--- fastest_cvsup.bak	Sat Nov  5 14:48:17 2005

+++ fastest_cvsup	Sat Nov  5 14:48:46 2005

@@ -295,6 +295,7 @@

       # extract the country name and the rest (what a mess!)

+      s/^<a[^>]+><\/a>//;

       if ( m/^(\w+)(\s{1}\w+)?\s*(.*)/s ) {

         my $country = $1.$2; # for two word names

         my $mess = $3;       # the rest