Edinburgh, Scotland may be world renown as one of Britain's most beautiful cities (if not the most beautiful), but a new survey has revealed that it is also the loneliest city in the UK."For centuries, princes and...
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"Nortel could cut up to 5,000 jobs next week: analysts Last Updated: Wednesday, November 5, 2008 | 8:48 AM ET Comments55Recommend32 Reuters, special to CBC News Nortel Networks Corp could shed between 3,000 and 5,000 jobs when it details its...
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"India and Australia drew the first of the four test matches of the Border Gavaskar Trophy at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. The series stands at 0-0. Scorecard Although the match was drawn, both sides would like to take the credits away from this game. Australia will...
"The Haitians have a saying, “beyond mountains there are mountains,” meaning after each big obstacle stands another bigger obstacle. I saw the saying come to life in the town of Cabaret. It was my first trip to Haiti, a ninety minute plane ride from Miami. So close,...
"World Champion Viswanathan Anand bowed out of contention for a top finish in the Bilbao Grand Slam final chess tournament after losing from a better position against Levon Aronian of Armenia in the eighth round. After suffering his second loss in the tournament, Anand’s...
"The Indian Cricket League (ICL) has signed an agreement with the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) for upgrading the Sardar Patel Stadium. ICL will spend Rs 10 crore for upgrading the stadium, including an investment of Rs 3-4 crore for floodlights, apart from developing...
"On the air, WYES-Channel 12 looks fine. Everywhere else, the local PBS affiliate's headquarters near City Park, devastated by 5 feet of Hurricane Katrina levee-failure floodwaters, remains a literal shell of...
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Jamaica's Usain Bolt's astonishing 9.69 second world record, in the Olympics "King of Sports", the Men's 100 metres, which smashed the record set by...Usain Bolt, was not even an effort for the new world sprint...
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This is what the First Nations of Clayoquot Sound are facing, high unemployment, poor housing conditions and little hope. With logging and mining about to begin, resource extraction is looked to as the ways...
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About 80 people were injured during a bullfight in Colombia today when the stands in the stadium collapsed underneath the weight of too many people.The stadium was holding about 500 people, but at this time it is not known how many were allowed to be in there. When the...
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I think its high time people start talking with one another, online talking, not committing anything. I think this is the right step forward. "Rice acknowledges US policy shift on Iran 6 hours ago WASHINGTON...
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"I once met a guy who told me he was comfortable with one-night stands so long as they didn’t involve interlocking fingers at any point during or after sex. As he explained, “finger interlocking is a sign of great intimacy and love” and he couldn’t handle that. What...
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UPDATED: 4:10PM EST - June 20"A woman shot in a triple shooting in the parking garage of Baptist Medical Center late Thursday afternoon died overnight and her 11-year-old son is in serious condition.Police said...
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Germany in to the Semis again, Portugal just not firing this time."Portugal 2-3 Germany BBC Radio 5 Live commentary Basel, 19 June 2008 606 debate | Blog Match report Live text Photos Player Rater Match stats ...
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" Aircraft flown by NATO dropped hundreds of leaflets Monday night on several villages near Kandahar that have been seized by the Taliban, officials said, while thousands of extra Afghan troops headed to the...
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