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...surprisingly, wealthy, opulent Dubai has some high-profile projects. Woods has signed up to build a golf course, a golf academy, a hotel and homes in Dubailand, the region's largest tourism and leisure facility, while Greg Norman is teaming with Sergio Garcia and influential designer Pete Dye to create Dubai's first links-style course. Jack Nicklaus, a pioneer among the player-designers, has announced a $1.35 billion golf-resort venture in the Cape Verde Islands, off the West African coast. Gary Player Design built the first public course in China on an island off Hong Kong and just...
With senior co-captain Michael Garcia providing leadership, the Harvard men’s water polo team turned in a successful year. The Crimson finished 9-8-1 in the regular season, besting last year’s win-loss record, and reached the Eastern Championships for the third straight season.“I think overall we continued our success of the past two years,” Garcia said.With coach Erik Farrar at the helm in his third year at Harvard, the men posted respectable finishes in both the Northern and Eastern Championships, placing third and seventh, respectively...
...security experts have repeatedly called for a permanent military base in the region, possibly on São Tomé and Principe. The American diplomat is dismissive. "The notion that we're going to build a base on São Tomé, like Guantánamo or Diego Garcia, is unrealistic," he says, but he adds that the U.S. is talking to several countries around the region about a permanent U.S. naval presence. The formation of Africom, a separate African command that's currently based in Germany, is another sign of Washington's increased focus on security in West...
...third in the series, after Eleven and Twelve), Clooney is again Danny Ocean, the gentleman heistmeister, and once more is surrounded by some pricey film flesh: Brad Pitt, also very easy on the eyes, and Matt Damon, and lots of the old gang in smaller roles: Bernie Mac, Andy Garcia, Carl Reiner, Don Cheadle, Elliott Gould, Casey Affleck. Julia Roberts took this film off, but Al Pacino and Ellen Barkin - last seen together 18 years ago, performing urgent stand-up sex in Sea of Love- are on board for star wattage and the nostalgia factor. Sounds eminently sit-throughable...
...Venezuelan media report that Villa del Cine is also planning to produce a film version of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's historical novel about South American independence hero Simon Bolivar, The General in His Labyrinth. Meanwhile, critics are denouncing Chavez's move to revoke RCTV's license as another Castro-style authoritarian step to snuff out freedom of expression, following recent legislation that criminalizes slander against public officials. Chavez's backers insist that Venezuela is still replete with privately owned media that openly criticize him, and argue that his move against RCTV is justified because the network openly backed a failed...