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Felipe Massa did a good job for the Ferrari team at Monaco F1 alright today - but nothing great. The other Ferrari car, of teammate Kimi Raikkonen, was in even worse shape. Felipe Massa managed to bang in a respectable third place on the famous Monaco streets. But his top speeds were nowhere near the speeds achieved by his competitors in the silver MCLaren Mercedes F1 cars. In fact, after the

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Quick update: Fernando Alonso managed to match his hard-charging rookie team-mate Lewis Hamilton lap by lap, and won a much deserved win at Monaco F1 GP today. Alonso should be evry happy indeed, considering that he has been upstaged this Formula One season since the beginning, more or less, by Lewis Hamilton. Both the McLaren Mercedes F1 cars were clearly dominant to anyone else on the winding

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From gulping to grinding Those days: You would walk up, on wobbly knees, to that sweet thing over there. The motivating powers include 1) hormones, 2) potential humiliation by friends and 3) 'love'. And then you will GULP. "Hi.. err.." and fumble and gulp, till somehow you manage to get a few words out of your throat, not making any sense and thoroughly confusing the poor girl. And then you

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Yes, really. Seems we are all getting offended all the time. Everyone. Today it is the Akalis, before that it was some people in Vadodara about some paintings, before that it was Gere kissing Shetty, then someone in Mumbai who was bothered about a jokebook on sardars, before that it was a book on Shivaji, then Da Vinci Code, then Satanic Verses. Mind you, these are the ones we know about. In

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This blog has been dormat for a while due to content management issues. You will be able to read most new updates on the homepage of this site www.dancewithshadows.com Thank you for your patience.

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2007 Australian GP: Preparations pick up steam Fernando Alonso fastest at Valencia, Kimi Raikkonen improves Formula One 2007 calendar Honda RA107 Formula one challenger: Jenson Button and Barrichello to go for it Team India in A1GP: First ever 4 points thanks to Narain Karthikeyan Kimi Raikkonen needs

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Society More kidnappings, murders: Two kidnapped students murdered in Delhi Rahul Gandhi vs Hinduunity.org: Unsubstantiated allegations lead to ban, ezboard removes forum on Rahul Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin in July 2007 Tech Google accused of aiding promoters of movie piracy Internet TV broadcaster JumpTV adds 11 more channels Websites of big travel firms, hotels, airlines go

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In a gruesome happening, two teenaged students of a reputed school in north-east Delhi, India, were kidnapped and allegedly murdered by four persons. The suspects have been arrested. The bodies of cousins Chetan Swaroop, 14, and Sahil Goyal, 13, students of Sarvodaya Vidyalaya were found late on Monday night in a wooded area, police said on Tuesday. The two children, residents of Gokulpuri,

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A few major media companies have alleged that internet search engine giant Google has benefited from the sale of pirated movies and providing business support to two websites suspected of offering access to illegal film downloads. The companies have accused Google of being too close with two websites accused of providing access to illegal download, the Wall Street Journal has reported.

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North Korea agreed to take steps towards nuclear disarmament under a groundbreaking deal struck in Beijing on Tuesday. The deal will fetch the impoverished communist state over $300 million (154 million pounds) worth of aid. Under the agreement, which was reached by six countries in Beijing after nearly a week of talks, Pyongyang will freeze the reactor at the heart of its nuclear programme and

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JumpTV Incorporated, world's leading broadcaster of ethnic television over the internet, announced on Monday that it has signed 11 new exclusive internet broadcast agreements with channels from Pakistan, Thailand, Lebanon, Nigeria and Benin. The new agreements expand JumpTV's network to 270 channels under licence. The channels by signed JumpTV include ORTB (Benin), Channels TV, Lagos TV and

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Here is good news for those in different parts of the world who travel internationally. Big travel companies of the United States are moving fast on their way to become multi-lingual. Large hotel chains and major airlines are launching foreign-language websites to expand their international appeal and to boost e-commerce. Luxury hotel operator Ritz-Carlton will launch Chinese and Japanese

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The United Kingdom has decided to take tougher action against holiday and travel companies which jack up the price of trips with hidden charges. UK's Office of Fair Trading says it expects companies to clean up their act and change their advertising within three months, or they will possibly be taken to court for breaching consumer protection laws. The pledge, issued with the full backing of

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Brunei has been warned that it may be left out of the growth of South-East Asia's booming travel and tourism industry if the tourism sector does not take swift action immediately. A comprehensive, 10-year economic forecast brought out in 2006 by the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) forecast that Brunei's travel and tourism industry would be among the lowest in demand in the South-East

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The new, state-of-the-art tourism website of Queensland, Australia, has already created a record, with 55,000 hits in the four days since its launch. The website www.whereelse.com.au was launched in the first week of February 2007 to coincide with the government-funded, $6.5-million television and outdoor advertising campaign. Queensland's Tourism Minister Margaret Keech said the massive number

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Turkey has found a novel way to attract tourists. Both big and small investors in alternative tourism are turning to what may be called ‘cave tourism' as a profitable new venture. The Mineral Research and Exploration Institute (MTA) of Turkey has been studying caves for the past 28 years. Dr Lutfu Nazik, a researcher, says that the demand for cave management has been on the rise. According to

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The Propaganda Department of China's Communist Party has launched a points-based penalty system in an effort to contain the increasing incidents of muck-raking the print media. Media outlets will be allocated a dozen points that the propaganda department, and the government media regulator can deduct one, three, six or all 12 at a time, a Hong Kong newspaper quoted unnamed sources as saying. It

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In continuing violence in Iraq, two car-bombs and a bomb hidden in a plastic bag exploded in the market districts in central Baghdad on Monday. At least 55 people were killed and over 100 others were wounded in the blasts, police said. The violence started around 11.50 a.m. when a parcel-bomb exploded in a crowded area near a popular take-away restaurant in the Bab al-Sharqi area. At least nine

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Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany, has declared that the international community is determined to prevent Iran from getting nuclear weapons. She said there was "no way around" the need for Tehran to accept demands from the United Nations and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the global nuclear watchdog. Iran's top nuclear negotiator is set to tell a summit in Munich, the Munich

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Sky, the satellite television broadcaster of the United Kingdom, has announced its plans to launch a new digital terrestrial television (DTT) service in the summer. The new service will allow customers to receive some of Sky's most popular programmes -- including sports and movies -- through a conventional rooftop aerial and a DTT box for a monthly subscription. The array of channels on the new

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China is to ease regulatory restrictions that prevent foreign travel companies from operating in the country as a part of the Chinese government's effort to create a friendlier environment for foreign players. Shao Qiwei, director of the China National Tourism Administration (CNTA), had announced in January 2007 that foreign travel agencies would be permitted to set up branch offices nationwide

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Kerala, the scenic, southernmost state in India, is all set to project itself as an international destination for healthcare tourism. Road shows will be held in Sri Lanka, Maldives, and West Asia to showcase the possibilities and attractions of Kerala's medical tourism. There are also plans to include the United States and several destinations of the Europe in the medical tourism drive,

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China achieved a quantum jump in the field of cinema in 2006, making it the country's most successful year ever. Cinema showed signs of great health, with 330 feature films made in the country in 2006 -- a rise of 70 from the previous year. The cinema industry has never before made so much money -- in 2006, box office revenues rose by nearly a third to hit $336 million. And, five of the top 10

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Hamas and Fatah, the rival Palestinian factions, have agreed to form a coalition government. However, there was no immediate guarantee that the agreement would be sufficient to lift an international boycott on the Palestinian government. After two days of talks in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, the leaders of Hamas and Fatah agreed on a list of ministers for a new national-unity Cabinet and called for a

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An increase in the crime rate in Kenya has compelled the United States and the United Nations to issue travel advisories to US citizens and UN employees, respectively, visiting the country. In separate statements, both the US and the UN condemned the high rate of insecurity in Nairobi, the capital, and other parts of Kenya. "Violent criminal attacks, including armed carjacking and home

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