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Friday, September 30, 2011
Nobel peace prize for Arab Spring
The Norwegian Nobel Committee gives no clues ahead of the October 7 announcement, but judging by previous selections, the rebellion sweeping across North Africa and the Middle East would appear to tick all the right boxes.
The challenge would be to identify a person or group that embodies the non-violent spirit of the revolution .
"It's particularly hard in the context of these protests where there hasn't always been an identifiable leadership," said Kristian Berg Harpviken, the director of the Peace Research Institute Oslo, and a prominent voice in the Nobel guessing game.
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Royal reprieve for Saudi woman driver
The verdict took Saudi women by surprise, coming just a day after King Abdullah promised to protect women's rights and decreed that women would be allowed to participate in municipal elections in 2015.
The sentence marked the first time a legal punishment had been handed down since female activists began their campaign in June to break the taboo in this ultraconservative Muslim nation,
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India warns against hurry in troop withdrawal from Afghanistan
Expressing concern over the deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan, India today warned against any "hurry" in withdrawing troops from the country, saying such a move should be done keeping in mind the ground realities and not just to meet any deadline.
"For peace, stability and security in Afghanistan, it is imperative that the ongoing transition must be linked to the ground realities rather than rigid timetables. This, the international community in its hurry to withdraw from a combat role in Afghanistan, will ignore at its own peril," India's Permanent Representative to the UN Hardeep Singh Puri said.
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At least one more for Busch Stadium
After the beer and champagne had dried from the St. Louis Cardinals clubhouse in Houston – after the Atlanta Braves had completed a collapse that gave the Cardinals the National League wild card – life around Busch Stadium on Thursday afternoon continued with renewed energy.
A scoreboard behind right field facing Broadway Street read, "NLDS 2011." Maintenance workers mopped concourses. Six grounds-crew members gathered on the dirt between second and third base to groom the infield.
A scoreboard behind right field facing Broadway Street read, "NLDS 2011." Maintenance workers mopped concourses. Six grounds-crew members gathered on the dirt between second and third base to groom the infield.
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Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Jennifer Lopez Parties In Vegas After iHeartRadio Music Festiva
Jennifer Lopez may have performed at the iHeartRadio Music Festival Saturday night, but she didn't end her night of dancing on the stage.
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Congress dodges shutdown after disaster aid fight
A bitterly divided and poll-battered Congress has nearly worked its way out of a nasty fight over disaster aid, but only by abruptly abandoning efforts to immediately refill almost empty federal disaster relief accounts.That measure, approved by the Senate on a 79-12 vote, would keep the government running until mid-November.
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Monday, September 26, 2011
2G: Cong awaits SC decision on CBI inquiry against Chidambaram
Home Minister P Chidambaram on Monday met Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Congress President Sonia Gandhi and offered to quit, according to sources. But for now, the Congress and the Government are waiting for the Supreme Court decision on Tuesday and also for the Prime Minister's return late on Tuesday evening.
As the Congress goes into a huddle to defend Chidambaram in the 2G case, politically it will be seen as putting a strong legal defence in favour of the Home Minister in the Supreme Court on Tuesday.
The Supreme Court will resume hearing the petition that seeks a CBI inquiry against Chidambaram in the 2G spectrum scam.
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In Syria, defectors form dissident army in sign uprising may be entering new phase
A group of defectors calling themselves the Free Syrian Army is attempting the first effort to organize an armed challenge to President Bashar al-Assad’s rule, signaling what some hope and others fear may be a new phase in what has been an overwhelmingly peaceful Syrian protest movement.
For now, the shadowy entity seems mostly to consist of some big ambitions, a Facebook page and a relatively small number of defected soldiers and officers who have taken refuge on the borderlands of Turkey and Lebanon or among civilians in Syria’s cities.
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On West Coast, Obama makes fundraising push
President Obama opened a West Coast fundraising blitz Sunday with appearances at four events in Seattle and San Jose as his reelection campaign sought to make up ground after a series of summer setbacks.
Obama told donors at Shirley’s residence that electing a Republican president would usher in “an approach to government that would fundamentally cripple America in meeting the challenges of the 21st century,” and he cited the budget debate in Congress as part of “a constant ideological pushback” that his agenda has encountered since he took office.
He said the 2012 election will be “especially hard, because a lot of people are discouraged,” but he vowed to “keep drawing a clear contrast” between his vision and that of the GOP.
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Lady Gaga attends fundraiser for President Obama
SAN JOSE, Calif. — At last, a crowd that went gaga for President Obama.
The singer, born Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, was among an estimated 75 guests who had paid the maximum campaign donation of $35,800 for access to the exclusive event at the Silicon Valley home of Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg.
Gaga, who towered over the 6-foot-1 Obama, took a seat at a middle table and stood with the other guests when the president arrived. He did not acknowledge her during his remarks, which lasted eight minutes
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Heavy rains, floods lead to house collapses that kill at least 31 in north Indian state
India — Monsoon rains caused mud-walled homes to collapse and kill at least 31 people in India’s most populous state over the weekend, while thousands have been marooned by flooding elsewhere in the north, officials said Monday.
More than 50 villages in Chandauli district were also flooded. The northern Indian state offered compensation of about $2,200 to victims’ families.
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Photos: iHeartRadio ends with Lady Gaga’s leather, studs, dancing, blood
Lady Gaga was midway through her show-ending set to close the second night of the iHeartRadio Music Festival at MGM Grand Garden Arena when she called a guest to the stage.
The groundbreaking artist was already showing some serious creative wear and tear, shining with sweat and smeared with fake blood after a full-force accounting of “Paparazzi.” With her customary theatrics, Lady Gaga announced that "police" were on the scene -- oh my! -- but that only led to Sting’s entrance to an already memorable artistic showcase.
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iHeartRadio Music Festival: Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez, Steven Tyler Close The Show (PHOTOS)
Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez and a whole slew of other artists closed the iHeartRadio Music Festival with a bang Saturday night at Las Vegas' MGM Grand.
Gaga's little monsters were out in full force, as were fans of Lopez and her fellow "American Idol" Steven Tyler and Randy Jackson, who both took the stage.
Other performers of note: Nicole Scherzinger, Rascall Flatts, Kenny Chesney, Sublime, Natasha Bedingfield and Sting -- who even momentarily locked lips with Gaga herself on stage.
Justin Timberlake also took to the stage but, unfortunately, he only spoke to the crowd.
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Obama: Rick Perry Is 'Governor Whose State Is On Fire, Denying Climate Change
President Barack Obama swiped at Texas Gov. Rick Perry, criticizing him as "a governor whose state is on fire, denying climate change."
Obama also poked at the audience reactions at recent GOP presidential debates, singling out those who cheered at the prospect of someone dying because he didn't have health insurance – and those who booed a gay service member.
The president said "that's not reflective of who we are."
He made the comments Sunday at a fundraiser at the Silicon Valley home of John Thompson, chairman of Symantec Corp.
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How bad was monument damaged?
Engineers enlisted by the National Park Service to inspect and coordinate the repair of the earthquake-damaged Washington Monument haven't yet forecast a date it will reopen, but WTOP has learned plans are being made to winterize the 555-foot stone obelisk.
Carol Johnson, a spokesperson with the National Park Service, says the engineering firm has finished its assessment of the damage to the monument's interior, but not its exterior, from the Aug. 23 earthquake that shook the region.
"They're putting together a report on that as we speak," Johnson says.
Four exterior stones near the tip of the monument were initially found to be cracked, but rains from Hurricane Irene leaked through softened mortar and caused several cracks, along with minor flooding inside the structure.
"We're now planning what the next stage will be," says Johnson. "As of now we do not have a reopening date."
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Obama heads to L.A. for fundraising push
President Barack Obama will spend part of Monday hobnobbing with celebrities and other power-brokers in Los Angeles, continuing a West Coast trip that includes town hall events and fundraisers for his re-election campaign.
The first L.A. event will be hosted by "Modern Family" star Jesse Tyler Ferguson at the House of Blues in West Hollywood. With 1,000 attendees set to spend $250 each for the speech and a concert, the event is expected to help Obama collect a minimum of $250,000.
Then, Obama will head to the Fig and Olive, a restaurant on Los Angeles' trendy Melrose Place, for a private fundraiser co-hosted by investment manager John Emerson, consultant Andy Spahn, Hollywood producer Jeffrey Katzenberg and Tennis Channel CEO Ken Solomon, a Democrat with knowledge of the event told CNN. The campaign official said the cost to attend is $17,900 per person.
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Sunday, September 25, 2011
NASA says defunct satellite could fall in U.S. after all
NASA said on Friday that pieces of the defunct Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite, known as UARS, could land in the United States after all.
UARS has been inoperative for almost six years and has slowly been losing altitude due to Earth's gravity. NASA now predicts that re-entry will occur between late Friday and early Saturday morning.
"There is a low probability any debris that survives re-entry will land in the United States, but the possibility cannot be discounted because of this changing rate of descent," NASA said in a statement at 10:45 a.m. Eastern time. "It is still too early to predict the time and location of re-entry with any certainty, but predictions will become more refined in the next 12 to 18 hours."
UARS has been inoperative for almost six years and has slowly been losing altitude due to Earth's gravity. NASA now predicts that re-entry will occur between late Friday and early Saturday morning.
"There is a low probability any debris that survives re-entry will land in the United States, but the possibility cannot be discounted because of this changing rate of descent," NASA said in a statement at 10:45 a.m. Eastern time. "It is still too early to predict the time and location of re-entry with any certainty, but predictions will become more refined in the next 12 to 18 hours."
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Police: 19 killed as small plane crashes in Nepal
Nineteen people aboard a small plane were killed Sunday when it crashed while trying to land at the airport in Kathmandu, police in Nepal said.
Among the occupants onboard were two Americans, officials said.
The Beechcraft plane was returning from a sightseeing tour when it hit a mountain and broke into pieces about 12 kilometers (7 miles) from the airport, said police spokesman Binod Singh. It was carrying 16 passengers and three crew members.
The crew members were Nepalese, as were three passengers. Ten other passengers were Indian nationals; two were Americans and one was a Japanese national, officials said.
"We had already seen the plane approaching the airport when the accident happened," said Purusottam Shakya, the chief of operations at Tribhuvan International Airport.
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Post-revolution delegates from Egypt and Libya address U.N.
- A pair of north African delegates addressed the U.N. General Assembly for the first time Saturday, each representing a new government formed after revolution and civil war ousted their respective long-time leaders.
From Libya, the executive chairman of the country's transitional council formally addressed the assembly's 66th annual session, saying his country was ready to "redevelop itself" and "heal its wounds."
Mahmoud Jibril also called for a thaw of Libyan financial assets, frozen during the ongoing conflict between pro and anti-Gadhafi forces.
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South Sudan: MSF condemns large scale attacks on civilians
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has treated over 100 patients in the town of Pieri and referred another 57 to hospitals in Leer and Nasir following last week’s raid on the town of Pieri and twelve surrounding villages in Jonglei State, South Sudan. The majority of the referred cases were women and children with gunshot wounds.
Several hundreds of people – including women and children - are believed to have been killed in last Thursday’s dawn attack. Hundreds more are reportedly wounded. Numbers of deaths and wounded are difficult to confirm. However, villagers report to MSF staff members that over 400 people have been killed in Pieri alone, and almost half of the houses in the town have been destroyed.
At least one of MSF’s South Sudanese staff members is confirmed to have been killed together with all of her household members. Another staff member reported that he has had to bury 16 members of his family as a result of the violence. A further 17 of MSF's South Sudanese staff still remain unaccounted for. The organisation’s compound and clinic have also been targeted by the raiders, who looted medical equipment, drugs and other valuable items and burned down parts of the MSF facilities.
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Saturday, September 24, 2011
Jon Hamm & John Slattery Return To 'Mad Men' Set (PHOTOS)
on Hamm and John Slattery have put on their skinny ties, parted their slick hair to the side and are ready to bring back the dreamiest ad men from the 1960s.
These two studs were spotted on the set of "Mad Men" in Los Angeles, Calif. Thursday, portraying their smooth talking alter egos, Don Draper and Roger Sterling. Production on the fifth season finally began in early August, after the show had some salary and budget issues this past spring.
The hit AMC series took home the Emmy for "Outstanding Drama Series" for the fourth year in a row, and it was reported early this summer that Hamm would give directing a try for the premiere episode. The highly anticipated premiere is scheduled to hit TV screens across the country, in early 2012.
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India flight-tests Shourya missile
ndia on Saturday flight-tested state-of-the-art nuclear capable Shourya missile from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur off Orissa coast, about 15 km from Balasore.
The surface-to-surface missile took off from an underground silo at the launch complex-3 in the ITR atabout 2:28pm, defence sources said.
It was the second developmental trial of the missile. The first test of the missile was successfully conducted on November 12, 2008 from the same base, they said.
"This developmental flight trial is part of the on-going technology refinement work undertaken by the Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO)," said a defence official.
The sophisticated missile combines simplicity of operation with low maintenance. It can be easily handled, transported and stored within the canister for longer shelf life, he said.
The surface-to-surface missile took off from an underground silo at the launch complex-3 in the ITR atabout 2:28pm, defence sources said.
It was the second developmental trial of the missile. The first test of the missile was successfully conducted on November 12, 2008 from the same base, they said.
"This developmental flight trial is part of the on-going technology refinement work undertaken by the Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO)," said a defence official.
The sophisticated missile combines simplicity of operation with low maintenance. It can be easily handled, transported and stored within the canister for longer shelf life, he said.
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Now Facebook says face being 'unfriended'
A quirk in Facebook's latest redesign has now made it easy for the users to see who has removed them from their friend list. Previously, the only way to tell someone had 'unfriended' you were to go to their page and notice that you have lost access to their personal details. But
the social networking giant's newly introduced Timeline, that shows all activities of a user in chronological order, enables users to see which friend 'unfriended' them, Fox News reports.
According to the technology blog Buzz Feed, the new design doesn't go live until September 29th, but people have figured out a simple means for enabling the beta version.
the social networking giant's newly introduced Timeline, that shows all activities of a user in chronological order, enables users to see which friend 'unfriended' them, Fox News reports.
According to the technology blog Buzz Feed, the new design doesn't go live until September 29th, but people have figured out a simple means for enabling the beta version.
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Rick Perry's Sudden Fall Due To Unforced Errors
Just a few weeks ago, the Texas governor was taking the Republican presidential primary by storm, but his star has fallen rapidly over the course of his first three debates. On Thursday night, it came crashing down.
Conservatives flocked to the three-day conclave here – kicked off by the Google-Fox News debate Thursday night – "ready to marry" Perry, but left "spooked" by his performance, said one Florida Republican with contacts among both campaign operatives and grassroots activists.
That discontent has been building, though it's not final in any sense. Perry's fortunes have fallen in large part because of a series of gaffes that demonstrated his lack of discipline and experience on a national stage. In several key moments during the past few weeks, the governor showed a tendency to undermine some of his best moments and to make tough or difficult moments even worse. His potential supporters have grown leery of Perry as the list of his unforced errors has grown longer.
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Einstein's theory in a spin as neutrinos pass speed of light
NEW YORK: The physics world is abuzz with news that a group of European physicists has clocked a burst of subatomic particles known as neutrinos breaking the cosmic speed limit - the speed of light - that was set by Albert Einstein in 1905. If true, it is a result that would change the world. But that ''if'' is enormous.
Even before the physicists had presented their results at a seminar at CERN, the European Centre for Nuclear Research, near Geneva, yesterday, a chorus of physicists had risen up on blogs and elsewhere arguing that it was way too soon to give up on Einstein and that there was probably some experimental error. Incredible claims require incredible evidence.
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Putin Will Seek Russian Presidency in 2012
Mr. Medvedev made the announcement on Saturday, at the convention of United Russia, the country’s dominant political party. His voice cracking with emotion, he said that the decision had been “deeply thought out,” and suggested that there had discussions about Mr. Putin’s eventual return to the presidency for years.
Mr. Putin remained Russia’s pre-eminent political figure even after he tapped Mr. Medvedev for the presidency at the end of his own second term four years ago. Analysts have long speculated that Mr. Medvedev would act as a placeholder for Mr. Putin, who can now legally return to the presidency for a third term after spending four years as prime minister.
Mr. Putin remained Russia’s pre-eminent political figure even after he tapped Mr. Medvedev for the presidency at the end of his own second term four years ago. Analysts have long speculated that Mr. Medvedev would act as a placeholder for Mr. Putin, who can now legally return to the presidency for a third term after spending four years as prime minister.
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NASA Reports Re-Entry of Defunct Satellite
After days of suspense about where the final remnants of a defunct, 13,000-pound U.S. climate satellite would land on Earth, early Saturday NASA said the wreckage had plunged through the atmosphere but that the agency was still working to confirm "the precise re-entry time and location."
In its latest update, NASA said Pentagon trackers had determined the satellite "penetrated the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean" between 11:23 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on Sept. 23 and and 1:09 a.m on Sept. 24.
The announcement capped hours of uncertainty about the precise trajectory of the fiery re-entry, as atmospheric conditions and other factors changed the tumbling satellite's speed and orbit. Those shifts, in turn, prompted NASA experts to reassess their predictions of likely impact areas
Without identifying where some parts may have landed, NASA said the satellite was passing on an easterly course over Canada and Africa during the final phases of its descent, as well as over vast oceanic regions.
In its latest update, NASA said Pentagon trackers had determined the satellite "penetrated the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean" between 11:23 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on Sept. 23 and and 1:09 a.m on Sept. 24.
The announcement capped hours of uncertainty about the precise trajectory of the fiery re-entry, as atmospheric conditions and other factors changed the tumbling satellite's speed and orbit. Those shifts, in turn, prompted NASA experts to reassess their predictions of likely impact areas
Without identifying where some parts may have landed, NASA said the satellite was passing on an easterly course over Canada and Africa during the final phases of its descent, as well as over vast oceanic regions.
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NASA Says Satellite Falls to Earth Over Pacific Ocean Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/09/23/huge-tumbling-satellite-expected-to-fall-t
NASA's dead six-ton satellite fell to Earth early Saturday morning, starting its fiery death plunge somewhere over the vast Pacific Ocean.
Details were still sketchy, but the U.S. Air Force's Joint Space Operations Center and NASA say that the bus-sized satellite first penetrated Earth's atmosphere somewhere over the Pacific Ocean. That doesn't necessarily mean it all fell into the sea. NASA's calculations had predicted that the former climate research satellite would fall over a 500-mile swath.
The two government agencies say the 35-foot satellite fell sometime between 11:23 p.m. EDT and 1:09 a.m. EDT. NASA said it didn't know the precise time or location yet
Some 26 pieces of the satellite - representing 1,200 pounds of heavy metal - were expected to rain down somewhere. The biggest surviving chunk should be no more than 300 pounds.
The Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite is the biggest NASA spacecraft to crash back to Earth, uncontrolled, since the post-Apollo 75-ton Skylab space station and the more than 10-ton Pegasus 2 satellite, both in 1979.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/09/23/huge-tumbling-satellite-expected-to-fall-to-earth-friday-night-nasa-says/#ixzz1YrkZD25G
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Friday, September 23, 2011
Insight: Pakistan helping Haqqanis attack U.S. in Afghanistan
Yet, from his safe houses and mountain redoubts, the guerrilla commander has directed some of the most brazen attacks against U.S. forces in Afghanistan, and is now seen as one of the most dangerous warlords in the Taliban insurgency.
Washington, with ever more strident accusations, thinks he is getting help from Pakistan's shadowy but powerful ISI intelligence agency.
The Haqqani network is a "veritable arm" of the ISI, and the agency was in contact with the group during last week's startling attack on the American embassy in Kabul, Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, told a U.S. Senate committee on Thursday.
Washington, with ever more strident accusations, thinks he is getting help from Pakistan's shadowy but powerful ISI intelligence agency.
The Haqqani network is a "veritable arm" of the ISI, and the agency was in contact with the group during last week's startling attack on the American embassy in Kabul, Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, told a U.S. Senate committee on Thursday.
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Depleted Mumbai take on Chennai's might
Chennai: Sans talismanic skipper Sachin Tendulkar and some other key players, a depleted Mumbai Indians will face title-holders Chennai Super Kings in their tough lung-opener of the Champions League Twenty20 on Saturday.
Apart from Tendulkar, who is nursing a toe injury, Mumbai will also be without Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Ali Murtaza, Munaf Patel and Dhawal Kulkarni.
To be led by Harbhajan Singh in Tendulkar's absence, Mumbai have been allowed five foreign players instead of the stipulated four due to the injury crisis in the team.
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'Geelani prevented from offering Friday prayers
Srinagar: The Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (G) Syed Ali Shah Geelani continued to remain under house arrest on Friday, a spokesman of the amalgam said.
He said that Geelani was to offer Friday prayers at TRC here, but cordon around his Hyderpora residence was not lifted. “Geelani Sahib not being allowed to offer congregation prayers is sheer interference in religious affairs,” he added.
Meanwhile, Geelani termed his continued house detention as “worst form of oppression.” “Government claims that I am a free man. It is a blatant lie,” he added.
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Dalia Dippolito Murder-For-Hire Case Featured In Controversial COPS Episode (VIDEO)
A Florida newlywed convicted of hiring a hitman to kill her husband will be featured in a controversial episode of the reality television series COPS this weekend.
In June, a Palm Beach County jury convicted Dalia Dippolito, 28, of solicitation to commit first-degree murder.
Dippolito's conviction stems from a 2009 plot she allegedly hatched to hire a hitman to kill 38-year-old Michael Dippolito, her husband of six months.
When the Boynton Beach Police Department was tipped off about the alleged plot, they set an elaborate trap for Dippolito, which included having an undercover police officer pose as a hired hitman.
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Michaele Salahi & Neal Schon Make Out (PHOTO)
Michaele Salahi enjoyed a makeout session with her new boyfriend, Journey guitarist Neal Schon, backstage at his concert Wednesday night, and Rumor Fix has exclusive photos.
Michaele, former White House party crasher and Housewife of DC, ran off with Neal last week. Her husband, Tareq, initially reported that she had been kidnapped. Friday he filed for divorce.
Read more at Rumor Fix
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GOP debate: Winners and losers
The six Republican presidential debate this year, which took place Thursday night in Orlando, Florida, left some candidates more prepared than others and gave some candidates some key standout moments. Here's our breakdown of the winners and losers:
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Thursday, September 22, 2011
Chidambaram called PM last night after Pranab's 2G note erupted
New Delhi: The government is trying hard to counter the note sent by Pranab Mukherjee's ministry that questions P Chidambaram's actions when India's greatest scam was unleashed in 2008 by A Raja, who was then Telecom Minister. Sources confirm that Mr Chidambaram called the Prime Minister last night to explain the decisions he took when he was Finance Minister and Mr Raja was in the process of distributing mobile network licenses and second-generation (2G) frequency
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Despite global pleas, US executes Troy Davis
The US state of Georgia went ahead and executed Troy Davis despite doubts over his 1991 murder conviction that made him a poster child for global efforts to end the death penalty.
Former US president Jimmy Carter, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Pope Benedict XVI had all weighed in on his behalf in a racially charged case that spanned two decades, becoming a cause celebre for death penalty opponents.
In dramatic scenes at the prison near Jackson Wednesday, hundreds of protesters bearing placards thought Davis had earned an 11th hour reprieve from the US Supreme Court and erupted in cheers only to have their hopes dashed.
Former US president Jimmy Carter, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Pope Benedict XVI had all weighed in on his behalf in a racially charged case that spanned two decades, becoming a cause celebre for death penalty opponents.
In dramatic scenes at the prison near Jackson Wednesday, hundreds of protesters bearing placards thought Davis had earned an 11th hour reprieve from the US Supreme Court and erupted in cheers only to have their hopes dashed.
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Hospitals 'face collapse over PFI
More than 60 hospitals, including one in London, can not afford or are having difficulty with the rising cost of private finance initiative schemes and are being left "on the brink of financial collapse", according to the Health Secretary.
Andrew Lansley said he has been contacted by 22 NHS trusts which claim their "clinical and financial stability" is at risk because of the spiralling cost of PFI contracts.
Under the schemes, which were expanded by the previous Labour government, private capital is used to fund public infrastructure projects such as schools and hospitals.
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21 2011 06:00 PM ET Comments (0) Permalink Dakota Fanning Is Picking Clothes for College
Dakota Fanning just celebrated her move from Los Angeles to New York at her first Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, but the star is busy tackling an even bigger milestone now: starting her freshman year at NYU
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Typhoon Roke Causes Flooding in Japan, at Least Six People Dead
Typhoon Roke crossed Japan, killing at least six people and causing widespread flooding,
Roke was about 10 kilometers (6 miles) east of Nemuro on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido and about 980 kilometers northeast of Tokyo at 9 a.m. local time, the Japan Meteorological Agency said on its website. The storm's winds weakened to 120 kilometers per hour, just above the threshold for the weakest Category 1 on the five-step Saffir Simpson scale.
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US blames Pak's ISI in Kabul attack, Senate aims to restrict aid
Us officials said there was mounting evidence that Pakistan's powerful intelligence agency had encouraged a guerrilla network to attack US targets, while a Senate committee voted to make aid to Islamabad conditional on fighting the militants. The decision by the Senate Appropriations
Committee, which did not specify any amount of aid for Pakistan in fiscal 2012, reflects growing anger in Washington over militants operating out of Pakistan and battling US troops in Afghanistan.
Some US intelligence reporting alleges that Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence directorate (ISI) specifically directed, or urged, the Haqqani network to carry out an attack last week on the US Embassy and a NATO headquarters in Kabul, according to two US officials and a source familiar with recent US-Pakistan official contacts.
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Freed hiker: "Two years in prison is too long"
After more than two years in Iranian custody, two Americans convicted as spies took their first steps toward home Wednesday as they bounded down the steps of a private jet and into the arms of family for a joyful reunion in the Gulf State of Oman.
The families waited on the tarmac at a royal airfield near the main international airport in Oman's capital, Muscat. Also returning to Oman was Sarah Shourd, who was arrested with Bauer and Fattal but freed a year ago. She received a marriage proposal from Bauer while in prison.
The families waited on the tarmac at a royal airfield near the main international airport in Oman's capital, Muscat. Also returning to Oman was Sarah Shourd, who was arrested with Bauer and Fattal but freed a year ago. She received a marriage proposal from Bauer while in prison.
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Ga. executes Davis; supporters claim injustice
Strapped to a gurney in Georgia's death chamber, Troy Davis lifted his head and declared one last time that he did not kill police officer Mark MacPhail. Just a few feet away behind a glass window, MacPhail's son and brother watched in silence.
Outside the prison, a crowd of more than 500 demonstrators cried, hugged, prayed and held candles. The small army represented hundreds of thousands of supporters worldwide who took up the anti-death penalty cause as Davis' final days ticked away.
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Tendulkar's suggestion for ODIs is worth experimenting: Dravid
Sachin Tendulkar's suggestion to revamp the ODIs by splitting the format into four innings of 25 overs each may have been rejected by the ICC, however, Rahul Dravid has shown his support to the idea.
"It is interesting (suggestion). I don't know why the ICC has rejected it (Tendulkar's suggestion via a letter to ICC), but it's a good idea that Sachin has given and is worth
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Wednesday, September 21, 2011
New Data Suggests Baptistina Asteroid Not Responsible For Dinosaur Extinction
"This doesn't give the remnants from the collision very much time to move into a resonance spot, and get flung down to Earth 65 million years ago," said Amy Mainzer, a co-author of a new study appearing in the Astrophysical Journal and the principal investigator of NEOWISE at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena. Calif. "This process is thought to normally take many tens of millions of years." Resonances are areas in the main belt where gravity nudges from Jupiter and Saturn can act like a pinball machine to fling asteroids out of the main belt and into the region near Earth.
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Sikkim quake damage at least Rs 1 lakh crore
Chamling on Wednesday said the state, badly devastated by the Sunday's earthquake, would require around 15 days to attain normalcy.
He estimated the loss in the state in monetary terms at around Rs 1 lakh crore. Roads were badly damaged, electricity and power supply affected, 2,000 buildings damaged and around 1 lakh houses developed cracks, the chief minister said.
While the catastrophe claimed 68 lives, around 300 others were injured and were being treated in different hospitals, Chamling said.
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The China–North Korea–Iran Nuclear Triangle
ON Sunday that North Korea is planning to use five Chinese businessmen to smuggle equipment to Iran for use in its nuclear and missile programs. According to an unnamed source, an Iranian delegation, including senior officials from the Ministry of Intelligence and National Security, visited the North last month to help plan the transfers.
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Lowe's shooting shows domestic violence impact on workplace
A murder-suicide Monday evening at a Lowe's Home Improvement store as an example of what can happen when domestic violence - usually considered a private, at-home problem - spills into the workplace.
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Tuesday, September 20, 2011
At least 35 killed in Sikkim due to temblor:.....
East 35 pepole were killed in sikkim on sunday earthquake and around 100 people injured.
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Quake kills seven in China's Tibet'
A very strong quake that struck the India-Nepal border on late Sunday killed at least seven China's official Xinhua news agency said on Monday.
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Landslides hamper rescue efforts after Himalaya quake...
Rain and landslides hampered the search for survivors of a 6.9 magnitude earthquake in an isolated Himalayan or across India, Nepal and Tibet that killed at least 53 people, police and media said on Monday.
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Seven killed in Tibet.............
At least seven people were killed and 22 injured in Tibet as the earthquake that hit Sikkim and other Northeastern states in India also rocked the Chinese autonomous province, leaving a trail of destruction..........
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Monday, September 12, 2011
Beyonce’s Album ‘I Was Here’ Becomes Inspirational 9/11 Tribute Video
Beyonce’s “I Was Here,” which originally was released on her recent album 4, was used as the backing song to a gripping ABC News video showing the memorials, tributes and landmarks of the September 11 terror attacks.Throughout the video, images of the new World Trade Center memorial are seen, which was unveiled for the first time on September 11, 2011. I includes two pools with the names of the victims inscribed in the surrounding wall.
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Justin Bieber & Selena Gomez’s Hot Las Vegas Date — He Rushed Back To See Her
The love birds Selena And justin can not stay without each other for a long time.Justin was leaving Fashion Week to hang with his girl, and the world’s hottest young couple enjoyed a family-friendly day in Las Vagas.Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez have been reunited, and they were spotted acting like a super-normal couple while in Las Vegas on Sept. 10! The best part? Justin left New York Fashion Week early to see her!
Justin, 17, and Selena, 19, were seen by several fans at a Las Vegas mall, shopping and grabbing a bit to eat. They’re like normal, adorable teenagers!
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Justin Bieber Name On Selena Wrist In Concert
Selena and Bieber never loose any chance to show their love — they’re so in love! They are wild about each other, and Selena even took it upon herself to write his name on her wrist during her most recent tour stop! Justin, 17, and Selena, 19, were canoodling in Las Vegas before her Sept. 10 show, and it seems she felt the need to commemorate him onstage with some more temporary body art!
Really she is so adorable.
Really she is so adorable.
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Sunday, September 11, 2011
Arizona Church Is A Brothel
Arizona prosecutors have charged more than 30 people affiliated with the Phoenix Goddess Temple, a 10,000-square-foot alleged brothel that had been operating under the pretense of providing "religious" services for hundreds of dollars in cash "donations," police said."They were committing crimes under the guise of religious freedom," Phoenix police spokesman Steve Martos said. "It's a sad situation when people are trying to hide behind religion and church to commit a crime."
The "temple" had been operating in Phoenix since 2009, but authorities didn't become aware of it until residents began complaining. After a local newspaper visited the alleged brothel and published an in-depth story, police launched a six-month investigation culminating in the arrest of 18 people Wednesday. They are still hunting down the other 19.
Police obtained a search warrant after initiating several undercover deals and determining that the Temple Goddess employees had been trained to use evasive vocabulary.
“For example, ‘johns’ were not ‘johns.’ They were called ‘seekers.’ Sexual intercourse was called ‘sacred union,’” Martos said.
The “temple” featured themed rooms in spaces that had once been individual offices. Martos said one of the rooms had a “water theme” with a whirlpool and waves painted on the walls. Another had been decorated with Egyptian-themed artwork.
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Saturday, September 10, 2011
Megan Fox Admits She Was Too Skinny(Pic)
She's known as much for her sex appeal as her screen talent.But Megan Fox has a few bones to pick.The 25-year-old has admitted she let herself get too slim over the last year,And she blames her vegan diet for it.
“For a year as good as a half, until about 4 months ago, we followed a tyrannical vegan diet shaped on proposal fruits as good as vegetables, no bread, sugarine as good as coffee. But we had misplaced as good many weight,” she told Amica repository.
After ditching her vegan ways, Fox is now looking much healthier — and she’s proud of her newfound curves.
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A Mom Arrested for Raping 10 Month Old Son In Ohio
This is absolutely disgusting, how could a mother do this to her own son.A woman in Ohio has been accused of raping her 10-month-old son, videotaping the assault and then sending the video to her boyfriend in Michigan.
The indictment accused Jessup of performing sexual acts on the child on Aug. 30. Columbus, Ohio police arrested her Aug. 31. It was not clear what led to her arrest.
If Jessup is convicted, she faces up to life in prison, Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien said.
Jessup will be arraigned at 1:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 12 in Franklin County common pleas court.
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