I’ve been so busy lately I got out of the habit of checking TWOP for new recaps. So tonight I’ve got two to catch up on: Television Without Pity » The Amazing Race » Recaps & Extras » Season 6 Episode 9 … in which our long international nightmare finally came to an end on a beautifully woven rug with the Amazing Race logo in Ethiopia. She gripes most tellingly: So to sum up, of the six episodes preceding the one you are about to watch, two resulted in eliminations. You want to know why the season is dragging like…
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New York-Lagos, which would not have garnered my wager as a likely candidate for such a premiere, is considered a highly lucrative market. “Our Lagos service will be highly attractive to Nigerian and American transatlantic travelers,” said Continental CEO Larry Kellner in a statement. “Particularly executives in energy-related industries.” The route was previously covered by the long-embattled Nigeria Airways, which finally closed its doors in 2003. Nigeria, by the way, was ranked the world’s third most corrupt nation by a watchdog organization called Transparency International. The group says 40 percent of the country’s petroleum income is stolen or squandered by…