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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…ished in Papua New Guinea and Nauru The move comes amid rising numbers of asylum seekers travelling to Australia by boat from Indonesia. Officials reported that at least three boats carrying more than 150 people were intercepted on Tuesday. Australian officials say offshore processing is needed as a deterrent against making the perilous journey – pointing out that many lives have been lost i…
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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…be trying to rebalance its economy. “In 2011, China’s consumption contributed more to gross domestic product [GDP] growth than investments, for the first time since records of GDP began in 1952,” it said. “Some observers see this as the start of a trend in domestic rebalancing, and associate this with a more permanent growth slowdown in China.” However, it said that t…
…Queen unveiled a colorful stained glass window to commemorate her Diamond Jubilee at the Chapel of the Savoy in London. Globe magazine, which is published in Florida, is no stranger to controversy. In 1997, it caused outrage when it printed 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 t…
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Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal has ruled that domestic workers are not eligible to apply for permanent residency, ending a two-year battle that has split opinion. The case had centred on Evangeline Banao Vallejos, a maid from the Philippines who has worked in Hong Kong for more than 17 years. Domestic workers had argued that denying them permanent residency was unconstitutional. The ruli…
…f various forms of fraud emerged. At polling station in the capital Kuala Lumpur queues had formed well before voting began. Analysts say that for the first time since Malaysia’s independence in 1957, there is a real possibility that the opposition may be able to unseat the ruling party. Opinion polls suggest support for the two sides is evenly matched. The possibility of an end to more than…
Wildlife trade watchdog Traffic has found that the Solomon Islands has become a hub for “laundering” wild birds into the global captive-bred bird trade. Thousands of parrots, cockatoos and other exotic birds have been exported over the last 10 years, Traffic has reported. But officials say there are no major captive breeding units in the islands. The Solomons recently joined Conventio…
…d pulsars, believes the most likely disaster that could pencil Doomsday into Friday’s diary is a black comet. Such an end would match that of the dinosaurs who after walking the planet for about 165 million years – homo sapiens has been around for a mere 200,000 years – were killed off by a 10 km asteroid or comet that slammed into the planet. Prof. Jocelyn Bell Burnell believes…
Today is 12-12-12, the last major numerical date using the Gregorian or Christian calendar for almost another century. Thousands of brides hoping to add some auspicious significance to their walk down the aisle will tie the knot today, the last triple-digit date for one hundred years. Lisa Brashear and Sean Kluesner will say “I do” at 12:12pm, just one of the approximate 7,500 couples that will w…
Dec 12 2012 | Posted in
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…e Zaentz Co which controls trademark rights to the Tolkien book. The protected phrase has been associated with Bilbo Baggins and his fellow Middle Earth creatures since the book was first published in 1937. The Hobbit movies producers are suing low-budget company The Asylum for trademark infringement, over its new film Age of the Hobbits Age of the Hobbits is due for DVD and online release on 11…
Nov 8 2012 | Posted in
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Tens of thousands of tourists and astronomers gathered in northern Australia to glimpse a rare total solar eclipse. The eclipse, which occurs when the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun, plunged parts of Queensland into darkness for just over two minutes. Estimates suggest the event, early on Wednesday, was viewed live by millions. A partial eclipse was expected in other parts of the regio…
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…
One year after north-eastern Japan was shaken by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and inundated by tsunami waters, the National Police Agency figures show the scale of the disaster and how much progress the country has made towards recovery. The Great East Japan Earthquake and resulting tsunami that tore through the country’s north-eastern coastal communities killed almost 16,000 people and destr…
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Catherine Mok, a thoroughly modern working mother, decided to give birth during 2012, the Year of the Dragon, which is considered to be one of the most expensive years for having a baby. Like many ethnic Chinese around the world, Catherine Mok believes the mythical dragon is the most auspicious sign in the traditional 12-year zodiac cycle. “The dragon is special,” said the Hong Kong n…
Japan announces that will shoot down a North Korean rocket if necessary, as new satellite images appeared to show preparations for the April launch. Japanese Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka issued the order to intercept the rocket if it threatened Japan’s territory. Pyongyang says it will launch a satellite on a rocket between 12 and 16 April. Satellite images taken on Wednesday indicate that…
…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…
…wns to his friends from the Secret Service. Barack Obama, 50, looked surprisingly lean on New Year’s Day at the Kaneohe Marine Corps Base on Oahu, where he stayed with the first family for their 10-day vacation. The football game brought to an end a relaxing and fun-filled 10 days for Barack Obama, who arrived in Hawaii a week later than he had hoped. He would have enjoyed an even longer per…
…tor, which has a system in place to automatically tape the calls. Mrs. Johnson is also recorded on the tapes, which captured the activity on the flight from Dallas, Texas to Washington on November 22, 1963, though part of her comments are cut off my an interjection by Rose Kennedy. “Mrs. Kennedy, we feel like we just had-“Mrs. Johnson said. “Yes, alright,” Mrs. Kennedy interjected. “We are glad th…
…h a Molotov cocktail during today’s protest. In the footage posted on YouTube after police evicted protesters from their encampment, Nkrumah Tinsley was recorded telling the crowd: “On the 17th, we’re going to burn New York City to the ground!” Later in the video, Nkrumah Tinsley exclaims: “No more talking. They’ve got guns, we’ve got bottles. They’ve got bricks, we’ve got…
…mortality, killing up to 60% of humans infected with it. Positive tests on a dead market chicken last week prompted nearby Hong Kong’s government to issue an alert. Hong Kong authorities culled 17,000 chickens after three birds were found to have died from the H5N1 bird flu strain. It also banned imports and the sale of live chickens for three weeks after the infected chicken carcass was fo…
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…tash, Ramzi Binalshibh, Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali and Mustafa Ahmad al-Hawsawi – are expected to be tried together, the Pentagon added. They are accused of planning and executing the terror attacks of 11 September 2001, which saw hijacked 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 o…
…about 20 minutes to hit its target somewhere near Indonesia in the Indian Ocean. Defense analyst Rahul Bedi says a successful test flight of the Agni-V missile, which is capable of delivering a single 1.5-ton warhead deep inside nuclear rival China’s territory, would strengthen India’s nuclear deterrence once it comes into service by 2014-15. It is 17.5 m tall, solid-fuelled, has three…
