Vijender Singh Goes out in Quarters: London Olympics Boxing 2012

 Vijender Singh Goes out in Quarters: London Olympics Boxing 2012!Indian pugilist Vijender Singh lost his quarterfinal bout against Abbos Atoev of Uzbekistan 13-17 to crash out of London Olympics 2012. After Round 1 both the boxers were tied 3-3 but in the second Abbos...

Navy will soon let women serve on subs

" The Navy's plan would phase in women's service, beginning with officers aboard the larger subs that are easier to retrofit for coed quarters.Because of the length of time required for training,...

Mumbai Gunmen "Arrived with Women"

REPORTS ARE coming out that the ten assassins may have had girlfriends with them an after eye witness claimed to have seen "Smiling Assassin" captured Ajmal Kasab aka Azam Amir Kasav, 21, in a shop in Cama, and...

Lankan forces capture strategic area in LTTE stronghold

The Sri Lankan forces have intensified their campaign against rebel LTTE in last months. The government troops have made dramatic progress on the northern fronts, seizing a series of rebel bases and chunks of...

Paes-Dlouhy in Japan Open quarters

"Top seed Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy began their campaign for back-to-back titles with a straight-set win against Spanish pair of Guillermo Garcia-Lopez and Ivan Navarro in the first round of the $869,000 Japan...

Saina in Yonnex Quarters

"Saina Nehwal has entered the quarterfinal of Yonex Chinese Taipei Open badminton after easing past Hong Kong’s Kwan Yi Mong 21-8, 21-12 Thursday. Second seed Saina will now face Porntip Buranaprasertsuk of Thailand, who battled past local challenger Shih Han Huang 20-22,...

Beijing cuts cars by half as Olympics near

" A World Bank study found China is home to 16 of the 20 worst cities for air quality. Three-quarters of the water flowing through urban areas is unsuitable for drinking or fishing. International Olympic...

Archaeologists find remains of Washington's boyhood home

"From Eric Marrapodi CNN Washington Bureau FREDERICKSBURG, Virginia (CNN) -- After nearly three years of excavation, archaeologists have confirmed the discovery of the site of George Washington's boyhood home near the banks of the Rappahannock...

Islamic Extremists: 'Down with the J,' and out of their senses

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorFunny how Jihadists take from one culture (Hip Hop) to suit their own selfish needs,, yet abhor that same culture they wish to bomb out of existence.The Ottawa trial of...

Gianyar - The Mother of Ubud

"Gianyar Regency is located at central Bali , with Ubud as one of the district in Gianyar regency became a famoust tourist destination in the world. Until the fourteen century Bali was ruled Bali by the Warmadewa...

Game Over: consoles killed the video arcade star

An interesting feature about the demise of arcades, in this case in Toronto, though I'm sure the trend holds true just about everywhere.I can remember going to arcades as a kid and loving it. Double Dragon was the...

CNET Losing Core Tech Ad Market to Blogs, Social Networking - ThinkEquity

"advertisers are becoming more efficient in online ad spend and moving dollars away from portals and higher-priced vertical sites toward more cost-efficient, targeted niche technology sites and social networking...

Fake Chinese Communist official arrested: US$2.6M in payoffs

I guess the Chinese Government doesn't like Competition in what seems to be only the Chinese Government has a right to extort bribes from it's...

Recession hits SA

"An ANZ Bank report shows South Australia is in technical recession.  The ANZ Australian Property Outlook report shows Gross State Product has been negative for the past two quarters.  The report says the rising Australian dollar is hurting manufacturers and the...

Bush beats Nixon for disapproval

"George W. Bush has sunk below Richard Nixon and could break Harry Truman's record for persistent unpopularity among modern U.S. presidents.The latest Gallup Poll found that Bush's popularity had been below 40 percent for six consecutive quarters, the Dallas Morning News...

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