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  • ICC launches Champions Trophy website

    The International Cricket Council (ICC) Thursday launched the official event website for the Champions Trophy, which will be held in England and Wales June 6-23. The site will be accessible at www.icc-cricket.com. The site will have short-form highlights from all tournament matches as well as exclusive behind-the-scene content. The official match centre will be informative and interactive, ...

  • Angela Merkel tops Forbes Most Powerful Women list for third successive year

    German chancellor Angela Merkel has been named as the most powerful woman in the world for the third successive year by business magazine Forbes. Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff was ranked second with Melinda Gates, co-chairman of the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation in third. According to the Independent, the Queen, rankedat 40, is the oldest woman on the list and has dropped 12 places ...

  • Brit MPs spend over 250000 pounds on booze

    Britain MPs have spent a total of 266,110 pounds on alcohol in the House of Commons providing for an average bar bill of 409 pounds each year for 650 MPs. Ale has been deemed as the most popular drink among members and their guests, with 14,000 pints sunk in 2012 at a cost of 39,253 pounds, The Sun reports. According to the report, Becks lager was the next popular drink in the parliament with ...

  • Clarke not worried by Englands winning performance against Kiwis in first Test

    Australian captain Michael Clarke has said that he is not worried by the fact that England's highly rated swing and seam bowlers demolished New Zealand for just 68 this week. England opening bowlers James Anderson and Stuart Broad were almost invincible as 14 wickets fell on the scheduled fourth day of the first Test, in which New Zealand, which was chasing 239 for victory in a low-scoring ...

  • British soldier hacked to death in suspected Islamist attack in busy London street

    Two suspected terrorists hacked a man believed to be a British soldier to death on a busy London street on Wednesday. One of the men yelled 'Allahu Akbar', in an attack that was caught on video and left the nation shocked and horrified. According to Fox News, the victim was killed on the spot, and the attackers waited at the scene until police arrived and shot both. One attacker, his hands ...

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Keeping the Faith

If there's one subject that Hollywood is generally bad at tackling, it is religion. The basic law of the Hollywood production machine is to create a product that appeals to the largest common base of people. It's okay to offend certain fringe groups because they probably don't go see movies very often anyway. But one must appeal to the masses, therefore it is difficult to commit to any one religi ... ...

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  • CA chief Sutherland says IPL not a concern for Oz Ashes bid

    Cricket Australia (CA) chief executive James Sutherland has said that Australia's Ashes bid in England will not be compromised by the Indian Premier League (IPL). Two members of the Ashes party, Shane Watson and James Faulkner, remain on the subcontinent with their team, Rajasthan Royals, who will play in an elimination semi-final in Delhi, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. Describing the ...

  • Cameron vows to fight terrorism following sickening attack on British soldier

    British Prime Minister David Cameron has vowed that Britain will 'never buckle' in the face of terrorism while condemning a sickening attack on a British solider in broad daylight. Cameron called an emergency Cobra meeting after a man, believed to be a soldier, was killed in broad daylight by two suspected terrorists in Woolwich. He said that the incident was the most appalling crime, adding ...

  • European leaders hold summit on tax evasion

    The heads of state and government of the European Union held a summit Wednesday in an effort to make more progress in fighting tax evasion and tax fraud. EU leaders are targeting tax crimes both within the borders of their countries and in foreign tax havens despite the reluctance of Austria and Luxembourg. The leaders of the EU's 27 member states are expected to give the go ahead to the ...

  • Kiwi keeper Watling ruled out of Headingley Test with knee injury

    New Zealand wicketkeeper BJ Watling has been ruled out of the second and final Test against England at Headingley starting from Friday because of a knee injury. Watling injured his knee during New Zealand's 170-run first Test defeat at Lord's last week, News.com.au reports. Following Watling's injury, Black Caps captain Brendon McCullum, who deputised behind the stumps at Lord's, will keep at ...

  • Kiwis warn starry-eyed Root not to get carried away by adulation and familiarity at debut Headingley Test

    Upcoming England batsman Joe Root has been warned to expect a fiery attack by the New Zealand side in the middle as they look to ruin his first homecoming at Headingley. Although Root is out to etch his name into Yorkshire cricketing folklore on his debut Test, however, Kiwi pace bowler Neil Wagner is of the opinion that all the adulation and familiarity of home could backfire on the youngster ...

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