Monday, May 02, 2011

Inalillah


Osama Bin Laden was killed at his hideout in Abbotabad, Pakistan on May 2, 2011. His body was buried at sea.

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.

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.

Saturday, April 09, 2011

Non-civic


Transporting cargo protruding from a car window can endangers others.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Freeze



Thousands of flights and train services are cancelled across Europe because of snow and ice leaving many travellers stranded.

Puppies


A dog in Germany gave birth to 17 puppies, leaving their owner thrilled but exhausted after having to feed them with a bottle for several weeks as their mother couldn't cope with the demand.

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Democracy Heroine


Myanmar democracy heroine Aung San Suu Kyi tasted freedom Saturday for the first time in 7 1/2 years, as jubilant supporters stormed the lakeside compound that was her home and prisons minutes after the country's military rulers authorized her release.The 65-year-old, whose latest period of detention started in May 2003, has come to symbolize the struggle for democracy in the Southeast Asian nation ruled by the military since 1962. Suu Kyi has been jailed or under house arrest for more than 15 of the last 21 years.

Wednesday, November 03, 2010

Tallest Girl


Fourteen-year-old Elisamy Silva, measuring 2.06 meters (6'9") tall, of Braganca in the Brazilian state of Para is one of the world's tallest teens.She was forced to quit school because she became too big to ride the bus, now dreams of becoming a famous fashion model.

Monday, November 01, 2010

Eruption


Mount Merapi erupts in Deles village, Klaten, Indonesia, on Saturday. On Sunday Mount Merapi erupted again sending a plume of ash and smoke about 3,500 meters into the air.

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Best of the best


A sheep, known for its particularly good breeding ability, has been sold for a record KD25,000 in Kuwait. The sheep breeders are willing to pay up to KD200 for use of it for just one evening.

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Mine Rescue

Rescuers using a missile_like escape capsule began pulling 33 miners one by one to fresh air and freedom today, Wednesday, 13/10/2010, 69 days after they were trapped in a collapsed mine half-mile underground at San Jose mine, Chile.

Monday, October 11, 2010

Lithium Battery

Lithium batteries could have played a role in the crash of a cargo plane in Dubai last month.Lithium-ion and lithium metal batteries can be flammable and capable of ignition when short-circuited, overcharged, heated to extreme temperatures or mishandled.

Monday, September 13, 2010

Newborn

A newborn baby boy was found in a garbage bag removed from a plane that landed in the Philippines from the Middle East.The baby was wrapped in tissue and still covered in blood when cleaners found him.

Sunday, August 22, 2010

Flood

In the last two weeks floods in Pakistan have developed into one of the country's worst disasters in history.With over 13 million people affected, the damage of the floods could exceed those of the combined total of the three worst natural disasters in the last decade- the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, the 2005 Kashmir earthquake and the 2010 Haiti earthquake.