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Featured article: November 17, 2007
Honoré de Balzac
Honoré de Balzac was a nineteenth-century French novelist and playwright. His magnum opus was a sequence of almost 100 novels and plays collectively entitled La Comédie Humaine, which presents a panorama of French life in the years after the fall of Napoléon Bonaparte in 1815. Due to his keen observation of detail and unfiltered representation of society, Balzac is regarded as one of the founders of realism in European literature. He is renowned for his multi-faceted characters; even his lesser characters are complex, morally ambiguous and fully human. Inanimate objects are imbued with character as well; the city of Paris, a backdrop for much of his writing, takes on many human qualities. His writing influenced many famous writers, including the novelists Émile Zola, Charles Dickens, Gustave Flaubert, and Henry James, as well as important philosophers such as Friedrich Engels. Many of Balzac's works have been made into films, and they continue to inspire other writers. Balzac suffered from health problems throughout his life, possibly due to his intense writing schedule. His relationship with his family was often strained by financial and personal drama, and he lost more than one friend over critical reviews. In 1850, he married Ewelina Hańska, his longtime paramour; six months later, he died. (more...)

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Red lionfish

The red lionfish (Pterois volitans) is a venomous coral reef fish from the Indian and western Pacific Oceans. It was also introduced to the east coast of the United States, and can be found from Florida to Long Island, New York. This specimen was found at Tasik Ria, Manado, Indonesia.

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Featured list: 2007 Cricket World Cup statistics
The team captains for the cup.

The following is a list of all the major statistics and records for the 2007 Cricket World Cup held in the West Indies from 13 March to 28 April 2007.

Team totals

Highest team total

India's total of 413 runs against Bermuda is the current record for the highest score in an innings in a World cup match, bettering Sri Lanka's 398 runs against Kenya in the 1996 Cricket World Cup.[1]

Highest team total (350 plus)
Score
(Overs)		 Country Versus Venue Date
413-5 (50)  India  Bermuda Port of Spain 19-03-2007
377-6 (50)  Australia  South Africa Basseterre 24-03-2007
363-5 (50)  New Zealand  Canada Gros Islet 22-03-2007
358-5 (50)  Australia  Netherlands Basseterre 18-03-2007
356-4 (50)  South Africa  West Indies St. George's 10-04-2007
353-3 (40)  South Africa  Netherlands Basseterre 16-03-2007
Source: Cricinfo

Lowest team total

Lowest team total (Less than 100)
Score
(Overs)		 Country Versus Venue Date
77 (27.4)  Ireland  Sri Lanka Grenada 18-04-2007
78 (24.4)  Bermuda  Sri Lanka Port of Spain 15-03-2007
91 (30)  Ireland  Australia Bridgetown 13-04-2007
94-9 (21)  Bermuda  Bangladesh Port of Spain 25-03-2007
99 (19.1)  Zimbabwe  Pakistan Kingston 21-03-2007
Source: Cricinfo

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