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True Cost of the Olympics
A preliminary report estimates that hosting the 2010 Olympics cost Vancouver over a half a billion dollars. The report will be presented to city council next week and suggests the lion's share of the costs went to venues and local infrastructure improvements...
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 Ritika Bhachu - the official preliminary to Miss World 2010
Ritika Bhachu has been selected by Upstage This! Productions as a delegate for the Miss World Canada pageant this year. She aspires to live up to the Miss World motto of "Beauty with a purpose" by raising funds for Variety through her fundraising endeavours. As an avid fundraising event organizer in her spare time, she has volunteered for and organized several events...
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 Preet Gill's Entry Into A Charity Focused Pageant
Preet Gill has recently been selected as a delegate in the sixth annual Miss Teen Global 2010 pageant. This pageant is not to be confused with your typical Beauty Pageant, especially since there is no swimsuit competition the focus is not on height or body image. Instead, the pageant showcases talent and community service and is a fundraiser for Variety- the Children’s Charity. As a delegate in this pageant, Gill will have the responsibility to fundraise for Variety where 100% of all proceeds are donated to Variety- the Children’s Charity...
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Wine one more sign of India's rapid change By Rupam Jain Nair, Agence France-Presse
In an elegant New Delhi club, Nivedita Singh indulges in a secret vice that she keeps hidden from her parents -- she sips a glass of medium-bodied red wine.
"I dedicate my whole weekends to wine," the 25-year-old Singh says. "It eases my stress, and I enjoy having a classy and interesting hobby."...
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 Tiger Woods Financial Pains May Be Short Lived
Tiger Woods may have lost up to $35 million in sponsorship deals after his extra-marital affairs came to light but any financial pain may be short lived as the world number one returns to prominence on the golf course.
Woods's return on Thursday for the U.S. Masters offers him a chance to begin rewriting a story dominated over the past several months by revelations about his private life and subsequent apologies to his wife and fans...
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 Hritik Roshan Makes Acting Debut
Hrithik Roshan’s fans have yet another reason to wait his mega project ‘Kites’ as the actor makes his singing debut with the film. As such, the music of the film is being launched on 40 television channels by airing Hrithik’s debut song ‘Kites in the sky’, in English, along with some behind-the-scenes footage on 29th March at 9.30 p.m...
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 Kareena Kapoor As Marilyn Monroe
Madhur Bhandarkar who has been known for his films dealing with real time issues like ‘Fashion’, ‘Page 3’, ‘Traffic Signal’ has always been fascinated by the life and awe of legendry Merlyn Monroe and has been planning to do a movie on her since a long time. He has also done a thorough research on the life of Monroe to understand her better...
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Loonie reaches parity
The Canadian dollar reached parity with its U.S. counterpart Tuesday morning, as investors looked to park their cash in the fundamentally-sound loonie amid troubles in Europe.Also, another rate hike from Australia’s central bank appeared to heighten expectations that the Bank of Canada will soon follow suit.
Parity was first achieved briefly at roughly 7 a.m. ET in London markets, hitting US$1.0001, achieving a level last hit in July 2008, before dipping down to the 99.70 US cents range. Yet, it catapulted toward parity again, reaching the US$1.0004 level as of roughly 9:45 ET...
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FREIDA PINTO TO PLAY A GREEK PRIESTESS IN THE WAR OF THE GODS
 Freida Pinto’s role as Latika in Danny Boyle’s multi-Oscar-winning film ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ has done wonders for Freida Pinto’s career who is now getting fame, recognition and plum roles in Hollywood projects...
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IMRAN KHAN is face of Coke
 Imran Khan has stayed away from the endorsement segment for a very long time. Now, he will be seen in the new coca-cola advertisement as the new brand ambassador. Imran says, “This is actually the first and the only endorsement I have signed over a year and a half, since, I have joined the film industry. This was the only endorsement that I wanted to sign before they ever came to me.”...
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