Wednesday, August 13, 2008 File:BeijingOlimpicGames2008-08-08.jpg Officials representing the Beijing Olympic Games in China have confirmed that the organizations in charge of the Opening Ceremony for the 2008 Summer Olympics may have faked at least two parts of the production. The ceremony lasted a total of four and a half hours. It has been revealed that […]

Tuesday, May 10, 2005 Google News submitted patent applications both in the United States and world-wide in September 2003 for a system of ranking search returns. The patent protection filings seek to control Google’s approach that filters headlines through a complicated algorithm, including the quality of the news organization. How much of this system is

Google News seeks patent for search system that returns ‘quality’ links

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Wednesday, March 20, 2013 The British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne delivered the budget today, an annually-held audit of the country’s finances deciding how taxpayers’ money should be spent. He set out plans to boost the housing market in his fourth budget, as well as stating the economy will grow by 0.6% — half

British Chancellor George Osborne downgrades growth forecast in annual budget

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News briefs:January 12, 2005

Wednesday, January 12, 2005 The following stories made international headlines Wednesday: [edit] After 14 months, three missed deadlines, and a change of CEOs, Canada’s Nortel (ticker NT) finally reported their audited restatement of earnings for 2001, 2002, and 2003. Five board members are stepping down. Source: BusinessWeek Online: Nortel: Beyond Closing the Books [edit] Police

News briefs:January 12, 2005

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Friday, June 30, 2017 On Wednesday, thousands of citizens gathered in New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar and other cities across India to protest against mob violence against minority communities of Muslims and Dalits, which has increased in recent years. Documentary film-maker Saba Dewan asked for “protest against the lynchings” via a Facebook post on June 24,

Thousands gather in Jantar Mantar and other cities to protest against mob violence

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Friday, June 3, 2011 Although prom may have taken place over two weeks ago at Maine’s Sanford High School, the fact that students elected a gay couple as prom king and queen remains the talk of the local community. During the May 14 event, 17-year-old Christian Nelsen was named prom queen, running as a write-in

Gay couple elected prom king and queen in Maine’s Sanford High School

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Monday, April 4, 2005 San Francisco, California — A year after buying the struggling Newsworld International 24-hour U.S. and Canada cable news channel, former U.S. vice president Al Gore and his partner, millionaire Ohio attorney and politician Joel Hyatt, plan to re-launch the channel with a new name, a new concept and a new target

Al Gore-owned cable news channel to relaunch August 1 with viewer-created content

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