Mon, 08 Aug 2011 04:00:02 +0200 (Reuters) - U.S swimmer Diana Nyad jumps into the Straits of Florida in Havana August 7, 2011. Nyad, 61, started her swim at dusk on Sunday to begin what she hopes will be a world record 103-mile (168 km) swim from Cuba to Florida. She tried the crossing from Cuba in 1978 when she was 28, but failed in the face of winds and heavy waves. REUTERS/Enrique De La Osa (CUBA - Tags: SPORT SWIMMING SOCIETY)
Guitarist Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits, plays his Gibson Les ...
Thu, 13 Jan 2011 16:00:15 +0100 (Canadian Press) - Guitarist Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits, plays his Gibson Les Paul guitar while performing during Live Aid concert for famine relief at Wembley Stadium in London, England July 13,1985. The 1980s song ’Money for Nothing’ by the British rock band Dire Straits has been deemed unacceptable for play on Canadian radio.In a ruling released Wednesday, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council says the song contravenes the human rights clauses of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters’ Code of Ethics and Equitable Portrayal Code. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, files
Chiang Pin-kung, second from right, chairman of Taiwan’s Straits ...
Tue, 21 Dec 2010 08:30:02 +0100 (AP) - Chiang Pin-kung, second from right, chairman of Taiwan’s Straits Exchange Foundation, toasts with Chen Yunlin, second from left, Chairman of China’s Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait, after they sign an agreement to cooperate in the development of new drugs, during the 6th Chiang-Chen Talks at the Grand Hotel, Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010, in Taipei, Taiwan. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
This photo made available on October 12 by the Straits Times ...
Tue, 12 Oct 2010 12:40:09 +0200 (AFP/Straits Times) - This photo made available on October 12 by the Straits Times newspaper shows billionaire Peter Lim at his condominium in Singapore. Lim is ready to launch a new bid for troubled English football club Liverpool, a person close to the tycoon confirmed Tuesday.(AFP/Straits Times/Lim Wui Liang)
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