Land Sailing

'King Coal' bails out of a hot market (International Herald Tribune)

6 Jul 2008

Ken Talbot has been selling most of his stake in Macarthur Coal and igniting talk of a takeover fight among shareholders.

Massive algae bloom swamps Olympic venue (Republican-American)

6 Jul 2008

A Chinese swimmer removes blue green algae from coastal waters in Qingdao, China,the venue for the Olympic sailing events in about a month. (AP) QINGDAO, China (AP) — China's latest Olympics nightmare is a vast algae bloom that covers one-third of the sea where the world's best sailors are supposed to be competing in just over a month.

Sailing on cliches (Deccan Herald)

5 Jul 2008

Rashmi Vasudeva encounters the well-worn cliches often associated with Kerala. But she is not complaining.