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Men in white have antidote to the times
RICKY PONTING, Graeme Smith and their players face the immense task of continuing cricket's fightback from the most abject period it has endured.
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:50:14 GMT - (Armidale Express)

The addition of a fifth BCS bowl has been a huge bust
Whenever BCS officials defend their oft-criticized postseason system, they like to point to the "overall health of college football," as measured by increased attendance and TV ratings. They're talking, however, about the regular season.
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:08:21 GMT - (Sports Illustrated)

Under-fire Hughes vows to fight on
Manchester City boss Mark Hughes insists he is still the right man to lead the club despite the humiliating FA Cup defeat by Nottingham Forest.City lost 3-0 at home against a Forest side that have been struggling badly in the Championship this term and sacked Colin Calderwood on Boxing Day after an abject loss to Doncaster.
Sun, 04 Jan 2009 09:00:10 GMT - (TeamTalk via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Sport)

Moriah couple braces for worst
This is the third in a series of articles about how local families are coping with tougher economic times. Tomorrow: Artists struggle with lessening demand.
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:35:11 GMT - (Plattsburgh Press Republican)

Nigeria: Unemployment, Bane of National Development - TUC
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has blamed the alarming rate of crime, including kidnappings in various parts of the country on lack of employment.
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:42:20 GMT - (AllAfrica.com)

Writer awakened in India
As he was wandering around the slums of Mumbai, Simon Beaufoy, a very pale, smallish, blondish English screenwriter, noticed packs of stray dogs lining the tiny, crowded alleyways. Photo caption: A trip to Mumbai helped ?The Full Monty? scribe Simon Beaufoy convey the story of poverty and love in ?Slumdog Millionaire,? now in theaters. The film is based on a novel, more a collection of ...
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:10:52 GMT - (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)

Former attorney general dies
By JESS DAVIS The Brunswick News Former U.S. Attorney General Griffin Bell, who had a home on Sea Island, died Monday, leaving a hole in Georgia's legal society that his contemporaries say will be hard to fill.
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:22:28 GMT - (The Brunswick News)

Hughes: We deserve the defeat
MANCHESTER City boss Mark Hughes insists he is still the right man to lead the Eastlands outfit despite the humiliating FA Cup defeat by Nottingham Forest.
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:11:29 GMT - (The Electric New Paper)

These 50 years have been ones of the resistance and strength of the people
? Interview with General of the Army Raúl Castro, president of the Councils of State and Ministers, by Talía González Pérez, from Cuban Television?s News System, December 31, 2008, "Year 50 of the Revolution."
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:55:26 GMT - (Granma Internacional)

Now?s time to slow down and smell the roses
Thoughts pondered while reveling in how successful I made my 2008 New Year?s Resolution to ?eat more and exercise less.? I made that resolution in hopes it would have the opposite effect, but that turned into an abject failure.
Sun, 04 Jan 2009 05:13:29 GMT - (Bedford Times-Mail)

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The Big Debate '“ Club Rugby vs International Rugby
We have seen some sensational club rugby in recent weeks ... . It was not helped for England fans that their team was abject and it is amazing to see how many fair
Posted on 2009-01-06 11:02:28 GMT

blog: The Rugby Bloggallery EXIT '” Bloom in Gloom
[ galleryEXIT_bloomingloom.jpg] Bloom in Gloom FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Bloom in Gloom '“ Emerging Talents from China January 16 '“ Feburary 21, ... . His works evoke an uncertain undercurrent of fear and anxiety. LU Pei employs the language of abject
Posted on 2009-01-06 10:31:04 GMT

blog: Artipedia - Your pulse on contemporary artCorruption et insécurité : Les évêques prêchent dans le désert
Ils s`insurgent une nouvelle fois contre les crimes non élucidés et les fidèles qui participent à la mal gouvernance. '� Le drame (assassinat de l`abbé François Xavier Mekong) qui vient s`ajouter à la liste déjà longue des assassinats des ecclésiastiques dans notre pays nous pousse à nous interroger sur notre rôle d`éveilleur de conscience dans
Posted on 2009-01-06 10:18:50 GMT

blog: La Politique CamerounaiseChurch Leader's 'Capitalism is Dead' Naivety
Church Leader's 'Capitalism is Dead' Naivety [ Date] ... the earth' and be good stewards of it, that is wholly responsible for pulling millions out of abject
Posted on 2009-01-06 10:15:20 GMT

blog: Peter C Glover's WIRES - Peter C Glover's WIRES EX-SWAZILAND PM's E1m CARS MYSTERY
How the former Prime Minister of Swaziland Themba Dlamini came to buy two cars worth E1 million (145,000 US dollars) remains a mystery. The Times Sunday published pictures of Dlamini's cars, including a Mercedes Benz S 350, and wanted to question the former prime minister about where the money came from to buy them
Posted on 2009-01-06 09:31:00 GMT

blog: Swazi Media CommentaryCorruption et insécurité : Les évêques prêchent dans le désert
[ eveque]Ils s`insurgent une nouvelle fois contre les crimes non élucidés et les fidèles qui participent à la mal gouvernance. '� Le drame (assassinat de l`abbé François Xavier Mekong) qui vient s`ajouter à la liste déjà longue des assassinats des ecclésiastiques dans notre pays nous pousse à nous interroger sur notre rôle d`éveilleur de
Posted on 2009-01-06 08:46:34 GMT

blog: Africa Presse - Le portail de l'information sur le Cameroun et l'AfriqueMR. OBAMA GOES TO WASHINGTON; HIS KIDS GO TO SIDWELL
                     '�But he's got high hopes, he's got high hopes                       He's got high apple pie, in the sky hopes'¦'� That 1959 song as rendered by Ol' Blue Eyes, Frank Sinatra, comes to mind lately as we head toward a new national administration in two weeks
Posted on 2009-01-06 07:28:37 GMT

blog: Gene’s Blog: Problems in America — Solutions for America!It's Clear to the WSJ, Anyways
The WSJ published an editorial expressing deep skepticism of regulators' rush to force the creation of a CDS clearinghouse. The editorial's argument incorporates many elements I've raised repeatedly on SWP (and since I know several folks at the Journal read SWP, perhaps the blog contributed to their thinking.)
Posted on 2009-01-06 04:37:03 GMT

blog: Streetwise Professor'œThe New Deal Worked'�: Why Do So Many People Accept that as Fact?
Most people, journalists included, accept the notion that the New Deal 'œworked'� to shorten the Depression ... abject insanity.'� Only dim-witted conservatives would believe such nonsense. At the risk of being
Posted on 2009-01-06 04:35:14 GMT

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06Jan09 Where is John? (part one) By John Vierdsen Categories: Fun and games Tags: Navel gazing, Where is John? nbcaugusta ... of offensive tackle Andre Smith, the end of the election year and the abject boredom that comes
Posted on 2009-01-06 04:08:55 GMT

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