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TRNC hosts an international sports event
The 1st Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) University Sports Games is taking place in Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC).Turkish Youth & Sports Minister Suat Kilic who attended the opening ceremony of the event in Lefkosa on Tuesday said that this event was a ray of hope for ending the embargoes on TRNC.Athletes from seven countries are participating in the first international ...
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Sports Kenyan athletes rule Beijing track
Hillary Kipsang , who trains under Golazo Sports management, was too strong for his opponents as he led unprecedented top-four spots for Kenya. Kipsang, who boasts an impressive 8:07.71 personal best and the sixth world junior all-time, showed little respect for a classy line up that had world 3,000m steeplechase silver ...
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Lifestyle Health budget falls short by Sh125b
On notice He put on notice staff in the ministry, saying that issues of inefficiency and accountability must be addressed immediately. Macharia said that the ministry had good policies, adding that the biggest challenge it faced was in the implementation. "Issues like maternal health can be easily achieved through devolution, by first addressing those vulnerable people in the rural ...
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Lifestyle Schools scrap evening preps due to insecurity
Some students have also opted to stay out of schools altogether because they are traumatised after witnessing brutal attacks on their relatives. And teachers are now worried about the consequences the disruption of learning could have on performance in national examinations. These are among the concerns expressed during a five-day conference by the Kenya Secondary Schools Heads Association ...
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Letters Men masculinity and matriarchal spaces
Jack O'Sullivan makes some very important points about the clear difficulty around discussing what men experience and how the post-feminist settlement leaves out matriarchal influences and power relations in the domestic space ...
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Noted Beauty Products Based on Food — Noted
And now the beauty industry is going even further, marketing what it calls "food based" products like coconut shampoo, grapefruit body scrub, mushroom anti-aging cream, pomegranate-pigmented lipstick and cucumber eye-makeup ...
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Summer Must List New EW cover
(in theaters July 26), where Jackman jumped and leapt and charmed his way through a series of seemingly back-breaking stunts that he made look as easy as pie. That's entertainment — and who embodies the power and pop of summer in the cinema better than ...
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Jets rookie QB Geno Smith signs with Jay-Z’s sports agency
Geno Smith has joined Jay-Z for one big sports and hip-hop collaboration.The New York Jets rookie quarterback has chosen the rap artist's new Roc Nation Sports to represent him. Smith, who slipped out of the first round last month and fell to the Jets in the second round at No. 39 overall, fired his agents -- Select Sports -- shortly after the NFL draft. The former West Virginia star met ...
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Sports Rudisha Kemboi and Lagat eye Diamond League
Ezekiel Kemboi , who has been out of action since winning gold at the London Olympic Games, will launch his season in the Big Apple. Rudisha, who won the first leg in Doha in one minute and 43.87 seconds, returns to USA for a back-to-back competition - where he will also compete at the fourth leg in Eugene, Oregon, next week. Rudisha, the prodigy with 800m all-time bests in America, Europe and ...
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Sports Cheruiyot and Keitany to miss competition for over one year
Mary Keitany are expectant and are likely to return in 2014 for 2015 World Championships and 2016 Olympic Games preparations. Although the pregnancies emerge as blessings to their families, it could be a challenge ...
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Cuba Achieved Good Results in Sport Games for Journalists
Medellin, Colombia, May 22 (Prensa Latina) Cuban representatives achieved very good results today, which include three golden medals, four silver and two bronze in athletics at the First Sports Games for journalists AIPS America, taking place in the Colombian city. Cubans achieved the first place in the 100 meters under 35 years, through Duber Luis Piñeiro, while Dayan Garcia got bronze. ...
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The 10 Best road-trip gadgets
It may not be the most glamorous piece of kit, but it's certainly one of the most useful things to have with you on a trip abroad. This adaptor also features twin USB sockets; perfect for keeping all your gadgets in ...
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A Week With The Linksys x3500 router
Getting your home wireless network up and running is one of modern life's challenges. The x3500 wireless route from Linksys aims to take some of the pain out of this with a straightforward step-up process and one-touch connection for additional devices.It has a Cisco badge on it but Linksys was sold by Cisco to Belkin earlier this year, so it still gets the free Cisco Connect Express app. ...
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Are children naturally better with computers than their parents
We're often astounded by the ability of children to pick up, use and master the latest technological innovations. You frequently hear stories from parents of how they left a tablet computer lying around and after a couple of hours they came back to find their toddler using it to play games, look at kittens on the internet or open an offshore bank ...
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Boy Scouts leaders will vote Thursday to lift ban on gay youth members
The Boy Scouts of America will vote on Thursday on whether to accept gay youth members, partially overturning a long-running ban on allowing gay people to join the organisation.The roughly 1,400 members of the BSA's national council will vote in Dallas on the proposal, which would in part overturn the scouts' 1978 ban on homosexual members.The council will vote for or against a ...
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I am the beneficiary of the house-price boom. My children are its victims | Suzanne Moore
property is theft then I am a colossal thief. I sold my house via Foxtons. Thanks, Nick! See, I know how to get you onside; boasting of my palatial Hackney residence! The truth is that like anyone who bought property 20 years ago in London and tarted it up and just kind of lived in it, the profit made has nothing to do with my canniness or financial nous. It's just that house prices have ...
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Homophobia and bigotry win out in US immigration reform debate | Gavin Newsom
comprehensive immigration reform bill on Tuesday , but without protections for same-sex couples. That means a partner of the same sex could be denied a visa to come to the US. The rights of the gay community are being dealt away once again for political expediency. This issue is not about policy or principle for ...
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Austerity is a task for another day IMF tells George Osborne
austerity pause button. Invest more in social housing, schools and road repairs. Growth is more important in the short term than deficit reduction. Couched in suitably polite language, that was the uncomfortable message from the International Monetary Fund ...
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T Magazine Just One Look | Resort Gets the Floral Treatment at Oscar de la Renta
Oscar de la Renta's Resort 2014 collection was in full bloom today, complete with rose resin-casted earrings, violet taffeta flowers and tulip-embroidered lace. A standout in the bouquet of skirts, dresses and gowns on view in the designer's showroom this afternoon was the indigo floral bubble peplum cocktail dress. The look was topped off with classic sapphire crystal drop earrings, ...
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Andy Roddick Joins Fox Sports 1
Erin Andrews Officially Set to Move to Fox Sports After ESPN Contract Expires It is a high profile hire for Fox Sports, which is gunning for cable sports leader ESPN when the former launches Aug. 17 in more than 80 million homes. Roddick, 30, announced his retirement from tennis after last summer’s U.S. Open. He’ll appear on ...
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CT scans safe for kids doctors
Australian health experts have reassured anxious parents about the safety of CT scans, after new research found a single test in childhood increased the risk of cancer by 24 per cent.Doctors and cancer groups argue that the absolute risk remains low, amounting to an extra cancer case for every 1400 computed tomography scans.But they say the findings, published by the British Medical Journal, are ...
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Joke prompts prostate checks
It was said to be in bad taste but a joke by the Prime Minister's partner three months ago about prostate checks has prompted more men to seek medical advice, according to a major men's health group.As women's health groups report a surge in breast cancer inquiries after actress Angelina Jolie revealed her mastectomy, the Prostate Cancer Foundation says the "off-colour" ...
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Discrimination Everyday Sexism Project takes the fight to Facebook
Stepping up its relentless campaign against casual misogyny, the Everyday Sexism Project, which documents "everyday experiences of sexism to prove how bad the problem is and create solidarity", is taking on one of the world's most prolific companies in its bid to tackle gender-based ...
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Motoring review Bentley Flying Spur
There's a dangerously overloaded motorised rickshaw veering towards me from my right, a new Audi with red military plates up my backside and a minibus full of tourists heading to Tiananmen Square squeezing into a tiny spot in front of me. My head is turning like a swivel-eyed motoring hack in hot water as I think to myself that Beijing's crowded streets are probably not the best ...
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Is the reaction to Microsofts Xbox One any different to Xbox 360 The more things change...
Reactions so far to last night's unveiling of the new Xbox One have been tepid to say the least. Industry commentators and internet commenters alike have accused Microsoft of straying from their brief: failing to put gaming at the heart of their new console and concentrating too much on integrating ...
Kuala Lumpur Spotlight
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City's major raw water project
It’s been in the pipelines for several years, but finally the Pahang-Selangor raw water transfer project has found its feet with an official groundbreaking ceremony held in April of 2010, the facility, when completed, will enable a massive region of the country, including Kuala Lumpur, Selangor and Putrajaya to cope with increasing demand for raw water treatment from industrial, residential and tourism sectors of the economy.
The raw water treatment project is a massive undertaking: a pipeline is to be constructed run from Sungai Semantan in Pahang to the Hulu Langat water treatment facility in Selangor, it will be 44.6 kilometers long, the longest tunnel of its kind in Asia and the sixth largest in the world. When operating at maximum capacity, over 1,800 litres of raw water will be pumped to Selangor and treated for conversion to fresh water, according to Kuala Lumpur news media. Read more
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