What was once a quiet team from West London has turned into one of the world's most biggest teams thanks to billionaire owner Roman Abramovich. Thanks to the leadership of players like John Terry and Frank Lampard, the team won consecutive Premier League titles in 2005 and 2006, and reached the...
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Love them or hate them, Manchester United remain one of the biggest football clubs in the world. Founded in 1878 as Newton Heath L&YR F.C., Man U has grown into a global brand. Some of the game's greatest players have donned a Red Devils jersey: George Best, Bobby Charlton, David Beckham, Eric...
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It's only been around since 2008, but the Indian Premier League has already taken the world of cricket by storm. The IPL is a Twenty20 cricket competition featuring some of the top cricketers from India and around the world. The first season of the Indian Premier League saw the Rajasthan Royals...
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208 people were killed and many more injured in a series of wildfires that ravaged the Australian state of Victoria in early February 2009. Some rural towns have been completely destroyed. Over the Valentine's Day weekend people were permitted to go home to retrieve belongings but have not been...
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The 10th series of the Six Nations Championship tournament gets under way on February 7th, 2009.
The championship is contested by England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales, the current holders of the title.
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Saint Valentine's Day is a holiday celebrated on February 14 when people celebrate their love and affection for one another with gifts, cards, flowers and other romantic gestures. Love notes, or "valentines," are often exchanged between friends and partners, often adorned with popular imagery...
Israel's February 10 elections yielded no clear winner, prompting the two main parties, the centrist Kadima and right-wing Likud to look for coalition partners.
Kadima won 28 Knesset seats and Likud 27 - both well short of the 61 needed to form a government. The ultra-nationalist Yisrael...
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The $787 billion dollar stimulus package that is central to President Barack Obama's recovery plan moved one step closer to becoming law after it passed a final vote in the House on Friday, February 13, 2009.
Called the biggest piece of make-work legislation since Roosevelt’s New Deal,...
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It's one of the most popular sports in the world and also one of the most maddening. Ask any duffer who has shanked a shot into the rough and they'll tell you that golf is one of the most humbling sports there is.
Members of the PGA, however, have at least managed to master some aspects of...
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The second season of Project Runway Canada began airing on January 27 2009. Fourteen fashion designers compete for a shot at winning $100,000 to start their own line, a professional photo shoot with L'Oreal, and a spread in Elle Canada Magazine. Fashion designer Evan Biddell won the inaugural...
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Avian bird flu is virus that is found naturally within the digestive systems of wild birds, who generally remain asymptomatic. However, these flu strains are often highly contagious and can spread to domesticated birds, causing sickness and death. The most pathogenic strains can cause entire...