination of Italian broadcasting. During the show's premiere, Celentano gave a sizzling monologue demanding a free press and declaring open season for satire. He flashed national rankings for freedom of expression on a giant screen: in one survey, Italy placed 77th, sandwiched between Bulgaria and Mongolia. Given Italy's sluggish economy, Berlusconi's bickering center-right coalition and his steady fall in the polls ahead of an April re-election bid, Celentano's show is the last thing the Prime Minister needs. Celentano and Berlusconi both rose to fame from the outskirts of Milan, where...
...when he agreed to a stint for the International Senior Lawyers Project, which uses experienced attorneys to promote the rule of law around the world. After Kinney spent three months (pro bono, but with expenses paid) setting up Bulgaria's first public defender's office and a month in Mongolia on a similar mission, his vision for retirement was transformed. He and his wife sold their intended retirement haven, a house in Honduras. Now he hopes to move to Budapest after retirement and be a Senior Lawyers volunteer throughout Eastern Europe. Kinney had not looked forward to retiring...
...gods must be smiling. Japan's national sport, which began as an ancient form of religious worship, is muscling its way around the modern world. Today the grand champion of Japan hails from Mongolia, and as U.S. team coach Yoshisada Yonezuka puts it, "Big guys smash into each other" in sumo rings from Poland to Brazil. Elite-level sumo came to the U.S. for the first time in 20 years with a tournament this month in Las Vegas. Now there's the Sumo Ultimate Masters Organization (S.U.M.O.), a new U.S.-based league with global aspirations and the backing...
LANDED. FEI JUNLONG, 40, and NIE HAISHENG, 41, the crew of the Shenzhou VI, China's second manned spacecraft; in Inner Mongolia. Last year, China became the third country after the U.S. and Russia to send humans into space. The launch of the Shenzhou VI, China's first space mission with two astronauts, was broadcast live on Chinese television, as were images of Fei and Nie emerging triumphantly from the space capsule at the end of their 115-hour, 32-minute trip. China's space program has announced plans for its first extravehicular space walk...
With basketball's popularity surging in China, Heidi Ueberroth, 40, is taking the game beyond Beijing. As the NBA's top global marketing and media exec, she recently brokered deals to broadcast games for the first time in four inland regions, including Chongqing (pop. 32 million) and Inner Mongolia (pop. 24 million). She also struck a deal with China Mobile, which will offer NBA highlights to 231 million cell-phone subscribers, and added eight new marketing partners in China, like video-game giant EA Sports and computer maker Tong Fang. This season Chinese fans will be able to watch...