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...exporter who spent last week waving the Chinese flag at the gymnastics venue. "Beijing will be much better than this." Weight lifter Shi, who hopes to be back for more Olympic glory in four years' time, dutifully listed an expanded highway system and improved English from the city's taxi drivers as his greatest desires for Beijing 2008. But, he added: "If the city looks beautiful and I win gold again, that would be the most perfect situation of all." The world's strongest little man has spoken, and all eyes will be on Beijing as the flame is passed...
...solemn moment, the formal swearing in of Singapore's third Prime Minister in 39 years of independence. Some 1,400 guests?the cream of the city-state's ?lite, as well as hawkers and taxi drivers?gathered last week on the lawns of the stately colonial mansion that houses the offices of Singapore's President and Prime Minister. But despite his reputation for formality, the man taking over as Singapore's new premier, 52-year-old Lee Hsien Loong, repeatedly flashed a broad smile as he strode to the dais to take the oath of office. And that surprising grin...
...That mix is best encountered at La Refuge, tel: (223) 223 3799. It has no street address, so taxi drivers might have trouble finding it. So listen out for the chocolate-smooth, Cuban rumba drifting out from the rutted lanes, a stone's throw from the Rue N'Tomicorobougou. At La Refuge, in a courtyard lit by a lone fluorescent strip, middle-aged couples dance beneath a huge Sahelian moon. Neighborhood goats wander past. And a Malian band, replete with tom-tom, lilting flute and wheelchair-bound keyboardist, will likely be crooning in Portuguese about "Comandante Che Guevara...
...this summer's The Bourne Supremacy, ex--CIA agent MATT DAMON steals a Volga taxi and is pursued through the streets of Moscow. It's almost as hair raising as a rush-hour trip to the airport...
...October's Taxi, a remake of a French film, lead-foot cabbie QUEEN LATIFAH will help green cop JIMMY FALLON solve a series of bank robberies. Just how much do you tip hip-hop royalty, anyway...