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<title>Scientists challenge Hawk-eye's decision-making credibility</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ With Wimbledon just round the corner, scientists have attacked sports decision aids such as the Hawk-Eye system, insisting that such systems should come with a 'health' warning attached, as they may not always prove to be accurate.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 13 June 2008 05:07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Toronto Takes Up Zerofootprint's Challenge On Global Climate Change</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Canadian-based Zerofootprint today announced the launch of a social networking Internet portal for the City of Toronto that enables its residents, businesses and community organizations to measure their carbon footprint and share tips and ideas that they can implement to reduce their impact on the environment.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 27 February 2008 12:10:09 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hindu chaplain Zed on Newsweek/Washington Post panel on religion</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Rajan Zed, prominent Hindu chaplain and Indo-American leader, has been selected as one of the panelists for "On Faith", a prestigious interactive conversation on religion produced jointly by Newsweek and washingtonpost.com.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 5 February 2008 03:25:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>American county proclaims January 12 as Sanskrit Day</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Washoe County of Nevada has proclaimed January 12 as Sanskrit Day.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 January 2008 02:54:03 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Prison fire leaves eight inmates dead in Brazil</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Rio de Janeiro - A fire claimed the lives of eight inmates at a Brazilian prison in the early hours of Wednesday, according to media reports quoting officials. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 2 January 2008 04:53:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>25 Cuban would-be immigrants presumed drowned on way to US</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Americas/news_5203_25-Cuban-would-be-immigrants-presumed-drowned-on-way-to-US.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[At least 25 Cubans were presumed drowned off their country's coast after the boat on which they were travelling to the United States hit a reef, El Nuevo Herald daily said Thursday. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 27 December 2007 12:24:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Jazz legend Oscar Peterson dies at 82</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Canadian jazz pianist and composer Oscar Peterson died Sunday at his home, the online edition of the Toronto Star reported, citing the Canadian broadcaster CBC. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 24 December 2007 10:27:57 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Picasso painting stolen from Latin America's largest museum</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Thieves broke into Latin America's largest and most important museum early Thursday, making off with paintings by Pablo Picasso and Brazilian artist Candido Portinari. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 20 December 2007 04:27:35 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ten working days would be lost if I cut my beard, says Castro</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Americas/news_3752_Ten-working-days-would-be-lost-if-I-cut-my-beard-says-Castro.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Cuban leader Fidel Castro has said that he wears a beard to save time. He believes that ten working days in a year would be lost if he shaved.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 15 December 2007 09:46:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Muslim father strangles daughter in Canada for refusing to wear a veil</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Americas/news_3228_Muslim-father-strangles-daughter-in-Canada-for-refusing-to-wear-a-veil.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A Muslim taxi driver in Toronto, Canada, has strangled his 16-year-old daughter after she refused to wear a veil and declared her wish to live her life like other Canadian teenaged girls.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 12 December 2007 10:28:03 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>U.S. FACILITIES AT GUANTANAMO BAY DECLARED ILLEGAL</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Americas/news_457_US-FACILITIES-AT-GUANTANAMO-BAY-DECLARED-ILLEGAL.html</link>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 1 March 2007 06:40:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Disneyland turns 50</title>
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<pubDate>Monday, 18 July 2005 05:32:21 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Teenager killed in shark attack</title>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 26 June 2005 02:01:37 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Smoking on film to be banned in India</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Americas/news_365_Smoking-on-film-to-be-banned-in-India.html</link>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 22 June 2005 02:39:40 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hatton beats Tszyu in world title fight</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Americas/news_325_Hatton-beats-Tszyu-in-world-title-fight.html</link>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 5 June 2005 04:35:19 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Serious security holes found in Mozilla Firefox</title>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 11 May 2005 09:05:33 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Car bombs in Baghdad kill another 6 people</title>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 20 April 2005 03:47:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Unique Water Turns Sour</title>
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<pubDate>Monday, 18 April 2005 06:20:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>963 people sued for illegal file sharing</title>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 12 April 2005 05:22:47 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld visits Iraq</title>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 12 April 2005 09:10:36 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>MTV Overdive - new web channel from MTV</title>
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<pubDate>Friday, 8 April 2005 03:46:07 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Neil Young Brain Surgery</title>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 2 April 2005 11:52:06 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Witness - Macaulay Culkin shared bed with Jackson</title>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 6 April 2005 03:15:32 GMT</pubDate>
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