Tag: quest
Canada ties 1-1 with Mexico in quest for Olympic ...
"Canada's surprising 1-1 tie with Mexico on Wednesday night in its opener at the CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament should smooth the way for it make the semi-finals next week and get a one-game shot at earning...
US State Department Outrage
"Palestinians Ask U.S. To Intervene in Suits Over Terrorist Attacks
By Glenn Kessler, Washington Post Staff WriterTuesday, February 12, 2008; Page A15
The State Department is considering supporting the Palestinian Authority in its quest to avoid paying hundreds of millions...
Zoo produced video game makes waves
A new video game designed to teach people about the lives of wolves is making headlines today. Here is how the website describes the project:"Learn about wolf ecology by living the life of a wild wolf in...
Are you heir to the throne of England? Apply now!
This just came off the wire from Reuters. English Heritage, an organization that promotes the history of the UK, its castles and ruins, is running a contest trying to find potential - and legitimate - heirs to the...
Playtex launched Boob-talk
"Adland reports: Yesterday, Playtex launched an advertising and marketing campaign called “Girl Talk” at playtexfits.com, where confident women talk about their breasts – often euphemistically as “the girls” – and the quest for finding a...
Paris Hilton Sold Her Hollywood Hills Mansion, Se...
"Paris Hilton has sold her Hollywood Hills mansion for $5 million in a quest for — wait for it — privacy. The Spanish-style 1920s manor, featuring four bedrooms and three-a-half bathrooms, sold in just 10 days.
It was Hilton's home for three years and was where she...
Planned army base, port in North heat up Arctic q...
"Far up north on the tip of Baffin Island, an abandoned mine is set to play out a crucial military role in Canada's mission to assert its sovereignty in the Arctic.
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CBC News has learned that the...
Yes, you can work with Hamas
Don't yawn! The US approach to the Palestinian territories is inviting disaster."Boston and Cambridge, Mass. - The Bush administration's approach to the divided Palestinian territories is inviting disaster. By favoring the "good" Fatah over the "evil" Hamas, it is letting a...
CNN News Films at Sywell
"INTERNATIONAL news channel CNN was at Sywell Aerodrome yesterday to film its aerobatic team in action.
The crew was filming footage for its programme CNN Business Traveller, which reports on travelling for business and is broadcast to more than 90 million homes and 890,000...
The Quest For the Perfect Online Ad
On the Internet today, everybody knows you're a
dog. In fact, legions of Internet companies also know your breed, your
gender, your age, the neighborhood you live in, that you like pickup
trucks, and that you spent, say, three hours and 43 seconds on a
website for pet lovers...
The Quest For Hollywood Cash & Caché :: MAXINE
"It’s a small pond with a lot of very big and influential fish. Hollywood political money, for some on both sides of the process, is more about position and stature than the value of the money and the power it...
Pharm Animals Bred to Crank Out Drugs
This is a step beyond the purported 10-wing chickens being grown for KFC... Pharming raises all sorts of moral questions, primarily regarding the value of the life of an animal bred versus that of an animal born in the wild: animals experimented on are animals killed, which...
Brit Wins Digital Treasure Hunt
"A game played out in both the real and virtual worlds has been won by a 38 year old man from Middlesex in the UK.
Andy Darley was one of 50,000 players from 92 countries who played the alternate reality game, Perplex City.
Gamers have spent nearly two years solving clues in...
Family of faggot fans fly the flag
A West Midlands family is playing a central role in the quest to raise the profile of a forgotten British dish - faggots.
The Doody family from Wolverhampton has been crowned The Faggot Family in a national competition, and to kick off their reign they will launch National...
Ed Viesturs and Dreams
"Ed Viesturs and Dreams
I went to see Ed Viesturs at the Tattered Cover Bookstore in Denver last night. Ed was there to promote his new book, No Shortcuts to the Top, which details his quest (called Endeavor 8000) to climb the fourteen 8000 meter (26,000+ foot) peaks without...
