12/04/2008 -
Sprint-Cogent fight reveals fragility of 'Net infrastructure
As details emerge, it appears that small profits, corporate neglect, and executive egos all played a role in causing a major Internet outage for customers of Sprint and Cogent when the two engaged in a trial separation at the end of October. Read More...
Source:
Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081204-sprint-cogent-fight-reveals-fragil
ity-of-net-infrastructure.html
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12/03/2008 -
Radical Jewish settlers threaten to fight Israeli army
HEBRON, West Bank ? The Israeli government has arrested Jewish settler Itamar Ben Gvir more than 300 times by his own count.
Source:
McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20081203/wl_mcclatchy/3114977_1
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12/04/2008 -
Amir Khan has renewed confidence for WBA title fight against Oisin Fagan
Amir Khan has insisted that his first defeat in Sept the 54 second knockout "happened for a reason".
Source:
Daily Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/boxingandmma/3550944/Knockout-gave-
Amir-Khan-renewed-confidence-for-WBA-title-fight-against-Irishman-Oisin-Fagan-Bo
xing.html
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12/03/2008 -
Barmby told to FIGHT for Hull City future
Nick Barmby must fight to earn a new contract at Hull City Football Club. The 34-year-old former England international is out of contract at the end of the season, but boss Phil Brown has told him he must prove he is over his injury problems before a new deal is even considered.
Source:
fansfc.com
http://www.fansfc.com/frontpage/frontpagenews.asp?newsid=193904
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12/03/2008 -
Barmby told to FIGHT for Hull City future
Nick Barmby must fight to earn a new contract at Hull City Football Club. The 34-year-old former England international is out of contract at the end of the season, but boss Phil Brown has told him he must prove he is over his injury problems before a new deal is even considered.
Source:
fansfc.com
http://www.fansfc.com/hullcityfootballclub/news.asp?newsid=193904
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12/04/2008 -
Boxing: Amir Khan focused on Fagan but coach Jesse Arevalo believes he could fight Manny Pacquiao within a year
Amir Khan has had stars in his eyes since the day he turned professional - but they were not the ones that flooded his semi-consciousness as he lay flat-backed in a Manchester ring two months ago after colliding with the iron fists of a hungry Colombian called Breidis Prescott. Tomorrow night he seeks to put the Khan show back on the road and anticipates a clear-cut victory over a ...
Source:
Guardian Unlimited
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/dec/04/boxing-khan-kevin-mitchell
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12/04/2008 -
Seniors Fight Back Against Scam Artists
They feel like they're being preyed upon more and more. But some seniors are fighting back.
Source:
ABC 2 Baltimore
http://www.abc2news.com/news/local/story/Seniors-Fight-Back-Against-Scam-Artists
/puZWu8xnt0WyeH74opoGzg.cspx?rss=702
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12/04/2008 -
Lewis will return to fight - for $150m
FORMER world heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis would be tempted out of retirement by the lure of a $100 million ($150m) payday, as well as his desire to 'save the sport'.
Source:
The Electric New Paper
http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/sports/story/0,4136,185755,00.html
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12/05/2008 -
Farms, Forests Can Help Fight Climate Change
Although agriculture and deforestation together account for nearly one-third of greenhouse gas emissions, farm communities and those deriving their livelihoods from forests can help combat climate change, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today.
Source:
Scoop.co.nz
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0812/S00134.htm
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12/03/2008 -
Pakistan Taliban pledges to fight against India
Pakistani Taliban commanders have stepped up anti-India rhetoric in the wake of tension between the two countries and offered their men and suicide bombers to fight alongside the armed forces in the event of hostilities on the eastern frontier.Militant commanders have called on Pakistan's security establishment to end military operations against the Taliban in the tribal areas, following the ...
Source:
rediff.com
http://www.rediff.com/rss/redirect.php?url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/dec/0
3mumterror-pakistan-taliban-pledges-to-fight-against-india.htm
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12/04/2008 -
AP IMPACT: Pakistan police losing terrorism fight
(By KATHY GANNON, Associated Press Writer) Brothers Mushtaq and Ishaq Ali left the police force a month ago, terrified of dying as their colleagues had - beheaded by militants on a rutted village road before a shocked crowd. They went straight to the local Urdu-language newspaper to announce their resignation. They were too poor to pay for a personal ad, so the editor of The Daily Moon, Rasheed ...
Source:
The Charlotte Observer
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/world/story/393686.html
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12/04/2008 -
ONE MORE FIGHT
EVANDER Holyfield is getting another chance at a heavyweight title. The 46-year-old former champion will challenge seven-foot Russian giant Nikolai Valuev for the World Boxing Association (WBA) crown on 20 Dec at Hallenstadion in Zurich.
Source:
The Electric New Paper
http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/sports/story/0,4136,185753,00.html
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12/04/2008 -
NZ central bank cuts 1.5 percent from key rate
New Zealand's central bank slashed its key interest rate by 1.5 percentage points to 5.0 percent Thursday ? its biggest move yet in the fight against the global financial crisis and sharply weakening growth.
Source:
AP via Yahoo! News
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081204/ap_on_bi_ge/as_new_zealand_interest_cut_1
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12/03/2008 -
Road rage turns into fight in restaurant parking lot
Myrtle Beach police arrested one man after a road rage incident lead to a fight in the parking lot of the Olive Garden on North Kings Highway in Myrtle Beach.
Source:
The Myrtle Beach Sun News
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/breaking_news/story/694164.html
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12/04/2008 -
AP IMPACT: Pakistan police losing terrorism fight
Brothers Mushtaq and Ishaq Ali left the police force a month ago, terrified of dying as their colleagues had _ beheaded by militants on a rutted village road before a shocked crowd.
Source:
AP via Yahoo! Malaysia News
http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/ap/20081205/tap-as-pakistan-police-under-fire-d3b
07b8.html
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