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In this July 7, 2008 photo, an investor looks at a stock price board at a private securities' company in Shanghai, China. Chinese shares fell sharply Friday, Aug. 8, 2008, on heavy selling of airlines and other market heavyweights, as investors and analysts puzzled over why expectations of a rally linked to the Beijing Olympic games never materialized. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index sank 4.5 percent, or 122.81 points, to 2,605.16. The Shenzhen Composite Index of China's smaller, second market dropped 5.6 percent to 74
Asia   Economy   Finance   Markets   Photos  
 Asia Times 
Asia nudges ahead
|      Jul 31, 2010 MARKET RAP | Asia nudges ahead | By R M Cutler | MONTREAL - Overall, Asia looks like having some rough going, at least for a while, although it seems to have es... (photo: AP / Eugene Hoshiko, FILE)
Alicia Keys performs during The Freedom Tour at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida - March 27, 2010
Alicia   Beatz   Knot   Photos   Wedding  
 MuchMusic 
Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz marry
| Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz officially tied the knot last Sunday. Although Swizz told OK! Magazine last week that the wedding was “not this weekend. … It’s soon! (But) not this wee... (photo: WN / Aruna Gilbert)
 Emmy award winning television host Ellen DeGeneres speaks during the Tulane University Commencement in New Orleans on Saturday May 13, 2006.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool) wam2  MuchMusic 
American Idol Gets Shaken Up
| On Thursday night we told you that Ellen DeGeneres left American Idol and this morning, TMZ is reporting that there have been more shake-ups on the judges panel. The gossip blog is reporting that so... (photo: AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)
DeGeneres   Idol   Judges   News   Photos  
U.S. actress Katie Holmes attends a presentation of the movie "Batman Begins" in Rome, Thursday, June 16, 2005. The movie premiers in Italy Thursday.  m&c 
Katie Holmes orders special cupcake delivery
| Actress Katie Holmes ordered a batch of cupcakes from New York to be delivered to her in Canada. | Actresss Katie Holmes arrives for the New York premiere of her new film, 'The Extra Man', held at t... (photo: AP / Alessandra Tarantino)
Actress   Celebrity   Entertainment   Hollywood   Photos  
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A worker monitors water in Talmadge Creek in Marshall Township, Mich., near the Kalamazoo River as oil from a ruptured pipeline, owned by Enbridge Inc, is attempted to be trapped by booms Thursday, July 29, 2010. The New York Times
Estimate Rises of Oil Spill in Michigan
| BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — More than one million gallons of oil may have spilled from a pipeline into the Kalamazoo River this week, significantly more than the pipeli... (photo: AP / Paul Sancya)
Environment   Michigan   Oil Spill   Photos   Wikipedia: Great Lakes  
In this photo taken Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010, people wait to board trains at the West Railway Station in Beijing, China. The New York Times
Population Research Presents a Sobering Prognosis
| With 267 people being born every minute and 108 dying, the world's population will top 7 billion next year, a research group projects. Lower birthrates and longer life ... (photo: AP)
Economy   Infrastructure   Photos   Population   Wikipedia: Population growth  
 ag2 Fergie performing at the Pepsi Smash Concert a superbowl XLI event in Miami, Florida on Feb 1, 2007 MuchMusic
Fergie Says That Yes, California Girls Is Very Fergalicious
| You may have noticed some similarities between Katy Perry’s “California Gurls” video and Fergie’s “Fergalicious” video. If you did, you are not the only one... (photo: WN / aruna)
Fergalicious   Fergie   Girls   Photos   Video  
Adam Lambert, the runner-up finalist on "American Idol," poses backstage following the show's finale in Los Angeles, Wednesday, May 20, 2009. The Examiner
'American Idol': Adam Lambert battles on American, Canadian Hot 100
| Adam: keeping to his road. Getty Images   Related articles 'American Idol': Adam Lambert books new dates for the Philippines, Hong Kong | While Adam Lambert didn't... (photo: AP / Chris Pizzello)
Celebrity   Entertainment   Music   Photos   Singer  
Cigarette - Smoke Canada Dot Com
No immediate smoking ban in parks
| Smokers in Vancouver's city parks can wheeze a sigh of relief. | The Vancouver park board decided Wednesday it is not necessary to implement an immediate ban on smoking... (photo: WN / Yolanda)
Health   Photos   Smoking   Vancouver   Wikipedia: Smoking ban  
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger addresses the crowd during a town hall meeting at Sun Microsystems in Menlo Park, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2005. Independent online
 Schwarzenegger declares fiscal emergency
| Los Angeles - California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a fiscal state of emergency on Wednesday, requiring most state employees to take three days of unpaid l... (photo: AP / Marcio Jose Sanchez)
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Politics Business
- The South African experience after apartheid
- Ping Lacson: Out of sight, not out of mind
- Britain's ex-deputy PM doubted Iraq weapons intelligence
- Militants step up attacks in Punjab
British Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott leaves 10 Downing Street after a meeting with the Prime Minister Tony Blair, London, Wednesday, May 9, 2007.
UK former deputy PM doubted Iraq WMD intelligence
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- Europe's flat jobless rate, tame inflation show recovery
- Iceland still far from default
- Japan's budget to focus on jobs and growth
- Consumer finance: Women still lag in corporate world
Spain's soccer player Cesc Fabregas
Cesc Fabregas: forever a gunner
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Tourism Technology
- Pay for your idyllic indulgence
- Window on Belgian heritage
- Weekend at luxe retreat
- Come fly with me: Thai flavours
Crowds cheer as two men embrace each other on the steps of City Hall after the first same-sex couple was legally married by Mayor Gavin Newsom in San Francisco, Monday, June 16, 2008. Couples readied their formal wear, local licensing clerks expanded their office hours and religious conservatives warned of a backlash as California became the second U.S. state to sanction same-sex marriage
First Argentine Couple Weds Under New Gay Marriage Law
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- Apple keeps its iPhone 4 customers guessing
- Telecom gets $75m for AAPT consumer sale
- Technology to combat car gangs 'too costly'
- Battle for gaming supremacy is on as new titles hit shelves
Visitors play the online game 'World of Warcraft' at the Games Convention, the fair for interactive entertainment in Leipzig, eastern Germany, Friday, Aug. 22, 2008.
Gaming gamble for Google
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Environment Sports
- Floods kill at least 267 as rains trigger landslides
- FBI on the trail of Afghan leaks
- Quiet country church became a marriage machine
- Whirling Into the Forest Primeval
An unidentified man stands near a gas flare belonging to the Agip Oil company in Idu Ogba, Niger Delta area of Nigeria, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2006. OPEC and the European Union agreed in Vienna Wednesday to maintain a close "energy dialogue," stressing the importance of working together to help stabilize and secure the world's oil markets. Edmund Daukoru, Nigeria's oil minister and president of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, met with Martin Bartenstein, the energy minister of Austria, which holds the EU's rotating presidency. In a statement, the EU presidency said both reaffirmed the need to stay in close touch on energy issues.
Trying to Spread Africa's Wealth
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- Tennis: Sharapova advances
- My 5-month hell
- Saints in a debacle that had to happen as Essdeon has one of
- Whirling Into the Forest Primeval
Pakistani villagers wade through water after heavy rain fall caused flooding in Nowshera near Peshawar, Pakistan on Thursday, July 29, 2010.
400 Killed in Flooding in Pakistan, Officials Say
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