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Huawei: Will China conquer the world?
Globe and Mail
Deep inside a building that is longer than any of the city's skyscrapers laid flat, a digitized globe spins slowly, showing the Earth's borderless landscape, over and over again. Sunk halfway into the floor and protected by a sleek handrail, ...
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Globe and Mail
Unilever's Paul Polman: Consumer Economy Growth Is Long-Term
Wall Street Journal (blog)
By Simon Zekaria In these troubled times where the news agenda is dominated by acute concerns over short-term economic volatility as the tentacles of the WesternWorld's sovereign debt crisis sweep across the globe, it is axiomatic that longer-term, ...
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WORLD - News of the Day From Across the Globe
San Francisco Chronicle
3 German debt crisis: Germany's stature as an island of stability in the European debt crisis was shaken Wednesday, when it fell far short of selling all the government bonds it put up for auction. The dismal sale - about one-third of the bonds found ...
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Underground thongs to Obama flip-flops: Website reveals world'sworst souvenirs
Daily Mail
By Travelmail Reporter We all like to come back from holiday with something to remind us of the wonderful time we've had - perhaps a painted plate, snow globe or a camel key ring...and that's just the tip of the tacky plastic iceberg (you can probably ...
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Daily Mail
It's always Black Friday on the Internet
Globe and Mail
The best of the Web on money, markets and all things financial, as chosen daily by Globe and Mail personal finance columnist Rob Carrick. A look at whether it makes financial sense to use a car sharing service, a more flexible alternative to car ...
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Globe and Mail
Sarah Coyne: Gratitude helps keep parenting in perspective
Joplin Globe
By Sarah Coyne Globe Columnist JOPLIN, Mo. — Patience is not my strongest trait. Compassion, sure. Being routine-oriented, definitely. Helpfulness, hopefully. And I think all of those are valuable parts of my life as a parent. ...
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The Globe and Mail
Globe and Mail
Here's why: Even after the financial crisis, Europe is still the most vibrant economic region in the industrialized world and the euro is solidly rooted in 60 years of history. The continent is not going to abandon the unification project that has ...
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Airport USO first line of welcome for troops on holiday, returning from Iraq ...
Washington Post
Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport sees more than 250000 service members each year returning or heading to deployments across the globe, headed to or from basic training or just passing through. USO Council of Georgia President and ...
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Molinari brothers face field of major winners as they defend at World Cup
PGA.com
A total of 28 two-man teams from around the globe are set to tee off on Thursday. Associated Press and PA Sport HAIKOU, China -- The Omega Mission HillsWorld Cup has switched from an annual to a biennial event and has changed venues from Shenzhen to ...
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Thanksgiving-Like Holidays From Around the Globe
The Atlantic
... many people around the world had their own version of giving thanks for abundant harvests, or conversely, praying for harvests to come. Fortunately, humanity's expressions of gratitude don't all include microwaved mashed sweet potatoes (though many ...
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Company's bread and butter: Amish long tables
The Detroit News
Amish wood craftsmanship may be renowned around the world, but shipping the products all over the globe presents challenges for a religious community that eschews modern technology. The Narowski family has filled the void for 17 years with a business ...
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New biography a warts-and-all look at Canadian ballet's grande dame Celia Franca
Ottawa Citizen
Also in the audience, mesmerized by it all, was Richard Doyle, then the editor of the Globe and Mail. He leaned over to the Globe's dance critic, John Fraser, and declared: “Now I've seen the Great Bitch at work.” Later, Oliphant called the slight...
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Feature: The world's best beach walks
iWantSun
Here at wewantsun.co.uk we've been scouring the globe to find you the world's best and most stunning beach walks, so here's our pick of the top. The name says it all really and you truly do feel up there with the Gods, walking this stunning mountain ...
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iWantSun
Connecting businesses in a changing world – the FedEx way
exchange4media.com
... interactive campaign that puts insight and intelligence on global trends at the fingertips of businesses of all sizes and inall geographies. The campaign titled “Connect your Business to a Changing World,” gives business leaders around the globe ...
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THIRD EYE: All Work And No Play!
Yentha
Let us for a change, talk about the story of this struggling Indian who is caught up between family and work all his life! When the information technology revolution took shape in the country in the early nineties, the world looked at us in wonder....
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Making a Hot Cup of Rooibos Tea Unaffordable
Inter Press Service
By Kristin Palitza * CAPE TOWN , Nov 24, 2011 (IPS) - South Africa's Rooibos tea has become a popular drink all around the globe. But prices of the herbal brew could shoot up within the next decade, as the Rooibos plant can only grow in one small ...
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Huffington Post
We have seen how WFP's globe-spanning logistics operations can bring nutritious, life-saving food relief anywhere in the world within hours, while laying the foundations for communities to become food producers again. We have seen how the FAO assists ...
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The Psychology of What Makes Teens Thankful
Huffington Post
Originally published on Youthradio.org, the premier source for youth generated news throughout the globe. Gratitude, research psychologists have found, is an abstract concept. It requires reflecting on not only how another person has done right by you, ...
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Society: UN chief tasks youths on ending violence against women
Afrique en Ligue
New York, US - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday called for engaging all of society, especially young people, to end violence against women, a scourge that spans the globe and takes many forms, including rape, domestic violence and ...
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Model who had world's largest breast implants removed after near-death scare ...
AOL Lifestyle UK
By Jessica Laurence, Nov 24, 2011 Achieving a world record for something - be it as the globe's fastest pizza eater, the wealthiest person on the planet or having the most children - is very important to some people. In fact, like the woman who wants ...
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Darryl Strawberry: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly & The 'Moonshot.'
Staugnews
This is a man who spent seventeen years leading teams to world championships, as well as making records and astounding fans all over the globe with his ability to be one of the most exciting baseball players of all time. Of course, with all the ...
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Record in stacking
Manawatu Standard
With each pupil using 10 specially designed plastic cups, the children took part in what Guinness World Records terms the "World's Largest Sport Stacking Event". Sport stackers from all over the globe up-stacked and down-stacked various pyramids in ...
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Manawatu Standard
Santa's Unusual Journey Chapter 1 — Flu Shots and Reindeer Games
Arizona Silver Belt
High in the Pinal Mountains where you can look down and see Globe and Claypool and Miami and some other wonderful places, is a cabin where Santa and Mrs Claus and all of the reindeer like to go for vacation. Sometimes, if you look up toward the ...
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The rich: Exactly what does the terminology mean?
BBC News
The Forbes list of the world's richest people lists more than 1200 billionaires across the globe, with Russia and China boasting more than 100 billionaires each. The US has more than 400 billionaires and Microsoft founder Bill Gates is top of the pile ...
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BBC News
Warburg Pincus sees oil sands opportunity
Globe and Mail
As it scours the globe for investment opportunities, Warburg Pincus is increasingly shifting its focus to Asia. Mr. Kaye helped to launch the firm's Asian operations in the 1990s, and is a big believer in China's growth, at the forefront of emerging ...
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Globe and Mail
AR Rahman: Dubai date to celebrate music
7DAYS
While the music icon has performed in the UAE before, this is the first time he will return post his Oscar and Golden Globe win for 'Slumdog Millionaire', the movie that launched the 'Mozart of Madras' to true international fame. ...
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7DAYS
The Bardvark: "All the Young Dudes Carry the News"-David Bowie: Anonymous
my.hsj.org
In the film, which is action packed and aesthetically riveting, de Vere uses Shakespeare to present political agendas hidden in the plays to stir the audience at the Globe. He manipulates the entire British political system through Richard III enough ...
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IN FOCUS: Technology key in airports development
Flightglobal
"The current media interest is smart phones and the next generation, that's all they do. And the way that information is dispersed across the world will be through these devices. That will be the change of the future," says Flowers. ...
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Blakes Hotel & Restaurant
The Handbook
The original boutique hotel created by Anouska Hempel back in 1978, is packed full of eclectic artefacts from all over the world amassed by the designer during her globe-hopping from China to Cambodia. Just like the famously discreet hotel itself, ...
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The Handbook
Raising a glass in bid to smash wine tasting world record
Newtownabbey Today
Raising a glass to a world record: participants at the Chimney Corner Hotel who joined thousands across the globe in an attempt to break the world record for the biggest ever wine tasting. A GROUP of 30 local people joined with thousands across the ...
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Newtownabbey Today
The bumpy road to Durban
Khaleej Times
Second is the enormous expansion of coal use in China, which as of 2006 made China the world's leader in carbon emissions. China in 2009 produced 24 per cent of the globe's carbon emissions, the US 19 per cent and the EU 13 per cent. ...
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Korean style comes totown
Bangkok Post
The Korean wave has made its ways all over the globe. South Korea has undeniably created a global phenomenon in various field _ be it movies, music, food or fashion. Stylish mix-and-match outfits from Basic House. For fashion, Korea is making a ...
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Bangkok Post
World AIDS Day strives to raise awareness
The GA Voice
by Dyana Bagby Since 1988 when World AIDS Day was conceived by the World Health Organization, people around the globe have made Dec. 1 a time to raise awareness about the pandemic that has taken the lives of more than 617000 people in the US and 30 ...
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The GA Voice
GOP hopefuls face off on Iranian nuclear policy
Jerusalem Post
Asked about his proposal for a no-fly zone over Syria, Perry again invoked Tehran, saying “Syria is a partner with Iran in exporting terrorism all across that part of theworld and around the globe. So if we're serious abut Iran then we have to be ...
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Dolphins vs Cowboys nfl live stream online - watch football week 12 online 2011
SuperCross.com
We cater to the sports fanatic in you and are committed to providing you the best football feeds to areas all across the globe Dolphins vs Cowboys. From Google, Ask, Bing Survey, Over 90% people in USA, Europe and Rest of World are watching all NFL and ...
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Opposition to Nuclear Energy grows: Global Poll
International News Network
But the poll, conducted by Globe Scan among 23231 people in 23 countries between June and September this year, following the Fukushima crisis in Japan, also indicates that the UK and USA are bucking this trend and becoming less opposed to nuclear power ...
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Some words to a new grandchild
St. George Daily Spectrum
Brave men and women (one of them is your uncle) have gone all over the globe to help keep this nation, your family and you safe from bad guys like the ones I mentioned. In fact, as you entered this world, a 19-year-old soldier named Jackie Diener left ...
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Nigeria: Is Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Suitable for This Job?
AllAfrica.com
... all a managing director of the World Bank and was educated at Harvard, she has a PhD in Regional Economics and Development from MIT and lest we forget, she also has a lot of honorary doctorate degrees from various universities across the globe. ...
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German bond bust stokes big sell-off here
New York Post
By PAUL THARP Investors fled for the exits with their cash yesterday, rattled by surprise worries about the world's standby powerhouses, Germany and China. The sell-off rout across all major US stock markets was accentuated in the closing minutes as ...
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Artist Explores Street View's Loneliest Lanes
Spiegel Online
Your 'GSV Cinemascapes' often show odd places in remote parts of the world. Hobson: After location scouting I began to explore other places around the globe for my amusement. After a few days I was addicted to this virtual world of travel. ...
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Spiegel Online
Globe at an all-time high with P17B in revenue - Worldnews.com
GLOBE Telecom once again broke records after it posted its best quarter performance to date, with third quarter of 2011 consolidated service revenues at an...
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WORLD / News of the Day From Across the Globe - SFGate
Article:WORLD / News of the Day From Across the Globe ... asked Occupy London protesters to take down "all tents and other structures" by 1 p.m. EST today. ...
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/11/16/...
Global Feed: View Worldwide News & Weather On A 3D Globe ...
... current weather forecast and all the latest news of an area of your interest, ... of the world to view weather forecasts and news relevant to any topic of choice. ...
www.addictivetips.com/.../global-feed-view-worldwide-news-...
Circling the Globe on Her Own Muscle Power : Discovery News
But it will also be an incredible experience with lots of stories, which my team and I plan to share with people all over the world." NEWS: Trekking the Road to ...
news.discovery.com/.../circling-the-globe-on-her-own-muslce-...
Hoffman: Brazile takes aim at 16th world title | Amarillo Globe-News
After clinching the world steer roping championship on Nov. 12, Brazile has 15 gold buckles. Shoulders, an all-around and bareback and bull riding kingpin, ...
amarillo.com/sports/sports.../brazile-takes-aim-16th-world-title
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