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CNN reports here: Renault’s Formula One team is handed a two-year suspended ban by the sport’s governing body after a hearing into their part in fixing the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix. Former team boss Flavio Briatore, pictured above, was also banned from the sport for an unlimited period.
CNN reports here: The president of Athletics South Africa admits he lied about gender tests on runner Caster Semenya before her gold-medal win at the World Athletics Championships. The national sports body has always denied it agreed to the tests before last month’s race in Berlin.
Spiegel Online reports here: One year after the bankruptcy of US investment bank Lehman Brothers, governments are divided over what lessons should be learned from the crisis. But the more the economy recovers, the less desire there is to implement radical reforms — and many bankers have already returned to their old casino capitalism ways.
Now the mystery is yours to solve. After six years of secrecy, you can follow Robert Langdon’s search through the hidden history of Washington, D.C., in The Lost Symbol, Dan Brown’s follow-up to two of the bestselling thrillers of our time, Angels & Demons and The Da Vinci Code.
In this stunning follow-up to the global phenomenon The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown demonstrates once again why he is the world’s most popular thriller writer. The Lost Symbol is a masterstroke of storytelling–a deadly race through a real-world labyrinth of codes, secrets, and unseen truths . . . all under the watchful eye of Brown’s most terrifying villain to date. Set within the hidden chambers, tunnels, and temples of Washington, D.C., The Lost Symbol accelerates through a startling landscape toward an unthinkable finale.
As the story opens, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned unexpectedly to deliver an evening lecture in the U.S. Capitol Building. Within minutes of his arrival, however, the night takes a bizarre turn. A disturbing object–artfully encoded with five symbols–is discovered in the Capitol Building. Langdon recognizes the object as an ancient invitation . . . one meant to usher its recipient into a long-lost world of esoteric wisdom.
When Langdon’s beloved mentor, Peter Solomon–a prominent Mason and philanthropist–is brutally kidnapped, Langdon realizes his only hope of saving Peter is to accept this mystical invitation and follow wherever it leads him. Langdon is instantly plunged into a clandestine world of Masonic secrets, hidden history, and never-before-seen locations–all of which seem to be dragging him toward a single, inconceivable truth.
As the world discovered in The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons, Dan Brown’s novels are brilliant tapestries of veiled histories, arcane symbols, and enigmatic codes. In this new novel, he again challenges readers with an intelligent, lightning-paced story that offers surprises at every turn. The Lost Symbol is exactly what Brown’s fans have been waiting for . . . his most thrilling novel yet.
CNN reports here: A study finds 83 percent of people with allergies said it has affected sex life. 17 percent said allergies always or almost always had an effect on sex activities.
Reuters reports here at Yahoo News: NEW YORK – Swimming in chlorinated pools may increase the risk of a child getting asthma and respiratory allergies like hay fever, according to a Belgian study.
CNN reports here: The bailouts have largely stabilized the financial system, but reform is needed to prevent another crisis, U.S. President Barack Obama said in a speech on Wall Street Monday. Marking the anniversary of the Lehman Brothers collapse, Obama warned many in the financial sector were “choosing to ignore” the lessons of one of darkest chapters in world economic history.
Cancer patients often struggle with depression, BBC News reports here: Depression can damage a cancer patient’s chances of survival, a review of research suggests.
Women’s weight is more affected by their emotions study says, BBC News reports here: Children with self-esteem problems are more likely to be obese as adults, a research team has found.