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...From the outset, one of the mysteries surrounding CNOOC's bid was the precise nature of Beijing's role in it. Fu always insisted that the Chinese government had no involvement, but that, to many observers, seemed implausible. Chinese energy companies have been scouring the globe for resources under the government's "go out" policy. One source close to CNOOC's top management believes the government "tolerated" the bid. But once it became clear that CNOOC's ambitions had become a flash point in an already tense relationship with the U.S., whatever enthusiasm there was began to wane...
...GOOGLE Google Earth: This software, available as a free download at earth.google.com, lets PC users navigate a 3-D map of the globe, jumping from city to city and seeing remarkably detailed satellite images...
Already emerging as one of the election’s central issue is taxation. Both property values and tax rates continued to increase in 2005, and the Boston Globe in January predicted the average Cambridge homeowner’s tax would rise by more then 10 percent this year...
...prosecutor in the case, Essex Assistant District Attorney Stephen Patten, was unhappy with the deal Weitzman cut, according to The Boston Globe. The Globe reported Tuesday that Patten believed Weitzman, as a professor at “one of the finest institutions in our nation,” should have admitted to taking the manure without permission...
...NOTESFROMTHEROAD.COM Erik Gauger's sumptuous site contains gorgeous photographs from his trips around the globe. He eschews the camera phones or small digital cameras usually so beloved of travel bloggers and opts instead for an unwieldy, large-format Toyo AX camera with a Schneider lens. He also draws intricate maps in watercolors and acrylics to guide readers through Mexican deserts, the Iberian peninsula, and beyond...