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Nick Flanagan
(photo: AP )
Nick Flanagan wins BMW Charity Pro-Am
Boston Herald
| GREER, S.C. — Nick Flanagan won the Nationwide Tour’s BMW Charity Pro-Am for the second time in six years, beating fellow Australian Cameron Percy on Sunday with a par on the third hole of a playoff. | Flanagan, a three-time winner on the tour in 2007, closed with a 4-under 67 on the T...
Goldman Sachs chairman and chief executive officer Lloyd Blankfein sits down to testify before the Senate Subcommittee on Investigations hearing on Wall Street investment banks and the financial crisis on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 27, 2010.
(photo: AP / Susan Walsh)
Dimon pushes Blankfein off hotseat at charity gala
Reuters
| NEW YORK May 15 (Reuters) - For the first time in months, Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein was off the hotseat. | As Wall Street's biggest hedge fund managers and top bankers flocked to a charity gala in New York Monday night, the buzz was all about JPMorgan Chase & Co's disastrous trading losses...
Ewan McGregor's Emotional Trip To India
IMDb
| Ewan McGregor has recalled his heartache following an emotional visit to one of the poorest parts of India. | The actor visited the city of Patna in the state of Bihar in November to record a short film for charity Unicef's Soccer Aid project. | An...
I Have Lost Six Wives to Aids
All Africa
[New Vision] "I have lost six wives to AIDS! But how come whenever I test, I am HIV negative? Does it mean I am immune to the virus?" | ...
Jonathan's Aide Behind Plot to Polarise Labour - NANS
All Africa
[Daily Trust] The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has accused the political adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan, Ahmed Ali Gulak, of allegedly heading plot by the Federal Government to split the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and o...
Man - Obesity - Fat
WN / Sweet Radoc
U.S. obesity crisis set to cause organ shortage as Americans become too fat to donate
The Daily Mail
| Having the desire to donate a kidney to save someone’s life may not be enough – it might also require shedding a few pounds. | Researchers at the North Shore-LIJ Heal...
Top UN relief official stresses need for disaster preparedness in Afghanistan
UN / Fardin Waezi
Top UN relief official stresses need for disaster preparedness in Afghanistan
United Nations
| UN Humanitarian chief Valerie Amos speaks to reporters in Kabul, Afghanistan. UN Photo/Fardin Waezi10 May 2012 – The top United Nations relief official today called for greater e...
President Barack Obama steps out of his vehicle as he prepares to board Air Force One before his departure from Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Wednesday, March, 21, 2012. Obama heads to Nevada and New Mexico on the first of a planned, two-day excursion to kick off his three-state swing to promote his energy policies.
AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais
George Soros' Donation To Obama-Supporting Groups May Show New Support From Liberals
Huffington Post
| WASHINGTON — Liberal financial heavyweights are becoming more involved in the presidential campaign. | The growing list now includes George Soros. The billionaire philanthr...
Arsenio Hall at 'The Celebrity Apprentice' 2012 season-finale after-party
The Examiner
| ā€œThe Celebrity Apprenticeā€ 2012 was the most competitive season for the show so far, since there were more contestants (18) in one season than in any other previous season for the show. In the end, comedian/actor/TV host Arsenio Hall was named ...
G8 to Help 50 Million Africans Out of Poverty
All Africa
[New Times] Group of 8 (G8) leaders have pledged to promote investments in sustainable agriculture as a strategy of uplifting millions of Africans out of poverty. | ...
UNHCR
UN Trial of Former Bosnian Serb Military Leader Ratko Mladic
(photo: UN / Evan Schneider)
UN Trial of Former Bosnian Serb Military Leader Ratko Mladic
Scoop
Monday, 21 May 2012, 5:42 pm | Press Release: UN News | Trial of Former Bosnian Serb Military Leader Ratko Mladic Opens At UN Tribunal | New York, May 16 2012 - The trial of Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb military chief facing charges of genocide and other war crimes, got under way today in the United Nations tribunal set up in the wake of t...



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