Pakistan president to visit China in mid-October

"ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari is likely to visit China in the middle of next month, said Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Luo Zhaohui here Wednesday. “The exact date of the visit is being worked out through...

Sydney Olympics faked part of their opening ceremony too

Directors involved with the 2000 Sydney Olympics admit that part of their opening ceremony was faked. Apparently the performance by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra was entirely prerecorded, and not even by the host...

Thai government finds premier violated constitution by being on a cooking show

The Thai government has just now concluded that the premier, Samak Sundaravej, violated the constitution by appearing on a televised cooking show. It is not yet clear what implications this will have on whether he...

Chennai to have world’s biggest stadium

Plans are in place to build the world’s largest cricket stadium near Chennai, a state of the art facility that will have a retractable roof to ensure no match is washed out. The stadium will be built in Kanchipuram...

Security tightens more as Olympics get under way

"Security forces squeezed their grip on China a notch tighter Friday for the start of the Olympics, edging up restrictions in the capital and imposing much tougher ones in a restive Muslim area in the country's far west.The Beijing Games' glittering curtain raiser went off...

Lil Kim: NYC club worker confesses to killing woman

"NEW YORK - Police say an employee of a New York City club has confessed to killing a woman whose body was found there days after she visited the club during a party for rapper Lil' Kim. ...

Canadian IPTV Airs Philippine UNTV programs, Razon's Good Morning Kuya

Canada-based IPQube Channel airs Philippine UNTV channel's programs, in hopes of reaching the more than 10 million Filipino overseas.  Among the top programs of UNTV picked for airing is the morning magazine and...

Hockey to be played at Wrigley Field

So it looks like this is going to be an annual event. Regular season NHL games played outdoor in a baseball or football field. I say, why not, it makes great television and it attracts crowds of people. They were...

Tim Russert's Life and Legacy

"Timothy John "Tim" Russert (May 7, 1950 – June 13, 2008) was an American television journalist and lawyer, best known for appearing for over 17 years as the longest serving moderator of NBC's Meet the Press. He...

McCain heads to Canada to tout free trade

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorPerhaps a "Coup" for McCain meeting with the United States largest trading partner, whereby it is said Obama and Clinton  stated they would scrap the Nafta agreement,...

Google Offers Powerful Tools for Free, Will Monetize Later

"Google's first developer conference, I/O, was definitely a huge success for the company. Hosted at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, it attracted more than 2,900 developers despite the $400 they had to pay to get in. However, Google made sure everybody got their money's...

Rupert Murdoch shares his views on Obama at D6

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has almost given his backing to Obama, when he was speaking at the D6 conference in California today. "The conservative Murdoch said it's likely that Obama will defeat McCain in the...

The future of online social gaming can be found in the Wii

"Yesterday the 8th Facebook developers garage took place which was hosted at the Sun Microsystems conference center. The second main speaker was successful games industry CEO Kristian Segerstrale of Playfish.His...

Coalition Treats Afghans in Medical Outreach Effort

" BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan, April 28, 2008 – Several hundred citizens from a village near Tag Ab Valley in Afghanistan’s Kapisa province swarmed a makeshift hospital April 19 during a village medical outreach hosted by Task Force Gladiator servicemembers....

Japan says no to Chinese torch guards: reports

Japan has now decided that they will not allow the Chinese Olympic flame guards to be the security team when it arrives in a Japenese city later this month. The national police of Japan want to be the security for...

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