Court refuses to stop Washington gay marriage law
Posted on | March 3, 2010 | No Comments
The US Supreme Court refused on Tuesday to block the District of Columbia’s gay marriage law, freeing the nation’s capital to issue its first marriage licenses to same-sex couples the following day.
Opponents of gay marriage in the nation’s capital had asked Chief Justice John Roberts to stop the city from issuing the licenses today while they appealed.
They argued that DC voters should have been allowed to vote on the issue. Local courts have rejected the opponents’ arguments.
“It has been the practice of the court to defer to the decisions of the courts of the District of Columbia on matters of exclusively local concern,” Roberts, writing for the court, said.
Saddam Hussein’s surgeon to exhibit art in UK
Posted on | March 3, 2010 | No Comments
Paintings by Dr Ala Bashir, Iraq’s most celebrated artist and a surgeon who was once Saddam Hussein’s personal physician, are to be exhibited at the University of Leicester from May 14.
After spending 20 years in the service of one of history’s most notorious dictators, the artwork of Dr Ala Bashir provides a chilling insight into the horror of Iraq’s recent history.
Called ‘Recent Work: Memories of Keys’, the exhibition brings together Dr Bashir’s paintings of keys and also a number of his single-line drawings.
Dr Bashir escaped from Iraq in 2003, and today he lives with his wife just outside Nottingham. He exhibits all over the world and is a champion for the healing power of art in overcoming the horrors of war.
Surat bombing suspect held in UK, faces extradition
Posted on | March 3, 2010 | No Comments
A key 1993 Surat terror bombing suspect, hunted by police worldwide for over 17 years, was arrested from a north England grocery store and a city court here will decide over his extradition to India.
49-year-old Mohammed Hanif Umerji Patel alias Tiger Hanif was traced to the grocery store in Bolton by Scotland Yard and later arrested from a house in Astley Street in Halliwell on February 16, a spokesman of the Metropolitan Police said today.
Tiger Hanif has been remanded in custody and will appear at City of Westminister Magistrate Court on March 25 where the India government application for his extradition will come up.
US faces ’serious’ cyberspace threats, says advisor
Posted on | February 8, 2010 | No Comments
The United States faces “serious and significant” threats within cyberspace, the White House’s top counter-terrorism advisor has said, adding it was an issue of national security.
“The threats and the vulnerabilities within the cyber domain are serious and significant,” John Brennan told NBC, adding a cybersecurity board had been set up at the White House.
“It’s a very complex and complicated challenge, but we are working very closely with the private sector.”
Last month a row over Internet freedom erupted between China and the United States as Beijing denied any state involvement in cyberattacks on Internet search engine Google.
President Barack Obama said he was “troubled” by Google’s statements it had been attacked by China-based hackers, and demanded official answers.
The US Internet giant has threatened to abandon its Chinese search engine, and perhaps end all operations in the country over the cyberattacks.
Twatter announces the end of beta phase of their beta testing
Posted on | February 2, 2010 | No Comments
www.twatter.com is pleased to announce the end of its beta testing phase and the full launch of their “anti-social network”.
The Vice President of User Experience, Brian Field, says, “We’re really excited about the hard launch of the twatter website and look forward to creating a community where people can get away from the corporate, celebrity world of Twitter – we’ve had a wonderful response from our beta testers, including:” Read more
55 countries pledge mitigation targets to UN
Posted on | February 2, 2010 | No Comments
The UN has received pledges from 55 countries, including India, for cutting their share of greenhouse gases by 2050, a development welcomed by the world body as an “important invigoration” to the Copenhagen climate talks.
Some of the world’s biggest polluters, the US, China, European Union and India, have reiterated their previous pledges of cutting emissions by 2020 that were widely regarded as weak, especially the 17 per cent reduction of carbon emissions from 2020 levels proposed by the US.
As many as 55 countries, accounting for 78 per cent of global emissions, submitted their pledged by the January deadline of submitting their mitigation targets.
Virgin Money buys into retail banking
Posted on | January 13, 2010 | No Comments
Richard Branson’s Virgin Money is set to enter Britain’s retail banking market, spending 50 million pounds on a tiny provincial bank with the licence needed to sell savings and mortgage products. Read more
London climate and weather England
Posted on | December 28, 2009 | No Comments
London Weather Forecast on 28th Dec, 2009
London, UK (Airport
3 °C Clear
Windchill: 0 °C
Humidity: 87%
Dew Point: 1 °C
Wind: 9 km/h / 2.6 m/s from the ENE
Pressure: 1003 hPa (Steady
Happy Christmas and New year 2009- 2010
Posted on | December 25, 2009 | No Comments
Happy Christmas Eve! It’s Christmas Eve! Merry Xmas! Merry Christmas! Happy New Year! X-Mas!
May the spirit of Christmas bring you peace,
The gladness of Christmas give you hope,
The warmth of Christmas grant you love.
Happy New Year and Happy Holidays
Michael Jackson New York Auction
Posted on | November 22, 2009 | No Comments
Thousands of bidders from around the world were attracted to the auction at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York, where even auctioneers were taken aback by the big prices
The jacket worn by Jackson on his 1989 Bad tour was sold for $225,000, while the fedora went for $22,000.
The rhinestone-encrusted white glove worn by Jackson when he first Moonwalked in 1983 was sold for $350,000 (£212,000) – nine times the expected price.
people are mad for Michael Jackson belongings and goods. What they will get they know better than anyone else
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