Lady Gaga dressed extremely conservatively in a monochrome ensemble as she stepped out in Bucharest, Romania, yesterday. Lady Gaga, 26, looked relatively smart compared to her usual standards as she left her hotel to attend her concert. She hid her face behind a pair of large black sunglasses and covered her head with a matching big fedora. Her black dress was highlighted by three white ruffled f…
Aug 17 2012 | Posted in
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…ow goes to the Senate, where it is expected to pass in coming days because both the governing Labor Party and the opposition back it. Labor, under former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, closed the camps in 2008. The debate on the legislation in the lower house lasted for six hours on Tuesday and continued the next day. Only two MPs – an independent and one from the Australian Greens party –…
The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has charged eight female Olympic badminton players with “not using one’s best efforts to win a match”. Four pairs of players – two from South Korea, one from China and one from Indonesia – could be disciplined. Spectators booed the two badminton matches played at Wembley Arena on Tuesday, in which the four accused pairs of players…
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Chinese Olympic delegation has begun an investigation into allegations two badminton players “deliberately lost” their match, state media says. Doubles players Yu Yang and Wang Xiaoli are among eight players charged by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) with “not using one’s best efforts to win”. Four players from South Korea and two from Indonesia have also been c…
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Li Yongbo, China’s Olympic badminton head coach, has apologized for his role after his two top players were disqualified for not playing to win. Li Yongbo said: “It’s me to blame”, while disqualified player Yu Yang declared she was quitting the sport. Yu Yang and partner Wang Xiaoli were among eight players disqualified for trying to lose games in an attempt to secure a be…
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…in foreign sales. “China’s slowdown this year has been significant, and some fear it could still accelerate,” the bank said in its latest report. After the global financial crisis in 2008 – 2009, China unveiled a slew of stimulus measures, including record lending by state-owned banks, to maintain a high rate of growth. While the measures helped it sustain growth, they also…
…d autopsy photos of the murdered child beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey. In her hometown of Boulder, Colorado, many stores were so outraged by the publication that they took the edition off the stands. In 2010, Globe magazine published a front cover with a picture of actor Gary Coleman during his last hours – sparking outrage throughout the world. In the photograph Gary Coleman can be seen on hi…
Nov 6 2012 | Posted in
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hilippines who has worked in Hong Kong for more than 17 years. Domestic workers had argued that denying them permanent residency was unconstitutional. The ruling has implications for Hong Kong’s 300,000 domestic workers. These workers come mainly from the Philippines and Indonesia, often spending years in the territory. Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal has ruled that domestic workers…
…o choose an alternative government. Najib Razak, 59, said he was confident that Malaysians would retain his coalition and even return the two-thirds parliamentary majority Barisan Nasional lost in the 2008 polls. During the last four years, Najib Razak said during a campaign rally on Thursday, the coalition had proved it could “protect and benefit all Malaysians”. “The task of tr…
affic’s deputy director for Southeast Asia. Traffic has found that the Solomon Islands has become a hub for "laundering" wild birds into the global captive-bred bird trade Some of the 35 bird species exported from the Solomons are on the internationally recognized Red List of Threatened Species. They include the Critically Endangered yellow-crested cockatoo (Cacatua sulphurea), an…
Scientists say it won’t happen, at least not on Friday, December 21, but in the event the Mayan prophecy of the end of the world is right, they have foretold a raft of bloody and catastrophic fates for us all. Dark comets, famine, super-volcanoes, catastrophic climate change, and a plague of cancers are just some of the ends that could fulfill the prophecy. Astrophysicist Professor Jocelyn…
to deliver their babies on 12-12-12, numerologists and astrologers say that babies born on this day will inherit the qualities of planet Jupiter, a symbol of prosperity and wealth. Smitha Leo John, a 34-year-old IT professional from India told the Deccan Chronicle: “I have some medical complications…The doctor, whom I am consulting, advised me to pick any date in a 10-day window, and I grab…
Dec 12 2012 | Posted in
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…on the Tolkien creations. Before legal papers were officially filed the company said in a statement: “Age of the Hobbits is about the real-life human subspecies, Homo Floresiensis, discovered in 2003 in Indonesia, which have been uniformly referred to as <<Hobbits>> in the scientific community.” It added that the term is therefore “protected under the legal doctrines…
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…day, was viewed live by millions. A partial eclipse was expected in other parts of the region, including New Zealand and eastern Indonesia. The next total solar eclipse will not take place until March 2015. Onlookers gathered at vantage points, in boats and on hot air balloons to witness the rare phenomenon. There had been fears that cloudy weather would obscure the eclipse but the clouds parted j…
A poll of more than 570,000 people across the globe has revealed non-Americans want Barack Obama to remain President of the United States. The research, conducted across 36 countries outside the US, revealed 81% were in favor of Barack Obama spending another four years in office. And only 19% preferred his Republican challenger Mitt Romney, according to the findings from MSN. Interestingly, the o…
life remains in a state of turmoil. In Miyagi, Iwate and Fukushima prefectures whole communities were wiped out by the ferocious power of the tsunami. On top of the current known death toll, a further 3,000 people are still listed as missing. Even among those that survived, many were unable to return home. According to the Japanese authorities, more than 330,000 are still living in some kind of te…
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s at Citi investment bank argued there would be more births and marriages in the new lunar year, leading to an increase in property transactions in Hong Kong. It explains that the Western calendar has 365 days, whilst the lunar year has 354 days. The extra days add up to one month every three years, creating a “leap year” in the Year of Dragon. Citi property analyst Ken Yeung cites dat…
ther sanctions. The new satellite images, taken by a private US firm, DigitalGlobe, show that preparations are proceeding at the Tongchang-dong launch site in North Korea. An analysis published on the 38 North website by the US-Korea Institute at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) said that ”activity has been ongoing” at the site since last week. ”U…
…rom North Korea, amid rising tensions over the North's planned rocket launch It was Barack Obama’s first visit to the DMZ, which has bisected the peninsula since the end of the Korean War in 1953. The president told US troops serving there that they were protecting “freedom’s frontier”. Earlier this week, Japan said it was readying its anti-missile defenses ahead of Nor…
…ger period away from the White House had there not been a stalemate in Washington D.C. over the payroll tax cut. Barack Obama certainly made up for lost time as, within an hour of arriving on December 23, he took wife Michelle out for dinner at one of their favorite hotspots, Morimoto Restaurant. Then, on Christmas Eve, they spent some family time together with daughters Sasha and Malia in the mor…
…tions office immediately after President John F. Kennedy assassination were made public this week The Johnsons called Rose Kennedy at home at the Kennedy compound in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, about 30 minutes after they took off from Dallas’ Love Field Airport. While the conversation was extremely brief, the plane ride was a busy one as President Lyndon Johnson was sworn in just minutes b…
…ity to the ground!" What’s the Occupy Wall Street protesters plan for today? 7:00 a.m.: Gathering at Zuccotti Park and marching to confront Wall Street before the opening bell at 9:30 a.m. 3:00 p.m.: Meeting at 16 subway hubs across the city, including 125 St, Union Square and 23 St in Manhattan, as well as stations in the other four boroughs. 5:00 p.m.: Gathering at Foley Square to su…
A Chinese man, who was the first case of bird flu in the country in more than a year, has died in the southern city of Shenzhen, according to health officials. The 39-year-old bus driver was admitted to hospital with pneumonia but tested positive for the bird flu virus. The H5N1 bird flu strain has a high level of mortality, killing up to 60% of humans infected with it. Positive tests on a dead m…
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…acked planes strike New York, Washington and Shanksville, Pennsylvania. A total of 2,976 people died in the attacks. The five suspects are to hear their charges read out before a military court within 30 days, and are expected to be asked to enter a plea. The decision to refer the charges to a military commission comes after a lengthy legal wrangle over where the five men would face justice. Khal…
…rent. The missiles are among the country’s most sophisticated weapons. India has successfully launched Agni-V, a long-range intercontinental ballistic missile able to carry a nuclear warhead In 2010, India successfully test-fired Agni-II, an intermediate-range ballistic missile with a range of more than 2,000km (1,250 miles). The Agni-V missile was launched from Orissa’s Wheeler Islan…
