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The position of British poet laureate, made vacant last year by the death of Ted Hughes, has still not been filled but, as the Daily Telegraph of London reported Wednesday, Tony Harrison, one of the leading contenders, excluded himself as a candidate with a poem published this week:
It is a concept that does not easily lend itself to compromise, as the Republican presidential contenders are demonstrating.
Here's what the leading contenders are offering as of today:
Instead, a 15-member selection panel narrows the field of possible venues to two final contenders, with the final selection being made by the IOC.
Bin Ladin went initially to Jalalabad, probably because it was in an area controlled by a provincial council of Islamic leaders who were not major contenders for national power.