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City man buys boat involved in infamous incident (winnipegsun.com) A Winnipeg man has bought a piece of maritime history that he hopes to make available to the public so it can learn about a dark chapter in Canada's past. us.rd.yahoo.com
'The Buzz, 'E-Live' deny ban against actress Cristine Reyes (ABS-CBNNEWS.com) After ending a month-long rift with her sister actress Ara Mina, ABS-CBN's newest contract star actress Cristine Reyes is now facing a new controversy. us.rd.yahoo.com
Coal King sells at top of the market (Gulf Times) SYDNEY: Owning bars and restaurants as a hobby may have taught Australian mining magnate Ken “King Coal” Talbot something about getting out at the top of the market. us.rd.yahoo.com
Multi-culti movement (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette) Rachel Lerman is the embodiment of melting-pot citizenry: Born in 1967 in Boston to a blonde, blue-eyed, Roman Catholic white woman and a black man from Nigeria, she was placed in foster care and shortly thereafter adopted by a white couple and raised Jewish. us.rd.yahoo.com
Japanese-style game shows are trying to win over American audiences (Fort Worth Star-Telegram) By CARY DARLING The Japanese have long been known for their torturous game shows that test not only physical endurance but sanity. Now this approach is finding a home on American TV. Why suffer the stolid bookishness of Jeopardy! — and run the risk of actually learning something — when you can watch Hurl! and savor the sight of guys revisiting their previous meal? And this being the ... us.rd.yahoo.com
NEWSMAKER-Australia's "Coal King" sells at the top (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News) By James Regan us.rd.yahoo.com
Are we aborting the future of our teenage girls? (The New Straits Times) EACH day, around the world, close to 40,000 children are born to both married and unmarried girls aged 15 to 19. us.rd.yahoo.com
Some cultures still arrange marriages (Midland Reporter-Telegram) Love -- who has time for that? Arshia Urooj Zaidi certainly didn't. Up to her neck in a Ph.D. program, she knew that as much as she wanted to fall in love and get married, her schedule just didn't allow for a search for Mr. Right. us.rd.yahoo.com
Spotlight: Are we aborting the future of our teenage girls? (The New Straits Times) In 1968, world leaders proclaimed that individuals had a basic human right to determine freely and responsibly the number and timing of their children. This year’s World Population Day, on July 11, reaffirms, among others, the importance of helping the young to plan their families and their futures, writes INDRA KUMARI NADCHATRAM us.rd.yahoo.com
Events in New Jersey (New York Times) Film. us.rd.yahoo.com
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