Thursday, April 16th, 2009
Beijing, Apr.16 (ANI): China has called up its first black athlete to play a key role in China's push for gold at the London Olympics in 2012.
Ding Hui, 19, who is affectionately nicknamed Xiao Hei, or Little Black, by his teammates, was included in the national team's new 18-man volleyball ...
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Monday, April 13th, 2009
Vanua Levu (Fiji), Apr.13 (ANI): Years of stifling military rule and financial destitution are propelling Fiji towards becoming the Burma of the South Pacific, claim regional experts.
These commentators, according to the Sydney Morning Herald, have labelled the latest developments in Fiji an outrage.
With the country's military ruler, Frank Bainimarama, returning ...
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Monday, March 9th, 2009
London, March 9 (ANI): The Vatican's official newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, has published a long editorial saying that the washing machine did more to liberate women than the contraceptive Pill.
The editorial marking International Women's Day said that washing machines had freed generations of women from the drudgery of housework.
"The washing ...
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Sunday, February 22nd, 2009
London, Feb 22 (ANI): The selection of Louis Susman, a lawyer and banker from President Barack Obama's hometown of Chicago, in place of an experienced diplomat has raised new questions about his pre poll campaign promises to change politics and not continue the practise of doling out prized ambassadorships to ...
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