Monday, May 02, 2011
Friday, April 29, 2011
Royal Wedding
Prince William and Kate Middleton have been pronounced husband and wife at Westminister Abbey in London today, Friday, 29 April. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, as they will now be known, made their vows in front of 1,800 guests and the eyes of the world.
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Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Love a splendid thing
Thy love thee from the bottom of thy heart. Love or the crown, but for King Edward VIII his choice was surprisingly simple and romantic. He abdicated his throne in 1936 for love. He married Wallis Simpson.
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Saturday, April 09, 2011
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Remembering Elizabeth Taylor
Legendary Hollywood actress and violet-eyed beauty Elizabeth Taylor has died aged 79, Wed. Taylor died of congestive heart failure at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center where she had been hospitalized for about six weeks.
She was born in London on Feb.27, 1932 to art dealer Francis Taylor and American stage actress Sara Sothern.
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Friday, March 11, 2011
Earthquake
An 8.9 magnitude earthquake has struck northeast coast of Japan, Friday at 2.46 pm. local time and triggered a tsunami. The quake the most powerful ever recorded in the country, killing hundreds of people as it swept away boats, cars and houses while widespread fires burned out of control.
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Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Earthquake
On February 22, 2011, a strong earthquake killed at least 65 people in New Zealand's second-biggest city of Christchurch with more casualties expected as desperate rescuers picked through rubble to find people trapped in toppled buildings. It was the second quake to hit the city in five months. The 6.3 magnitude quake struck at lunchtime, when the streets and shops were thronged with people and the offices were still occupied.
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Labels: Destruction
Friday, February 18, 2011
Digitally Enhanced
A girl, Lei Yadi Min from the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar has 12 fingers and 14 toes.She was born on November 16, 2009 with six fingers on each hand and seven toes on each foot.
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Labels: Polydactylism
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Flood in Australia
Queensland has been in the grip of its worst flooding for more than two weeks, after tropical downpours covered an area the size of France and Germany combined. Entire towns have been swamped, more than 200,000 people affected and the coal industry and farming have virtually shut down.
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Monday, January 03, 2011
Dilma Rousseff
Dilma Rousseff,63,was sworn in as Brazil's first female President Saturday, January,1,2011, taking over from Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva who had served the biggest South American country for eight years.She's the country's 36th President.
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