Warren Buffett On Monday (June 26, 2006), in yet another Onion headline come to life, gave his fortune to Bill Gates. The ceremony, which took place before an audience of students and invited guests at the New York Public Library, was odd and affecting. Bill and Melinda Gates lined up on stage behind Buffett’s three [...]

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When the ball gets rolling on Friday at 17:00 local time at Berlin’s Olympiastadion, millions around the globe will take sides. The clsh between Argentina and Germany should be nothing short of a masterpiece as both sides battle for a semifinal ticket. Germany will step out in black shorts, white shirts and white socks, while [...]

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The New York Times leads with Israel stepping up pressure on Hamas: Early Thursday morning, it “seized” (or “detained”) the Palestinian deputy prime minister, about six other Cabinet members, and about 20 parliamentarians. (Haaretz says about 60 Hamas officials have been taken into custody.) The Wall Street Journal’s world-wide newsbox and USA Today lead with, [...]

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The Serengeti is a region of grasslands and woodlands in Africa that includes parts of northern Tanzania and southern Kenya. The whole region is spread over around thirty thousand square kilometers, with eighty percent of the region lying in Tanzania. It has more than 1.6 million herbivores and thousands of predators. Blue wildebeests, gazelles, zebras [...]

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Hi there. Yes, as you guessed, this is all about the latest, well, can we call it brouhaha in town (at least in American). To some it’s disgusting. To others, it’s, “what’s the big deal?” I’ve got a right to my opinion. So let’s revisit the issue of gay marriages. I’m going head on. Is it right or [...]

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1. Metabolism-boosting/calorie-burning pills At the top of the list of diet scams are pills based on herbal ingredients that promise to boost your metabolism and help you burn calories or fat faster. Two recent examples of herbal diet pills that caught the attention of the FDA as dangerous are ephedra and kava (Piper methysticum, also [...]

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I was talking with a friend of mine the other day and we started talking about soccer. Basketball has always been my sport but recently, I have developed an interest in the sport called soccer. We talked about a very interesting topic in soccer which was the highest paid soccer players in the world. Here’s [...]

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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Unilag branch joins their counterparts in other Universities in Nigeria to embark on a one week National Strike to press for the renegotiation of ASUU-FGN 2001 agreement. I guess you’ve read or heard about it already. The buzz around school right now is that, examinations which were scheduled [...]

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1916 – Boeing aircraft flies for 1st time 1927 – 1st flight from West Coast arrives in Hawaii 1943 – Germany begins withdrawing U-boats from North Atlantic in anticipation of the Allied invasion of Europe 1949 – U.S. troops withdraw from Korea after WW II 1949 – South Africa begins implementing apartheid; no mixed marriages [...]

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My parents gave birth to a lovely baby girl on the 25th of November several years ago and guess what! That lovely girl was me. I love teaching, counselling and getting things done. My name is Busayo Yetunde Odumade. The peak of my achievements in life would be to take the gospel to wherever I reach [...]

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