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'Kiss By Monster Mini Golf' Video Report From KLAS-TV - Mar. 13,2012
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KLAS-TV's "8 News Now" has posted a two-minute video report on the opening of Kiss By Monster Mini Golf, a unique rock 'n' roll-themed amusement attraction based around the legendary band KISS. Check it out at this location. Kiss By Monster Mini Golf ...
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ARM Cortex-M0+ is a low-power, low cost 32-bit processor for the 'internet of ...
Engadget
CAMBRIDGE, UK – March 13, 2012– ARM today announced the ARM® Cortex™-M0+ processor, the world's most energy-efficient microprocessor. The Cortex-M0+ processor has been optimized to deliver ultra low-power, low-cost MCUs for intelligent sensors and ...
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Moonscoop's Emmy Award-Nominated Bobby's World Starring Howie Mandel Arrives ...
MarketWatch (press release)
SEATTLE & LOS ANGELES, Mar 13, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- CreateSpace, part of the Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) group of companies, and Moonscoop, a worldwide leader in family entertainment, invite fans to enjoy Bobby's World on DVD or stream the ...
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Phil Harrison heads to Microsoft as vice prez of Interactive Entertainment ...
Joystiq
March 13, 2012 - Microsoft Corp. today announced that Phil Harrison, videogames luminary and former Sony executive, has joined the Interactive Entertainment Business (IEB) leadership team as corporate vice president with an emphasis on growing the ...
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St. Lucie County Community Calendar, Updated March 13
TCPalm
Fort Pierce Library, 101 Melody Ln., 1:30-3 pm, March 13.            772-462-1616 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting            772-462-1616      end_of_the_skype_highlighting      ; library.stlucieco.gov. Father & Child Connection: Topic: "The World of Feelings & Male Nurturing". Morningside Library, 2410 SE Morningside Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 6 pm, March 13.
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Clubpennystocks Volume WatchList: SNPK (Sunpeaks Ventures Inc), BFLX ...
MarketWatch (press release)
LONDON, ENGLAND, Mar 13, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- The US leader in micro cap alerts offers its high quality stocks alert newsletter to investors looking for the best picks around! SNPK (Sunpeaks Ventures) released this news after the close ...
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It's Not Just Arabs: Haredim Don't Sing Hatikva Either
Daily Beast
by Yoel Finkelman Mar 13, 2012 4:00 PM EDT Who Should Sing “Hatikva”? — Israel commentators have been exchanging barbs since Justice Salim Jubran stood silently instead of singing Israel's national anthem during the ceremony earlier this month ...
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Youku-Tudou Marriage May Trigger Online Video Industry Reshuffle13 Mar 2012
Business China
March 13, China's most popular online video site Youku Inc. (NYSE:YOKU) on Monday announced that it plans to acquire smaller competitor Tudou Holdings Ltd. (NASDAQ:TUDO) in a 1 billion dollar stock deal, the largest merger in China's internet industry.
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Voting in Alabama, Mississippi could clarify race
WGME
(13 Mar 2012) 029-c-27-(Jerry Bodlander, AP correspondent)-"game for him"-AP correspondent Jerry Bodlander reports today's primaries in Alabama and Mississippi are being closely watched. (13 Mar 2012) 033-c-21-(Kelly Daschle, AP correspondent)-"capture ...
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Syrian troops retake northern city: report
CP24, Canada
Tue Mar. 13 2012 10:13:22 AM | AP In this Sunday, March 11, 2012, photo, a man tries to help a Syrian rebel after being wounded by fragments of an exploding shell in Idlib, Syria. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) BEIRUT — The Syrian army recaptured the northern ...
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Three middle schools think makeovers
Pueblo Chieftain
Posted: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 12:00 am | Updated: 11:34 pm, Mon Mar 12, 2012. A fine arts school, a science and mathematics academy and a rigorous college preparatory and career readiness program are among the options Pueblo City Schools district ...
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Whitney Houston's daughter: 'She's always with me'
The Aurora Sentinel
The exclusive interview will be shown on "Oprah's Next Chapter," on the OWN network, Sunday, March 11, 2012 at 9:00 pm EST. (AP Photo/Harpo, Inc.) Posted: Monday, March 12, 2012 6:37 am | Updated: 8:06 am, Tue Mar 13,2012.
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Poll: NYC voters approve of how NYPD deals with Muslims
WRGB
AP correspondent Warren Levinson reports. (13 Mar 2012) 193-w-31-(Warren Levinson, AP correspondent, with Maurice Carroll, director, Quinnipiac (KWIN'-ih-pee-ak) University Poll)--A new poll suggests New Yorkers finds police surveillance of Muslims ...
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Porn Industry Says Ex-Performers (Stacie Halas, Shawn Loftis) Shouldn't be ...
LA Weekly (blog)
By Dennis Romero By Dennis Romero By Tessa Stuart By Dennis Romero By Tessa Stuart By Dennis Romero By Gene Maddaus By Dennis Romero By Dennis Romero Tue., Mar. 13 2012 at 8:07 AM ​So you did a little performing in your younger days -- like Paris ...
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Are attacks on President Obama escalating?
FinalCall.com News
By FinalCall.com News | Last updated: Mar 13, 2012 - 10:15:54 AM It has been two weeks since the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan warned of assaults on the president and creation of a climate that could lead to the assassination of the commander in ...
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DMK's Sri Lanka tantrum: Will Karuna stand up as 'true leader' of Tamils?
Firstpost
by G Pramod Kumar Mar 13, 2012 Chennai: The DMK was seemingly upset yesterday when the President's address to the Parliament failed to mention anything about the plight of the Sri Lankan Tamils, much less the ongoing discussions on the alleged human ...
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How to profit from the coal glut
MoneyWeek
By MoneyWeek Editor John Stepek Mar 13, 2012 You're probably familiar with the story by now. In short, new 'fracking' technology has seen the US gain access to vast reserves of natural gas stored in 'shale'. So far, the focus of the excitement has been ...
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Week in Review Part II: Street Bytes
Forex Pros
By Brian Trumbore | Stock Markets | Mar 13, 2012 10:38AM GMT On Friday, the market celebrated the third anniversary of the historic market lows for all three major indices. The Dow Jones closed March 9, 2009 at 6547; the S&P 500 at 676; and Nasdaq at ...
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US Stocks Close Just Higher, Disappointing Chinese Trade Data Holds Back Bulls
Forex Pros
By Midnight Trader | Stock Markets | Mar 13, 2012 04:36AM GMT 4:09 PM, Mar12, 2012 -- US stocks struggled to find direction today, but closed mixed to higher. There was a negative tone through much of the day following reportsthat Chinese exports ...
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Councilor Charged with Disorderly Conduct
ABQ Journal (subscription)
By Rosalie Rayburn / Journal Staff Writer on Tue, Mar 13, 2012 Tweet Outgoing Rio Rancho City Councilor Mike Williams has been charged with disorderly conduct stemming from a fracas on election night over his illegally parked campaign sign.
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Research and Markets: Global Next-generation Data Center Market ...
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JOB FOR A COWBOY Releases First 'The Leads Are Weak' Video Clip
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Man who blocked Ravenel Bridge: 'I knew what I was doing' | The ...
By Tony Bartelme, Glenn Smith
Tuesday, March 132012 Good Evening! Weather ... He volunteered to tell his story during an interview at the newspaper and came armed with videos, policereports and court documents to support what he said was a vendetta against him.
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First Edition: March 13, 2012 - Kaiser Health News
Mar 132012Today's headlines include reports about the Obama administration's new rules for health insurance exchanges as well as the latest wrinkles in the federal budget process. Kaiser Health News: Off-Label Use Of Risky ...
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Democracy Now! | Headlines for March 13, 2012
By mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!)
Hundreds of students in eastern Afghanistan protested against the United States today condemning the U.S. soldier who reportedly massacred 16 Afghan civilians, mostly children. Some students burned an effigy of President Obama and ...
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College of Law Retains Strong Position in 2013 U.S. News ...
By Barry Scholl
ULaw Today The S.J. Quinney College of Law's Complete News and Event Source. ULaw.TV Our video-based legal ... S.J. Quinney College of Law. Mar 13, 2012 | Last update: Today @ 10:22 am ... March 132012 — The University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law retained a strong position in the rankings of the top U.S. law schools, according to data compiled by U.S. News & World Report and presented in the 2013 “Best Law Schools” list. For 2013, the College of Law is ranked ...
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Syria: Army Planting Banned Landmines | Human Rights Watch
By Human Rights Watch
Latest News. Syria: Army Planting Banned Landmines. Witnesses Describe Troops Placing Mines Near Turkey, Lebanon Borders. Mar 132012. Press release. New Unicef guidelines on children will fall flat without backing from business ... ( New York) – Syrian forces have placed landmines near the borders with Lebanon and Turkey in recent weeks and months, Human Rights Watch said today, based on reports and confirmations from witnesses and Syrian deminers. Civilian ...
U.S. Rep. Tim Griffin: Hypocrite of the day | Arkansas Blog
By Max Brantley
Daily News and Commentary. ... Tuesday, March 132012 ... Posted by Max Brantley on Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 1:07 PM ... report 2 likes, 1 dislike like dislike... This news today only piles on to an already tainted person. ... I use to wonder if the Griffin/vipers of the world actually believe the lies they spout or if they really know it's bs and are simply engaging in the anything-goes politics that helped place the worst President of my lifetime in office, Dubya; but I don't wonder anymore 'cause I ...
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Democracy Now! | Headlines for March 13, 2012
download: Video Audio Get CD/DVD More Formats ... Earlier today, suspected insurgents fired on an Afghan government delegation .... In his report, Juan Méndez criticized the U.S. military for holding Manning in solitary ... FormerNews International chief executive Rebekah Brooks and her .... Show for Mar 13, 2012 ...
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Newsdesk Live - Tuesday 13 March 2012 | News | guardian.co.uk
Newsdesk Live - Tuesday 13 March 2012. Each day on the Newsdesk live blog, the Guardian's national news team will bring you the news as we break it,...
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Premarkets - Mar. 13, 2012 - CNNMoney
By CNNMoney Staff @CNNMoneyMarkets March 13, 2012: 7:48 AM ET ... of recent upbeat reports on the job market and the broader U.S. economy. ...World markets: Asian markets finished higher. ... The news helped bolster European stocks. ... Germans finding an alternative to the euro -- Video ...Today's featured rates: ...
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AUSTRALIA Summer News, Mar 13, 2012

Senior Travel: Learning vacation -- time to plan
Orlando Sentinel
Last week, a reader inquired about a column I did two years ago about asummer study-vacation program in Oxford, England and I guess that means it's time for an update. For years, seniors and not-yet-seniors have turned first to what is now Road ...
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The Overnight Report: Crash Or Crash Through?
International Business Times AU
The US rolled into summer time over the weekend. Relevant Australian states will roll off summer time on April 1 so until then the NYSE will close at 7am Sydney time, and thereafter at 6am for the southern winter. There were no economic releases of ...
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Rally round the West Indies
The Roar
This time Australia stops off in the West Indies. But after an entertaining homesummer, why should fans care about facing a team that now gets as little credibility as Bangladesh, Zimbabwe or even Ireland? It may feel weird to say it, but the Windies ...
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Olympic medals expert makes his 2012 London Games predictions
Universal Sports (blog)
Johnson's model of Olympic success has shown uncanny accuracy time and again. He first constructed the model with an undergraduate student co-author before the 2000 Summer Games in Sydney, Australia. Since then, the model has proven itself over six ...
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Aussie coach warns against complacency
PakTribune.com
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Australia's coach Mickey Arthur has warned the tourists that a West Indies trip following a demanding and successful summershould not be regarded as an end-of-season holiday. As the ODI squad adjusted to the vast time difference ...
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CCC probes top cop on fires
The Australian
The West Australian newspaper reported yesterday that the inquiry centred on whether Mr O'Callaghan lied to an inquiry last March and to a parliamentary hearing about precisely what time on February 6, last year, he became aware of the gravity of the ...
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Holman to lift stocks in England
The Australian
But age and retirements eventually caught up and the so-called golden era ofAustralian soccer has seemingly disappeared for the time being, leaving Cahill (Everton), Schwarzer (Fulham), Chris Herd (Villa) and Vincenzo Grella (Blackburn) as the ...
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Contracts won't distract us: Hussey
The Australian
"Every time you go out and play for Australia, there is pressure involved and I don't think anyone really looks forward to winning contracts or losing contracts (while playing). It's just about doing your job and winning the game for your team.
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A steel-capped summer of cricket
ABC Online
We saw one of the blackest days in recent Australian cricket, when New Zealand defeated Australia in the second test. The last time that happened onAustralian soil, Geoff Lawson and Craig McDermott were opening the bowling, and Bob Hawke was the Prime ...
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Pacific NW Film Scoring Program Announces Summer Intensive Program in Film Scoring
Film Music
Now in it's 11th year, it has attracted participants from as far away asAustralia, Brazil, Dubai, Japan, Scotland. United Arab Emirates as well as from all over the US and Canada. The program includes the first 2 “core” classes of the internationally ...
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Shield final coverage resurrected
ESPNcricinfo.com
... coverage for the first time since 2007, as Fox Sports had decided the schedule was too packed to show the game. The greater number of outside broadcasts required by thissummer's Twenty20 Big Bash League and their attendant cost was also a factor.
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Stosur ousted; other top women survive
The Desert Sun
The Russian, who has beaten Stosur five times in seven tries, topped the world No. 6 from Australia 6-1, 6-7 (8), 7-6 (5) at the BNP Paribas Open, taking advantage when Stosur struggled at times during the match on serve. Stosur recorded six double ...
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The summer the great batsmen fell
The Roar
With the Australian summer behind us, we are still waiting. Will Sachin ever get there? For others the pressure was on from the first ball. Questions over the future of Ricky Ponting and Mike Hussey appeared almost every day in the papers and were a ...
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Formula One team Red Bull deny they are looking to sign McLaren driver Lewis ...
Telegraph.co.uk
Speculation linking Hamilton with a move to Red Bull intensified last summer at the Canadian Grand Prix when the 2008 world champion made an impromptu visit to see Horner in the latter's motorhome. Horner said at the time that a move was highly ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
The regeneration of one-day international cricket
The Roar
By Millsy29, 14 Mar 2012 Millsy29 is a Roar Rookie Australiacelebrates, but are the One Day side really important toAustralians? (AP Photo/Mal Fairclough) Before we began the longest summer of cricket ever, which started in spring and finished in ...
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The Roar
F1 : 2012 Australia - Sauber F1 - Albert Park Formula 1 race preview
F1SA
Formula One preview - After 12 comprehensive days of pre-season testing at the circuits in Jerez and Barcelona, it is time to go racing on the weekend of 16th to 18th March which will see the championship kick off with the QantasAustralian Grand Prix ...
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ODI return consumed Harris
ESPNcricinfo.com
As he prepares to match wits with his Australia team-mates Ricky Ponting and Ed Cowan in the Sheffield Shield final, Ryan Harris has admitted he was so consumed by keeping his place in the national ODI team that it resulted in his worst bowling in...
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Professor has a surprisingly accurate formula for predicting Olympic medal results
National Post
A Canadian-born professor of economics whose Olympic medal count predictions have been 93% accurate over the last decade predicts that Canada will take 17 medals this summer in London, and rank 15th overall. The forecast, based on a set of economic ...
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National Post
BioMimetic Therapeutics, Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2011 ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The Company anticipates Augment's reimbursement level to be established inAustralia during the second half of 2012 or early 2013, enabling a full launch at that time. -- In January 2012, the Company announced receipt of the CE Mark for GEM 21S(R) in ...
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Southeastern Aust briefly returning to summer heat
Stock and Land
ADELAIDE and Melbourne are both likely to tip 30 degrees this week for the firsttime since February. March so far has been cooler than normal, with Melbourne currently 1.3 degrees below the long term average. In a typical March, Adelaide has around ...
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Samit Patel: Aim is to eclipse Australia
Sportinglife.com
England became the number one side on the International Cricket Council's official table last summer and are guaranteed to keep the position for their forthcoming two-match series against Sri Lanka following South Africa's rain-affected draw against ...
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Grease star live in Bangkok
Bangkok Post
Dubbed "Summer Night with Olivia Newton-John", the gig will take place in Bitec's Hall 106, on March 23, at 8pm. Expect to see the four-time Grammy Award-winner sing Billboard hits including If Not For You, If You Love Me, Let Me Know, Let Me Be There, ...
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The Aussie peace protester of London
Australian Times
Although the days are becoming longer and warmer, the evenings remind us that summer is still beyond our grasp. Her chocolate brown hair cascades over a brightly checkered jacket and falls to rest on a hand-knitted pink scarf.
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Australian Times
Aussie YouTube Sensation Cody Simpson Set To Tour With Big TimeRush
Uinterview.com
Already wildly popular in his native Australia (his Facebook page has over 2 million "Likes"), Cody Simpson, 15, is about to hit the big time with American audiences. Simpson, a pop sensation who was discovered on YouTube in 2009, will tour with the ...
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Pop culture Q&A: 'Chew' chef is the daughter of Dr. Oz, not his wife
Kansas City Star
It will be back this summer. Q: One of my favorite holiday movies is "A Christmas Visitor" starring Dee Wallace Stone. It is about a Christmas inAustralia, and is also known by "Bushfire Moon." I have been unable to locate it in any form.
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'Love Boat' may become scrap metal
The Australian
The ship, which replaced the original Pacific Princess in 2002, has been based in Australia over summer for the past five years. The original "Love Boat'' visited Australia from time to time in the 1990s.
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UAE football team ready to rewrite history
gulfnews.com
By Ashley Hammond, Staff Reporter The UAE team celebrate after defeating Australia in the Asian qualifiers for the London Olympic Games at the Mohammad Bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi recently. Tashkent: Olympic qualification would mark a defining ...
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Brett Holman on the move to Aston Villa
The Australian
Holman has emerged as one of Australia's most important players since a breakout performance at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Start of sidebar. Skip to end of sidebar. Recommended Coverage Vermaelen grabs late winner THOMAS Vermaelen has scored ...
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SAMIT SPECIAL ... called-up Patel
The Sun
Now they are in Sri Lanka for a mini two-Test series eager to bounce back and stay ahead of this summer's opponents South Africa. Patel, in the Test squad for the first time, reckons only a dynasty like the one created by Australia from 1995 to 2009 ...
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The Sun
We need to do more to attract top foreign students
Waterloo Record
By Todd Hirsch Just prior to the International Indian Film Academy awards being held in Toronto last summer, Indo-Canadian journalist and reporter Faiz Jamil prepared an essay for CBC online focusing on the awareness that contemporary Indians have of ...
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The Blaze of Glory XI - part two
ESPNcricinfo.com (blog)
It is also possible that, given that he was in New York during a honeymoon which consisted of a four-month cricket tour, that the new Mrs Bradman at some point, perhaps on the sidewalk right below my window, pulled the Don aside and said: “Nexttime ...
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Gethin Jenkins backs Wales coach Warren Gatland to be Lions boss
WalesOnline
by Delme Parfitt, Western Mail Wales stand-in skipper Gethin Jenkins has spoken of his hope that Warren Gatland will take charge of the British & Irish Lions on next year's tour of Australia. The Lions head coach for the 2013 trip Down Under will be ...
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Inside Moët & Chandon
Exec Digital
The name is synonymous for both exquisite bubbly and a good time, so sip back and relax as Exec Digital goes undercover with one of Moët's insiders, Katie Jacobs – Marketing Manager at Moët Hennessy Australia. Moët is the world's most loved champagne.
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Back For Another Crack - Webber Wound Up For 2012 Title Campaign
PaddockTalk
Webber is, by some distance, the most experienced Formula 1 driver Australiahas ever had – his 176-race career tally is already 50 more than the great Sir Jack Brabham started, and 60 more than our other World Champion, Alan Jones.
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Holman is first piece in McLeish jigsaw
expressandstar.com
The AZ Alkmaar midfielder's contract expires in the summerand he has been persuaded to leave Holland for new challenge at Villa Park. Australia international Holman has spent the best part of a decade in the Eredivisie having begun his career Down ...
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Warren Gatland tops list of candidates for role of Lions head coach
The Guardian
Gatland is taking Wales on a three-Test tour to Australia this summer, which would allow him to make advance preparation before the Lions trip, and he would then take a sabbatical from the end of July for a year to allow him to focus on the Lions.
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Sex and death … not-so-strange bedfellows
The Conversation
Darrell Kemp receives funding from Macquarie University, the AustralianResearch Council, The Australia Pacific Science Foundation, and AustralianGeographic. He works for Macquarie University and is affiliated with James Cook University.
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Leaving Team Sky behind to start Olympic training
BBC Sport (blog)
To go there as part of a British team, riding for Brad all week, and for him to finish it off in the time trial is a great feeling. For the firsttime, I took on the role of road captain, calling any shots if we needed to ride or if something went ...
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BBC Sport (blog)
London gears up for 2012 Games
China Daily
The Queen previously kicked off Canada's Montreal Olympic Games in 1976, while the Duke did it on her behalf at Melbourne,Australia, in 1956. Mayor Boris Johnson promised Londoners a "summer like no other" after sending a giant set of Olympic rings ...
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Philander looks to continue form
SuperSport.com
Proteas bowler Vernon Philander will look to continue his impressive performances after his stellar display in the rain-affected first test match against New Zealand last week. performances against Australia in South Africa's home series this summer.
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Fox Sports to televise Sheffield Shield final
Courier Mail
AT the start of the summer he was an anonymous club cricketer, but Tasmania's "Action Jackson" stands between the Bulls and Shield glory. QUEENSLAND Bulls have qualified for the Sheffield Shield final, dismissing South Australia for 103 in their second ...
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Will Tiger Woods be cautious with his schedule?
ESPN
More than a few have made that observation, and while it is true that Woods was playing poorly -- he was 3-over par at the time -- does anyone really think he would want to endure more injury drama simply because the ball was not going where he ...
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Big Scores Posted in Challenging Conditions at Newcastle's Surfest
The International News Magazine
NEWCASTLE, NSW/Australia (Tuesday, March 13, 2012) – Today at Newcastle's Surfest competitors were greeted with small but clean 2 foot (1 meter) surf for the ASP 6-Star Burton Toyota Pro and the ASP 6-Star Hunter Ports Women's Classic.
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Global Hotel Recovery In 2011 Signals Growing Market Confidence
Business Review Australia (press release)
Travellers from countries with traditionally strong currencies such as Switzerland, Australia and Sweden enjoyed significant price falls across the world but many inbound visitors were faced with more expensive accommodation. There was a rollercoaster ...
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Australia and NZ's daylight saving ends April 1
Daylight saving time (DST) in Australia and New Zealand begins at 2am local time, when the clocks move forward to 3am (03:00), on Sunday, April 1, 2012.
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