Mexico, GM, announce production of country’s first hybrid vehicle
CNBC - MEXICO CITY - General Motors Corp. on Friday unveiled the first hybrid vehicle to be manufactured in Mexico for export to the United States and possible domestic sale in the future. The Saturn Vue, a medium-size sports utility vehicle that runs on
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Iran cracks down on 'obscene' rap music - AFP
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Iran cracks down on 'obscene' rap music
AFP - The Islamic republic's hardline officials have repeatedly complained about a "cultural invasion" by "decadent" western music which they believe diminishes … Iran targets 'obscene' rap music Report: Islamic Iran might approve Chris de Burgh concert in Tehran IRAN: AYATOLLAHS PROHIBIT RAP MUSIC DUE TO "OBSCENITY" |
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Madison County musicians create music culture - Anderson Herald Bulletin
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Madison County musicians create music culture
Anderson Herald Bulletin, IN - Most of them are Christian or country music singers, encouraged by both a healthy local appetite for such music and Anderson University, an affiliate of the … |
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facing the music - Telegraph.co.uk
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facing the music
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - there have been many attempts to tell the tale of so-called "western classical music" (quite how russia, china and brazil - to name but three - fit into … |
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New Zealand to play charity Twenty20 against Bangladesh
ESPN.com - DHAKA, Nov 24 - New Zealand will host a Twenty20 match against Bangladesh in December to raise funds for cyclone survivors in the South Asian country, the Bangladesh Cricket Board said on Saturday. The game will be played in Hamilton on Dec. 23
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Talks with Taliban reportedly on the rise
Boston Globe - Karzai said militants in Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan have increasingly approached the government in the past eight months, even as the country goes through its most violent phase since the ouster of the Taliban after the US-led invasion in
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Pakistan Top Court Endorses Second Term for Musharraf (Update1)
Bloomberg - Musharraf is now likely to quit as the South Asian country’s army chief, a post he has held since Oct. 1998, government lawyer Qayum said this week, Agence France-Presse reported. Musharraf, whose present term ended on Nov. 15, has said he will step
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Country Music Star Plans Benefit Tourney - Texas Golf
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Country Music Star Plans Benefit Tourney
Texas Golf, TX - Multi-platinum country music star Clay Walker (pictured) has a charity called Band Against MS that is "committed to providing educational information for … LOCAL GOLF NOTEBOOK Making grade only start for Thompson |
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Snow White goes country - p2pnet.net
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Snow White goes country
p2pnet.net, Canada - On Disney’s Covering the Mouse site, “I have declared it [the next five days] Country Music Week,” says S> White, going on, “before all you country music … |
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French Public Transports Strike Enters Sixth Day (Update1)
Bloomberg - The unions are protesting a government plan to align retirement benefits for transport employees with the rest of the country so they work 40 years instead of 37.5 before getting a full pension. For Sarkozy, it’s the stiffest protest he’s faced since
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