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• Swimmers Shrug Off Snowy London to Dive in Icy Pond
• BBC News - China editorial warns North Korea over nuclear test threat
• Jaroslovsky Reviews Larklife Tracker
• Amazon Gifts Users Music Time Capsule: Jaroslovsky
• TED: Wingham Rowan: A new kind of job market - Wingham Rowan (2012)
• Organic farming in Hong Kong
• China's rails overwhelmed with holiday travellers
• North Korea 'plans to conduct nuclear test'
• AMAZING VIDEO: Motorcyclist narrowly escapes death as truck overturns in China
• The Greatest Traveller Of Premodern Times Ibn Batuta & His Adventures -1 of 3- BBC Documentary

Swimmers Shrug Off Snowy London to Dive in Icy Pond Posted: 28 Jan 2013 07:24 AM PST Swimmers Shrug Off Snowy London to Dive in Icy Pond Jan. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Shrugging off snow and temperatures around zero, a group of men gathered on London's Hampstead Heath at the weekend to dive into an icy swimming pond. This particular group of enthusiasts refer to themselves as the EGLST, an acronym for the East German Ladies Swimming Team, a riff on the testosterone-laden doping scandal that surrounded that team's gold medal sweep at the 1976 Olympics. (Source: Bloomberg) From: Bloomberg Views: 1 0 ratings Time: 03:01 More in Entertainment

BBC News - China editorial warns North Korea over nuclear test threat Posted: 28 Jan 2013 12:27 PM PST BBC News - China editorial warns North Korea over nuclear test threat news like - www.facebook.com From: okan subas Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 02:07 More in News & Politics

Jaroslovsky Reviews Larklife Tracker Posted: 28 Jan 2013 07:30 AM PST Jaroslovsky Reviews Larklife Tracker Jan. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Rich Jaroslovsky reviews the Larklife, a new fitness tracking band that comes with two wristbands, one for daytime, the other for night. (Rich Jaroslovsky is a Bloomberg News columnist. The opinions expressed are his own. Source: Bloomberg) From: Bloomberg Views: 1 0 ratings Time: 01:56 More in Entertainment

Amazon Gifts Users Music Time Capsule: Jaroslovsky Posted: 28 Jan 2013 07:23 AM PST Amazon Gifts Users Music Time Capsule: Jaroslovsky Jan. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Rich Jaroslovsky reviews Amazon.com Inc.'s AutoRip service. AutoRip allows users who purchase eligible CDs from Amazon to get access to tracks in digital form for free. You effortlessly gain MP3 versions of music dating back to 1998, when Amazon first began selling CDs. (Rich Jaroslovsky is a Bloomberg News columnist. The opinions expressed are his own. Source: Bloomberg) From: Bloomberg Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 01:57 More in Entertainment

TED: Wingham Rowan: A new kind of job market - Wingham Rowan (2012) Posted: 28 Jan 2013 08:14 AM PST Plenty of people need jobs with very flexible hours -- but it's difficult for those people to connect with the employers who need them. Wingham Rowan is working on that. He explains how the same technology that powers modern financial markets can help employers book workers for slivers of time. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Organic farming in Hong Kong Posted: 27 Jan 2013 09:53 PM PST Organic farming in Hong Kong CNN's Patricia Wu looks at Hong Kong's craving for quality organic food. For more CNN videos, check out www.youtube.com or visit our site at www.cnn.com From: CNN Views: 722 25 ratings Time: 03:36 More in News & Politics

China's rails overwhelmed with holiday travellers Posted: 26 Jan 2013 12:14 PM PST China's rails overwhelmed with holiday travellers Millions of Chinese people are making plans to head home to celebrate their New Year. But getting there isn't going to be easy as the rail system struggles to cope with hundreds of thousands of commuters riding the trains every day. Al Jazeera's Marga Ortigas reports from Hong Kong. From: AlJazeeraEnglish Views: 1736 23 ratings Time: 01:37 More in News & Politics

North Korea 'plans to conduct nuclear test' Posted: 24 Jan 2013 01:29 AM PST North Korea 'plans to conduct nuclear test' China has called for calm and restraint after North Korea said it will carry out further rocket launches and a nuclear test targeting the United States. Chinese Foreign Ministry urged the "relevant party" not to take any steps that would raise tensions. Pyongyang's announcement comes just days after the United Nations increased sanctions against North Korea, following a rocket launch last month. Harry Fawcett has the latest from Busan, South Korea. From: AlJazeeraEnglish Views: 14826 93 ratings Time: 02:07 More in News & Politics

AMAZING VIDEO: Motorcyclist narrowly escapes death as truck overturns in China Posted: 28 Jan 2013 03:02 AM PST AMAZING VIDEO: Motorcyclist narrowly escapes death as truck overturns in China Security camera footage released as a motorcyclist narrowly escapes being crushed as a truck overturns in eastern China. . Report by Mark Morris. Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com and follow us on Twitter at twitter.com . Subscribe to ITN News! www.youtube.com Visit our homepage at www.itn.co.uk From: itnnews Views: 7251 38 ratings Time: 00:53 More in News & Politics

The Greatest Traveller Of Premodern Times Ibn Batuta & His Adventures -1 of 3- BBC Documentary Posted: 26 Jan 2013 07:22 AM PST The Greatest Traveller Of Premodern Times Ibn Batuta & His Adventures -1 of 3- BBC Documentary The Adventures of Ibn Batuta - Wanderlust This first episode, retracing Ibn Battutah's journey across North Africa, tells the story of an unprecedented age of wanderlust in the Islamic world. Arabist Tim Mackintosh-Smith embarks on a journey with one mission: to smash the West's monolithic view of Islam. In 1325, a young Moroccan called Ibn Battutah set off on a thirty-year odyssey. Nearly 700 years later, travel writer and Arabist Tim Mackintosh-Smith embarks on a journey in his footsteps. Tim is on a mission: to smash the West's monolithic view of Islam. The first episode retraces Ibn Battutah's journey across North Africa, telling the story of an unprecedented age of wanderlust in the Islamic world. Heading first for IB's birthplace, Tangier in Morocco, Tim stumbles on a performance of medieval trance music, devours a sheep's head, and meets children being taught about the Hajj pilgrimage, the original reason IB left home. Following IB to Egypt, Tim ventures into the countryside bytuk-tuk and donkey, to a remote village where IB had an astonishing prophetic dream. In Cairo, Tim visits Al Azhar, the world's oldest university, and explores how the search for knowledge and understanding is integral to Islam. After sailing down the Nile, Tim finds a camel herder who is prepared to take him across the desert, and they set out into the wilderness. Known as the greatest traveler of premodern times, Abu Abdallah ibn Battuta was born in Morocco in 1304 and educated in Islamic <b>...</b> From: MyHadeeth Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 46:54 More in People & Blogs

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