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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 ...

  • David Laws vetoes plan to force schools to check immigrant status of pupils

    David Laws decided the idea would be bureaucratic and difficult to implement.In a sign of the Lib Dems' determination to assert themselves in the coalition, Laws told the education ...

  • UPI Sports Calendar for Wednesday May 22

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  • Money raised for sports trip

    AFTER inviting locals to their garage sale fundraiser, Sunny Pasco and her friends have managed to raise about $1000 to put towards their overseas sports ...

  • Grimm outlook after finale

    ‘s first season closed with Juliette in a coma, and in tonight’s season 2 finale, it was Nick’s turn to be in a rather inert state at the hands of a Wesen. When Baron Samedi unleashes his collection of zombified victims onto Nick and Co. at the container yard, Nick gets separated from the others, which turns out to be just what Eric Renard wants. The Baron spits his infectious ...


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Shakespeare in Love [DVD]

"Shakespeare in Love" is a romantic fictionalization of how the great poet and playwright William Shakespeare penned one of his most famous plays, "Romeo and Juliet." As Tom Stoppard, one of the film's screenwriters, said, "To create something of that magnitude, he was no doubt hopelessly and desperately in love with a very, very special woman." The woman in question for whom Shakespeare's torches ... ...

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  • Intl congress on winter sports tourism to open in Sochi Wed

    SOCHI, May 22 (Itar-Tass) - The 9th International congress on winter sports, tourism, and outdoor activities will begin here on Wednesday with a plenary session dedicated to mass sports in Russia. The congres is to be held at the Krasnya Polyana mountain skiing resort where ski competitions will take place during the 2014 Winter Olympic ...

  • Rare Harry Potter first edition fetches record auction price

    Fans wait to see actors from the Harry Potter films at the opening of the Warner Brothers Studio Tour- The Making of Harry Potter near Watford north London March 31, ...

  • DWTS Hidden gems of the finals

    without ever having to turn it on. It’s a visual feast of sparkles, fringe, and stunning awkwardness. Ready to go down the rabbit hole? Behold this bountiful smattering of Visible ...

  • Big Fish musical Watch a scene

    Image Credit: Paul Kolnik After a warm reception in Chicago this past spring, the musical adaptation of Tim Burton's phantasmagorical 2003 ...

  • Sports of The Times Soccer Stadium in Queens Is No Walk in the Park

    Inserting a soccer stadium into the green lungs of Queens County is not an incursion of the Yankees into Mets territory, nor is it an invasion of the dangerously furrin sport of soccer into sacred American territory. For that matter, nobody should be horrified at the investment of overseas money into a New York sports team ...

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