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Item 1
Singapore has decided to change the sense of rotation of the Singapore Flyer (a large observation wheel opened in March of this year) because “Feng Shui” masters have indicated that the original rotation was pumping money and fortune out of Singapore and into the sea.
If you do not believe this (I had trouble myself) here is a story in The Manilla Times quoting the Straits Times (but I could not find the original story there…)
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/aug/11/yehey/world/20080811wor4.html
Item 2
Belgium beats Italy in the Olympic Football tournament to qualify for the semi-finals. This has not happened often, especially recently. The last I can remember was a victory against Italy in the 1980 European Championship which qualified Belgium for the final against the Soviet Union.
Last time Belgium did this well in the Olympic Games was in 1920, when they actually won the tournament. Yes, Belgium did get a Gold Medal in Olympic football, something that Brazil has not been able to achieve!
Item 3
Singapore Ladies Table Tennis team has beaten Korea in the semi-finals of the Olympic Games. They are now facing China in the finals.
This will be Singapore’s first Olympic medal since 1960 and only the second one they ever won. Singapore will reward each gold medal winner with 1 million Singapore Dollars; a silver medal is worth 1/2 million and a bronze medallist will get 250,000 S$. Nice incentives for their top athletes.
Item 4
Michael Phelps has won 8 gold medals in one Olympic games and 14 in two!
Item 5
A white Zimbabwean has won that countries only Olympic gold medal so far. What is President Mugabe going to do about it?
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We now know what he will do – give her a million US dollars, not the cheap Zimabwean currency which, thanks to him, is devaluing by 1,000,000 % per year! He had to entice her back to her country with lots of cash, since she now lives in England, where it is much safer to be a rich white Zimbabwean!