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International news agencies boycott Oz-Kiwi Gabba Test
Sydney, Nov 21 : Almost all the leading news agencies across the world have decided to boycott covering the first Test between Australia and New Zealand, which began yesterday at the Gabba, because of 'conditions imposed by the organizers'.
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City of Waterfalls Website makes 2008 the 'Year of the Waterfaller'
In six short months, the waterfall initiative undertaken by Hamilton businessman and entrepreneur Chris Ecklund has rebranded Hamilton, Ontario as the Waterfall Capital of the World.
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Shefinds.com Releases Annual Sold Out List - MomFinds.com Compiles List of Must-Have Toys - Get the Hottest Holiday ...
Based on a poll of news outlets, major retailers and e-tailers, SheFinds and MomFinds editors present the following most wanted list of the hottest gift items expected to become scarce as the 2008 holiday shopping season heats up, along with where to find them online for the best deals - no shopping malls required.
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The World-Class Manuel Conde
IN HIS RICHLY DOCUMENTED BOOK “The Cinema of Manuel Conde” (University of Santo Tomas Publishing House, 280 pages), with meticulous attention to detail, scholar-playwright Nicanor G. Tiongson presents the prolific and illustrious artistic achievements of Manuel Conde
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Storm on the web as BlackBerry approaches point of sale
We've been getting lots of traffic for Richard Wray's Hands on with the BlackBerry Storm , published on October 8, but there's a flood of new hands-on reviews with the Storm going on sale in the US tomorrow. The Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg has a review+video ( BlackBerry's Storm Presses Into the Touch-Phone Fray ) that refers to the iPhone and Google/HTC G1. Wired News gives the ...
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Toronto leading the way in stem cell research
One year after researchers discovered a major alternative to embryonic stem cells, the remarkable bit of modern-day alchemy is still shaking the scientific world.
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Nuclear flashpoint: PETER OBORNE travels to the Pakistan badlands to witness the massacre of innocents
We were heading north towards the lawless Afghan border. Gradually the terrain became mountainous and the mood changed to one of apprehension.
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Stop! You're Giving Me the Blues
The U.S. economy is in shambles, and world leaders are giving no words of comfort to the contrary. Richard Phillips, senior index analyst for S-Network Global Indexes, shares his insights on the depressing economic meltdown — and gives advice on how to get rid of the blues.
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Were the World Mine (2008)
Tanner Cohen, left, and Nathaniel David Becker in “Were the World Mine,” inspired by “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”
Model Karolina Kurkova world's sexiest woman: report
Lingerie model Karolina Kurkova has been voted the world's sexiest woman by E! entertainment television, beating sultry actresses Angelina Jolie and Scarlett Johansson for the honor.
NATO ready to help Africa, but is not world's policeman: chief
NATO is ready to strengthen its ties with Africa, but Africa should come up with solutions to its problems and not expect NATO to police the world, its secretary general Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said on Thursday.
World stocks down amid fears of deep recession
World stocks fell sharply Thursday as fears of a deep global recession gripped markets and sent oil prices below $50 a barrel to levels not seen in more than three years.
World Bank Arm Backs Small Palm Growers on Climate (Update1)
Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- The International Finance Corp. , the World Bank's investment arm, said it will help lenders in Indonesia to finance small-scale palm oil growers to encourage so-called sustainable practices and forestall climate change.
Google to shut down virtual world Lively at year-end
The Internet giant, which launched the site less than five months ago, says it wants to focus on its core search business. Not all Google Inc. endeavors turn into gold. Lively, a virtual world the Internet giant launched less than five months ago, will be shut down at the end of the year so Google can focus on its bread-and-butter search business.
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