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Wed, 10 Mar 2010
(Photo: AP / Tom Hevezi)Prince Harry hit by charity resignation
England's Prince Harry looks on, while playing for The Prince of Wales team against Hurlingham during The Golden Jubilee Trophy polo match at The Guards Polo Club, in Windsor, England Sunday July 30, 2006....Full Story

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(Photo: Public Domain / TCY)Greek PM not looking for aid in meeting with Obama
Barack Obama shoots on the White House basketball court .jpg...Full Story

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(Photo: AP / J. Scott Applewhite)Clinton says elections key to Haiti stability
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at the State Department in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009, where she welcomed Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon....Full Story

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(Photo: White House / Pete Souza)Obama using 'bounty hunters' for health care fraud
President-elect Barack Obama was about to walk out to take the oath of office. Backstage at the U.S. Capitol, he took one last look at his appearance in the mirror....Full Story

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Man guilty of $56m pyramid scams
| A BRITISH court overnight found a man guilty of defrauding thousands of investors out of 34 million pounds ($56 million) through a series of pyramid scams. | Kevin Foster, 51, who promoted his "KF Concept" collection of schemes by holding lively roadshows at...Full Story
Comment: So you thought all vultures flew?
This weekend, the London weekly magazine, New Statesman devoted a full page to an interview with Dambisa Moyo, author and “economist”, in which she was at it again, going on about how “aid” is useless to African countries and makes them dependent. http://www.newstatesma...Full Story
Building Matters: F. Burrall Hoffman's iconic Villa Artemis remains unlandmarked
| Villa Artemis' iconic oceanfront circular Greek temple has been an instantaneously recognizable image synonymous with Palm Beach ever since photographer Slim Aarons popularized it during the 1950s. And yet the only known lasting local work by distinguished Beaux-Arts ...Full Story
Christie's Wins Bid to Auction $150 Million Brody Collection
| After a four-month battle between the auction giants Sotheby's and Christie's, the art collection of the Los Angeles philanthropist Frances Lasker Brody will be sold at Christie's in New York in May. Valued at well over $150 million, it includes a 1932 painting by Pic...Full Story
Prince Harry hit by charity resignation
| One of the key factors in the transformation of Prince Harry from a nightclub-­loving royal-about-town to mature adult has been his passionate commitment to Sentebale, the charity he set up in Lesotho to help victims of ­poverty and Aids in the ­benighted African king...Full Story
US expert says positive thinking is the smart way to recover from alcoholism
| Joe Gerstein, founder of the Smart Recovery treatment programme that is spreading from the US as an alternative to AA, explains why he rejects the myth that alcoholism is a 'disease' to be endured rather than cured | Joe Gerstein, founding president of the Smart ...Full Story
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Wed 10 Mar 2010
Sting in tail of the Royal Mail deal: more junk mail
The Independent | A peace deal between Royal Mail and postal workers ending the industrial strife that has dogged the service in recent months could lead to households being deluged with junk mail, it emerged yesterday. | Under the terms of the agreement reached on ...
Lumley named in row over Gurkha charity
The Independent | A legal firm that had campaigned alongside the actress Joanna Lumley has been dragged into an investigation into charges levied on Gurkha veterans seeking to settle in Britain. | The Defence minister Kevan Jones ordered the inquiry after it emerged...
Scottish Tory proposals aim for less state control of education
The Times | Scotland's Education Secretary last night gave a guarded welcome to Conservative proposals for new schools funded by the taxpayer but run by independent charities or trusts. Such schools would be free to set their own priorities but could not seek ...
Nomura offers Rs 80 lakh to IIM-B grad
The Times Of India BANGALORE/MUMBAI: Global financial services firm Nomura has made the highest offer of Rs 80 lakh per annum at the IIM Bangalore (IIM-B) campus for the role of vice president finance in an international location, while Barclays Capital has taken two p...
St. Patrick's Day dinner to benefit poor
The Providence Journal | Let me tell you about the nun and the restaurateur. | She is part of the Pawtucket community of the Little Sisters of the Poor and will celebrate her 50th year as a nun this summer. He is a businessman who stepped up to help her and her order. Just...
Tue 9 Mar 2010
Emily Blunt, Zac Efron, John Krasinski, Tobey Maguire, Susan Sarandon and Meryl Streep are Among the Many Presenters at the 15th Annual Critics' Choice Awards Ceremony
PR Newswire   Awards Ceremony to be Broadcast Live on VH1 Friday, January 15 at 9:00 PM ET/PT | Kristin Chenoweth to Host the Evening | SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- This year's Critics' Choice Movie Awards will feature an array of presenter...
Procter & Gamble Releases 11th Annual Sustainability Report
PR Newswire   'Designed to Matter' Highlights 50 Percent Reductions in CO2 Emissions, Water Consumption and Waste Disposal Since 2002 | CINCINNATI, Oct. 19, 2009 /PRNewswire/ -- The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE: PG) today released its 2009 Sustainabil...
Groups jockey for role in Haiti revival
The Miami Herald | PORT-AU-PRINCE -- At an encampment on the outskirts of Haiti's capital, physicians from three international aid agencies provide identical services. On a charter flight to Miami, competing doctors get into a shouting match before takeoff. | And at ...
"Super Bowl of conventions" headed to Salt Lake City
The Salt Lake Tribune Tourism » 6,000 powerhouse meeting execs select Utah for 2016. | By Mike Gorrell | The Salt Lake TribuneUpdated: 03/09/2010 07:20:49 PM MST | Without blushing, organizers call it "the Super Bowl of conventions." | Don't look to Scott Beck,...
"Who Is Clark Rockefeller?" a rip-off
Yahoo Daily News | LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – Con men. Those charming devils who smile as they plunge the knife in your back, then make you want to thank them for the privilege. Hollywood, and let's face it, audiences, love 'em. | A doozy of a c...
Ivanka Trump speaking up for United Nations Foundation 'Girl Up' program
Palm Beach Daily News | Newlywed Ivanka Trump has a nice life - and she's doing something to ensure that other young women have the same. | She's working with the United Nations Foundation as the first spokeswoman of the Girl Up program, a human rights campaign designed t...
Hilary Duff Signs Multi-Book Deal With Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
PR Newswire | NEW YORK, March 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Hilary Duff, film and television star, recording artist, clothing designer, and philanthropist, has signed a world rights deal with Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers to publish her first-ever young adult...
Leading Greek American Association Applauds Administration's Designation of Greece as a Visa Waiver Program Nation
PR Newswire | WASHINGTON, March 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The leading membership-based association for the nation's three million American citizens of Greek heritage, and countless Philhellenes, the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA...
Bill & Melinda Gates, Asian Parliamentary Group, Win 2010 United Nations Population Award
PR Newswire | UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., March 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Bill and Melinda Gates and the Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development have won this year's United Nations Population Award. Announced here today, the Award is given ann...
Leading Greek American Association Applauds Administration's Designation of Greece as a Visa Waiver Program Nation
Yahoo Daily News | WASHINGTON, March 9 – WASHINGTON, March 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The leading membership-based association for the nation's three million American citizens of Greek heritage, and countless Philhellenes, the American Hellenic Educationa...
Celebrating extraordinary Muslim women
Common Ground Washington, DC - On 10 March, three Muslim women will be honoured alongside philanthropist Melinda French Gates and human rights activists Panmelo Castro from Brazil and Rebecca Lolosoli from Kenya, by Vital Voices Global Partnership, a Washington, D...
Legendary Architect Bruce J. Graham Dies
redOrbit Posted on: Tuesday, 9 March 2010, 08:00 CST | CHICAGO, March 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The elegant genius of Miesian high-rise architecture, Bruce J. Graham, died in his sleep early Saturday morning at home in Hobe Sound, Florida. He was 84 years old. Mr. Gr...
Arsenal 5 Porto 0 (agg 6-2): Nicklas Bendtner leads massacre as it's a high five ...
The Daily Mail | Those who nicknamed him ‘Barndoor Bendtner’ after his efforts against Burnley might still take some convincing when the opportunities Arsenal’s Danish striker enjoyed did not exactly test his finishing ability. | They might still ...
Chairman of Pan American Silver, Ross Beaty, Receives Viola MacMillan Award During PDAC
Stockhouse VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Mar 09, 2010 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX News Network) -- | Pan American Silver Corp. (TSX: PAA)(NASDAQ: PAAS) ("Pan American" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that Mr. Ross Beaty, the Company's...
Bill & Melinda Gates, Asian Parliamentary Group, Win 2010 United Nations Population Award
Yahoo Daily News | UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., March 9 – UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., March 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Bill and Melinda Gates and the Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development have won this year's United Nations Population Award. An...
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