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Rule bans 'ambush marketing'
" Companies here will be prevented from engaging in "ambush marketing" ahead of and during the Beijing Olympics, in a bid to protect the rights of official sponsors, a spokesman for the Games' organizing committee said yesterday.Chen Feng, deputy director of the marketing...Foreigners told to behave at the Beijing Olympics
If you happen to cough during Beethoven's 9th symphony prepare yourself for a dissapproving glare. In the case of the Olympics, the Beijing Olympic organizing committee is making sure that everyone knows the...
created by jessica.lam | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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J.K. Rowling Will Auction Hand-Written Harry Potter Prequel for Charity
Well, the claimed she wouldn't return to the Harry Potter world, but I guess a prequel doesn't count - especially since it's for charity.Author J.K. Rowling is writing an 800 word prequel to the Harry Potter...
created by Rob Walker | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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1483 views | 10 recommendations | 4 comments
Kibaki and Odinga meet for first time in Kenya crisis
"Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki met opposition leader Raila Odinga on Thursday for the first time since a disputed election triggered weeks of bloodshed, a major breakthrough brokered by former U.N. boss Kofi Annan. The two leaders had not talked since the December 27 polls...Obama, "I Feel Like I am Running Against 2 Clintons"
"MYRTLE BEACH, South Carolina (CNN) – More tit-for-tat on the campaign trail – only this time, it’s between Barack Obama and Bill Clinton. After losing the caucus tally in Nevada, the Obama campaign took aim...
created by Albert Milliron | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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509 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
2010 Olympics has Whistler residents concerned !
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorYou know it's funny, the 2010 Olympics, the Hype, the seemingly endless amounts of Olympic Committee money going to hire friends, family and assorted hanger...
created by Barry ORegan | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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3254 views | 10 recommendations | 3 comments
VANOC in the black, currency and sponsorship windfalls the culprits
Good news from the VANOC accountants...they are in the black and they even contributed $250,000 back in to the rainy day fund. However, what is worrisome is that the two culprits of the increases cash weren't... Preparation for hajj pilgrimage completed, VP says
"Organizing hajj pilgrimage is actually an ordinary activity which has taken place for the past ten years, the vice president said, adding that however, the Indonesian government`s portion in organizing hajj... Gas Big Wigs Fixing Post-Rig Prices?
Second try's the charm? California consumers are hoping so. The gas-hungry state (freeways, highways and byways, oh my!) has once again become the site of a class-action suit leveled at two major oil companies and... Australia poised to sign nuclear deal with US
Anne Davies, WashingtonJuly 20, 2007"AUSTRALIA is negotiating a major deal with the United States to co-operate on development of a nuclear energy industry.According to draft plans seen by The Age, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer and Resources Minister Ian Macfarlane want...Anti-Sweatshop Crusader Rini Chakraborty
"How can garment workers at the dawn of the 21st century still face 19th-century sweatshop conditions? It's disturbing questions like this that drive Rini Chakraborty, 31, Executive Director of California-based Sweatshop Watch, to seek justice for exploited workers in the...Blue Orb ... Cubed :: Oblate Spheroid
"The human experience is, at once, no boundaries and at other times is all about boundaries. The way we humans relate to the nature around us is fascinating. In the run up to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, venues...
created by Edmund Jenks | 6 years ago | updated 6 years ago
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639 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
America Supports You: Accident Claims Volunteer En Route to Fundraiser
WASHINGTON, April 2, 2007 – For 23-year-old Joe Finn, it wasn’t enough that his parents’ Richmond, Va., Liberty Tax franchise was serving as a drop-off point for used cell phones to be recycled for cash to purchase prepaid calling cards for deployed servicemembers....I hate the Olympics
I've always hated the Olympics. The idea that there is something 'amateur' about their practices is laughable and offensive. They are one of the most predatory intellectual property owners on the...St. Patrick's parade organizer in NYC offends gays, firefighters
In the constellation of hyphenated Americans, one of the more sparkly of them has got to be the GLBT Irish-Americans from New York City. Thye have been accustomed to conflict ever since they were banned from...
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