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...Prime Minister Stanislav Gross survived a mandatory vote of confidence in parliament, winning by just 101 votes to 99. Gross replaced fellow Social Democrat Vladimír Spidla, who resigned in June following the party's poor performance in European elections. Gross, at 34, is Europe 's youngest premier. Stemming the Tide LIBYA Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi met with Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi for talks on ways to stop illegal immigrants from Africa using Libya as a launch pad to reach Italy . A day earlier, a boat believed to have departed from Libya and carrying 275 migrants was intercepted...
...least 5 years old, after they have bred and their cubs have matured, there's no noticeable long-term effect on the overall population. Researchers attribute this to the fact that male lions, while necessary for reproduction, do little to help raise their cubs. (Indeed, males typically kill the youngest cubs when they take over a pride.) Mature males also happen to be what trophy hunters prize, since a male's mane reaches its full glory after age 4. Lions 5 years or older can be identified by their noses, which are at least 50% black. Already the Tanzanian Wildlife...
...Singaporeans would dispute that Lee has all the qualifications to be Prime Minister, says commentator Colin Goh, one of the founders of the satirical website Talkingcock.com: Cambridge- and Harvard-educated, Lee speaks four languages fluently, was the youngest brigadier general in the army's history, and has spent 20 years in top government posts. Indeed, a poll by the pro-government Straits Times a few days before he took office purported to show that 83% of respondents believed Lee was the right man for the job. But it is a reflection of a continuing ambivalence about him that...
With an average age of 26.9, this team is the youngest since 1992; this summer could see the sport's future make its debut. "Our youth is a good way to get the focus away from the not so nice things that are happening in track and field," says 100-m sprinter Lauryn Williams, 20, who just finished her junior year at the University of Miami. "And we're not just happy to be on the team. We all have a shot at medals...
...dating. Unwilling to let her go, he gathers his three kids around the kitchen table, breaks out a roll of bills and announces "a little game" wherein they can win cash by giving information about the new boyfriend. "But Mom doesn't want us to talk about that," his youngest daughter says. "I understand, sweetheart," replies Tommy. "That's why we have the money...