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...Time to Buy Shell? Eight months after disclosing that it had massively overstated its proven oil reserves, Royal Dutch/Shell continues to be roiled by a barrage of bad news. Britain's Financial Services Authority and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission are still investigating the company, even after announcements last week that they are fining Shell a combined $150 million for "unprecedented misconduct," in the words of the FSA. And Nigeria's Senate passed a resolution calling on the company to pay $1.5 billion for environmental and health hazards it allegedly caused in the Niger Delta. But with Shell stock...
...Athens. Eritrea swept into the global sporting elite with Zersenay Tadesse's bronze in the men's 10,000 m. Paraguay won surprising silver in the men's soccer. And the United Arab Emirates won its inaugural medal - a gold - when Ahmed al-Maktoum, a member of Dubai's royal family, shot to victory in the men's double trap...
...Latham compared to the acute pancreatitis that flattened him in Sydney last week. Centered in the stomach and seeming to bore through to the spine, the pain of the ailment is "among the most severe . . . it can be overwhelming," says Ross Smith, associate professor of surgery at Sydney's Royal North Shore Hospital. Lying down worsens the agony; only doubling over offers any relief until painkillers take effect...
...Because Angkor Wat is a World Heritage Site, the balloon cannot fly directly over the monuments?but the views are sweeping nonetheless. Passengers can even make out the royal city of Angkor Thom (just more than a kilometer north of Angkor Wat and guarded by statues of 54 gods and devils), as well as the mountain temple on Phnom Bakheng, rising out of the jungle canopy beyond. The Angkor Balloon makes some 30 ascents daily, between sunrise and sunset, carrying up to 30 passengers at a time...
...decided to drag my lazy self out of bed at just shy of 6 a.m., drive to Yalie country and attend what turned out to be a royal snoozefest. (But come to think of it, anytime you’re dragging yourself out of bed at the crack of dawn and driving to New Haven, I think you have to be primed for an inherent disappointment...