Winners & Losers
Winners WILLIAM WEST/AFP/Getty Images Australian farmers: It finally rains. Illegal immigrants: Amnesty (or something like it) on the way. Protectionists: Doha going nowhere. The Japanese economy: Enjoying a record current account surplus. Odyssey Marine Exploration: Struggling treasure hunters hit $500 million jackpot. Losers Prince Harry: Instead of going to war-torn Iraq he may be headed ...
Winners
Australian farmers: It finally rains.
Illegal immigrants: Amnesty (or something like it) on the way.
Protectionists: Doha going nowhere.
The Japanese economy: Enjoying a record current account surplus.
Odyssey Marine Exploration: Struggling treasure hunters hit $500 million jackpot.
Losers
Prince Harry: Instead of going to war-torn Iraq he may be headed for … war-torn Sierra Leone. Also, no more nightclubs.
Team Landis: Tries to blackmail Greg LeMond.
Russia: Cements global image as hacker-infested human rights abuser.
World Bank reformers: United States moving to install Wolfowitz replacement ASAP.
Al Qaeda of North Africa: Algerian elections go off with nary a peep.
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