As the countdown clock ticked past 365 days Wednesday night celebrations began across the lower mainland and Whistler. The IOC and VANOC planned several events centered around the 2010 Games to...
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An Indian Premier League (IPL) drugs tribunal has handed Pakistan seam bowler Mohammad Asif a one-year ban. Asif was tested positive for the banned steroid nandrolone during the inaugural IPL competition in May last year. " The bowler, who is currently suspended from...
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New Delhi(ABC Live): Delhi’s Patiala House Court on Friday pronounced the quantum of punishment for Sanjeev Nanda, the prime accused in the BMW hit-and-run case, sentencing him to five years in jail
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Is this the beginning of a new movement towards banning fast-food chains?Major corporations such as McDonalds is definitely going to fight hard over this decision. As of now, only South L.A. is doing this ban, but...
" Grapevine High School senior Anjali Datta holds the highest grade-point average of the 471 students graduating from Grapevine High School this year.[...] Her closest competitor's GPA is 5.64. No one disputes that she's the top student in...
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"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate passed a budget plan on Friday to eliminate the federal deficit by 2012 while spending more than President George W. Bush wants on domestic programs like schools and roads.
After a 15-hour debate that began on Thursday, the Senate...
In a move that is being widely criticized by several offices
of the medical board in India, the concept of compulsory government service
might be eliminated and removed from the curriculum of medical studies in
India. I have highlighted the last paragraph in this article, and...
"Fight is on for nuclear plant
Alberta towns under pressure to move quickly
Hanneke Brooymans, Edmonton Journal
Published: Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Two northern Alberta mayors admit they're under pressure to quickly secure a proposed nuclear power plant for their communities....
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"Rosie Will Probably Leave 'The View' Rosie O'Donnell — quite rightly, I believe — has had enough of Barbara Walters and "The View." I am told that she is not likely to renew her one-year contract when it ends in June and will leave the crazy talk show after...
"The "Media in Danger" conference begun on Sunday's one-year anniversary of An-Nahar general manager Gebran Tueni's assassination came to a ringing conclusion Monday as panelists from nearly a dozen Arab countries joked, argued and stunned audience members with tales of...
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