Thursday, October 19, 2006

Which came first -- the fashion or the egg?

Hi Folks !!

Here's my selection of news items for today. I hope you find them interesting :)
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Source: rss.cnn.com

China steps up diplomacy with N. Korea (AP)

South Korean Christian women pray during a special service denouncing North Korea's nuclear test in front of the Seoul City Hall, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2006. Rice arrived in South Korea on Thursday to push Seoul to fully support sanctions against North Korea, while Chinese envoys were apparently in Pyongyang warning the reclusive country against more nuclear tests.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)AP - China stepped up its diplomatic efforts with North Korea on Thursday, sending a personal message and a gift from the Chinese president to the North's leader Kim Jong Il as Washington appealed for cooperation by Asian powers on U.N. sanctions for Pyongyang's nuclear test.



Source: news.yahoo.com

"World Cup air" vendor blows off steam in court (Reuters)

Italy's Fabio Cannavaro kisses the World Cup Trophy after the World Cup 2006 final match between Italy and France in Berlin July 9, 2006. A Chinese entrepreneur is suing a Beijing trade bureau for denying him a permit to sell bags of 'World Cup air' and for scotching his plans to bottle and sell '2008 Olympic air', a newspaper said on Thursday. FIFA RESTRICTION - NO MOBILE USE REUTERS/Dylan MartinezReuters - A Chinese entrepreneur is suing a Beijing trade bureau for denying him a permit to sell bags of "World Cup air" and for scotching his plans to bottle and sell "2008 Olympic air", a newspaper said on Thursday.



Source: news.yahoo.com

Baseball teams endorse caskets and urns (AP)

In this computer generated rendering provided by Eternal Image, a funeral urn with the Philadelphia Phillies logo is seen. Major League Baseball has entered into a licensing agreement with Eternal Image, which hopes to eventually make urns and caskets with for all 30 baseball teams. Eternal Image says urns for six teams, the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers, should be available by Opening Day 2007, and caskets for those teams should be ready later in the year. (AP Photo/Eternal Images)AP - In the heat of passion, many crazed baseball fans have said they would die for a championship. One company hopes some fans are actually willing to take their devotion to the grave.



Source: news.yahoo.com

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Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Drunk Norwegian breaks into prison (AP)

Hi Folks !!

Here's my selection of news items for today. I hope you find them interesting :)
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AP - In a different kind of jail break, a very drunk young man surprised prison guards by breaking into their northern Norway jail. "You might say we were a bit perturbed to find this person on our turf," prison warden Geir Broen said on the state radio network NRK on Monday.
Source: news.yahoo.com

China university requires golf lessons (AP)
AP - A Chinese university is requiring law and business students to take golf lessons to prepare them for a business world where deals are made on the golf course, news reports said Tuesday.
Source: news.yahoo.com

Chinese university makes "elitist" golf compulsory (Reuters)
Reuters - A Chinese university aiming to produce "socially elite" graduates is to make golf compulsory for students, state media reported on Tuesday.
Source: news.yahoo.com

posted by Don @ Tuesday, October 17, 2006 0 comments