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August 14, 2008 News and Trends

World's News Headlines Still Reeling with Doom and Gloom, but Economic and Business News Strongly Upbeat, New Metric Finds

Thu, 03 Jan 2008 00:00:01 PST
Although news organizations around the world worked to bring their audiences a good mix of stories and feature articles, on balance, the news for the first day of 2008 featured more negative stories...

Is this the CBC's last hurrah? (The Globe and Mail)

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:17:46 PDT
This will be the network's last Olympics until at least 2014, but it isn't leaving quietly

Burnout Paradise Losing Disc, Coming to PSN

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:52:49 PDT
The game will be priced at $29.99 and here is the best part, it will contain all of the DLC released thus far. That is quite the bargain, so much so that maybe GameStop will have to drop the price of the disc (one can wish). Check out the story for news on upcoming DLC and the details!

Beijing Protestors - Naked News - Female - 13th August 2008

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:36:49 PDT
China's keeping up their flawless image by eliminating more Tibetan activists

Pod Hotel (Review) - ‘Motel One’ Wrongly Named?

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:34:32 PDT
Recently, on recommendation of a friend, we stayed three nights in the Motel One Munich City Ost. It is important to mention the ”City Ost” part in its name, as currently Munich has three and soon will have four Motel Ones. In Germany there are already 21 Motel Ones and they are expanding rapidly. Why do I believe it is the Ultimate Pod Hotel? Recently I reviewed the CitizenM Amsterdam Schiphol, the first of a chain te be rolled out, and I was really impressed by its philosophy and its desig…

Al Jazeera and the VJs

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 02:03:14 PDT
bisme allahi al rahman al rahim… We first met the folks from Al Jazeera at the DNA2008 conference in Brussels. In fact, their Tony Birtley won the prize for best breaking VJ story for his coverage of the Burma democracy riots. Sue Phillips, who we have known for years, (most recently as the head of Newsworld) is now moving to Doha to head up their English news channel. And now, Nina Sang, who started as a VJ for Current TV, then moved on to working as a VJ trainer for us is now also in

Fashion Handbags of Spring 2007

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:29:18 PDT
Last year a bag like the YSL Muse bag was thought quite large, but judged by 2007 sizing standards, it's just considered of average dimension In fact, in my opinion,the real forward looking trend is for smaller bags Some major designers are delivering much smaller bags. I own some larger bags.....

Swedish man jailed for attacks on gays he met in chatrooms

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:31:02 PDT
Concern for AIDS experts detained in Iran Two brothers who are pioneers in the prevention of HIV transmission in Iran have been held by the authorities without charge for nearly a month. opinionuk-newsworld-newspoliticslawhealthfinanceentertainment INTERVIEW: What's wrong with angry? Gay play revived for Edinburgh For gays of a certain age, the 1998 film Get Real holds fond memories. The story of a geeky teenage outcast, who discovers while out cottaging that the hottest boy in schoo

New Iraq Brings Recognition To Israel and Financial Relief

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:25:38 PDT
Friday April 25, 2003, a week BEFORE "Mission Accomplished", the Israeli news services were abuzz with optimism, a day of dancing in the streets was at hand, oil liberated from Iraq would be a blessing upon Israel and diplomatic recognition was a top priority for the new puppets in Iraq.


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