Actress Farrah Fawcett who starred in Charlie's Angels during the 70's died Thursday, June 25 after battling with cancer. Farrah Fawcett the Charlie's Angels star whose feathered blond hair and dazzling smile made her one of the biggest sex symbols of the 70's. She was 62. Mary Farrah Leni Fawcett was born on February 2, 1947, in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Singer Michael Jackson was rushed from his home to UCLA Medical Center around midday US time on Thursday after he stopped breathing and suffered a cardiac arrest, but his death was announced shortly afterwards. Tributes have poured in for the 50-year-old, who will go down in history as the king of the pop. Michael Joseph Jackson was born August 29, 1958, in Gary, Indiana.
Chinese high school students study while inhaling pressurised oxygen in the hope of improving their mental ability ahead of the national college entrance exam in Sichuan province, China.
In Dubai two inventors from Italy invented a unique vertical seawater farm design to grow crops on pods suspended high above the ground. The project is based on the principles of the ancient Arabian wind towers to capture humidity and irrigate crops grown high above the ground.
An Egyptian construction magnate was sentenced to death for Suzzanne Tamin's murder.The beautiful Lebanese pop singer was brutally murdered in her Dubai apartment in July, 2008. She was 30. The security man who was paid $2 millions by the magnate to stab Tamin to death was also sentenced to death.
Shauq Alush before and after the acid attack
In the High Court in Riyadh a 34-year-old Saudi woman who is accused of disfiguring and burning a Syrian woman by showering her with acid. The victim wants retribution instead.
The arrest warrant makes Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir the first serving head of state indicted by the ICC for war crimes. Some described the ICC verdict as a way to reinforce the Darfur crisis and encourage violence throughout Sudan. The ICC should take into consideration how the arrest warrant could distabilize Sudan. They are ignoring all the ramifications that could take place after the decision. It is obvious they politicizing the conflict in many respects which is why there is a general sense of anger in the Arab world towards the court.
Australian bush-fires have killed at least 181 people so far and burnt hundred of homes in the worst fire disaster in history, as a heatwave and strong winds sent sheets of flame racing through towns and farmland near Melbourne.
The fires, which started from February 7 and have affected an area of more than 3,000 sq.km., also left hundreds of people homeless and many properties totally destroyed.
Scientists causioned against attributing the bush-fires themselves to global warming, they said changing conditions from rising temperatures are having an impact. Due to changes in the climate, the high risk of fires has increased. The dry conditions and the devastating fires bolster their campaign to push the world's governments to move faster on reducing emissions of greenhouse gases.
Two weeks under fire and still no end in sight. Troops pushed deeper into Gaza in a day of fierce fighting on Sunday as Israel ignored continuing global protests. Civilians again fell victim to Israel's brutal offensive that has left more than 900 people dead in the 16-day-old war, including 275 children. At least a quarter to one-third of deaths to date have been children.Unlike other conflicts where there's a chance to flee the war zone. There's nowhere else for the population to go. An example is the recent Israel attack near a United Nations school in Gaza, killing more than 40 among the hundreds who had sought refuge at the school from the fighting.
Three millions of faithful, wearing white robes, converged on the plains of Arafat on Sunday, marking the climax of this year's Hajj.
Hajj is one of the five pillars of Islam and is an obligation on every able-bodied Muslim at least once in their lifetime. The pilgrimage is a spiritual journey that Muslims believe will absolve them of their sins and cleanse their souls, meaning they return home with a clean state.
Many pilgrims have described hajj as a life-changing experience.
Professor Asma Ismail, deputy vice chancellor of Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) and director of the Institute for Research in Molecular Medicine (INFORMM) at the university, received the IDB award from Finance Minister, Ibrahim Al Assaf.
The devastating landslide at Bukit Antarabangsa that struck at about 3.30 am on 6 December, 2008, claims four lives and destroys 14 bungalows when residents were mostly fast asleep.
Dubai experienced rain and thunderstorm on Saturday and residents in some part of Dubai reported seeing a hail storm.
Shah Rukh Khan, Bollywood superstar received his award which carries the title Datuk at a ceremony in the state of Malacca, today December 6, 2008, by the Governor of Malacca. He was honoured by Malacca state goverment for his contribution to help develop local film industry and scout for movie location especially in Malacca.
Shah has voiced excitement about accepting a Malaysian honorary title equivalent to a British knighthood.
Funeral procession of the six Jews killed in a murder spree in the Indian city of Mumbai during an attack at the Mumbai Jewish center, Tuesday, last week.
Anti-government protesters stormed Bangkok's main international airport and gunfire broke out on the streets of the Thai capital on Tuesday as a campaign to oust Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat turned violent.
More than 100 people, including Anti-Terror Squad chief Hemant Karkare, were killed and 900 wounded in a series of shootings around India's financial capital Mumbai last night, with two five-star hotels among the targets in a terror attack.
These terrorists strikes in at least seven places and their targets included the luxury Taj and Oberoi hotels.
A Saudi supertanker sized by pirates with a $100 million oil cargo in the world's biggest ship hijacking by Somalia pirates. The tanker, Sirius Star, was seized 450 nautical miles southeast of Kenya at the weekend in the boldest strike to date by Somali pirates.
Two Malaysians have been appointed members of the United Nations high-level task force to examine possible reforms of the global financial system. They are Dr.Zeti Aktar Aziz, Governor Bank Negara and economist Jomo Kwane Sundaram.
The task force was formed as a result of the current global economic turnmoil. The Commission of Experts on Reforms of the International Monetary and Financial System would also look into the possible reform of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank. The commission would also suggest measures to secure a more stable global economic order.
Former World Bank chief economist Joseph Stiglitz, who won the Nobel Prize for Economics in 2001, will chair the commission.
Crowds of more than 100,000 mourned and paid their last respects to the sister of His Majesty the King of Thailand as preparations for the cremation of HRH Princess Galyani Vadhana got under way Saturday evening.
