The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
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Cost: $3.9 Billion hotel
Location : Las Vegas, U.S.
Rooms: 2995
Open date : 15 December 2010
12 restaurants, 4 bars/lounges, 3 pools, 1 nightclub, 100,000 square feet casino, 36,000 square feet retail
150,000 square feet...
2010 in Pictures
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Crude oil flowed from a hole in the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico for three months after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded and sank on April 20th, 2010.
In this aerial photo taken in the Gulf of Mexico more than 50 miles southeast...
Two Sri Lankan fishermen were taken hostage by Somali Pirates while the remaining four of a crew of six managed to escape to India, the Fisheries Ministry said yesterday. A ministry spokesman said the two fishermen had been identified as Lal Fernando and Sugath Fernando who had gone fishing from...
Christmas is near
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A man dressed as Santa Claus holds a flare as he wakeboards on a small lake in Hamburg, Germany
Christmas lights shine behind a tree in Nervion in Seville, Spain
Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree, New York City
Santa in the...
United Nations agencies are helping the Government of Sri Lanka address the humanitarian needs of more than 100,000 people affected by flash floods and landslides over the past month as heavy rains continue to fall.
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is providing hygiene kits and water...
The US said that it was aware about the human rights situation in Sri Lanka and that that they continued to engage directly with the Sri Lankan Government on those issues of looking at the past
Speaking at a press conference, Assistant Secretary for Democracy Human Rights and Labor...
Sri Lanka's child protection authorities have traced the biological mother of a six-year-old girl who was suspected to have been sold as an orphan after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, police said Friday.
Staff at the National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) took custody of the child after...
Internet service providers around the world are offering & testing higher speeds.
German cable company KDG is one such provider testing 1000 MBPS connections.
KDG currently offers a 100 MPBS home service for its customers.
“It will take several years until services and content will become...
Pearl Harbor Attack
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Sixty-nine years ago, on December 7th, 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy launched a surprise attack against the United States naval base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Over 350 Japanese aircraft attacked in two waves, strafing, dropping bombs...
Government to control rice price
The government has decided to impose a control price on rice from midnight today, the Cooperatives and Internal Trade Ministry said. Accordingly, the maximum retail price of Samba will be Rs. 70, Rs 60 for Nadu, white and red raw rice.
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Wildfire in Israel
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December 5th, 2010 Israeli authorities said that they had finally gained control of a raging four-day wildfire in the Carmel Forest near the city of Haifa, Israel. The fire was the worst in Israel's history, consuming about 10,000 acres...
The government has decided to import chicken and eggs for the festive season to maintain stable chicken and egg prices, Minister of Co-operative and Internal Trade Johnston Fernando said in parliament today.
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