Archive for June, 2007
Saturday, June 30th, 2007
Mandarin and Hindi are the two fastest growing languages in Australia with the country experiencing a significant growth in the population of India- and China-born people.
The 2006 census results, released yesterday, shows a significant increases in the number of people born in India and China living in Australia, with commensurate rise in the number of […]
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Saturday, June 30th, 2007
Slugger Frank Thomas joined an elite club in major league baseball, he hit his 500th home run last night against the Minnesota Twins. Despite this, the Blue Jays still lost to the Twins 8 - 5.
The rest of the night did not go so well for Thomas after he hit his home run in […]
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Saturday, June 30th, 2007
A radical Pakistani mosque has threatened forceful retaliation, even suicide attacks across the capital Islamabad, if the government launches an operation against it.
The threat comes after President Pervez Musharraf said the mosque housed suicide bombers affiliated to the al-Qaeda and would have to be dealt with.
Religious students in Islamabad blocked a road after paramilitary troops […]
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Thursday, June 28th, 2007
Last night I got home and turned my TV to ESPN News and the breaking news box indicated that the Trail Blazers read my article and decided to select Greg Oden. That was just a joke, but who knows, it could be true right? With the draft taking place today, Portland got smart and made […]
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Thursday, June 28th, 2007
I just got off the phone with Kevin Durant’s agent and he told me that the 18-year-old just got his driver’s license. Well, I didn’t actually talk to his agent but Durant is now legally able to operate motor vehicles. That’s not the only thing that Durant will be operating either. Durant and his new […]
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Thursday, June 28th, 2007
NBA fans, if you’ve enjoyed this past season just think about what’s to come in the next 4 months. As I discussed yesterday, there are rumors involving a possible blockbuster deal that would involve Kobe Bryant and Kevin Garnett both being Lakers. I also mentioned that the T-Wolves would be idiots if they actually pulled […]
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Thursday, June 28th, 2007
With rumors flying that he is on the trading block, Chicago White Sox ace pitcher Mark Buerhle came out and helped the Sox win their third in a row last night. The Sox beat the Devil Rays 5-3 behind a strong performance by Buerhle. At the same time manager Ozzie Guillen was stating […]
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Thursday, June 28th, 2007
Here are some tips I offer to saving money in a recent post at IntelBank.com:
1 - One way to save tremendous amount of money, lose weight, lower your risk to diabetes, and improve your general overall health is by drinking water instead of soda. I did this as a weight loss measure (it worked by […]
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Thursday, June 28th, 2007
The Iranian government’s last-minute decision to ration monthly fuel allotments, as well as increase the price of gas, triggered protests and riots — a rarity in the Islamic republic — according to Iranian media reports.
The oil ministry issued a statement at 9 p.m. Tuesday that the restrictions would go into effect at midnight.
That prompted hundreds […]
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Wednesday, June 27th, 2007
Miguel Tejada, the Baltimore Orioles’ star shortstop, has had hit streak of consecutive games come to an end at 1,152 due to a wrist injury. On June 20th Tejada was hit in his left wrist by San Diego’s Doug Brocail. The wrist was fractured and this injury has sidelined him for over a […]
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