World Cup Africa 2010 Champion why?
Soccer.No matter what you call it, no other sport comes close to matching the worldwide passion for the beautiful game.Soccer is the world’s most popular sport. It is the No. 1 sport played in every corner of the planet. It is the global game. And the World Cup, the biggest and most-watched sports event in the world, is soccer’s showcase event, drawing massive global attention.It begs the question: why?Why will a cumulative viewing audience of 30 billion people around the world watch some part of the FIFA World Cup in South Africa from June 11 to July 11?As trite and glib as it may sound, soccer is much more than just a sport — for hundreds of millions of people around the world, it is the ultimate cultural expression.”Football is universal language that we speak with different accents,” explained Tim Vickery, a Rio-based soccer journalist.”The biggest patriotic act that most people engage in is cheering on their team during the World Cup. It reaches people who have no interest in fo
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Kites – Hrithik Roshan and Barbara Mori,
In what will be the widest ever release for any Indian Bollywood production, ‘Kites’, the eagerly-anticipated romantic adventure starring Hrithik Roshan and Barbara Mori, will open simultaneously in India, the US, Canada and other countries on May 21.The Rakesh Roshan production, directed by Anurag Basu, will be released by Reliance BIG Pictures (RBEL) on more than 2,000 screens simultaneously, including over 200 in the US, RBEL announced Thursday.Shot completely on location in Las Vegas, Sante Fe and Los Angeles, ‘Kites’ is a unique Bollywood film in a number of ways, not the least of which is the fact that a reworked English language version, designed to extend the reach of the original, will be launched in select engagements one week later.Entitled ‘Kites: The Remix’, it is being presented by Brett Ratner, who oversaw its creation. In the US, ‘Kites: The Remix’ will be released in association with Mark Urman’s Paladin, and will open in several major markets, including New York and
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Kites – Hrithik Roshan and Barbara Mori,
In what will be the widest ever release for any Indian Bollywood production, ‘Kites’, the eagerly-anticipated romantic adventure starring Hrithik Roshan and Barbara Mori, will open simultaneously in India, the US, Canada and other countries on May 21.The Rakesh Roshan production, directed by Anurag Basu, will be released by Reliance BIG Pictures (RBEL) on more than 2,000 screens simultaneously, including over 200 in the US, RBEL announced Thursday.Shot completely on location in Las Vegas, Sante Fe and Los Angeles, ‘Kites’ is a unique Bollywood film in a number of ways, not the least of which is the fact that a reworked English language version, designed to extend the reach of the original, will be launched in select engagements one week later.Entitled ‘Kites: The Remix’, it is being presented by Brett Ratner, who oversaw its creation. In the US, ‘Kites: The Remix’ will be released in association with Mark Urman’s Paladin, and will open in several major markets, including New York and
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Shah Rukh Khan starrer “My Name Is Khan”
Grossing an estimated $1.86 million at the box office in its first weekend, Shah Rukh Khan starrer “My Name Is Khan” has broken therecord for the largest opening weekend ever for a Hindi film in North America.The Fox Searchlight release directed by Karan Johar averaged $15,500 from 120 theatres across the United States and Canada over Feb 12-14 weekend. The previous record was held by Shah Rukh’s musical extravaganza “Om Shanti Om” which grossed $1.76 million from 114 theatres when it was released over the Diwali holiday weekend in 2007.”My Name Is Khan” opened Friday with $444,000, rose 65 percent to $734,000 Saturday, and is estimated to dip 7 percent to $682,000 on Sunday, Valentine’s Day.Monday’s Presidents’ Day holiday in the US will lead to a four-day debut of more than $2 million. MNIK also generated the highest per-theatre average of any film in the Top 20 over the weekend.Meanwhile “My Name Is Khan” is getting good reviews from US critics with variety.com saying “This riotousl
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Euro down again – forex news Trading
The euro is slightly lower in early North American trading Thursday as investors wait for details on a European Union plan to help Greece with its fiscal crisis.After a meeting of EU leaders in Brussels, European Council President Herman Von Rompuy told journalists, “Euro-area member states will take determined and coordinated action if needed to safeguard financial stability in the euro area as a whole.”He gave no details and the euro was unable to make sustained gains on the news, instead sinking marginally below late Wednesday levels.Early Thursday, the euro is at $1.3716 from $1.3734 late on Wednesday, according to EBS via CQG. It was at Y122.98 from Y123.56. The dollar was at Y89.63 from Y89.96. The pound was at $1.5625 from $1.5593, while the dollar was at CHF1.0690 from CHF1.0677 against the Swiss franc.The ICE Dollar Index, which tracks the dollar against a trade-weighted basket of currencies, was at 79.994 from 80.027.A news conference is expected at the conclusion of the EU s
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Playing game in iPAD – advantage and cons
Apple’s new iPad is a game changer for publishing, education and other sectors, including Canada’s wireless carriers that could find consumers snapping up the device that Apple is selling without having it locked into any network service.It could take some time for the full implications of the new device that Apple CEO Steve Jobs described as “so much more intimate than a laptop†and “so much more capable than a smartphone†to be felt, but experts and industry watchers say it could change the way we work and play just as the iPod brought MP3 music to the masses and the iPhone catapulted smartphones into the mainstream market.While Canada’s major carriers were mum Wednesday when asked if they have plans to introduce the iPad on their networks, Richard Smith, professor in Simon Fraser University’s school of communication, said Jobs’s move to end the subsidy model that locks consumers into long-term contracts with wireless carriers could change the way Canadians buy wire
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Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed 21 bodies have been recovered
Two Britons were on board an Ethiopian Airlines plane which crashed shortly after take-off from the Lebanese capital Beirut, it has been confirmed.The Boeing 737 bound for Addis Ababa in Ethiopia fell into the Mediterranean in a ball of fire with 90 people on board.At least 21 bodies have been recovered, and there has been no news of anyone surviving the crash.The Foreign Office said one British national and one with dual nationality were on board Flight ET409.A British RAF helicopter, based in Cyprus, has joined the Lebanese authorities’ search-and-rescue operation.A Foreign Office spokeswoman said: “Our thoughts are with the families of all those involved in this tragedy.”No further details about the two people would be released until next of kin had been informed, the spokeswoman added.Passenger listEthiopian Airlines said there were 82 passengers and 8 crew on board the flight.The passenger list included two Britons, 51 Lebanese, 23 Ethiopians, and one person each from Canada, Fran
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Christmas Carol
Disney’s animated version of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol has topped the North American box office chart in its first weekend on release.However, its $31m (£18.5m) haul was less than some had expected it to make in cinemas in the US and Canada.According to Disney, nearly three-quarters of A Christmas Carol’s sales came from cinemas showing it in 3D.Jim Carrey plays the miserly Scrooge in the film, which uses a hi-tech form of animation called motion capture.Last week’s top movie, Michael Jackson concert documentary This Is It, fell to second place in this week’s rundown.According to studio estimates, the film – constructed from rehearsal footage shot shortly before the singer’s death in June – made $14m (£8.3m) between Friday and Sunday.Urban dramaThat put it narrowly ahead of George Clooney’s military comedy The Men Who Stare At Goats, whose $13.3m (£7.9m) takings saw it occupy third place in the chart.Alien abduction thriller The Fourth Kind took a fitting fourth place with
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