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2008-04-25T04:53:00.000-07:00

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Thai rice export curbs would make no sense-analysts

Thailand's repeated assurances it will not curb rice exports have not convinced everyone, ...

UPDATE 1-Thailand's Siam Commercial Bank bullish on prospects

BK, Thailand's third largest lender, said on Friday it was bullish about prospects due to growing consumer confidence in the country that has helped spur ...

wesley snipes

Actor Snipes gets three years prison for not filing taxes

OCALA, Florida (AFP) — A US federal judge has sentenced Hollywood actor Wesley Snipes to three years in prison for failing to file tax returns from 1999 to ...

Actor Snipes gets 3 years, apologizes for `costly mistakes'

(AP) — After haggling with revenue agents, criminal investigators and eventually US prosecutors for almost a decade, Wesley Snipes finally caught them by ...

Action star Wesley Snipes faces sentencing

(AP) — Action star Wesley Snipes will learn his punishment Thursday for three misdemeanor tax convictions. A jury found Snipes guilty in February of ...

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how many people signed the declaration of independence
Status : Mild

Sri Lanka: Democracy vs terrorism

A little known fact is that in Sri Lanka, the seeds of democracy were sown long before its independence in 1948. In fact, universal adult suffrage, ...

Hillary Clinton has her Rocky Balboa moment in Pennsylvania

Speaking at a hotel ballroom just a few blocks from the Independence Hall, where the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776, Mrs Clinton praised the

BOLIVIA: ALBA Closes Ranks Around Morales

... province’s autonomy moves followed by the declaration of independence, which has gained weak international recognition. The ALBA leaders also signed a ...

Scent of the season

... of the downtown odor is the Bartlett family - descendants of Josiah Bartlett, the New Hampshire statesman who signed the Declaration of Independence. ...

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Tashan review
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Tashan movie review by a glamsham fan

TASHAN does exactly what it says on the poster: it is all style and no substance. After an inventive underwater start and some musical fun with Bollywood vs ...

Music Review: Bhoothnath

VS is certainly the flavour of the season with their Om Shanti Om proving to be an all-time blockbuster and is now in the top league with films like Tashan ...

Tashan Music Review

Tashan is truly the biggest and most awaited project of the season. And the reasons are aplenty. d) Last but definitely not the least - absolutely nothing ...

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Hillary Clinton has her Rocky Balboa moment in Pennsylvania

2008-04-25T04:49:00.000-07:00

Perhaps the comparison was inevitable: weeks ago Hillary Clinton, on the ropes against Barack Obama, compared herself to Rocky Balboa, the gritty Philadelphia boxer who triumphed over the odds.

She recalled a famous scene when Rocky forced himself to run up the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, saying that ending her presidential campaign before Pennsylvania voted would be as if "Rocky Balboa had gotten halfway up those art museum steps and said, 'Well, I guess that's about far enough'".


	Early forecasts predicted a margin of 10 per cent

Last night, glowing in victory, she roared: “Some people counted me out and said to drop out, but the American people don’t quit and they deserve a president who doesn’t quit either!”

It was her Rocky moment supreme.

She won in Pennsylvania not with a well-crafted, classy fight plan but by relentless, often wayward punching, and by convincing voters she would fight for them in the White House.

She also won because the audience didn’t cheer on sufficiently an opponent who they don’t know well and whose name they have trouble pronouncing.

Speaking at a hotel ballroom just a few blocks from the Independence Hall, where the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776, Mrs Clinton praised the people of Pennsylvania for exercising their democratic rights in her favour.

But her only hope of victory lies in overturning the popular will expressed by voters during the primaries and caucuses with the support of the party’s “super-delegates”, who have a free vote at the party’s nominating convention in August.

Mr Obama has an insurmountable lead in the numbers of pledged delegates chosen during the primaries and caucuses, so Mrs Clinton has no option but to twist the arms of 300 or so super-delegates who have yet to make up their mind that she would be more better able beat Republican John McCain.

There were noisy celebrations in Philadelphia’s historic centre last night, with cruising cars beeping their horns and Hillary fans waving their banners in the streets.

But winning by a super-delegate coup would be a victory that many Democrats would consider a low blow, and not worthy of Rocky at all.

By Alex Spillius in Philadelphia

Justin masterson

2008-04-24T14:39:00.000-07:00

Choose The Article about Justin

Justin Masterson gets a look-see

Yet it all represents an opportunity for one of the organization’s top prospects in Justin Masterson. Jon Lester [stats], scheduled to start today, ...

Justin Masterson heading to bigs!

Justin Masterson will be making a spot start and since he’s not on the 40-man roster, someone’s gonna hafta go. I’m not really sure who it could be,

Masterson's effort soiled by Sox 'pen

Highly touted prospect Justin Masterson, summoned from Double-A Portland for an emergency start from, pitched brilliantly. But once he exited after six fine ...

Masterson to start for Sox

stin Masterson will make his major league debut this afternoon, as the Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Angels wrap up their three-game ...

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linda daves

2008-04-24T14:28:00.002-07:00

North Carolina GOP Chairwoman Linda Daves Said Obama Ad Will

TransWorldNews (press release)

, USA

- Apr 25, 2008

- 1 hour ago

North Carolina GOP chairwoman Linda Daves said Thursday that the state party's ad linking Sen. Barack Obama and Rev. Jeremiah Wright will not air till next ...

Wright ad will run, repeats NC GOP

Charlotte Observer

, USA

- Apr 25, 2008

- 6 minutes ago

Reports that the NC Republican Party is pulling a planned TV advertisement about Barack Obama are false, Republican chairwoman Linda Daves said Thursday. ...

Candidates vote on fair pay; McCain defends Obama

WTHR

, USA

- Apr 24, 2008

- 5 hours ago

"It is about North Carolina, our values," said Linda Daves, North Carolina GOP chairperson. It's the latest fight in a state Obama's favored to win. ...

McCain visits New Orleans' Lower 9th Ward

Los Angeles Times

, USA

- Apr 25, 2008

- 3 hours ago

The state party chairwoman, Linda Daves, defended the ad, saying she was "just doing my job" by "protecting down-ticket candidates. ...

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2008-04-24T14:28:00.000-07:00

North Carolina GOP Chairwoman Linda Daves Said Obama Ad Will

TransWorldNews (press release)

, USA

- Apr 25, 2008

- 1 hour ago

North Carolina GOP chairwoman Linda Daves said Thursday that the state party's ad linking Sen. Barack Obama and Rev. Jeremiah Wright will not air till next ...

Wright ad will run, repeats NC GOP

Charlotte Observer

, USA

- Apr 25, 2008

- 6 minutes ago

Reports that the NC Republican Party is pulling a planned TV advertisement about Barack Obama are false, Republican chairwoman Linda Daves said Thursday. ...

Candidates vote on fair pay; McCain defends Obama

WTHR

, USA

- Apr 24, 2008

- 5 hours ago

"It is about North Carolina, our values," said Linda Daves, North Carolina GOP chairperson. It's the latest fight in a state Obama's favored to win. ...

McCain visits New Orleans' Lower 9th Ward

Los Angeles Times

, USA

- Apr 25, 2008

- 3 hours ago

The state party chairwoman, Linda Daves, defended the ad, saying she was "just doing my job" by "protecting down-ticket candidates. ...

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jim mclaren

2008-04-24T14:25:00.000-07:00

Silva leaves with tightness in thigh

MLB.com

- Apr 24, 2008

- 13 hours ago

They were joined by Seattle's infielders and manager John McLaren, who replaced Silva with right-hander Sean Green. Silva, gunning for his fourth straight ...

With Morse out, Bloomquist starts

Mariners.org

- Apr 24, 2008

- 17 hours ago

"I hear that everything went well," manager John McLaren said of Morse's surgery. "I'm not exactly sure of the time frame, but it probably would go through ...

Mariners starters going deep

Mariners.org

- Apr 24, 2008

- 16 hours ago

More times than not, the starting pitchers are taking games into the sixth or seventh innings, and that is precisely what manager John McLaren and pitching ...

McLaren unfazed by Ichiro's struggles

MLB.com

- Apr 21, 2008

By Jim Street / MLB.com ANAHEIM -- The last time Ichiro Suzuki hit .250-something in April was four years ago, and he recovered nicely from the slow start. ...

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