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Which country gives the largest financial reward to its athletes for bringing an Olympic Gold medal home?
The answer is.......Kazakstan.....awarding $250,000!! followed by Latvia and India!
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For years I thought they were all supposed to be amateur too. I think most get around it by endorsing products, not taking a salary and having some other entity manage their money.
Watching the men's cross country right now. Sure takes lots of work and power and, to me, brute strength to push through the up hills. Given the length of the skis and the crowding dunno how anybody...
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Not going to start a new topic but have been watching the mens downhill skiing! WOW!! Speeds of up to 85mph!!! I don't think I can even get the car going that fast! OMG !!!
As this is one of my most favourite competitions in winter Olympics I'm particularly glued to the TV watching. I know absolutely nothing about the sport and always find the names for the jumps cute -...
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She was terrific. Russia should be extremely proud of her. Her skating is excellent. Am sure she will be into multi medals and is giving all the other skaters lots to be concerned about! Terrific...
Today is one of the biggest sports days in the USA. SUPER BOWL and today IS Super Bowl Sunday. The Seattle Seahawks vs Denver Broncos.
I know this as the Seattle Seahawks are somewhat a local team...
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My PM's work on E4U but not on L4U. On L4U I have no icon for messages. It disappeared months ago. Keefy was able to restore mine for about a week and then it just blipped off again. No idea why it...
I see that the one time “Legend in his own mind” and minor player in The Great Train Robbery, Ronnie Biggs, has died so no doubt we will all be subjected to a day of watching the Del Boy lookalikes...
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I agree with you Grandad, its like bragging that by choice you associate with child molesters, rapists, muggers, wife beaters etc. any criminal activity deserves our condemnation regardless of what...
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt will pay $300 million of the money it owes to foreign oil companies in Egyptian pounds, a Finance Ministry statement said, as part of a $1.5-billion repayment scheme designed...
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Gee - on reading this what comes to mind is - WILL Egypt actually repay? I always picture Egypt as a country that takes takes takes and then takes some more. Seems a mindset that is pretty pervasive...
EU Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton has signed a financial agreement of €90 million in assistance to Egypt despite worrying reports related to the security forces' handling of recent protests in...
Thomas Cook reported that UK holiday bookings for this year were down by 3% and said it was down to civil unrest in holiday destinations and the really good Summer we have had in the UK.
Meamwhile...
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Will tell you about our trip next week after our return. Bit of a mixed story but Jay, we have not seen one rat. ;)
Woke up this morning to the news there has been an attack on a mall in Nairobi with 159 wounded and 39 killed. The group Al Shebaab claiming responsibility.
Just shaking my head at another tragedy...
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Well if the UK is anything to go by LLL we DO have home bred fanatics who go to places such as Pakistan, Iraq, Afghanistan and almost anywhere that they can fight for their deluded cause. The real...
A British judge has just ordered that a Muslim woman on trial in a British court must remove her veil when giving evidence, :br: at last a judge with some common sense and not some frightened lily...
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If one is required to appear in a court of law, have your photo taken for a passport/driver's licence/something official then the FULL FACE needs to be shown. There are no if's ands or buts about it....
That well known broadcaster Sir David Frost has died today aged 74 such a relatively young age, RIP David.
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Apparently he was onboard the QE2 giving a talk, always begs the question from me as to why these mega rich types carry on working instead of just enjoying what is left of their lives after creating...
The Egyptian court has just released former president Hosni Mubarak from further charges, he could be freed from prison today.
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Sounds reasonable to me that he is still under house arrest. I was going on the out of sight, out of mind theory in that soon as something is old news you never hear about them or it again.
Is it just me or are we going to hell in a handbasket? I'm starting to get PTSD from the worlds Breaking News happening on the TV!
Boston Bombers, Abortion Dr killing full term babies, 3 women held...
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I really never realized that USA was 'at war' with Pakistan either.......that IS lots of drone strikes. Given Obama's last couple of speeches he is apparently going to start pulling back the use of...
The European Union warned Egypt on Wednesday it could lose funds from its 5 billion euro aid package if democratic reforms fail to satisfy Brussels, adding that Cairo has already lost some additional...
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Probably like the rest of Europe and America people are getting a bit tired of constantly bailing out someone else with their taxes. Worse still when those countries usually come back and instead of...
Hugo Chavez passed this past week after a long fight with ill health, cancer. I haven't studied this man or followed his career but I can see that some countries absolutely love him while others see...
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Again have never been a follower of him other than to know that he gave mega health resources to other poorer countries in the Caribbean. He also apparently had CITGO which gave low income people in...
With swarms of locusts currently en route to Egypt's fertile Nile Delta, assessments vary regarding potential threat to this year's agricultural crops.
Recent weeks have seen increasing reports of a...
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Yes its a well known fact that certain weather conditions trigger a mass movement of locusts from desert areas.
The terrible events of the balloon crash in Luxor Egypt early this morning are starting to become more clear, images show the basket completely burned out and the metal framework crumpled, with...
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Actually H until you said it now I hadn't considered the effect of people jumping out but yeah - if suddenly the weight in the basket lightened UP it would go. Such a tragedy all 'round.
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