On the day of the 2008 NHL Entry Draft, the Pittsburgh Penguins may have another pressing concern to deal with.According to a report in the Toronto Star, forward Evgeni Malkin has been offered multi-year contracts...
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"The days of the paper round, once a rite of passage into work for thousands of young people, appear to be numbered as pocket money increases mean they are too rich and lazy to get out of bed. Newsagents across the country, once inundated with schoolchildren keen...
This is an important item from the Iraqi people that unfortunately will undoubtedly be ignored by the major media. For this reason, I have included the whole letter ."Statement by Iraqi Federation of Oil Unions to 2008 Chevron and ExxonMobil Shareholder MeetingsMay 30, 2008...
Canadian students, in a rush to make sure that no one thinks they are not crazier than Sharon Stone came up with this."Toronto:Canadian women have launched a Panties for Peace! campaign to sendtheir undergarments to the Myanmar military junta to frighten it intoending...
It is hard to believe that Lithuania beat Australia at rugby."The Austrian national rugby team tried to get over their 48-0 defeat by Lithuania by staging a mass striptease in the capital Vilnius late on Saturday, only to find they had been caught on video and put on the...
"New Delhi (ABC Live): Taking serious note of International Hockey Federation (FIH) Indian Olympic association on Monday taken extra ordinary decision to dismiss the Indian Hockey federation."
"The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns the actions of government officials in denying photojournalists access to report on casualties of the latest violence between the Sri Lankan Army and the...
"New Delhi (ABC Live): Indian News Channel Aaj Tak has exposed the real Face of Indian Hockey when Indian Hockey Federation Honorary general secretary Jyothi Kumaran was seen taking money in leau of selection of a player into India’s national Team."
A little off topic but I thought it was worth mentioning the Hip Hop Chess Federation.This non-profit (I quote) fuses "music, chess and martial arts to promote unity, strategy and non-violence". Co-founder Adisa Banjoko states "These black and white squares do not care...
A scheme costing taxpayers £250million called the Automated Personal Location System – known as 'CopNav' –where microchips are installed into radio headsets is to be issued to all London's...
"Weightlifters fail surprise dope testsTeam may miss 2008 GamesEleven members of the Greek national weightlifting team have tested positive for banned substances, prompting the suspension of coach Christos Iakovou, in a development that jeopardizes the team’s participation...
" Greek weightlifters test positive Eleven out of 14 members of Greece's national weightlifting team have tested positive for banned substances.The Greek...
Eleven out of fourteen members of Greece's national weightlifting team have tested postive for banned substances, which could mean that Greece would not have any representatives in this sport at the Beijing Olympics...
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OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorVaisakhi, a 300 year old Sikh Harvest Festival, similar to our Thanksgiving is attended by well over 100,000 people, complete with parades and floats, though marred last...