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  • Work starts on creation of new Dubai island Work starts on creation of new Dubai island

    Work began on Monday on the development of a man-made island in Dubai, 500 metres directly opposite the Jumeirah Beach Residence complex. To be known as Bluewaters Island, the new development will house five star hotels and resorts, al fresco dining and entertainment zones, and residential apartments and villas. The focal point of the island city, which will cost $1.6 billion, will be a 688 ...

  • OBrien winning final fitness battle

    Sean O'Brien could yet play for Leinster in Saturday's RaboDirect PRO12 final after making rapid progress in his recovery from a knee injury. O'Brien was expected to be out for two weeks after incurring bone bruising in last weekend's Amlin Challenge Cup final victory over Stade Francais. But Lions forwards coach Graham Rowntree today revealed that the injury is not as bad ...

  • Acceptance speeches Say it in five words

    Tonight is the 17th annual Webby Awards, which are almost as famous for their five-word acceptance speeches as they are for the websites rewarded for their ...

  • The 10 Best cycle helmets

    By fusing helmet design elements used for action sports; from cycling to skating, Bern has managed produce a helmet as popular with fashion- conscious urban cyclists as it is with extreme sports fanatics. The Watts is simple, original and is a world away from the technical designs of most high-end cycle helmets. ...

  • Plenty of Fish dating site founder pulls Intimate Encounters option to ward off sleazy men

    But the founder of one of Britain's biggest dating website has now decided to take radical action to root out fake and sleazy profiles - after revealing that many of the "women" who use the hook-ups section of his site are actually men in disguise.Writing to members on Monday, Markus Frind, the Canadian founder of Plenty of Fish (POF), said that he had been forced to make a series ...

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Trouble in Paradise [DVD]

Trouble in Paradise [DVD]

Ernst Lubitsch was a German migr who began as a silent film actor and became one of the most celebrated and popular Hollywood directors of the 1930s and early 40s. The reason for his popularity and critical acclaim was the fabled Lubitsch Touch, which began as a publicity term but slowly grew in legend to describe the indescribablehow Lubitsch could take material that, in any other directors hand ... ...

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  • Dining Out Afghan Chopan Kebab House offers comfort food

    afghanchopankebab.ca Dinner for two without tip: About $40-----EDMONTON - I awoke on a recent spring morning and looked out the window only to discover snow-lined tree tops and winds as strong as my desire for comfort and warmth. With a sigh, I found my woollies and succumbed to winter's grip.Hoping to find solace in a helping of homestyle comfort food straight from the streets of Kabul, I ...

  • Moscow St Petersburg vie in Impressionist tug-of-war

    State Museum of New Western Art housed a collection of more than 500 Impressionist and Post-Impressionist works including scenes of fin-de-siecle Parisian life and more than 50 early works ...

  • Man tells of deadly fitness test

    Aspirant traffic cops wait to run 4km in 30 minutes to pass the fitness test which will qualify them to go into the next round for one of 90 provincial posts. File photo; ...

  • Senior NHS figure challenges Jeremy Hunt over causes of AE crisis

    Jeremy Hunt .Mike Farrar, the chief executive of the NHS Confederation, the body representing organisations commissioning and providing health services, questioned Hunt's assertion that Labour was to blame for a public loss of confidence in alternatives to casualty by agreeing a new contract with ...

  • New Xbox One unveiled as home entertainment hub

    View Photo Microsoft on Tuesday unveiled an eagerly awaited new generation Xbox One videogame console, touting it as a home entertainment hub that goes far beyond ...

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