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...after resources. Yet while some sectors, like palm oil, have seen exports surge, others have stagnated despite soaring commodity prices. A dearth of investment combined with aging fields has reduced the country's once formidable oil industry to near insignificance. Production has plummeted by one third in the past eight years. There may be undiscovered oil still in the ground. But funding for exploration has been scared off by a 2001 law that created a confusing regulatory framework for the sector and imposed taxes on companies before the start of production, which effectively increased the financial risk of searching...
...Rules!I disagree with mark reese?s com?ments in Inbox regarding swimmer Michael Phelps [Sept. 8]. It may be true that Phelps had the advantages of technology in breaking Mark Spitz?s speed records; however, Phelps-with his laser-sleek swimsuits and streamlined swimming caps-competed for his eight medals against other athletes with the exact same advantages. Phelps won those medals fair and square and should not have to justify his victories to those who think he should have done it the ?old-fashioned way.? Janice Heidt, Houston...
...year-old working female, I am offended by Mike Murphy's caricature of Obama supporters [Sept. 1]. I bought a Prius because I have to drive 65 miles each way to work because jobs are scarce. I drink Syrah to dull the pain of the damage done by eight years of Bush and friends. Joni Woolf, ELLAVILLE...
...Kocurek, who contributed 14 digs, supplied one of several strong Crimson performances. The team’s other co-captain, junior Lily Durwood, made 26 assists. Junior Alissa Flesher hit .545—her second best performance—while sophomore Mikaelle Comrie racked up a career-high eight kills. Overall, the women’s squad hit for .125 and put up seven blocks compared to Sacred Heart’s .140 hitting percentage and six blocks. Throughout the first set, the Harvard and Sacred Heart squads jostled for the lead, tying several times. Two forced Pioneer errors followed...
...Jalaluddin Haqqani, one of the most notorious Afghan Taliban commanders based in Pakistan and a Soviet-era ally of the CIA. The Predator strike missed Haqqani, but it did kill four midlevel al-Qaeda operatives, government and militant sources told the Associated Press. It also killed as many as eight children, one of Haqqani's wives and a sister...