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How Do You Solve a Problem Like Sarah? She’s Bad News for the GOP - And For Everybody Else Too.
2009 SOUL TRAIN AWARDS
Sade's Soldier of Love
View Article  YAHOO! CANADA ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS WORLD CHAMPION
New photo posted to PhotoNews.


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View Article  Ferrari threatens F1 pull-out over engines
Ferrari board says it will consider pulling out of F1 if proposals to
introduce a standard engine for all teams from 2010 goes ahead.

FIORANO, ITALY (JANUARY 7, 2008) WIGE -
Ferrari will review its ...   more »
View Article  Migraines and Caffeine
Migraines and Caffeine
Author: Joy Healey

Caffeine was formally identified as a possible migraine
trigger in a study published in the well respected Lancet
in 1979. Since then a variety of theories about caffeine
and ...   more »
View Article  Space tourism will weather market crisis, says space tourist
At over $30 million a ticket it is not cheap, but space tourist Richard
Garriott says rich adventurers will still pay for a dream trip into orbit
despite a global financial crisis.

STAR CITY, NEAR ...   more »
View Article  West African court convicts Niger in slavery case
West African court rules Niger failed to protect 12-year-old girl from
slavery. Mauritanian anti-slavery NGO welcomes court's ruling.

NOUAKCHOTT, MAURITANIA (OCTOBER 27, 2008) REUTERS -
The West African regional Court of Justice convicted the state ...   more »
View Article  Reggae and rap artist sensation, Sean Kingstone takes Nigeria by storm
Jamaican-born Reggae and rap artist, Sean Kingston, storms Lagos.

LAGOS, NIGERIA (OCTOBER 26, 2008) REUTERS -
Jamaican born internation raggae and rap artist, Sean Kingston has
performed in Lagos on Sunday (October 26) rounding up ...   more »
View Article  Daniel Craig talks about 'Quantum of Solace'.
James Bond star Daniel Craig talks about the the super spy's
latest outing in the upcoming 'Quantum of Solace'.

LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (RECENT) ITN -
Following hot on the heels of the last 007 ...   more »
View Article  Chicago police found the body of a boy believed to be Hudson's nephew
Chicago police report finding a body of the young African American boy
believed to be the nephew of the Oscar winning actress.


WEST SIDE OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, USA (OCTOBER 27, 2008) NBC -
Chicago police ...   more »
View Article  Syria accuses U.S. of terrorism
Syria's Foreign Minister accuses the U.S. of an act of "criminal and
terrorist aggression" after a raid near Syria's border with Iraq.

Syria says U.S. forces were involved in the attack on Sunday (October 26,
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View Article  Cancer victims in Iraq's Basra rue uranium used by U.S. in 1991 Gulf War.
Nearly two decades after the U.S. military helped force out Saddam
Hussein's army from oil-producing Kuwait, cases of cancer in the southern city
of Basra have increased dramatically with many blaming the use of depleted
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View Article  Britain's Peter Mandelson says he will not quit over Russia links
Britain's Peter Mandelson has dismissed talk of resignation as
"fantasy", but his links with a Russian billionaire continue to
cause controversy in the UK.

MOSCOW, RUSSIA (OCTOBER 27, 2008) REUTERS -
British Business Secretary Peter ...   more »
View Article  Czech prime minister rules out early elections, loses cool with photographer
Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek says while he must take responsibility
for recent election losses, there will be no early elections. He loses his
temper with a photographer, pushing his head against a wall.

PRAGUE, ...   more »
View Article  Obama supporters hit US airwaves with parody of Budweiser's successful 'Waaaasup?' ad
In a parody of the popular 'Wassssup' Budweiser beer television
commercials, actors reprise almost identical roles in a pro Obama clip.

UNITED STATES (BELIEVE MEDIA) -
Classic television ads are few and far between, but ...   more »
View Article  Super-sizing your portable images
The projection company Optoma believes it's new Pico Projector,
billed as the smallest of its kind in the UK, will fill a big void for gadget
lovers.

Launching in the UK in November, the Pico ...   more »
View Article  Mexico's heaviest man ties the knot
Manuel Uribe, formerly the world's heaviest man, marries his long-time
sweetheart, Claudia Solis.

MONTERREY, MEXICO (OCTOBER 26, 2008) REUTERS -
Mexico's Manuel Uribe, once the world's most obese man, tied the
knot on Sunday (October ...   more »
View Article  Asian shares fall on recession fears
Most Asian stock markets extend last week's losing streak while yen nears a
13-month high against the dollar.

(ASIA) MANILA, PHILIPPINES (OCTOBER 27, 2008) REUTERS -
Japanese stocks tumbled to 26-year lows on Monday (October ...   more »
View Article  Unions say rise in illegal workers due to crisis
Millions of migrant workers worldwide will lose jobs in the global
financial crisis as countries tighten immigration rules, union leaders say.


(ASIA) MANILA, PHILIPPINES (OCTOBER 27, 2008) REUTERS -
The number of undocumented migrant workers ...   more »
View Article  Mexico captures Tijuana drug cartel leader
After a fiery shootout in Tijuana Mexican security forces arrest drug
cartel leader Eduardo Arellano Felix, one of the most sought after
international traffickers.

TIJUANA, MEXICO (OCTOBER 25, 2008) POLICE VIDEO -
Mexican security forces ...   more »
View Article  Australian and French victories at the Karaoke World Championships
An Australian man and a French woman are crowned world karaoke singing
champions.

LAHTI, FINLAND (OCTOBER 26, 2008) YLE -
It was a far cry from the usual drunk and embarrassing karaoke
evening, when hopefuls ...   more »
View Article  DR Congo: New Cabinet
Congo keeps mines, finance ministers in new cabinet

Democratic Republic of Congo created new senior defence and
reconstruction posts in a new government named on Sunday, but other key
portfolios such as mines and finance ...   more »
View Article  Africans living in the US drum up support for the democratic candidate, Barack Obama
Africans living in America give their opinions of the upcoming US elections
and of Democratic candidate, Barack Obama.

(NEW YORK CITY, USA (RECENT) REUTERS -
The US presidential campaign is in full swing, and Africans ...   more »
View Article  Anti-globalisation protesters enter Frankfurt bourse
Attac protesters burst into the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, draping a banner
over the Dax board and scattering leaflets around the trading floor.

FRANKFURT, GERMANY (OCTOBER 27, 2008) REUTERS -
Protesters from the anti-establishment Attac movement ...   more »
View Article  Popular Ways To Announce Your Engagement
Popular Ways To Announce Your Engagement
Author: Pamela Kazmierczak

There are numerous ways to announce your engagement. Some
of the more traditional ways to announce your happy news
include submitting a formal announcement to a ...   more »
View Article  The Amazon Kindle: Why It Is A Good Buy
The Amazon Kindle: Why It Is A Good Buy
Author: E. Hunt

The Amazon Kindle is a neat little gadget that was recently
released, and has been garnering a lot of attention from
bibliophiles and ...   more »