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  • William-Kate gnome statues to raise money for kids

    Tiny gnome statues of Prince William and his pregnant wife Kate, the duchess of Cambridge, will be auctioned online to raise money for children to learn about gardening in schools. The gnome statues were displayed at the Chelsea Flower Show, the Daily Mirror reported. "Gnomes are often associated with good luck, I could not think of a more popular couple that the nation is wishing good luck ...

  • England to tour West Indies in February

    England and the West Indies will play three Twenty20 matches and three One-Day Internationals in the Caribbean early next year, the West Indies Cricket Board announced. The three One-Day Internationals will be played at the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Grounds in Antigua while Kensington Oval in Barbados will host the T20 games, the WICB said Saturday, reports CMC. The Twenty20 matches will be ...

  • Kirani James outpaces rivals to win in Shanghai

    World and Olympic champion Kirani James powered to victory against his main rivals from London 2012 Olympics in the 400 metres at Shanghai's Diamond League meet. The Grenadian quarter miler raced ahead on the final bend to edge 2008 Olympic champion, the USA's Lashawn Merritt, into second place Saturday, reports Xinhua. Luguelin Santos of the Dominican Republic, the silver medallist from last ...

  • Asteroid 9 times larger than Queen Elizabeth 2 ship to sail past Earth on May 31

    Asteroid 1998 QE2 will sail past Earth on May 31, getting no closer than about 3.6 million miles (5.8 million kilometers), or about 15 times the distance between Earth and the moon. While QE2 is not of much interest to those astronomers and scientists on the lookout for hazardous asteroids, it is of interest to those who dabble in radar astronomy and have a 230-foot (70-meter) - or larger-radar ...

  • Arsenal claim fourth Fergies farewell rains 10 goals

    Source: Reuters Arsenal claimed the final Champions League spot at the expense of their arch rivals Tottenham Hotspur on the last day of the Premier League season today with a 1-0 win at Newcastle United. Defender Laurent Koscielny put visitors Arsenal ahead in the 52nd minute to secure fourth place with 73 points, one point ahead of fifth-placed Spurs who mustered a late goal from Gareth ...


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My Kid Could Paint That [DVD]

My Kid Could Paint That [DVD]

The most intriguing documentaries are often the ones that end up being about subjects the filmmakers didnt originally intend. This is both the inherent danger and lure of documentary filmmaking: the act of capturing life unfolding in front of the camera lens in potent ... ...

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  • England v New Zealand 1st Test England win by 170 runs on dramatic fourth day

    In the end it took England less than an hour to wrap up proceedings on Day Four and secure victory by 170 runs in the first Test with New Zealand at ...

  • Andrew Feldman - David Camerons loyal friend and tennis partner

    forced into the media spotlight to deny calling grassroots Tory activists "swivel-eyed loons", few outside Westminster had heard of him.The successful former barrister and businessman had managed to keep a low profile despite his rise through the party over the past eight years.Born Andrew Feldman, in London in 1966, he was educated at Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School ...

  • Google chairman Eric Schmidt softens line on tax loopholes

    Google's chairman, Eric Schmidt, has said he welcomes promises by international leaders to crack down on tax loopholes exploited by the search firm and other multinational internet businesses that take billions of pounds of sales from the UK through overseas companies, which HM Revenue & Customs cannot tax."Given the intensity of the debate, not just in the UK but also in America ...

  • Why the Church of England is in decline | Andrew Brown

    "I can show you why the Church of England is completely fucked," said the vicar. He showed me an email he had just received from the diocesan authorities about his "continuing ministerial development" - in effect his annual performance review. It came with 20 attachments, from A to T, 19 of which he was supposed to read before filling out the form on how well he was doing.Two ...

  • Fergie signs off in 10-goal thriller

    Alex Ferguson was denied a winning send off into retirement as West Brom roared back from three goals down to snatch a draw in a quite staggering 5-5 thriller at The Hawthorns. Only once in Premier League history has more goals been scored in a game. And never have both sides found the net five times. Maybe it was destiny that after so many milestones, Ferguson's career should end in a ...

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