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Mar. 24--He likes to call himself a private investor and serial entrepreneur but Rob Hersov is also an enthusiastic risk-taker and inveterate optimist. Hersov is the scion of a prominent South African mining family: his father, Basil, was the chairman of

Headline: Serving their country Byline: ERICA CHERNOFSKY Edition; In Jerusalem Section: Features Page: 26 Friday, March 23, 2007 -- Nearly six years ago, Dr. Shmuel Gillis of Karmei Tzur was killed by Palestinian gunmen, who fired at his car while he drov

LAST Friday, 3 O'clock, found me aboard a small boat on Lake Victoria, heading for Banda Island. Apart from curiosity, I had set out on this adventure because it sounded like a good escape from the hectic hustle and bustle of Kampala. My jolly jaunt did n

Mar. 21--Yesterday, at 5:07:26 p.m. Fresno time, Persians around the world welcomed Nowruz, the New Year festival. Dressed in new clothes, they turned on all the lights, prayed and dined with their families on dishes such as sabzi polow ba mahi, rice with

Byline: Susan Harrigan Mar. 19--Wearing a navy blue trading jacket and carrying a hand-held wireless device, Peter Costa walks across the floor of the New York Stock Exchange to buy some stock for a customer. Not so long ago, Costa, 49, an Islip resident

Wearing a navy blue trading jacket and carrying a hand-held wireless device, Peter Costa walks across the floor of the New York Stock Exchange to buy some stock for a customer. Not so long ago, Costa, 49, an Islip resident who has spent 26 years at the ex

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (httpwww.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c50270) has announced the addition of iGaming Business Directory - 2007 Edition to their offering. The iGaming Business Directory provides comprehensive coverage of the key pl

Many backgammon games follow a definable thread from beginning to end. The game plays out more or less as both sides expect, the strategic themes are well understood, and what is required from the players is mostly accuracy of technique.

Last time we looked at a couple of positions where the theme was to keep checkers moving into the outfield when one side was playing a back game.

Back games are among the most interesting, and the most difficult, of backgammon game types. In a true back game, one player makes two or three points in his opponent's home board, then hopes to hit a shot and contain a checker as his opponent bears off

Research and Markets ( httpwww.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c50270) has announced the addition of iGaming Business Directory - 2007 Edition to their offering. The iGaming Business Directory provides comprehensive coverage of the key players within the I

Today we'll start to look at some problems from the recent Party Gammon Millions tournament in the Bahamas. With a field that included most of the world's best players, the tournament was exceptionally hard-fought.

(Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) PARTYGAMMON.COM OFFERS RICHEST WEEKLY ONLINE BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT GIBRALTAR, Feb. 7 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- Germans Continue to Dominate the New World www.PartyGammon.com is pleased to announce that the

GIBRALTAR, February 7 /PRNewswire/ -- - Germans Continue to Dominate the New World www.PartyGammon.com is pleased to announce that the richest weekly tournament in online backgammon has arrived! The US$10,000 guaranteed every Sunday is already proving pop

GIBRALTAR, February 7 /PRNewswire/ -- - Germans Continue to Dominate the New World httpwww.partygammon.com/ is pleased to announce that the richest weekly tournament in online backgammon has arrived! The US$10,000 guaranteed every Sunday is already provin

GIBRALTAR, January 30 /PRNewswire/ -- - Maertens Wins Richest Prize Ever at PartyGammon.com Million - Germany and Denmark are Skill Game's Superpowers 33-year-old German Andreas Maertens is celebrating after winning the inaugural PartyGammon.com Million a

> 33-year-old German Andreas Maertens is celebrating after winning the inaugural PartyGammon.com Million at the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas (21st-25th January), scooping a world record US$600,400 payout for a backgammon tournament. Maertens beat 36

LONDON, January 30 /PRNewswire/ -- More and more Eastern Europeans are finding that they don't need to emigrate to the UK in order to enjoy incomes that exceed local salaries. In return for a decent internet connection and some serious gaming attitude, sa

Major UK Gaming Site Launches Backgammon, Gin Rummy and Multiplayer Blackjack LONDON, January 23 /PRNewswire/ -- William Hill, one of the best known and most trusted names in the UK and Irish betting industry, has launched Internet skill gaming in partner

TO GO WITH AFP STORY-Mogens Dreier and Full Size JPG (1415 KB) TO GO WITH AFP STORY- Mogens Dreier and Christina Mathiesen play backgammon in the restaurant of the "Hotellet" in Copenhagen, 09 January 2007. The "Hotellet" is a hotel in Copenhagen where th