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It is a sign of the times. Change is imminent and the dominance of power is likely to swing east. The 2008 Olympics will be held in China on a grand and spectacular scale. Preparations are already at hand from mascots and theme songs to the training for gold. No detail is left to chance as China awakens to its new role as a major economic player and a leader in the east. The torch, a culturally and historically rich symbol for the Olympic Games, will not only carry the flame of the Games but represent the spirit and passion of the Chinese in an international event. Thus, the design of the torch is not only technologically advanced but also culturally significant.

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If panties make you feel desire, ecstasy and put you in a kinky mood, they make other men feel horror, fear and great insult. The superstitious Myanmar military has an abhorrence of contact with women’s panties because they believe women’s panties – thongs, sexy bikinis, or XL sized grandmother’s underwear – sap their strength.

In a campaign to protest the military crackdown on monks, women hit the testosterone-dominated army one below the belt. In a move that signified great insult, panties of various sizes and shapes were hurled at the Myanmar Embassy in UK, Australia, Thailand and the Philippines. One never knew panties had such power and could speak such great volumes.

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The most remarkable 15th century mural painting created by the famous scientist cum artist Leornardo Da Vinci, The Last Supper (known as Cenacolo in Italian) is now available on the internet. An Italian digital imaging firm, HAL9000, has published a high-resolution image (16giga pixel) showing the scene of the last supper from the final days of Jesus as narrated in the Gospel of John 1:21, , when Jesus announces that one of his twelve disciples would betray him. The availability of this mural will give conspiracy theorists to make a detailed analysis and to find out the mysterious hiding behind.

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Paper will deteriorate with time. Thus, important information in the paper will be lost. Moreover, natural disasters or fire can also destroy important documents. Site or architectural drawings, contracts, proposals, invoices and tax records can be bulky and require large physical space for storage. Digital archive is the answer to these problems.

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The first Muslim to blast off into space…and what does the Islamic society worry about? How he is going to perform his prayers and fulfill his obligations as a Muslim. The Islamic Development Department of Malaysia has come up with comprehensive guidelines in space in the form of a book. The guidebook will be translated into English, Russian, Arabic and more.

What wonders what the astronaut is going to do in space. Is he going to fast during the fasting month, ensure the vitamin pills he eats contain no animal products which may not have been slaughtered in the Islamic condoned way, and pray five times a day facing the right direction despite the lack of gravitational pull in space?

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Will the truth be buried forever with Princess Diana? Her fairytale marriage with Prince Charles was on the rocks. She had two children who were growing up fast, Prince Andrew and Prince Harry. She was lonely despite constantly being in the public limelight, yet the pressure of being heir to one of the oldest empires in the world must have weighed heavily on her.

What were her feelings before she died? What were her hopes, plans and fears in the days before she crashed in the accident? Was she bearing another child? Was she murdered by the British royal family? She was an ordinary girl swept into the whirlwind of a romance that turned bitter when reality sank in. She was the mirror of illusion and hopes turned sour.

Diana and Dodi al-Fayed had an affair before they both died in the car crash.

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Is there something about a face that sells more celebrity magazines or tabloids? The surprising answer may be that charm and grace sell better than tartness and bad behaviour. Jennifer Aniston tops the first ever Forbes.com analysis of top-selling famous faces. The 38-year old actress has appeared on almost every magazine that matters and her face reportedly sold more than five million copies. Aniston’s ex-husband, Brad Pitt, comes second followed by Scarlett Johansson, the darling Angelina Jolie, Reese Witherspoon, sweet Katie Holmes, Carrie Underwood, Jennifer Hudson, Valerie Bertinelli and Kelly Ripa.

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