EDINBURGH, Nov 11 (Reuters) – A New Zealand side mixing experienced heads and fledgling internationals underlined their strength in depth without ever hitting top gear to overrun Scotland 51-22 in their opening European tour match on Sunday. The world champions, with 10 changes from the team who drew 18-18 with Australia last month to end a winning streak of 16 matches, crossed for six tries at Murrayfield. Israel Dagg, Julian Savea, Cory Jane and Andrew Hore went over in the first half. …
Rugby-Scotland 22 New Zealand 51 - result
EDINBURGH, Nov 11 (Reuters) – New Zealand beat Scotland 51-22 (halftime 34-17) in an international match at Murrayfield on Sunday. Scorers: Scotland: Tries: Tim Visser (2), Geoff Cross; Penalty: Greig Laidlaw; Conversions: Laidlaw (2) New Zealand: Tries: Israel Dagg, Julian Savea (2), Cory Jane, Andrew Hore, Ben Smith; Penalties: Dan Carter (3); Conversions: Carter (6) (Edited by Tom Pilcher)
Shell shuts 25,000 bpd oil pipeline in Nigeria due to theft damage
ABUJA (Reuters) – Shell shut its Imo River oil pipeline in Nigeria on October 31 due to damage caused by thieves and deferred 25,000 barrels per day (bpd) of production, the company's local unit said on Sunday . This latest outage will add to a growing list of production problems for Africa's biggest oil exporter. Nigeria's worst flooding in 50 years contributed to Shell and Eni declaring force majeure on major crude oil grades in recent weeks. This means they cannot keep to contract agreements due to problems out of the company's control. U.S. … Congress to press FBI, CIA on discovery of emails that exposed Petraeus' career-ending affair
WASHINGTON – The career of David Petraeus, the CIA director and renowned general, was derailed by allegedly vicious emails his paramour sent to another woman. Now the CIA, FBI and White House face questions from Congress about Petraeus’ love life and how his emails came under investigation.
Iran believes U.S. drone was spying on oil tankers-report
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran believes a U.S. drone targeted by its forces this month was gathering intelligence on oil tankers off its shores, an Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander told the semi-official Mehr news agency on Sunday. Washington said Iranian warplanes opened fire on an unarmed U.S. drone over international waters on November 1. Iran said it had repelled an aircraft violating its airspace. The incident underlined the risk of escalation in tensions between the United States and Iran in an ongoing dispute over Tehran's nuclear program. … 
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