More than 80 percent of students in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) start smoking when they are as young as 14 years, a survey has found. Tobacco use among teenagers remains a concern for health authorities as new data shows a quantum leap in the number of student smokers in the past five years, Khaleej [...]
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Most UAE students start smoking before 14
February 3rd, 2011 |
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Kosovo minister calls for speedy start to investigation
February 1st, 2011 |
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Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanović says an investigation into the Kosovo organ trafficking allegations should start as soon as possible. He also called for the forming of an independent commission in connection to the case.
Weak start to week for Sensex
January 31st, 2011 |
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A benchmark index for Indian equities markets Monday started the trading week on a negative note as across the board selling continued. The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 18,226.21 points, was ruling at 18,155.14 points, down 240.83 points or 1.31 percent from its previous close at 18,395.97 [...]
Cheryl Cole’s tattoo represents fresh start
January 29th, 2011 |
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Singer Cheryl Cole says her new tattoo marks a sign of “fresh start” in her life after her split from soccer player Ashley Cole. She also revealed that the inking on her lower back which is a butterfly now, took 11 hours to complete. “The tattoo is deeply personal. It took weeks to come up [...]
Jan 28: Singapore stocks may see weak start; CapitaLand in focus
January 28th, 2011 |
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Singapore shares may be see a weak start on Friday after rating agency Standard & Poor’s cut Japan’s long-term debt rating, sending the yen (JPY=) lower, but gains on Wall Street overnight may provide some support.
Singapore’s benchmark Straits Times Index <.FTSTI> closed 0.03% lower on Thursday at 3,219.83 points. Here are some stocks and factors to watch:
Jan 26: Singapore stocks likely to see weak start, Keppel Corp in focus
January 26th, 2011 |
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Singapore shares are likely to see a weak start on Wednesday after most Wall Street indices were flat overnight, as a surprise contraction in the British economy shook investors’ confidence. Singapore’s benchmark Straits Times Index <.FTSTI> fell 0.14% on Tuesday to 3,181.15 points. Here are some stocks and factors to watch:
HTC HD7 with Windows Phone 7: Solid Start but Needs Something More
January 25th, 2011 |
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Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 on the HTC HD7 offers users a solid smartphone experience, but the platform may need something more to compete with the iPhone and Android. – As implemented in HTC’s HD7 smartphone, Microsoft’s
Windows Phone 7 emerges as a solid mobile operating system with no major issues
worth complaining about. Despite its overall polish and functionality, the
platform feels a bit like a first draft one far more polished than the Android
1.6 that r…
Singapore hedge fund Artradis to close, founder to start new funds
January 25th, 2011 |
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Atradis Fund Management, once Singapore’s biggest hedge fund manager with about US$4.5 billion ($5.8 billion), plans to wind down its operations and return money to investors after it lost money in the last two years, co-founder Stephen Diggle said on Tuesday.
Diggle, however, plans to remain in the industry by turning his family office into a fund manager. He told Reuters he would set up two new funds and take over two of Artradis’s existing funds.
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Dhoni blames openers, but lauds part time spinners
January 13th, 2011 |
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Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni blamed a poor start but lauded the part time spinners as India suffered a humiliating 135 runs loss to South Africa in the first One-day International at the Kingsmead Stadium here Wednesday. Chasing a target of 290 runs, India were bowled out for 154 runs in 35.4 overs as South Africa [...]
U.S.: Sudan referendum off to good start
January 11th, 2011 |
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The U.S. special envoy to Sudan visited polling sites in the country’s south Monday, on the second day of voting in the landmark independence referendum.
State Department Spokesman P.J. Crowley told reporters that the polling is off to a good start.
Waqar hopes a fresh start for Pakistan cricket after Doha hearing
January 11th, 2011 |
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Pakistan coach Waqar Younis hoped that his team will be able to play some controversy-free cricket once a decision is taken by an independent tribunal that has finished hearing a spot-fixing case involving Mohammad Asif, Salman Butt and Mohammed Asif in Doha. “I hope all goes well and I hope the outcome is what cricket [...]
HTC HD7 with Windows Phone 7: Solid Start, but Needs Something More
January 4th, 2011 |
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Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 on the HTC HD7 offers users a solid smartphone experience, but the platform may need something more to compete with the iPhone and Android. – Windows Phone 7: Not a disaster!
Sorry, lets try that one again.
Windows Phone 7: A solid start.
Better. In the months leading up to Windows Phone 7s launch, any number of pundits seemed more than
happy to opine that the chances of survival for the
platform, once released, were equivalent to th…
War Causes Inflation … And Inflation Allows The Government to Start Unnecessary Wars
January 2nd, 2011 |
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War almost always causes inflation.As liberal economist James Galbraith wrote in 2004:War causes inflation. Every major war in the past century brought inflation to some degree. And so did two upheavals in the Middle East, the Yom K…
Start the Internet will become the standard Reviews Posted By : Paddy Chang
December 27th, 2010 |
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Live Internet TV | Online TV technology allows you to watch over 4,500 HD channels right on your PC.
Russia gives preliminary approval to START
December 25th, 2010 |
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Russia’s lower house of parliament, the Duma, on Friday gave preliminary approval to a historic nuclear weapons reduction pact with the U.S.
Final ratification is not expected until next year.
Perry, Brand hope to start charity
December 24th, 2010 |
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Singer Katy Perry and her comedian husband Russell Brand want to utilize their fame and fortune to set up a foundation to help the poor and needy. “We have this plan to set up a foundation to help people, feed them, clothe them, give shelter. We don’t want to use our fame just to sit [...]
President urges start of Kosovo talks
December 22nd, 2010 |
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President Boris Tadić said late on Tuesday that the talks between Belgrade and Priština should start with technical issues. This, he told an audience in Novi Sad, regardless of the report of Special Rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Dick Marty.
Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 App Market Off to Healthy Start: Analyst
December 20th, 2010 |
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Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 Marketplace is off to a strong start, according to a new analyst report, suggesting a solid future for the smartphone platform. – Microsoft may be reluctant to reveal early sales numbers for
Windows Phone 7, but at least one analyst believes the new smartphone platform
has a solid chance of establishing itself in the marketplace.
“The Windows Phone 7 Marketplace reaching 4,000 apps two months after launch has to be one o…
Tom Cruise David Beckham Start Hollywood Biker Club
December 14th, 2010 |
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Celebrity pals Tom Cruise and David Beckham have reportedly started an exclusive bikers club for Hollywood stars in their Los Angeles neighborhood, a well-placed tattle told Britain’s Sunday Mirror this week. Bike club? So that’s what they’re calling it these days…. The pair — who are married to besties Victoria Beckham and Katie Holmes — [...]