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Spain basketball team The Spanish basketball team pose for an advertisement. Photograph: Public domain Spain's Olympic basketball teams have risked upsetting their Chinese hosts by posing for a pre-Games advert making slit-eyed gestures. The advert for a courier company, which is an official sponsor of the Spanish Basketball Federation, occupied a full page in the sports daily Marca, the ...

Maybe I'm biased because I'm a 17 year old head strong girl, and despite the fact I'm a Republican, I know people make msitakes and it happens. People have a right to be aware of their choices. Btw, hope it hasn't been posted and is allowed to be posted. ^^' QUOTE Redefining abortion Federal officials considering a rule allowing health care workers to refuse to provide ...

China named its Olympic women’s gymnastics team on Friday, and the inclusion of at least two athletes has further raised questions, widespread in the sport, about whether the host nation for the Beijing Games is using under-age competitors. Chinese officials responded immediately, providing The New York Times with copies of passports indicating that both athletes in question — He Kexin,...

QUOTE Karolyi contends officials gave Chinese gymnasts an edge By NANCY STOCKDALE nstockdale@dmreg.com Beijing, China — Martha Karolyi said Olympic gymnastics officials played mind games with Alicia Sacramone, the inspirational U.S. team leader, just before her balance beam routine in the women’s gymnastics team finals Wednesday. “That’s the truth,” said Karolyi, the U.S. national ...

QUOTE The Chinese pulled a Milli-Vanilli during the Opening Ceremony By Nick Friedell The unquestioned star of the Opening Ceremony was a little girl who performed "Hymn to the Motherland" in front of the entire world. I remember watching her and thinking how adorable and talented she was, the "poster child for all of China." Well, it turns out that she wasn't as talented as we ...

I asked a legitimate question about How similiar McCain is to Bush here: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/?qid=20080807062 922AADJ4hu The "Best" answer was chosen for me by 4 votes: Here is the answer: QUOTE Let me ask you this. Why would anyone vote Obama Bin Laden? Someone who has no track record in government. I want someone who knows what the hell they're doing, and doesn't ...

http://www.weirdasianews.com/2008/08/07/ma...ng-st eel-bench/ QUOTE Man Almost Loses Penis Humping Steel Bench Last night in Hong Kong, the police received a disturbing call from a man in trouble. Xing, a 41 year-old man, was calling from LanTian park in the middle of the night. The lonely and disturbed man had apparently thought it would be fun to have sex with one of the steel ...

QUOTE Georgia 'under attack' as Russian tanks roll in TBLISI, Georgia (CNN) -- Georgia's president said Friday that his country is under attack by Russian tanks and warplanes, and he accused Russia of targeting civilians as tensions over the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia appeared to boil over into full-blown conflict. "All day today, they've been bombing Georgia from ...

White Americans no longer a majority by 2042 WASHINGTON - White people will no longer make up a majority of Americans by 2042, according to new government projections. That's eight years sooner than previous estimates, made in 2004. The nation has been growing more diverse for decades, but the process has sped up through immigration and higher birth rates among minority residents, ...

QUOTE Eight iPhone owners have joined an elite clan: Their Apple gadget is running a program that cost nearly $1,000. When the iPhone first hit the market in June 2007, those who paid the $499 entry price -- and signed the two-year AT&T contract -- owned a status symbol. A year later, we have the iPhone 3G, Apple's speedier, sleeker and, most important, less expensive smart phone, ...