Phelps wins 10th, 11th golds of Olympic career |
| | | A daily double. Michael Phelps swam into history as the winningest Olympic athlete ever with his 10th and 11th career gold medals _ and five world records in five events at the Beijing Games. | | From The Washington Times | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Bush orders aid to Georgia, Rice to visit Tbilisi |
| | | President George W. Bush on Wednesday ordered the American military to deliver humanitarian aid to Georgia and said Russia "must keep its word" and end the crisis with the U.S. ally. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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World's First Solution for Targeted Advertising over Mobile TV on display at IBC 2008 |
| | Packet Vision and UDcast develop joint technology showcase - to demonstrate targeted advertising on mobile TV
London, 12th August, 2008 – Packet Vision, the pioneer of advanced video advertising and UDcast, the leading provider of IP broadcast solution | | From EduBourse | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Explosion kills 3 in northern Lebanese city |
| | | Lebanese security officials say that a bomb has exploded on a busy street in the northern city of Tripoli, killing at least three people and wounding many others. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Japan economy shrinks |
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AMD and Blizzard Entertainment® Join Forces in Strategic Global Agreement |
| | Collaboration helps ensure rich experience for World of Warcraft® gamers playing on new AMD ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 series graphics cards--
SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- August 12, 2008 --AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced that it has entered into an agreement with B | | From EduBourse | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Up to 8 activists detained after Olympics protest |
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EU backs plan to monitor Georgia truce |
| | | European Union foreign ministers agreed in principle on Wednesday to send monitors to supervise a French-brokered ceasefire between Russia and Georgia in the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Red Sox third baseman Lowell put on disabled list |
| | | Red Sox third baseman Mike Lowell was put on the 15-day disabled list on Wednesday with a strained abdominal muscle sustained in Tuesday's 19-17 win over the Texas Rangers, the American League club announced. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Venezuela closes registration on barred candidates |
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Sullivan, Bernard trade world record in 100 free |
| | | Eamon Sullivan has taken back the world record in the 100-meter freestyle semifinals at the Beijing Olympics, about two minutes after Frenchman Alain Bernard lowered it. | | From The Washington Times | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Australian bank posts 7 pct rise in annual profit |
| | | Australia's largest bank by market value, Commonwealth Bank of Australia Ltd., posted on Wednesday a 7 percent rise in annual profit and forecast the local economy to grow modestly amid continued headwinds from the global credit crunch. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Olympic opening uses girl's voice, not face |
| | | One little girl had the looks. The other had the voice. So in a last-minute move demanded by one of China's highest officials, the two were put together for the Olympic opening ceremony, with one lip-synching "Ode to the Motherland" over the other's singing. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Pakistani missile strike kills at least 9 in camp |
| | | Pakistani military and intelligence officials tell The Associated Press that a missile strike on a suspected militant training camp near the Afghan border has killed at least nine people. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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India's Kashmir mourns deaths from protests |
| | | Indian Kashmir on Wednesday began a three-day mourning for at least 20 Muslim protesters shot dead by police this week as the region simmered over a land row that has revived independence calls. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Zimbabwe Power Share Deal Denied |
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Japan, NKorea agree to reinvestigate abductions |
| | | North Korea and Japan have set guidelines for a new probe into Pyongyang's kidnappings of Japanese citizens, aiming to finish the investigation this fall and return all surviving victims, Japan's government said Wednesday. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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ING, Zurich weather credit turmoil with solid results |
| | | European financial groups ING <ING.AS> and Zurich Financial Services <ZURN.VX> reported quarterly profits that met or exceeded expectations on Thursday, helped by strong insurance businesses and limited investment writedowns. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Russia calls halt to 5-day invasion of Georgia |
| | | Declaring "the aggressor has been punished," the Kremlin ordered a halt Tuesday to Russia's devastating assault on Georgia -- five days of air and ground attacks that left homes in smoldering ruins and uprooted 100,000 people. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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State media: Bus accident kills 25 in China's west |
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