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...CNOOC, for example, signed a deal two years ago to extract a million barrels of oil a day in Indonesia, and a year ago it signed a major contract to produce gas in Australia. In February, President Hu traveled to Gabon hoping to secure agreements in Africa. In June, he led a delegation from China's natural gas industry to Uzbekistan to build the mainland's presence in oil-and-gas-rich Central Asia. Chinese oil executives have even begun courting Ecuador and Colombia in hopes of buying oil in the U.S.'s backyard. "Latin Americans feel frustrated that...
Though Reddick’s contract prohibits him from disclosing the results until the shows have aired, he must have answered at least the first of 15 questions correctly on the popular syndicated show. Contestants return for a second day, as Reddick will, if the half-hour show runs out of time...
...will happen when thousands of tailgates are forced to rely on cumbersome 30-packs of beer to quench Crimson fans’ taste for malt beverages. Or perhaps the idea is to enrich a single keg distributor, namely United Liquors of Cambridge, which has been given a no-bid contract to supply kegs to HoCo tailgates only. The catch is that all beer in kegs will be served by licensed, bonded and insured United Liquors employees, supposedly assuring that the College will not be sued if some student goes a bit too heavy on the Sam Adams...
Mahan also said that the council will contract United Liquors to provide the refreshments for all official tailgates, and said he would advocate a system of carding rather than using wristbands...
...ANNOUNCED THAT CONAN O'BRIEN will succeed Jay Leno as Tonight Show host ... in 2009. The lengthy advance notice was seen as a way of keeping Late Night host O'Brien from jumping to a new network when his contract expires next year. Five years is a long time to wait for a promotion. But Conan can take heart from these other heirs- long-in-waiting. --By Carolina A. Miranda...