| Lara bids farewell to international cricket
Bridgetown, Barbados: West Indies captain Brian Lara announced his retirement from international cricket on Thursday, ending a record-breaking career of one of the sport's greatest ever batsmen. Lara, said his last match for West Indies would be Saturday's World Cup match against England at the Kensington Oval. "I've given this extensive consideration and on Saturday will be bidding farewell to international cricket as a player,"Lara told a news conference after West Indies beat Bangladesh by 99 runs in a Super Eights match on Thursday. "I've already spoken to the board and to my players." The 37-year-old Trinidadian holds the record for the highesttest score (400 not out) and in the first-class game (501 not out). He is also the leading run scorer in tests with 11,953 from 131 matches.
Tri-S Security's Unit Gets Approval For NATO International ...
(RTTNews) - Tri-S Security Corp. (TRIS | charts | news | PowerRating) on Friday said its wholly-owned subsidiary, Paragon Systems, Inc., received approval from the U.S. Department of Commerce for NATO International Competitive Bidding. Commenting on the approval, president of Paragon, Leslie Kaciban, said, "To receive this approval to bid on providing security services at NATO facilities across Europe is a testament to Paragon's track record of outstanding service to the federal government. We are very excited about this opportunity to expand our services at federal facilities outside the United States." Copyright(c) 2007 RealTimeTraders.com, Inc. All Rights Reserved Related Articles .
Learning to Play by the New Moscow Rules
After three years of waiting in the wings, Rosneft is poised to overtake privately held LUKoil as the country's biggest oil producer, fulfilling the Kremlin's goal of having a state-run firm in the top spot. The shift may be symbolic -- Rosneft is already No. 1 by market capitalization -- but it signals that turmoil in the sector is settling down as the Kremlin establishes what observers have taken to calling the rules of the game. The new Moscow rules say state-run firms will hold majority control over the country's large energy projects. But that leaves up to 49 percent of some of the world's most lucrative fields for private, and often foreign, oil companies. Indeed, the case of LUKoil showcases the other side to the Kremlin's strategy. In an environment marked by creeping state control, LUKoil -- along with its 20 percent U.S.
3 North Hanover farms to be sold at auction
The State Agriculture Development Committee will sell three permanently preserved farms in Burlington County at public auctions in June. The farms, all in North Hanover, are the 180-acre former Limm property on Meany Road, the 138-acre former Erb farm on Sykesville Road and the 310-acre former Russell farm on Jacobstown-Arneytown Road. The auctions will be held at 11 a.m. June 8, at the former Russell farm at 274 Jacobstown-Arneytown Road. Tours of the farms, where SADC staff will be available to answer questions, will be held on Wednesday at 10 a.m. for the former Limm farm, 10:45 a.m. for the former Erb farm and 12:30 p.m. for the former Russell farm. Farmland is most commonly preserved through the sale of development rights, in which landowners retain ownership of the land but give up the right to develop it for anything other than agricultural uses.
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