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...restrictions were enacted that removed about 800,000 of Beijing's then 2.8 million cars. The restrictions, which were put in place for three days, were "remarkably successful" and led to a 40% drop in nitrogen oxides, according to a study conducted by researchers from Harvard University and the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute...
...Taliban who appear to be growing stronger and whose attacks are believed to be shedding more coalition blood. Yet the ISAF contends that the Taliban are in no position to overturn the status quo. "There's no way that they'll ever get back into power here," says Royal Navy Captain Mike Finney, the ISAF's spokesman, who contends that the coalition's mission is expanding and that it is doing more in more places; if they're taking more casualties, they're inflicting more as well. "The Taliban knows they'll never take this country back," Finney says. "They...
...read with fascination your article on museum curator Irving Finkel and his researches into the Royal Game of Ur. But I take issue with his claim that Monopoly introduced the last "momentous" innovation in board games. In fact, the last 15 years have seen great innovations in board-game design. One game, Settlers of Catan, has almost single-handedly sparked a renaissance in board gaming in Europe. And retoolings of classic American games like Risk have introduced ideas that leave many older games in the dust. Granted, board games are a niche hobby. However, the 250,000-plus people...
...Sapor Rendall, modeling-agency director Start with the historic ambiance of the Elephant Bar in Raffles Hotel Le Royal, tel: (855-23) 981 888. Happy hour there is a staple for the city's glitterati. The hotel's Café Monivong has a great a la carte menu and fine buffet spread. For an after-dinner or a preclub drink, try the chic Metro Bar, tel: (855-23) 222 275, on Sisowath Quay. Just around the corner, off the riverfront, is the Memphis Pub, tel: (855-12) 871 263, which has live rock and blues until the early hours...
Nonetheless, sweeping changes inside Russia's oil and gas sectors in recent years have dented Western investors' faith in the country's rule of law. Caught up in a state effort to claw back control of lucrative assets, some were left badly scarred. In 2006 BP rival Royal Dutch Shell was forced to give up control of the Sakhalin-2 oil and gas project off Russia's eastern coast after the country's environmental regulators threatened to shut it down. Gazprom, Russia's state-owned energy company, duly took over the operation...