The Winners and Losers of today news

Winners & Losers
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Fri, 12/08/2006 - 5:20pm.
Winners
Norwegian strippers: Stripping is an art form, says a top Norwegian appeals court.
Bill Frist: Harry Reid is a former boxer, so the outgoing Senate majority leader lucked out when he was hugged, not slugged on his exit from the Senate.
Bob Gates: The hearings were a love fest. But now you have to deliver, Mr. Secretary.
Nancy Pelosi's lungs: Smoke 'em while you still can, boys. You're in Nancy's world now.
Losers
Indian men: The international spec. for condoms is too big for most of them.
The poor: A World Bank assessment report says it fails to lift tens of millions out of poverty.
Iraq Study Group: The problem with taking nine months—you're likely to be overtaken by events.
Gunter Verheugen: German paparazzi caught the EU "enlargement commissioner" naked on a beach with his chief of staff ... after he denied he was having an affair with her.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: The Iranian Prez is in hot water at home for enjoying himself too much while watching Indian and Egyptian hotties at the Asian Games.