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Tour de France: Why Stage 17 Matters
There is a history to the Tour. It has its legendary riders: Eddy Merckx (a.k.a. "the canibal") who is the only one to ever win all three jerseys in a single Tour, Miguel Indurain, Fausto Coppi, and of course Lance... Apple is No. 3 PC maker in U.S., No. 6 worldwide
"Apple is No. 3 PC maker in U.S., No. 6 worldwide Dueling reports Wednesday from the two leading PC survey firms — Gartner and IDC — confirm what the crowds at the Apple (AAPL) stores have been telling us: The Mac had a great second quarter. According... Pope lauds apology to Aborigines
The Australian government's decision of accepting blunders committed on indigenous people in the past have been welcomed by the Pontiff. Pope lauded the reconciliation offers made by the Australian government and hoped that this will give new hope to people all... China detains 100 for riot in southwestern town
There are thousands of events like this that happen every year in China. "BEIJING (Reuters) - Police in southwest China have detained 100 people, including 39 gang members, for their roles in a riot last month that saw the torching of government buildings and...MEDUSA - Microwave ray gun controls crowds with noise
Do these companies think of the Acronym first then try to make up words to fit to it."A US company claims it is ready to build a microwave ray gun able to beam sounds directly into people's heads. ...British 9/11 fears over private planes, Government terror adviser warns
These reports are undeniably based on 'what could bes' but there are so many opportunities for anyone, terrorist, madman or other to inflict mayhem on any particular community that we could get over worried. This...Why are forecasters so often wrong? « Peter J. Cooper’s Weblog
"This week RBS has forecast an equity and credit crash within three months. It is unusual to get a direct warning from a major bank. Who forecast a UK housing crash last August when the sub-prime crisis hit? Nobody in my recollection and yet you could see estate agents...Is there a Right way to sing opera?
"Is there a Right way to sing opera?Opera won’t widen its appeal by lurching to the leftRainy Victoria Day parade still attracts crowds
So why is today a holiday again? In Canada the last Monday on or before May 24 is set aside to commemorate Queen Victoria's birthday.However, most of us think of the day as an unofficial start to the summer....One way to avoid pickpockets
I found these guys strolling casually up Las Ramblas in Barcelona. I was hunting thieves, not nudes. I followed anyway, just to see if they'd get arrested. They didn't, in the half-hour I tagged along. Strangely,...Olympic torch is greeted with joy in China
Despite the protests all over the world against the Olympic torch, the flame was met with much enthusiasm upon its arrival in China. So much enthusiasm in fact that the police are having to protect it from the... May Day Brings Violence and Riots in Turkey
May 1 is a traditional workers' day holiday across most of Europe, with most of the countries on the continent having the day off (the UK and Ireland save the day off for the following Monday). It coincides with a... Huge rally in Cuba marks May Day
Hundreds of thousands of Cubans attended a rally through the streets of Havana today in mark May Day and honour the world's workers."President Raul Castro, who succeeded his ailing brother Fidel in February, is... Facebook Translation: Free but Flawed
Facebook is finding the limits of crowdsourcing: if nobody "owns" the task, then quality control becomes impossible. Translation tasks are particularly tough, since, only speakers of the language in question would... Thai leg of Olympic torch relay is festive
There was only a few small protests in Thailand today as the Olympic torch made its way through the streets of Bangkok. Thousands of people came out to see the torch, and the mood was much more festive than it has...
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