Akhil is India’s best boxer: Cuban coach

"Cuban boxing coach B.I Fernandez feels that Indian boxing has come of age with the mushrooming talent that was on display at Beijing Olympics 2008.He rates Akhil Kumar as the best boxer in India today, ahead of bronze medalist Vijender Kumar."

Security tightens more as Olympics get under way

"Security forces squeezed their grip on China a notch tighter Friday for the start of the Olympics, edging up restrictions in the capital and imposing much tougher ones in a restive Muslim area in the country's far west.The Beijing Games' glittering curtain raiser went off...

Israel's Olmert meets with America's Bush

Some leaders might keep their heads down amidst overwhelming controversy, but not US President Bush or Israel's Prime Minister Olmert, who are meeting today in the states to discuss Iran's nuclear capabilities and the middle east.Olmert, who left behind a parliament reeling...

South Korean officials expelled

This incident closely follows the election of the new conservative South Korean president Lee Myung-bak."North Korea, reacting to tougher policies of the new South Korean regime, Thursday expelled South Korean officials from a joint industrial park.The action at the joint...

Bush seeks tougher import and food safety rules

"By Christopher Doering WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush on Tuesday proposed tougher inspection rules meant to keep dangerous food and other products out of the United States and said he wants broader power to recall food that is unsafe for U.S. consumers. The...

SFU: One of Canada’s best employers

"Simon Fraser University is one of the best employers in the country, according to Canada’s Top 100 Employers, a best-selling guide to the companies and organizations that lead their industries in attracting and retaining employees. “Every year the competition gets bigger...

Australian Governement To Ban Certain Plasma TV Models

"Most current plasma TV models would be banned from sale in Australia as early as October next year under onerous mandatory energy requirements recommended in a report commissioned by the Federal Government. The consulting firm Digital CEnergy, which prepared the report for...

IOC plans tougher sanctions, Olympic ban for doping cheats

I wonder if this means you could juice up, then rat someone out and still win the Gold?

Racial Stereotypes and Why they Threaten

So there he is, stronger than you, tougher than you, and with a bigger penis than you. Even without the first two white guys still worry that maybe that third is true, that maybe they might be able to satisfy a woman better.

I'll deport 4,000 foreign prisoners, vows Brown

"Gordon Brown has promised to deport 4,000 foreign prisoners this year. The Prime Minister vowed to make a vast increase on the 2,700 sent home last year. There are currently more than 12,000 foreign convicts in Britain's overcrowded prison system - 15 per cent of the...

Analysis: Round Three with Iran

"Analysis: Round Three with Iran Council on Foreign Relations July 5, 2007 Prepared by: Lionel Beehner The economic noose around Iran may be tightening. Domestically, the government’s plan for gas rationing, in a country that exports the second-largest amount of crude oil,...