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...getting older, and the separations were getting harder. He and Betsy, 42, had found a piece of land in Maine and were planning to build a new home, maybe even finally start the family they had never had--unless you counted Samantha, their 18-year-old golden retriever--German shepherd mix. After nine months in Kosovo in 2001, where he turned 50, Chris was ready to come home and stay there. But as it happened, when he went to talk to his supervisor about retiring from the reserves, he learned that the Pentagon had recently announced a "stop loss" order...
...Perhaps it will be Hong Kong's rigid ruling system. The Chief Executive is technically chosen by an 800-member Election Committee comprising some of Hong Kong's most prominent businessfolk, executives and professionals. But you can't be a part of the committee unless you are an F.O.B. (friend of Beijing), so essentially the Chief Executive is handpicked by the central government. In fact, for Tung's second term, once China's leaders had clearly signaled that he was again their man, he turned out to be the only candidate...
...spend some €8 billion there each year. Italians can't blame them for that; by and large, they still view Germany as the Roman historian Tacitus did in A.D. 99: "Who would leave ... Italy to visit Germany, with its unlovely scenery, its bitter climate, its general dreariness ... unless it were his home...
Gomez is not the only one turning to the Internet to simplify the process. Other services, like divorcewizards. com and divorcesyourself.com also offer quickie online divorce kits, usually for $300 or less. No lawyer is involved unless a client chooses to pay extra for a consultation by phone or e-mail...
...working its way up the ladder of nuclear sophistication by acquiring the ability to make not just crude, clumsy A-bombs but also warheads small enough to fit atop its missile arsenal?and Pyongyang has already warned it would be willing to sell its expertise and nuclear material unless the U.S. delivers aid and security guarantees...