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PARODY OF DEMOCRACY ESTABLISHED IN KARZAI’S AFGHANISTAN
Caledonian Comment | November 2nd 2009 by Caledonian Jim
Officials in Afghanistan yesterday declared that Hamid Karzai (pictured above) was the winner of the country’s disputed presidential poll after cancelling a planned runoff election. The announcement came after Karzai’s main challenger read more
The Future of Tourism in China After 60 Years of Communism
Travel Best Destinations | October 14th 2009 by Mircea
Recently, the Chinese people celebrated 60 years of communism and the formation of the Peoples Republic of China. In that time the country has transformed from a nation of farmers into one of the most powerful economies in the world. What’s China read more
Olympic Games spur hotel growth... BRIC by BRIC
Travel Weekly Blog | October 12th 2009 by Nathan Midgley
The Times business section has a small story about the London Olympic Games spurring hotel development*:The British Hospitality Association's trends and developments report says that 40k rooms are due on stream by 2015 ... the Olympics are 'an incent read more
More funds requested by Commonwealth Games 2010
Commonwealth Games Delhi 2010 | October 12th 2009 by Sachin
Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Dr. M S Gill on Monday said he will ask the government to release more funds for the Commonwealth Games.Addressing a gathering of delegates from the 71 member nations of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) at read more
Obama Gets IOC Snub : 2016 Olympics in Land of Samba - Rio de Ja…
ThE Wide World of Sports | October 6th 2009
Neither the charishma of Obamas nor Winfery could win Chicago the honour to host 2016 Olympics. Instead, an emtionally charged appeal by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva resulted in a historical decision by IOC delegates : Olympics goin read more
Obama Gets IOC Snub : 2016 Olympics in Land of Samba - Rio de Ja…
ThE Wide World of Sports | October 6th 2009
Neither the charishma of Obamas nor Winfery could win Chicago the honour to host 2016 Olympics. Instead, an emtionally charged appeal by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva resulted in a historical decision by IOC delegates : Olympics goin read more
The World Cup and Leon Boyd
MLB | September 25th 2009 by Dan Brown
The World Cup has been the precursor to the Olympics for baseball. However, with baseball being eliminated from the Olympics for the time being, the World Cup (and the World Baseball Classic) may be the only event to truly showcase international base read more
Irish Deignan Won Tour Of Spain Stage
Sports News | September 18th 2009 by Daily Sports News
Philip Deignan Irish cyclist won the 18th stage of Tour of Spain. In the general classification, Deignan stands ninth overall. Riding for Cervelo in spite of rough weather, he covered up the hilly ride by 165-kilometres from Talavera de la Reina to A read more
Great Britain Fails To Bring Home Medal From Milan
Sports News | September 11th 2009 by Daily Sports News
Downfall of Khalid Yafai in Flyweight and Scott Cardle in Light-welterweight brought no medal to Great Britain from Milan. Not securing at all medals brings up Britain’s disappointment. The examination put on the decision of team bosses overtake el read more
Team Sky Enrolls Gold medalists Geraint Thomas
Sports News | September 10th 2009 by Daily Sports News
Geraint Thomas is among one of six British riders join up Team Sky a new Professional cycling squad. Geraint Thomas is the Olympic gold medalist. More riders are yet to be proclaimed with a conjecture that GB star Bradley Wiggins might join with thes read more
when will taekwondo start in the beijing olympics. I really want…
more jeet kun do vids | September 9th 2009 by Budo
scott f asked the following question: i want to watch it. DOes anyone have dates for it and what channal would it be on? help? read more
Bolt wins 100 meters gold in Zurich
KeralaRoom.com - Latest Malayalam News. Full Kerala Informat… | August 29th 2009 by Zeol
Zurich, Aug 29: Usain Bolt continued his winning run by beating fellow Jamaican Asafa Powell to claim the 100 metres at the Golden League meeting in Zurich Friday in 9.81 seconds. The world and Olympic champion, who set a world record 9.58 seconds 12 read more
The Usain Bolt vs. the World Debate – Bolt Still Needs To Prove…
The Sports Debates | August 26th 2009 by The Sports Debates
Read the debate intro, Sports Geek’s argument, and Loyal Homer’s argument about whether or not Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt is the most dominant athlete in history. How do you define ’sports dominance?’ At what point do you stop sayi read more
One Year after Beijing Olympics
ThE Wide World of Sports | August 20th 2009
Bejing Olympics 2008 witnessed spectacular performances. There were some disappointments too. Are the Heroes of Beijing living upto their billing? Here's the scenario One year after :Ussain Bolt, the Jamaica lightening, continues to strike. Having wo read more
One Year after Beijing Olympics
ThE Wide World of Sports | August 20th 2009
Bejing Olympics 2008 witnessed spectacular performances. There were some disappointments too. Are the Heroes of Beijing living upto their billing? Here's the scenario One year after :Ussain Bolt, the Jamaica lightening, continues to strike. Having wo read more
Bolt sets his sight on a new target – 9.4 seconds
Sports News | August 18th 2009 by Daily Sports News
Usain St. Leo Bolt shaved of over a tenth of a second off the previous world record, this was the largest ever margin by with the world record has been improved in the 100 meters event ever since the introduction of electronic timing. In simple word read more
Swimsuits thrashing records – are true swimmers vanishing
Sports News | July 29th 2009 by Daily Sports News
This is the first major loss by Michael Phelps in any swimming race since 2005. He lost to Paul Biedermann of Germany in the 200 meter freestyle event at the World Championships in Rome. Biedermann also broke the world record 0.0.9 second which Phelp read more
Strange Love: German & Kiwi Prostitution
Tomfoolery | July 14th 2009 by YourTango
Prostitution is just too fun of a topic to just get rid of. Today in global prostitution: a brothel in Germany gives discounts for eco-friendly customers. Plus, in New Zealand, it's not easy training for the Olympics. That's why a Tae Kwon Do star ha read more
JR’s Weekender: Anger Management and Anger Manipulation
Little Press Reviews and Hermit's Scientific History | July 12th 2009 by Tai De
Thousands of Turks and Uighur expatriates took to the streets across Turkey after Friday prayers, protesting the violence in Xinjiang and burning Chinese flags, according to AFP. The times have changed – it is hard to imagine that any news cou read more
Kia Tigers Day
Kia BUZZ | July 10th 2009 by Kia BUZZ
By Cho, Hyun-jin Sustainability Management Team The 2nd World Baseball Classic (WBC) was held in March with 16 countries taking part in the tournament. Although the Korean team didn’t clinch ultimate victory, its second place finish reaffirmed read more
Aug 8, 2008 vows end before Olympics closing ceremony
Strange Tales from a Modern Chinese Studio | July 8th 2009 by Yang Ning Jie
Some back reporting by the China Daily: A couple that got married on Aug 8, 2008, quickly realized that their marriage was destined to be a 100 m dash rather than a marathon. The date of the Beijing Olympic Games was popular for weddings. But the wo read more
Think, Americans: What’s Better, Tomahawks Or Michael Jackson?
Wonders of Pakistan | July 4th 2009 by Nayyar Hashmey
Michael Jackson: It didn’t take weapons to launch America’s cultural supremacy in the digital age. They say Muslim nations want war with America. Can you explain why an American like Michael Jackson became hugely popular across Middle East and read more
Swimwear market expected to decelerate by 2014
Global Apparel Industry, Clothing Industry Resources | May 26th 2009 by Vishal Shastri
Global crisis having its pangs in all industries has not left the swimwear sector alone. Analysts predict that the swimwear sector is likely to slow down in growth between 2008 and 2014 from 5.32% to 1.69%. This will lead to a considerable decline read more
Olympic Park Beijing
Beijing Visitor | May 26th 2009
北京奧林匹克公園The Olympic Green or Olympic Park in Beijing contains the main stadia and buildings of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, namely the Beijing National Stadium, the Beijing National Aquatics Center, the Beijing National Indoor Stad read more
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