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To RSS or not to RSS? That is the Beijing 2008 online content question
"With so many websites - including this one - out to capitalize on the spike of global interest surrounding the Olympic Games an interesting divide has developed in the way publishers are approaching the RSS feed. Do RSS feeds promote a site across the web, or do they provide...New writing success for Salman Rushdie
"The bookshop trestle table clearly ain't big enough for the both of them. Novelist Salman Rushdie yesterday claimed to have broken wine writer Malcolm Gluck's record for book signings after adding his full name to 1,000 books on a tour to promote his latest novel. "His...Activists win right to promote condoms to Catholics at World Youth Day
Activitists in Australia have won the right to distribute condoms at the world youth day in Sydney marking the pope's visit, blocking an order that had attempted to stop them from doing so by barring people from "annoying" the pilgrims."Young Catholics attending World Youth...
Olympic Competition: Ambush Marketers vs Sponsors
An Olympic match is already taking place before the Beijing Games actually start.This time, it's between ambush marketers and actual Olympic sponsors. Hooligans, the dreaded villains at sporting events, are quickly... Vietnam Airlines to manage transport for Miss World 2010
Vietnam airlines will be the official sponsoring airline for the 60th Miss World contest, which will take place in Vietnam in 2010."The local carrier announced that under a freshly-signed Memorandum of Understanding...UK Government say firms must favour women and minorities
Equality minister Harriet Harman has set out a plan to allow British firms to discriminate in favour of female and ethnic minority job applicants. The new plan would not require firms to do so, but would allow them...Gaps In McCain's Military Record Raise Questions
""At a meeting in his Pentagon office in early 1981, Secretary of the Navy John F. Lehman told Capt. John S. McCain III that he was about to attain his life ambition: becoming an admiral.... Mr. McCain declined the... Russia Wants Domain Names In Cyrillic ... The Native Language
It appears that the leadership in Russia wants to maintain its unique Russian culture. Much like the French in wanting to maintain their language as a "global" language, The Russian President, Medvedev, feels... Daughter from Austria incest case reunited with family
Kerstin Fritzl, from the Austria cellar, has reunited with her family. It was reported yesterday on NowPublic that she woke up from the coma she was in. That coverage can be seen here. "...Everett sorry for calling troops wimps
" ACTOR Rupert Everett has apologised for calling British soldiers "wimps" and suggesting they joined the army to torture prisoners.The 49-year-old yesterday issued a lengthy statement apologising "without reserve" to the "many in this country, and hundreds and thousands of... Guevara children denounce Che branding
Che Guevara is an icon of the 20th century whose brand has turned into a worldwide marketing phenomenon. The fact that Guevara was a communist guerrilla and Marxist ideologue is an irony of little interest to his... Chinese sell tiger bone wine
"Staff at two "safari parks" a few hours from the capital Beijing offered to sell undercover investigators wine made from the crushed bones of tigers that died in captivity at the sanctuaries.The wine, which it is... Ninth IIFA AWARDS Bang Bangkok
"Bangkok (ABC Live): With the great success IIFA AWARDS at Yorkshire last year. " Indonesian drops cash from plane
" An Indonesian businessman has scattered 100 million rupiah ($10,700; £5,406) in banknotes from a plane to promote his new motivational book. Tung Desem Waringin said he would rather share money for a promotional campaign with people who needed it. His plane flew over a...California ban on same-sex marriage struck down
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- In a much-anticipated ruling issued Thursday, the California Supreme Court struck down the state's ban on same-sex marriage as unconstitutional....
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