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Breaking News Fri, 27 Jan 2012
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Jan. 15, 2005)--Rescue crews from the Coast Guard and NOAA Marine Mamamal Stranding Network monitor one of the last living pilot whales on the beachs of  North Carolina after a beaching earlier today (from left Seam Adam Radford, USCG; Ari Friedlander of NOAA; and  Fireman Jennifer Smith, USCG). USCG photo by PA2 Donnie Brzuska. (101304) ( BEACHED WHALE (FOR RELEASE) )
Animal   Photos   Wellington   Whales   Wikipedia: Pilot whale  
 Independent online 
Thirty stranded whales refloated
Wellington - Volunteers succeeded on Tuesday in refloating 39 survivors of a pod of 99 pilot whales that stranded on a remote beach at the top of New Zealand's South Island, news reports said. | The a... (photo: US Coastguard / PA2 Donnie Brzuska.)
Visitors look at the stock prices on the electronic board at Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo, Japan
Asia   Greece   Markets   Photos   Stock   Wikipedia: Nikkei 225  
 Malaya 
Asian stock markets muted as Greece debt talks drag on
BY MYLA IGLESIAS--> | BANGKOK — Asian stocks posted muted gains Monday in trade thinned by Lunar New Year holidays as talks on a debt agreement for Greece dragged on. | Only a handful of markets wer... (photo: AP / Shuji Kajiyama)
Queenstown, New Zealand.  Otago Daily Times 
Hotelier questions guest growth
| Queenstown hoteliers say they did not see an appreciable increase in guest nights in November, possibly because more rooms were available than 12 months previously. | New Zealand Hotel Council Queen... (photo: Public Domain / Donaldytong)
Growth   Hotel   Photos   Queenstown   Tourism   Wikipedia: Queenstown, New Zealand  
sheep on a mountain  Daily Press 
New Zealand farmers group sees sheep shearing as Olympic demonstration sport
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A New Zealand farm lobby group says sheep shearing has the potential to become an Olympic demonstration sport. But don't count on that happening anytime soon. | Th... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
New Zealand   Olympic   Photos   Sport   Wikipedia: Sheep shearing  
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India's Virat Kohli run between the wickets to reach his half century during the second one-day international cricket match against West Indies in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, Wednesday, June 8, 2011. Sydney Morning Herald
Kohli's swearing slammed
| Virat Kohli... a case of the pot calling the kettle black. Photo: Getty Images | INDIAN great Sunil Gavaskar has welcomed the emergence of fiery whiz-kid Virat Kohli bu... (photo: AP / Andres Leighton)
Australia   Cricket   India   Photos   Wikipedia: Virat Kohli  
India's Virender Sehwag catches the ball while playing Australia on the second day in their cricket test match at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012. India made 191 in their first innings. Sydney Morning Herald
Sehwag's cameo was not what India needed
| INDIA won an hour, but Australia won another day. Increasingly, that is how it has been in this unexpectedly one-sided series. Today, only a washout can save India from... (photo: AP / Rick Rycroft)
Australia   Cricket   India   Photos   Wikipedia: Virender Sehwag  
Andy Murray, from Great Britain, hits a forehand return against Mardy Fish during a semifinal match at the Western & Southern Open tennis tournament, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011 in Mason, Ohio. Murray won 6-3, 7-6 (8). Sporting Life
Andy Murray Moves Ahead
| Andy Murray's bid to reach a third successive Australian Open final started ominously after he dropped the opening set of his last-four clash with Novak Djokovic. | Eve... (photo: AP / Al Behrman)
Photos   Sports   Star   Tennis   Wikipedia: Andy Murray  
 Actress Naomi Watts, attends the Chanel 2006-07 cruise collection fashion show at Grand Central railroad terminal, Wednesday, May 17, 2006 in New York. (AP Photo/Dima Gavrysh) nf2  The Daily Telegraph Australia
Watts gang to have summer in Sydney
| HAVING endured a white Christmas and New Year at their New York townhouse, Naomi Watts and her family returned to Oz this week for what will be an extended stay in Sydn... (photo: APphoto )
Celebrity   Hollywood   Photos   Star  
Member of the winning Indian cricket team of 1983 World Cup Sunil Gavaskar Indian Express
3 or 4 players have played their last Test in Oz: Gavaskar
| Former captain Sunil Gavaskar said that at least three senior cricketers may not be selected again for the national Test team after what has already turned out to be a ... (photo: AP / Aijaz Rahi)
Cricket   Photos   Sports   Star   Wikipedia: Sunil Gavaskar  
Indian bowler Ravichandran Ashwin, right, who claimed 6 wickets in the second innings of West Indies, appeals for an out as West Indies batsman Darren Sammy, center, and India's Gautam Gambhir, left, watch, on the third day of the first of the three cricket test match series between India and West Indies, in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011 The Hindu
We are disappointed but not embarrassed: Ashwin
Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin says the Indian cricket team is “disappointed” but not “embarrassed” with their disastrous showings in Australia e... (photo: AP / Saurabh Das)
Cricket   Photos   Sports   Star   Wikipedia: Ravichandran Ashwin  
Sri Lanka's Mahela Jayawardene raises his bat and helmet to celebrate scoring a century during the Cricket World Cup final match between India and Sri Lanka in Mumbai, India, Saturday, April 2 , 2011. The Hindu
Sri Lanka not complacent about India in tri-series
The new Sri Lankan cricket captain, Mahela Jayawardene, has said that his team will not be complacent about India because of its current run in tests in Australia. | Spea... (photo: AP / Aijaz Rahi)
Cricket   Photos   Sports   Star   Wikipedia: Mahela Jayawardene  
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- Anxiety in New Zealand as Chinese buy dairy farms
Visitors look at the stock prices on the electronic board at Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo, Japan
Asian stock markets muted as Greece debt talks drag on
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 Actress Naomi Watts, attends the Chanel 2006-07 cruise collection fashion show at Grand Central railroad terminal, Wednesday, May 17, 2006 in New York. (AP Photo/Dima Gavrysh) nf2
Watts gang to have summer in Sydney
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- Sense of adventure putting Australian tourists at risk
- Egypt bans travel for Western NGO staff
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 Cebu City skyline - view from Tops Mountainview Park, Busay Hills, Cebu City Philippines (rt1)
‘PH still has room for growth’
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- Tourism boom is uncharted water for ‘shark town’
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- League: Sky talks with NRL stall over broadcast rights
- Netball: Ferns tag Aussie to plug gap in midcourt
Australia's cricket captain Ricky Ponting, center, and fellow team members acknowledge the applause from the crowd after their win in the Cricket World Cup Group A match between Australia and Kenya in Bangalore, India, Sunday, March 13, 2011. Australia won by 60 runs.
Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarke have turned Australia's fortunes dramatically
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- A whale of a custody tale
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In this image made off MRTV video footage, a rare white elephant is caught in the jungles in Maungdaw township in northwestern Rakhine state, Myanmar. The rare white elephant has been captured in the jungles of northwestern Myanmar, a mostly Buddhist country where the animals are considered good omens, state media reported Tuesday, June 29, 2010. White elephants, actually albinos, have for centuries been revered in Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and other Asian nations. They were normally kept and pampered by monarchs and considered a symbol of royal power and prosperity.
Thailand to build DNA database to protect elephants
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- Operatic Society’s Costume Sale
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- Career 12: From dock worker to stress doctor
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File - Historian Howard Zinn lecturing at the Monona Terrace in Madison, Wisconsin, May 2, 2009.
Remembering Howard Zinn
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