Adil Najam Since yesterday the “I” word - impeachment - has begun to be thrown around a lot. Some quarters seem to think that it just happen this time. Others suggest that it is more talk than action and the numbers needed to pull this are still not there. Coming out of the “critical” Nawaz Sharif-Asif Zardari meetings one keeps wondering how much of this is an effort to keep the coalition going and how much is a real push to change the essential political equations of Pakistan. There are rep

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Eight years ago, Lopez Lomong didn’t even have a country. Now he’ll be carrying the flag for his adopted nation, leading the U.S. Olympic team at opening ceremonies Friday night. Lomong, one of the Lost Boys of Sudan, won a vote of team captains Wednesday to earn the honor of leading America’s contingent into the 90,000-seat [...]

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Awwwww…. Poor Opie and Anthony. They’re losing stations left and right and just lost Grand Rapids. Now, they’re crying at their new morning show, and it’s turning into the Special Olympics. Read and weep.

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Protesters chained themselves to a fence, climbed light posts and unfurled pro-Tibetan banners outside the Chinese Embassy in Ottawa on Wednesday, denouncing China’s treatment of Tibetans two days before the Summer Olympics start in Beijing.

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The mastermind behind the Beijing Olympics ticketing scam is believed to be a 49-year-old Briton with a history of internet-based fraud. Sydney private investigator Ken Gamble has been tracking the activities of Londoner Terance Shepherd, now believed to be based in Barbados, since 2003. Mr Gamble told Fairfax that Shephard, 49, was behind an alleged series of illegitimate ticket-selling operations which had targeted major sporting events, including Rugby World Cup matches in Australia. “It

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