June 25 (Bloomberg) — Singer Michael Jackson was pronounced dead at a Los Angeles hospital today, the Los Angeles Times reported, citing city and law enforcement sources.
The singer wasn’t breathing when paramedics arrived at his home in the wealthy neighborhood of Bel Air at about 12:26 p.m., the newspaper reported […]

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The Lions team have been named for Saturday. Five Irish will start - Bowe, O’Driscoll, O’Connell, Wallace and Heaslip.
Here is the full line-out.
L Byrne (Ospreys/Wales);
T Bowe (Ospreys/Ireland),
B O’Driscoll (Leinster/Ireland),
J Roberts (Cardiff Blues/Wales),
U Monye (Harlequins/England);
S Jones (Scarlets/Wales),
M Phillips (Ospreys/Wales);
G Jenkins (Cardiff Blues/Wales),
L Mears (Bath/England),
P Vickery (London Wasps/England),
A-W Jones (Ospreys/Wales),
P O’Connell (Munster/Ireland) Captain,
T Croft (Leicester Tigers/England),
D Wallace […]

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Donnacha O’Callaghan will lead out the British and Irish Lions against the Southern Kings next Tuesday in South Africa.
O’Callaghan is, of course, a Munster Legend (ML) and now is the Lions captain for a day.  It is his 10th game for the Lions and I’m sure it is going to be a memorable occasion for […]

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I have been doing radio interviews today about the flu pandemic.  Essentially the message is that while there have been about 30,000 cases of this pandemic strain causing an infection, there have been fewer than 0.5% deaths.
Now, while this is a terrible situation for the families of the bereaved, it is only slightly above the […]

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