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  • RIHANNA'S APPEAL FOR LEUKAEMIA STRICKEN OLYMPIC HOPEFUL 8 Jan 2010 02:29 GMT
    ... performing during a taping for 'New Year's Eve ... to find a bone-marrow donor for an Olympic hopeful suffering from leukaemia. Seun Adebiyi, 26, ... 26, was hoping to become the first Nigerian to compete in the Winter Olympics, but ...

  • RIHANNA'S APPEAL FOR LEUKAEMIA-STRICKEN OLYMPIC HOPEFUL 8 Jan 2010 02:29 GMT
    ... performing during a taping for 'New Year's Eve ... to find a bone-marrow donor for an Olympic hopeful suffering from leukaemia. Seun Adebiyi, 26, ... 26, was hoping to become the first Nigerian to compete in the Winter Olympics, but ...

  • Bargain deals expected to lure tourists in 2010 8 Jan 2010 01:15 GMT
    ... Las Vegas, China, Latin America and South Africa could offer the best holiday deals in ... to their inventory for the 2008 Summer Olympics, are offering bargains on luxury hotel rooms, ...

  • Full-body scanners to be put in Canadian airports 7 Jan 2010 22:30 GMT
    ... Full-body scanners to be put in Canadian airports ... airport, and Vancouver, host of the Winter Olympics next month, will get the first scanners. ... of Canada's privacy czar last October. Britain, Nigeria and the Netherlands earlier announced plans for ...

  • Califone: Film, Tour w/ Wilco 7 Jan 2010 20:31 GMT
    ... 's new album of the same name, will be ... and include an appearance at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Additionally, Califone has announced two ... by Califone) 1/27/10 Park City, UT @ Egyptian Theatre, 9pm 1/28/10 Park City, UT @ ...

  • Harlem Globetrotters pass legacy to new entertainers 7 Jan 2010 20:17 GMT
    ... Thu Jan 07, 2010, 01:53 PM CST Moo Moo ... a McDonald's All-American finalist while playing at Raleigh-Egypt High School in the Memphis, Tenn., suburb ... first female Globetrotter; member of 1984 U.S. Olympic gold medal-winning basketball team ...

  • South Africa 2010 to Decide Africa's Fate 7 Jan 2010 20:06 GMT
    ... of the FIFA World Cup that South Africa is hosting this summer has been described as ... continent has the capacity to host the Olympics. Ed Hula, editor of Around the Rings ... is achieved this summer with the hosting. Nigeria in 2007 lost the bid to host ...

  • Gold Fields cuts production estimate 2.8 percent 7 Jan 2010 20:06 GMT
    ... its worst slump since World War II. Olympic medalists among 10 athletes endorsing P&G Three ... its fiscal second quarter Thursday. The South African gold mine operator said it now expects ...

  • Reportlinker Adds Mobile Instant Messaging Report 2009-2014: Services in the Social Network and iPhone era 7 Jan 2010 18:55 GMT
    ... and OZ Instant Messaging solution. 3.2.8 2012 Olympics could escalate Mobile revenues in Europe 3.2.9 ... interconnected by Colibria. 3.5 MIM Market in Africa and Middle East. 3.5.1.1 MTN 3.5.1.2 Movius ...

  • Dennis Brutus: 'An ironclad sense of solidarity' 7 Jan 2010 17:57 GMT
    ... principles in fighting for an anti-capitalist South Africa and world. His pen and his voice ... of Lake Placid for the 1980 Winter Olympics. Brutus acknowledged the righteousness of Brown’s cause ... when I was in high school, in Zambia. He took pride of place among some ...

  • What we learned from Dennis Brutus' troubadour politics 7 Jan 2010 17:57 GMT
    ... ‘No South African threw themselves more passionately into so many ... sixty Third World countries to boycott the Olympics if the white South African team participated, ...

  • Banyan: From the charm to the offensive 7 Jan 2010 17:33 GMT
    ... has scattered roads and football stadiums across Africa. By the hundreds, it has set up ... and culture. More than anything, the Beijing Olympics were designed to showcase gentle President Hu ...

  • Golden Predator Appoints Michael O'Brien CFO; Announced as First Sponsor of Yukon First Nations 2010 Project 7 Jan 2010 17:01 GMT
    ... qualified as a Chartered accountant in South Africa in 1986, and has been a member ... opportunities presented by venues including the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. The Project also includes a ...

  • Boxing champ Amir Khan wants sports back in Pakistan 7 Jan 2010 16:59 GMT
    ... harnessed." England, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa refused to tour Pakistan for the Champions ... a silver medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics at the age of 17 -- the ...

  • Travel Trends & Analysis 2010: Top 50 Destinations for US and Canadian Travelers 7 Jan 2010 16:56 GMT
    ... the same year - the 2010 Winter Olympics in February and the World Cup in ... in June - Vancouver and Johannesburg (South Africa) have turned up on both lists, with ...


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