Women of 86 nations vie for Miss Universe
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Women from 86 countries prepared to sashay in bikinis and evening gowns Sunday &#151; and perhaps talk a little about world peace &#151; for the final competition in the Miss Universe pageant, held in the United States for the first time in eight years.
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The eight countries represented in the Arctic Council include Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, the Russian Federation, Sweden and the US There are also six permanent participant positions represented by the indigenous peoples of the Arctic
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MUMBAI: Miss India United Kingdom, Amrita Hunjan, beat contestants from 14 other countries at a gala event held at a luxury hotel here to wrest the title of Miss India Worldwide 2005.
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India, Japan, Germany and Brazil on Tuesday launched a joint bid for permanent seats in the expanded UN Security Council. The leaders of the four nations have vowed to work together and support each other&#39;s candidature.
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The World Match Play Championship in England, which starts Thursday at Wentworth, has a roll call of champions that rivals any tournament.
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Warsaw, not always a top tourist  destination, is determined to show off its charms to a huge  television audience when it hosts the Miss World beauty contest  on Saturday.
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Less than a month after being crowned Miss Universe, Riyo Mori is hoping to land another job &#151; a role on the NBC sci-fi series "Heroes."
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Recent conferences highlight growing efforts to include women in the struggle to end brutal conflicts.
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Twenty-year-old Miss Peru was crowned Miss World on Saturday in a southern Chinese resort town, as China looks to become the regular host of an event that would have once been deemed heretical by its Communist leaders.
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The controversial sport now has female participants  -  with Brazil in the lead
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Tatana Kucharova, an 18-year-old student from the Czech Republic, won the Miss World 2006 beauty contest on Saturday.
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By Irwin Arieff UNITED NATIONS  - Argentina, Denmark, Greece,Japan and Tanzania on Friday won coveted two-year terms on theU.N. Security Council at a time when pressure is mounting toexpand the powerful 15-nation body.
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Miss Japan, Riyo Mori, is the new Miss Universe. She was selected at a gala held in Mexico City's National Auditorium.
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Argentina, Denmark, Greece, Japan and Tanzania on Friday won coveted two-year terms on the UN Security Council at a time when pressure is mounting to expand the powerful 15-nation body.
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Hundreds of people turned out to see Miss Universe strut her stuff on the catwalk. They weren't expecting to see this much of her.
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Miss Czech Republic, an 18-year-old high school student, took the Miss World crown on Saturday in Poland's capital Warsaw.
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Eric Morley, The Founder of Miss World