Posted on August 18, 2008 by wiv4
NYTimes: United States Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps is donned an athletic icon after winning eight gold medals.
The first day of the rest of Phelps’s life as a sports icon was a trip. It was not unlike a transatlantic flight: tiring, thrilling and a little turbulent.
The question-and-answer session, arranged by one of Phelps’s sponsors, Visa, included [...]
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Posted on August 15, 2008 by wiv4
BBC: Engineers are currently testing a recently “unveiled” Rover (type of space robot) with hopes of landing it on Mars in 2015.
The six-wheeled robots are claimed to be the most robust and manoeuvrable planetary rovers to be built.
According to Chris Draper, Astrium’s ExoMars rover vehicle industrial manager, they can go literally where no rover has [...]
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Posted on August 12, 2008 by wiv4
GUARDIAN: Russia’s military operations against Georgia (former Soviet Sate) are ending just as abruptly as they began it seems, as Russian President Dmitry Medvedev agreed to a cease fire. (However, Georgian state Gori was hit after Medvedev’s announcement today.)
The six-point plan, endorsed by Medvedev, calls on Russia and Georgia to end the fighting and to [...]
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Posted on July 21, 2008 by wiv4
Cayman Net News: While Cayman Islands’ legislators were previously in talks over the Tobacco Bill, which “seeks to prohibit the promotion of tobacco products and smoking in enclosed workplaces and enclosed public places,” sources say the law is “up in the air.”
In response to a request from Cayman Net News seeking clarification on the progress [...]
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Posted on July 21, 2008 by wiv4
Guardian: Global sales for the latest Batman flick, The Dark Knight have already reached $200m and it’s opening week sales of $155m have surpassed former record breaker Spiderman-3’s $151m set in May 2007.
According to reports, numerous screenings sold out weeks ago, with film fans waiting hours in long lines to enter cinemas. Some venues even [...]
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Posted on July 7, 2008 by wiv4
Guardian: Rafael Nadal wins the first Wimbledon title after what some are calling an “epic” tennis match
“With his 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (3-7), 6-7 (8-10), 9-7 victory in what must surely rank as one of the most dramatic and compelling finals of all time, Nadal became the first man since [Bjorn] Borg to win both Wimbledon [...]
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Posted on June 23, 2008 by wiv4
BBC: Rescuers have only found 38 out of over 800 passengers on a Philippine ferry that capsized in a typhoon on Saturday 21 June.
An attempt to drill holes into the upturned hull to search for survivors in airpockets was abandoned as darkness fell on Monday, and officials expressed little optimism.
“We feel there is no life [...]
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Posted on June 11, 2008 by wiv4
NYTimes.com: South Korean President Lee Myung-bak Pledges “New Beginning” after Weeks of Anti-Govt. Demonstrations
The demonstrations against Mr. Lee started six weeks ago when students began protesting his government’s decision in April to resume imports of American beef despite widespread fears of mad cow disease. They grew into a broader backlash against Mr. Lee’s leadership style [...]
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Posted on June 10, 2008 by wiv4
Al Jazeera: 70,000 Demnstrators Gather in Seoul, South Korea to Protest Deal to Import US Beef
Banners and balloons festooned Seoul’s streets and one protester criticised Lee Myung-bak, South Korea’s president, for ordering a “humiliating beef deal with the US at the risk of our public health”.
For more on this subject and on protesters’ call for [...]
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Posted on June 9, 2008 by wiv4
BBC: Shares in Kenya Mobile Phone Company Safaricom Reach 60 Percent on Debut
The stock rose to 8 Kenyan shillings (64p) from a sale price of 5 shillings in trade on the Nairobi Stock Exchange.
The Kenyan government should raise about $833m (£422m) from the sale of a 25% stake in the company.
BBC: Spanish Lorry Drivers Go [...]
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