Latinas, Asians lead Miss Universe poll NASSAU, Bahamas ? Beauties from Latin America and Asia emerged as the crowd’s favorites as the quest for the next Miss Universe neared. An online poll sponsored by contest officials favored Miss Indonesia Zivanna Letisha Siregar, followed by Miss Brazil Larissa Costa and Miss Guatemala Lourdes Figueroa, on the eve of
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McGehee’s RBI single saves Brewers in 11-9 victory WASHINGTON ? Mike Cameron homered and drove in three runs, Casey McGehee singled in the tie-breaking run in the sixth inning and the Milwaukee Brewers recovered after blowing a seven-run lead in an 11-9 victory against the Washington Nationals on Saturday night
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Cameron has 4 hits and 3 RBIs, McGehee has go-ahead single to give Brewers 11-9 win over Nats
Sharapova, Dementieva advance to Rogers Cup final TORONTO ? Maria Sharapova advanced to the final of the Rogers Cup with a 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 victory over Russian compatriot Alisa Kleybanova on Saturday night. Sharapova will face fourth-seeded Elena Dementieva in the tournament’s first all-Russian women’s final.
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Sharapova beats Kleybanova, Dementieva cruises past Serena Williams to reach Rogers Cup final
NKorea conveys Kim Jong Il’s message to SKorea SEOUL, South Korea ? An official says a high-level delegation from North Korea has delivered a message from leader Kim Jong Il to South Korea’s president. Presidential spokesman Lee Dong-kwan says the delegation has conveyed Kim’s message on progress on inter-Korean cooperation when they met the South’s leader Lee
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Official: North Korean delegation conveys leader Kim Jong Il?s message to SKorean president
Group plans TV ads criticizing health care reform WASHINGTON ? A group opposed to President Barack Obama’s health-care proposals is planning an ad campaign to run locally while the first family vacations for the week in Martha’s Vineyard. Conservatives for Patients’ Rights said more than $150,000 was spent on the television ads, which urge the president to
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Group plans TV ads criticizing Obama?s health-care proposals during first family?s vacation
Wildfires approach Athens, hospitals evacuated ATHENS, Greece ? Dozens of wildfires broke out across Greece, torching olive groves, cutting off villages and sending residents fleeing Saturday as one of the largest blazes swept perilously close to the capital’s northern suburbs. The fires north of Athens were reported in an area more than 25 miles (40 kilometers) wide,
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Hospitals, suburban homes evacuated as wildfires close in on Athens; high winds set to return
BERLIN – As the sponsor of the Jamaican track & field team at the World Athletics Championships 2009 in Berlin, Sportlifestyle company PUMA achieved a tremendous track record by endorsing sprint hero Usain Bolt who wrote sports history in Germany’s capital when he smashed the 100m and 200m world records. Three-time Olympic gold medallist Usain ‘Lightning’
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PUMA Smashes Sprint World Records With Usain Bolt at World Championships in Athletics in Berlin
Hurricane Bill’s winds weaken as it nears US EDGARTOWN, Mass. ? A weakening Hurricane Bill spun northward Saturday, churning up rough seas, creating dangerous rip tides and closing beaches to swimmers up and down the eastern seaboard, including President Barack Obama’s planned vacation spot, Martha’s Vineyard. The Category 1 hurricane was expected to pass the mainland well
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Forecasters downgrade Hurricane Bill to a Category 1 storm as it nears the coast of the US
Shaq says Nash’s idea was different from his BALTIMORE ? Don’t call him the Big Rip-off: Shaquille O’Neal says ex-teammate Steve Nash’s idea for a TV show was “slightly different” from “Shaq VS.” At an appearance Saturday to promote an upcoming episode in which he’ll swim against Olympic star Michael Phelps, O’Neal said: “Everyone in America has
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O?Neal says ex-teammate Nash?s idea for a TV show was different from ?Shaq VS?
Cuba condemns threats against Juanes over concert HAVANA ? Cuba is condemning threats made against Colombian pop singer Juanes, who plans to stage a “Peace Without Borders” concert next month in Havana’s Plaza of the Revolution. Cuban Culture Minister Abel Prieto blamed anti-Castro exiles in the United States for the threats and said the Sept
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Cuba condemns ?shameful threats against Colombian singer Juanes for concert plans
Back in the year 2003 Hero Honda launched its first sports bike called “Karizma” which was among the few bikes to have an engine that surpassed the 200cc mark. This bike became the benchmark and a trend setter for the motorcycle industry which led to other manufacturers like Bajaj to introduce their Pulsar 220
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Naz Narrates – Hero Honda Karizma – Past, Present and Future
Before going in for that explanation let me take you 5 years back. Year 2004 – engineers from Thailand and Japan conceived a skeleton called IMV (Innovative International Multi-purpose Vehicle) to have 3 offsprings but all of different attitudes and behavior. Now you must be wondering why I am discussing about what has been formed by Thailand and Japan in 2004, because 2 of the siblings were destined for our very Homeland, which will turn the market around and set new benchmarks
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IAB Exclusive – 26 images + First impressions of the India-spec Toyota Fortuner
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5 killed in violence in Somali capital MOGADISHU, Somalia ? Islamic insurgents attacked a government checkpoint in Somalia’s capital on Saturday, sparking a gunbattle that killed at least five people on the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Insurgents seeking to overthrow Somalia’s Western-backed government have been threatening to increase attacks during Ramadan, a
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Insurgents attack gov?t checkpoint in Somali capital, at least 5 die in gunfight
Iraqi FM warns of bigger, more powerful attacks BAGHDAD ? Iraq’s foreign minister said Saturday that Iraqis should be prepared for bigger, more powerful attacks to strike the capital in the coming days and urged the government to immediately fix security shortcomings among its forces. The comments come amid mounting anger by Iraqis over security lapses that
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Iraqi foreign minister says bigger, more powerful attacks likely after deadly Baghdad strike
100 professors in bribery probe in Germany BERLIN ? Cologne prosecutors say they are investigating 100 professors across Germany on suspicion they took bribes to illegally help students with their doctorates. Prosecutors’ spokesman Guenther Feld confirmed a report in Focus magazine Saturday that the professors are believed to have been paid through an intermediary firm
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100 professors in Germany suspected of taking bribes to speed up awarding of doctorates
Taliban cut off fingers of 2 Afghan voters KABUL ? An Afghan vote monitoring group says Taliban militants in Afghanistan’s south cut off the fingers of two Afghan voters, carrying out a gruesome pre-election threat. Nader Nadery of the Free and Fair Election Foundation of Afghanistan says Saturday two voters in southern Kandahar province ?
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Taliban cut off fingers of 2 Afghan voters, make good on election threat, monitor group says
LONDON – Two of the ten Pakistani students who were detained during counter-terrorism raids in Manchester and Liverpool earlier this year have flown back home, discontinuing their fight against deportation. Abdul Wahab Khan, 26, and Shoaib Khan, 27 were among ten Pakistanis who were detained in April on national security grounds after officials claimed that
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Two Pak students held in anti-terror raids fly back home, abandon deportation fight
MELBOURNE – Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard has revealed that her country and India could consider parameters for an extradition treaty during her five-day visit from August 30. The extradition treaty issue has once again acquired center stage attention after Australians expressed their outrage over a drunk learner driver fleeing to India on a false
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Gillard says Australia, India could consider extradition treaty during her visit
Answer to the previous lolly pop question – Maruti Suzuki Swift Dzire Winners – sivakumar, rohan kumar, ?ushk@r, Kunal, Gurudatta Nayak, Amritaksha Deb, Ikveer Singh, Jean Johny, sudarsanan, Shishir, rupeshp, Lalit, Amit Bhalla, Naveen, deepam, Jishnu Sasidharan V, Adithya Arikere, Happy, Monty Singh, Rahul Shekhar, nipun dhingra, Shoeb, harsh, Hapinder Harry, Harish Kumar, Felixx, Motorbeam.com, Karan, Fiat Fan, The Automotive India Today’s cracker – So, do you know which car this is? It is sold in India too
