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...Like all new jetliners, the A380 was controversial in conception, delayed in construction and years late on arrival. But none could have predicted that the A380 would fly into the most turbulent economy in the history of aviation. Air France ordered a dozen of the $300 million aircraft in 2000, when the economic forecast called for steady growth. By the time Air France took delivery nine years later, the industry was on its knees and the big-spending investment bankers whose business- and first-class tickets make up the bulk of airline profits had largely evaporated...
...animals in question were crocodiles, which thrived in the wetlands of the ancient Sahara 100 million years ago. Sereno found his first specimens of these prehistoric monsters about a decade ago, a species called Sarcosuchus, nicknamed SuperCroc: it was some 40 ft. long and weight 8 tons. (See pictures: "Dinosaur-Era Crocodiles Are Discovered in the Sahara...
...though, New Moon is the big news. The international grosses will also be massive. The first film earned $192.7 million in North America and almost exactly the same abroad. The worldwide five-day total for New Moon (which opened two days earlier abroad) is already at $258.8 million; expect a final worldwide gross to near $700 million. The thing's a phenomenon, and all the analysis of its popularity can't explain or diminish it. Sometimes the best strategy for canny film people is to step out of the way and let a hurricane sweep by. Nobody knows anything, except...
...Twilight Saga: New Moon, $140.7 million, first weekend 2. The Blind Side, $34.5 million, first weekend 3. 2012, $26.5 million; $108.2 million, second week 4. Planet 51, $12.6 million, first weekend 5. Disney's A Christmas Carol, $12.2 million; $79.8 million, third week 6. Precious, Based on the Novel "Push" By Sapphire, $11 million; $21,4 million, third week 7. The Men Who Stare at Goats, $2.8 million; $27.6 million, third week 8. Couples Retreat, $2 million; $105 million, seventh week 9. The Fourth Kind, $1.7 million; $23.3 million, third week 10. Law Abiding Citizen, $1.6 million; $70 million, sixth...
...Egyptian Foreign Ministry summoned the Algerian ambassador in Cairo last week to hear complaints about violence against Egyptians and Egyptian businesses in Algiers; and Algeria slapped Egyptian telecommunications giant Orascom Telecom with a $596.6 million bill for outstanding taxes, sending Orascom shares - a popular Middle East stock - tumbling. On Nov. 19, Egypt recalled its ambassador to Algeria "for consultations...