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Sailing around Africa in a Phoenician boat
"On Arwad Island off the coast of Syria, a group of 20 sailors-to-be are preparing for a voyage their captain believes has not been undertaken for two and a half millennia. They plan to set off on Sunday on a journey that attempts to replicate what the Greek historian...Beijing puts on a show for the world
"China commandeered the world stage Friday, celebrating its first-time role as Olympic host with a stunning display of pageantry and pyrotechnics to open a Summer Games unrivaled for its mix of problems and promise. China welcomed scores of world leaders to an opening...Soldiers cleared of Cyprus brawl
The case of nine British soldiers who got into a bar brawl in Cyprus has been settled, with the soldiers being cleared. The bar owner, a customer and two soldiers were injured in the fighting.A Cypriot Judge made the ruling, deciding that there was not enough evidence to link...Greatest show on turf opens gates
Agriculture is the most prominent source available for making our world a green. This story all about a largest exhibition on Agriculture.Time to think about Nature and green.Ans also, this is will be the first time the Queen has attended the three-day event since 1977, her...
IRELAND: Chickens came home to roost yesterday . . . with a vengeance
This is my favourite report on the Lisbon Treaty outcome. ...but I think you'd have to know the 'players' to get the 'in' jokes and the 'craic' - the sense of delight and cheeky mischief making too. A terrific read!"So now it's plan C and that leaves Brian another 23 letters... Papa Smurf's Got a Brand New Bag
Gargamel, it's time to put your big-boy pants on." The Smurfs, those blue-skinned cartoon gnomes with short tails and white hats, are celebrating their 50th anniversary with a Hollywood movie deal announced on... Ireland's black community was embraced at the Africa Day festival in the grou...
UPDATE:Ireland's black community was embraced at the Africa Day festival in the grounds of Dublin Castle. Sinead O'Connor, Kila, Mundy, and Republic of Loose performed at the free family event alongside Ugandan... Cannes Less About Films and More About the Glamour
"Partying and celeb-spotting have elbowed aside the movie business at the Cannes Film Festival. Celia Walden reports 'What's 'Le Festival', Mummy?" asked the neat little French boy seated opposite me, as our TGV... Bush Celebrates Israel's Birthday Amid Rocket Fire
President George Bush was doing his best to put a happy face on an unhappy situation in Palestine. I'm not sure how he can do any good with everyone knowing he's soon on his way out." JERUSALEM (AP) --... Celebrating 10 years of the euro?
"When the euro was launched there were plenty of people who thought it would crash and burn.Ten years on, its role as a global currency is secure, even if it hasn't achieved everything its founders hoped.Wednesday is...We're not celebrating Israel's anniversary
The 'authentic' semitic peoples, descended directly from Abraham, are still living in the Middle East– they are the Palestinian Arabs! They are being destroyed (genocide) by usurping "foreigners", whose traditional right to occupy this region has been diluted over two... Labour takes a local election hammering in the UK
Labour is looking to face their worst election results in a generation as the results from yesterday's elections start to trickle in.That doesn't look good for Gordon Brown."With just over half of results from... Fans riot, vandalize downtown Montreal
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorWell Europe have their Soccer Hooligans, Montreal has their Hab (Montreal Canadiens) Hockey Hooligans.Watching the news last night, it looked more like a War Zone than a... The Death of the Red Baron
Until recently, it would have been impossible to use the words 'hero' and 'german officer' in the same sentence, especially in Germany.However, with the passage of time and a better perspective (90 years will do...Celebrating Leap Year Day? Are you popping the question?
Are any of you doing something special on Friday, February 29 for Leap Year Day?Have you noticed greeting cards dedicated to this special occasion/Are songs, poems and short films written about it.It would have slipped by me if I had not been put on hold during one of these...
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