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...Belu says. After Romania won the world title in 2001, four of the six gymnasts in his lineup quit, having made enough money to retire from his grueling school. The 53-year-old Belu, who describes himself as an "unsuccessful gymnast," has a friendly disposition but runs a tight ship. The athletes train in two or three groups on different apparatuses, while Belu and Mariana Bitang, his coaching partner, cajole and encourage them from the sidelines. There is little obvious camaraderie among the girls. They focus on their performances, voices rarely above a whisper. Ponor stands out easily. Though petite...
...cast much of a shadow over the region until 2000, when police in Suva seized 350 kg of heroin bound for Australia, New Zealand and Canada. Since then, the law-enforcement radar has blipped increasingly often over Fiji. In 2002, 74 kg of methamphetamine was found on a ship in Singapore headed for Fiji and Australia; in the same year, Hawaiian police busted a syndicate that smuggled cocaine and ice to the U.S. mainland, Tonga, Fiji, Australia and New Zealand; and last year, almost 2.5 kg of pseudoephedrine, a key ingredient in methamphetamine, was found in scuba tanks shipped...
...cast much of a shadow over the region until 2000, when police in Suva seized 350 kg of heroin bound for Australia, New Zealand and Canada. Since then, the law-enforcement radar has blipped increasingly often over Fiji. In 2002, 74 kg of methamphetamine was found on a ship in Singapore headed for Fiji and Australia; the same year Hawaiian police busted a syndicate that smuggled cocaine and ice to the U.S. mainland, Tonga, Fiji, Australia and New Zealand; and last year almost 2.5 kg of pseudoephedrine, a key ingredient in amphetamines, was found in scuba tanks shipped to Brisbane...
...rare DINNER MENU from the ship's last meal lists roast duckling and vanilla eclairs. Just three copies remain from the 1912 sinking, this one preserved by a survivor...
Indeed, the Vandegrift is a modern vessel, built during the Cold War and armed with missiles, torpedoes and a 76 mm gun. But one of Bosco’s jobs next year might be more in the tradition of John Paul Jones: boarding a ship and searching compartment after compartment for terrorists or contraband...