Irene charges into New England as it weakened a tropical storm

Irene raced across New York and charged into New England region as it weakened to a tropical storm.
Hurricane Irene left behind a stunned US East Coast. At least 19 people died and severe flooding was widespread. About four million homes and businesses were without electricity.

As waves continued to pound the shores east and north of America s biggest city, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg lifted the evacuation order for 370,000 people in low-lying areas. Irene sent seawater surging into lower Manhattan s streets, but the city appeared to escape the worst fears of urban disaster vast power outages, hurricane-shattered skyscraper windows and severe flooding.

 

There was no immediate indication when New York might start its subways again, but the New York Stock Exchange was ready to open for trading Monday.

 

New England residents were feeling the brunt of the diminished but still-dangerous storm, which will cause flooding and winds that could topple many towering trees anchored in soil already saturated by earlier heavy rains. The storm was expected to move over eastern Canada by Sunday night.

 

Source: http://www.latestcnnnews.com/irene-raced-across-new-york.html

 

Forecasters said Irene, while diminished in strength, was still massive and powerful, with powerful winds extending hundreds of miles (kilometers) from the center. Early damage estimates were in the billions of dollars.

Irene charges into New England as it weakened a tropical storm

Irene raced across New York and charged into New England region as it weakened to a tropical storm.
Hurricane Irene left behind a stunned US East Coast. At least 19 people died and severe flooding was widespread. About four million homes and businesses were without electricity.

As waves continued to pound the shores east and north of America s biggest city, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg lifted the evacuation order for 370,000 people in low-lying areas. Irene sent seawater surging into lower Manhattan s streets, but the city appeared to escape the worst fears of urban disaster vast power outages, hurricane-shattered skyscraper windows and severe flooding.

 

There was no immediate indication when New York might start its subways again, but the New York Stock Exchange was ready to open for trading Monday.

 

New England residents were feeling the brunt of the diminished but still-dangerous storm, which will cause flooding and winds that could topple many towering trees anchored in soil already saturated by earlier heavy rains. The storm was expected to move over eastern Canada by Sunday night.

 

Source: http://www.latestcnnnews.com/irene-raced-across-new-york.html

 

Forecasters said Irene, while diminished in strength, was still massive and powerful, with powerful winds extending hundreds of miles (kilometers) from the center. Early damage estimates were in the billions of dollars.

Bomb attacks in Iraq six people were killed

IRAQ: Bomb and gun attacks six people killed among them there were 3 policemen.

Another 9 were also wounded, security officials said.

In the deadliest attack, militants in military uniforms killed three people in a car at a fake checkpoint they set up west of the restive ethnically mixed city of Baquba, an Iraqi army colonel in the provincial security command centre said.

In another incident in Diyala province, of which Baquba is the capital, two policemen were killed when gunmen opened fire at their checkpoint in Al-Saadiyah town.

And in the main northern city of Mosul, a magnetic “sticky bomb” attached to a police car in the centre of the city killed a policeman and wounded four others, local police said.

Meanwhile in Baghdad, three people were wounded by two separate roadside bomb attacks in Zafraniyah and Shuala districts, an interior ministry official said.

Two policemen were also wounded when explosives attached to a motorcycle blew up near a petrol station in town of Tuz Khurmatu, 175 kilometres (110 miles) north of the capital.

 

Sources: http://www.latestcnnnews.com/iraq-bomb-attacks-six-people-killed.html

Bomb attacks in Iraq six people were killed

IRAQ: Bomb and gun attacks six people killed among them there were 3 policemen.

Another 9 were also wounded, security officials said.

In the deadliest attack, militants in military uniforms killed three people in a car at a fake checkpoint they set up west of the restive ethnically mixed city of Baquba, an Iraqi army colonel in the provincial security command centre said.

In another incident in Diyala province, of which Baquba is the capital, two policemen were killed when gunmen opened fire at their checkpoint in Al-Saadiyah town.

And in the main northern city of Mosul, a magnetic “sticky bomb” attached to a police car in the centre of the city killed a policeman and wounded four others, local police said.

Meanwhile in Baghdad, three people were wounded by two separate roadside bomb attacks in Zafraniyah and Shuala districts, an interior ministry official said.

Two policemen were also wounded when explosives attached to a motorcycle blew up near a petrol station in town of Tuz Khurmatu, 175 kilometres (110 miles) north of the capital.

 

Sources: http://www.latestcnnnews.com/iraq-bomb-attacks-six-people-killed.html

Netherlands took top position of world

PARIS: The Netherlands took top position of world and European champions Spain in the latest FIFA rankings released on Wednesday.

Spain had held the position for over a year but a 2-1 friendly loss to Italy ensured the Dutch, World Cup runners-up, become the seventh team to occupy the top spot since rankings were created after Argentina, Brazil, France, Germany, Italy and Spain.

Copa America winners Uruguay, World Cup semi-finalists, become the top South American team in fifth as Brazil, who were beaten 3-2 by Germany in a friendly this month, dropping two places to sixth.
Germany stay third and England move up to fourth, while the make-up of the top 10 remains the same, with Italy, Portugal, Argentina and Croatia the other sides.

Netherlands took top position of world

PARIS: The Netherlands took top position of world and European champions Spain in the latest FIFA rankings released on Wednesday.

Spain had held the position for over a year but a 2-1 friendly loss to Italy ensured the Dutch, World Cup runners-up, become the seventh team to occupy the top spot since rankings were created after Argentina, Brazil, France, Germany, Italy and Spain.

Copa America winners Uruguay, World Cup semi-finalists, become the top South American team in fifth as Brazil, who were beaten 3-2 by Germany in a friendly this month, dropping two places to sixth.
Germany stay third and England move up to fourth, while the make-up of the top 10 remains the same, with Italy, Portugal, Argentina and Croatia the other sides.

Karishma Kapoor will join her on social website Twitter.

Indian Bollywood’s Karishma Kapoor will join her on social website Twitter.
Karishma Kapoor is the latest to be bitten by the Twitter bug. She is set to join the micro-blogging site soon, says filmmaker Vikram Bhatt, who is directing her next movie “Dangerous Ishq”.

 

“With the gorgeous Karishma Kapoor… she is getting on twitter soon and wants to convey to her fans that she is really excited to be back!!!” Bhatt posted on Twitter.

 

Karishma will be back on the big screen after a gap of five years. She will star opposite model-turned-actor Rajneish Duggal in “Dangerous Ishq` and will be playing five different roles in five different lifetimes.

Karishma Kapoor will join her on social website Twitter.

Indian Bollywood’s Karishma Kapoor will join her on social website Twitter.
Karishma Kapoor is the latest to be bitten by the Twitter bug. She is set to join the micro-blogging site soon, says filmmaker Vikram Bhatt, who is directing her next movie “Dangerous Ishq”.

 

“With the gorgeous Karishma Kapoor… she is getting on twitter soon and wants to convey to her fans that she is really excited to be back!!!” Bhatt posted on Twitter.

 

Karishma will be back on the big screen after a gap of five years. She will star opposite model-turned-actor Rajneish Duggal in “Dangerous Ishq` and will be playing five different roles in five different lifetimes.

US worried over China wants to be No. 1 military power

Washington: The US state Department is worried over China’s increasing No. 1 military power.
According the Pentagon’s annual China power report to Congress, released on Wednesday, China is steadily continuing a secretive and potentially destabilizing military buildup that would give the People’s Liberation Army a modernized regional armed force by the end of the decade. But the PLA will have limited ability to reach the United States for years to come, The Pentagon estimates China’s total military spending at $160 billion in 2010, more than Beijing’s stated military budget of $92 billion and a 12 percent spending increase over the previous year.

 

With Taiwan its chief concern, Beijing’s spending on “anti-access and area denial” weaponry designed to defend its claimed air and sea territory is tilting the balance of power toward the mainland. The Pentagon now feels Chinese leaders are worried about starting an arms race among its neighbors in the region.

 

Defense Department officials have said for months they believe China’s desire to modernize and increase its regional military capabilities is understandable given the rising power’s rapidly expanding global economic interests.

 

But Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen has said that some weaponry seems to push Chinese capabilities beyond stated limited goals of its government, which must reveal more about how much it spends on its military, what it buys, and why.

 

“The United States welcomes a strong, prosperous and successful China,” the Pentagon report says, “that reinforces international rules and norms and enhances security and peace both regionally and globally.”

 

But 2010 was marred by a months-long relations freeze from Beijing in retaliation for a $6 billion U.S. arms sale to Taiwan, the continuation of a pattern former Defense Secretary Robert Gates sought to break. The thaw began when Gates and Mullen visited China this year, trips bolstered by lower-level military engagements discussing defense policy, maritime security and other sensitive security issues.

 

In recent weeks, global attention turned to China’s sea trials of its first aircraft carrier, a remodeled Russian ship. Schiffer said the ship does not yet have aircraft, and China is only land-training future carrier pilots thus far, so its significance is unknown.

 

“Whether or not this proves to be a net-plus for the region or for the globe, or proves to be something that has destabilizing effects and raises blood pressure in various regional capitals, I think, remains to be seen,” Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Michael Schiffer said in a briefing.

 

China likely will begin building its own aircraft carrier this year, to be operational after 2015. Several more Chinese carriers and support ships are expected in the next 10 years. But it will take years for Chinese pilots to reach a “minimal level of combat capability” from a carrier.

 

US worried over China wants to be No. 1 military power

Washington: The US state Department is worried over China’s increasing No. 1 military power.
According the Pentagon’s annual China power report to Congress, released on Wednesday, China is steadily continuing a secretive and potentially destabilizing military buildup that would give the People’s Liberation Army a modernized regional armed force by the end of the decade. But the PLA will have limited ability to reach the United States for years to come, The Pentagon estimates China’s total military spending at $160 billion in 2010, more than Beijing’s stated military budget of $92 billion and a 12 percent spending increase over the previous year.

 

With Taiwan its chief concern, Beijing’s spending on “anti-access and area denial” weaponry designed to defend its claimed air and sea territory is tilting the balance of power toward the mainland. The Pentagon now feels Chinese leaders are worried about starting an arms race among its neighbors in the region.

 

Defense Department officials have said for months they believe China’s desire to modernize and increase its regional military capabilities is understandable given the rising power’s rapidly expanding global economic interests.

 

But Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen has said that some weaponry seems to push Chinese capabilities beyond stated limited goals of its government, which must reveal more about how much it spends on its military, what it buys, and why.

 

“The United States welcomes a strong, prosperous and successful China,” the Pentagon report says, “that reinforces international rules and norms and enhances security and peace both regionally and globally.”

 

But 2010 was marred by a months-long relations freeze from Beijing in retaliation for a $6 billion U.S. arms sale to Taiwan, the continuation of a pattern former Defense Secretary Robert Gates sought to break. The thaw began when Gates and Mullen visited China this year, trips bolstered by lower-level military engagements discussing defense policy, maritime security and other sensitive security issues.

 

In recent weeks, global attention turned to China’s sea trials of its first aircraft carrier, a remodeled Russian ship. Schiffer said the ship does not yet have aircraft, and China is only land-training future carrier pilots thus far, so its significance is unknown.

 

“Whether or not this proves to be a net-plus for the region or for the globe, or proves to be something that has destabilizing effects and raises blood pressure in various regional capitals, I think, remains to be seen,” Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Michael Schiffer said in a briefing.

 

China likely will begin building its own aircraft carrier this year, to be operational after 2015. Several more Chinese carriers and support ships are expected in the next 10 years. But it will take years for Chinese pilots to reach a “minimal level of combat capability” from a carrier.

 

Eleven people dead in Australia fire

Australia: 11 people  including up to eight children were feared dead, after a fire engulfed a house in the Queensland capital of Brisbane.
Local media quoted veteran police and firemen saying the incident was the worst they have ever seen.

 

Local media said 14 people – mainly members of two Pacific Islander families – were inside the house when the blaze broke out just after midnight. Police confirmed that three men escaped the fire.

 

The Police s Queensland Disaster Victim Identification Squad was at the scene to begin the process of identifying the victims.

 

Queensland Police Superintendent Noel Powers called for the community to be patient during the identification process.

 

The Acting Superintendent of Queensland Fire and Rescue, Peter Ryan, said the incident was the worst he has seen.

 

The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

Eleven people dead in Australia fire

Australia: 11 people  including up to eight children were feared dead, after a fire engulfed a house in the Queensland capital of Brisbane.
Local media quoted veteran police and firemen saying the incident was the worst they have ever seen.

 

Local media said 14 people – mainly members of two Pacific Islander families – were inside the house when the blaze broke out just after midnight. Police confirmed that three men escaped the fire.

 

The Police s Queensland Disaster Victim Identification Squad was at the scene to begin the process of identifying the victims.

 

Queensland Police Superintendent Noel Powers called for the community to be patient during the identification process.

 

The Acting Superintendent of Queensland Fire and Rescue, Peter Ryan, said the incident was the worst he has seen.

 

The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

US court two Somali pirates to life in prison four American hostages killing

US court two Somali pirates to life in prison for killing four American hostages.

The Somali pirates had hijacking the hostages’ yacht off the coast of Oman earlier this year. Officials in Norfolk, Virginia announced the sentences Monday in the case of 30-year-old Ali Abdi Mohamed and 31-year-old Burhan Abdirahman Yusuf.The two Somalis had pled guilty to piracy, which carries a mandatory life sentence. Officials also say nine co-conspirators have also entered guilty pleas and will be sentenced in the coming weeks.

The four Americans were sailing along with an international yacht race, the Blue Water Rally, before heading off on their own. Organizers of the rally say the four were sailing toward Salallah in Oman when pirates seized their vessel.

 

The Americans were shot to death in February, days after they were taken hostage. This was the first time U.S. citizens had been killed by the pirate gangs operating off the Somali coast. The Americans were yacht owners Jean and Scott Adam of Marina del Ray, California, and Bob Riggle and Phyllis Macay of Seattle, Washington.

 

 

Source: http://www.latestcnnnews.com/us-court-two-somali-pirates-to-life-in-prison.html

US court two Somali pirates to life in prison four American hostages killing

US court two Somali pirates to life in prison for killing four American hostages.

The Somali pirates had hijacking the hostages’ yacht off the coast of Oman earlier this year. Officials in Norfolk, Virginia announced the sentences Monday in the case of 30-year-old Ali Abdi Mohamed and 31-year-old Burhan Abdirahman Yusuf.The two Somalis had pled guilty to piracy, which carries a mandatory life sentence. Officials also say nine co-conspirators have also entered guilty pleas and will be sentenced in the coming weeks.

The four Americans were sailing along with an international yacht race, the Blue Water Rally, before heading off on their own. Organizers of the rally say the four were sailing toward Salallah in Oman when pirates seized their vessel.

 

The Americans were shot to death in February, days after they were taken hostage. This was the first time U.S. citizens had been killed by the pirate gangs operating off the Somali coast. The Americans were yacht owners Jean and Scott Adam of Marina del Ray, California, and Bob Riggle and Phyllis Macay of Seattle, Washington.

 

 

Source: http://www.latestcnnnews.com/us-court-two-somali-pirates-to-life-in-prison.html

Gaddafi Withdrawal from Tripoli HQ

Libya: Muammar Gaddafi said, withdrawal from Tripoli HQ a ‘tactical move’ and pledged “martyrdom or victory” in the fight against Nato and the Libyan rebels.
Speaking on a local Tripoli radio station on Wednesday, Col Gaddafi pledged “martyrdom or victory” in the fight against Nato and the Libyan rebels, al-Urubah said.

Muammar Gaddafi said on Wednesday that his withdrawal from his Bab al-Aziziya headquarters was a “tactical move” after the compound was leveled by 64 NATO air strikes.

Meanwhile, the rebels seized Gaddafi’s compound in Tripoli on Tuesday after a fierce battle with loyalist forces.

On the othe hand, Libyan UN envoy Ibrahim Dabbashi said the compound was fully in the hands of opposition fighters, and that the country would be liberated within 72 hours.

Gaddafi Withdrawal from Tripoli HQ

Libya: Muammar Gaddafi said, withdrawal from Tripoli HQ a ‘tactical move’ and pledged “martyrdom or victory” in the fight against Nato and the Libyan rebels.
Speaking on a local Tripoli radio station on Wednesday, Col Gaddafi pledged “martyrdom or victory” in the fight against Nato and the Libyan rebels, al-Urubah said.

Muammar Gaddafi said on Wednesday that his withdrawal from his Bab al-Aziziya headquarters was a “tactical move” after the compound was leveled by 64 NATO air strikes.

Meanwhile, the rebels seized Gaddafi’s compound in Tripoli on Tuesday after a fierce battle with loyalist forces.

On the othe hand, Libyan UN envoy Ibrahim Dabbashi said the compound was fully in the hands of opposition fighters, and that the country would be liberated within 72 hours.

Sri Lanka won the last ODI match

Colombo: Sri Lanka won the last ODI match against Australia by four wickets.
Fast bowler Lasith Malinga took a record third hat-trick as Sri Lanka secured a consolation four-wicket victory over Australia in the fifth and final one-day international played at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Monday.Australia won the series by 3-2.

 

Australia, who had an unbeatable 3-1 lead before the match, were comfortably placed at 210-5 before losing their last five wickets for just one run, with Malinga doing the maximum damage to finish with 3-35 off eight overs.

 

Sri Lanka s batsmen stuttered to 33-3 at the start of their innings with Pattinson taking two wickets in his opening spell, but Mahela Jayawardene (71) and Chamara Silva (63) put on 111 for the fourth wicket to prop up the innings.

 

Silva, who hit one six and eight fours in his 71-ball knock, was dismissed just before rain stopped play but Jayawardene and Angelo Mathews (26) ensured win when the game resumed with a 51-run stand for the fifth wicket.

 

Source: http://www.latestcnnnews.com/colombo-sri-lanka-won-the-5th-odi-match-against-...

Sri Lanka won the last ODI match

Colombo: Sri Lanka won the last ODI match against Australia by four wickets.
Fast bowler Lasith Malinga took a record third hat-trick as Sri Lanka secured a consolation four-wicket victory over Australia in the fifth and final one-day international played at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Monday.Australia won the series by 3-2.

 

Australia, who had an unbeatable 3-1 lead before the match, were comfortably placed at 210-5 before losing their last five wickets for just one run, with Malinga doing the maximum damage to finish with 3-35 off eight overs.

 

Sri Lanka s batsmen stuttered to 33-3 at the start of their innings with Pattinson taking two wickets in his opening spell, but Mahela Jayawardene (71) and Chamara Silva (63) put on 111 for the fourth wicket to prop up the innings.

 

Silva, who hit one six and eight fours in his 71-ball knock, was dismissed just before rain stopped play but Jayawardene and Angelo Mathews (26) ensured win when the game resumed with a 51-run stand for the fifth wicket.

 

Source: http://www.latestcnnnews.com/colombo-sri-lanka-won-the-5th-odi-match-against-...

England won the test series

London: England won the fourth test match of whitewash series by defeating India. 
England completed a series whitewash over India when they won the fourth test by an innings and eight runs on the final day at the Oval.

 

India, following on in their second innings, collapsed to 283 all out in the second session after Sachin Tendulkar had been dismissed nine runs short of a 100th international century.

 

Tendulkar added 144 for the fourth wicket with nightwatchman Amit Mishra, who compiled a test best 84 before he was bowled by Graeme Swann.

 

Seven wickets fell for 21 runs, including Tendulkar who was lbw for 91 to the first ball of Tim Bresnan s second spell.

 

Off-spinner Swann, who had Tendulkar dropped on 70 by Alastair Cook at short-leg and Matt Prior behind the stumps on 85, finished with six for 106.

 

England took over from India as the world s top-ranked nation when they won the third test at Edgbaston.

 

Source: http://www.latestcnnnews.com/london-england-won-the-4th-test-match-against-in...

England won the test series

London: England won the fourth test match of whitewash series by defeating India. 
England completed a series whitewash over India when they won the fourth test by an innings and eight runs on the final day at the Oval.

 

India, following on in their second innings, collapsed to 283 all out in the second session after Sachin Tendulkar had been dismissed nine runs short of a 100th international century.

 

Tendulkar added 144 for the fourth wicket with nightwatchman Amit Mishra, who compiled a test best 84 before he was bowled by Graeme Swann.

 

Seven wickets fell for 21 runs, including Tendulkar who was lbw for 91 to the first ball of Tim Bresnan s second spell.

 

Off-spinner Swann, who had Tendulkar dropped on 70 by Alastair Cook at short-leg and Matt Prior behind the stumps on 85, finished with six for 106.

 

England took over from India as the world s top-ranked nation when they won the third test at Edgbaston.

 

Source: http://www.latestcnnnews.com/london-england-won-the-4th-test-match-against-in...

US President Barack Obama urged Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to step down

US President Barack Obama said that Mummar Gaddafi s hold on Libya is” comming to end” as rebels worked to secure Tripoli.
In his first public remarks since rebels took hold of Tripoli, US President Barack Obama acknowledged the shift in power in the Libyan capital.

 

“The situation is still very fluid. There remains a degree of uncertainty and there are still regime elements that pose a threat. But this much is clear, the Gaddafi regime is coming to an end and the future of Libya is in the hands of its people.”, the US President said.

 

Speaking from Martha s vineyard where he is vacationing with his family, obama urged Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to step down.

 

Obama further said, “Although it is clear Gaddafi s rule is over. He still has the opportunity to reduce further bloodshed by explicitly relinquishing power to the people of Libya and calling for those forces who continue to fight to lay down their arms for the sake of Libya.”

 

The president also called on the opposition to conduct a peaceful transition — adding that the U.S. looks forward to working with a post-Gaddafi Libya.

 

“Now, the Libya you deserve is within your reach. Going forward, we will be in close coordination with the TNC to support that outcome and there will be huge challenges ahead, the extraordinary events in Libya remind us that fear can give way to hope and that the power of people striving can bring about a brighter day ” he said.

 

Source: http://www.latestcnnnews.com/us-president-obama-urges-gadaffi-to-step-down.html

US President Barack Obama urged Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to step down

US President Barack Obama said that Mummar Gaddafi s hold on Libya is” comming to end” as rebels worked to secure Tripoli.
In his first public remarks since rebels took hold of Tripoli, US President Barack Obama acknowledged the shift in power in the Libyan capital.

 

“The situation is still very fluid. There remains a degree of uncertainty and there are still regime elements that pose a threat. But this much is clear, the Gaddafi regime is coming to an end and the future of Libya is in the hands of its people.”, the US President said.

 

Speaking from Martha s vineyard where he is vacationing with his family, obama urged Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to step down.

 

Obama further said, “Although it is clear Gaddafi s rule is over. He still has the opportunity to reduce further bloodshed by explicitly relinquishing power to the people of Libya and calling for those forces who continue to fight to lay down their arms for the sake of Libya.”

 

The president also called on the opposition to conduct a peaceful transition — adding that the U.S. looks forward to working with a post-Gaddafi Libya.

 

“Now, the Libya you deserve is within your reach. Going forward, we will be in close coordination with the TNC to support that outcome and there will be huge challenges ahead, the extraordinary events in Libya remind us that fear can give way to hope and that the power of people striving can bring about a brighter day ” he said.

 

Source: http://www.latestcnnnews.com/us-president-obama-urges-gadaffi-to-step-down.html

Martin Luther King Jr. opens in Washington, D.C.

Monument honouring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. opens in Washington, D.C.
The new statue honouring civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was unveiled in Washington on Monday the first memorial on the Mall not dedicated to a war, president or white man.

Fifteen years after a Congressional Joint Resolution in 1996 to establish a memorial in Washington, D.C. to honor King, the four-acre site on the Tidal Basin between the Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials opened to the public for the first time.

Visitors will walk through two massive white granite halves of the “Mountain of Despair” to reach the “Stone of Hope,” from which the sculpture of King emerges. The principles of the massive memorial are Justice, Democracy, Hope and Love.
The winning design from an international contest was inspired by the line from King s “I Have a Dream” speech, “Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope.” The memorial consists of a 30 foot ( meter) King s sculpture. On either side of the mountain, is a 450-foot-long (137.16 meters) wall is inscribed with 14 quotations from the famous orator s speeches, sermons, and writings.

 

Yixin and a team carved and assembled the stone and mountain from 159 blocks of Atlantic Green granite and Kenoran Sage granite from North America, as well as granite from Asia.

 

Harry Johnson, President of the martin Luther King Memorial Project told Reuters “America is diversified, so when you come and see Jefferson, Lincoln and Washington in DC, it s not just one race of people. It s not just these old guys who you read about, but here s somebody who people may have touched, may have shook his hand and he is an up to date hero that changed this country and made this country and now the world look more diversified as a way we see the world.”

 

The memorial will be presented to President Barack Obama and dedicated in a celebration on Sunday August 28, marking the anniversary of the Dream speech delivered from the steps of the nearby Lincoln Memorial 48 years ago.

 

King, the youngest man to have received the Nobel Peace Prize and the leader of the American Civil Rights movement in the 1950s and 60s, led a peaceful march on Washington in 1963. A crowd of 250,000 heard his DREAM speech at the march, five years before his assassination in Memphis on April 4, 1968.

 

A joint venture team broke ground on the site nearly five years ago, and the “Build the Dream” Campaign of the National Memorial Project Foundation, $115 of the $120 million needed.

 

William Line, from the National Park Service said “We couldn t be more delighted, happy, proud, but also humbled about the fact that we are the caretakers of this wonderful memorial.”

 

 

Source: http://www.latestcnnnews.com/martin-luther-king-jr-was-unveiled-in-washington...

Martin Luther King Jr. opens in Washington, D.C.

Monument honouring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. opens in Washington, D.C.
The new statue honouring civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was unveiled in Washington on Monday the first memorial on the Mall not dedicated to a war, president or white man.

Fifteen years after a Congressional Joint Resolution in 1996 to establish a memorial in Washington, D.C. to honor King, the four-acre site on the Tidal Basin between the Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials opened to the public for the first time.

Visitors will walk through two massive white granite halves of the “Mountain of Despair” to reach the “Stone of Hope,” from which the sculpture of King emerges. The principles of the massive memorial are Justice, Democracy, Hope and Love.
The winning design from an international contest was inspired by the line from King s “I Have a Dream” speech, “Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope.” The memorial consists of a 30 foot ( meter) King s sculpture. On either side of the mountain, is a 450-foot-long (137.16 meters) wall is inscribed with 14 quotations from the famous orator s speeches, sermons, and writings.

 

Yixin and a team carved and assembled the stone and mountain from 159 blocks of Atlantic Green granite and Kenoran Sage granite from North America, as well as granite from Asia.

 

Harry Johnson, President of the martin Luther King Memorial Project told Reuters “America is diversified, so when you come and see Jefferson, Lincoln and Washington in DC, it s not just one race of people. It s not just these old guys who you read about, but here s somebody who people may have touched, may have shook his hand and he is an up to date hero that changed this country and made this country and now the world look more diversified as a way we see the world.”

 

The memorial will be presented to President Barack Obama and dedicated in a celebration on Sunday August 28, marking the anniversary of the Dream speech delivered from the steps of the nearby Lincoln Memorial 48 years ago.

 

King, the youngest man to have received the Nobel Peace Prize and the leader of the American Civil Rights movement in the 1950s and 60s, led a peaceful march on Washington in 1963. A crowd of 250,000 heard his DREAM speech at the march, five years before his assassination in Memphis on April 4, 1968.

 

A joint venture team broke ground on the site nearly five years ago, and the “Build the Dream” Campaign of the National Memorial Project Foundation, $115 of the $120 million needed.

 

William Line, from the National Park Service said “We couldn t be more delighted, happy, proud, but also humbled about the fact that we are the caretakers of this wonderful memorial.”

 

 

Source: http://www.latestcnnnews.com/martin-luther-king-jr-was-unveiled-in-washington...

Cincinnati Open: Sharapova defeated the 10th- seeded Australian by 6-3, 6-2

Maria Sharapova reach into semi-finals for the second straight year at Cincinnati Open.
Sharapova, seeded fourth, defeated the 10th-seeded Australian 6-3, 6-2 and next faces either second-seeded Vera Zvonareva of Russia or unseeded Slovakian Daniela Hantuchova.

She will face second-seeded Vera Zvonareva, who let a second-set advantage slip but eventually put away unseeded Slovakian Daniela Hantuchova 6-3, 7-6 (8/6).

“I played a really great match and did many good things today which caused her trouble,” Sharapova said. “I was aggressive. I didn t give her much time to do things that she likes to do when she plays well, felt like I controlled most of the points.”
Sharapova was pleased to be playing better in her last tournament before the US Open, the final Grand Slam of the year that starts in New York on August 29.
“Coming here, I said that it was really important to play these matches,” she said. “Obviously the more matches you play against different opponents and winning them gives you more confidence going into New York … to be playing good tennis before New York is really important.”
Sharapova won a challenge on match point to improve to 3-0 this year and 9-0 in her career against Stosur.

 

 

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Cincinnati Open: Sharapova defeated the 10th- seeded Australian by 6-3, 6-2

Maria Sharapova reach into semi-finals for the second straight year at Cincinnati Open.
Sharapova, seeded fourth, defeated the 10th-seeded Australian 6-3, 6-2 and next faces either second-seeded Vera Zvonareva of Russia or unseeded Slovakian Daniela Hantuchova.

She will face second-seeded Vera Zvonareva, who let a second-set advantage slip but eventually put away unseeded Slovakian Daniela Hantuchova 6-3, 7-6 (8/6).

“I played a really great match and did many good things today which caused her trouble,” Sharapova said. “I was aggressive. I didn t give her much time to do things that she likes to do when she plays well, felt like I controlled most of the points.”
Sharapova was pleased to be playing better in her last tournament before the US Open, the final Grand Slam of the year that starts in New York on August 29.
“Coming here, I said that it was really important to play these matches,” she said. “Obviously the more matches you play against different opponents and winning them gives you more confidence going into New York … to be playing good tennis before New York is really important.”
Sharapova won a challenge on match point to improve to 3-0 this year and 9-0 in her career against Stosur.

 

 

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Hollywood actros Justin Theroux never marry Jennifer Aniston

America: Hollywood famous actor justin Theroux will never marry actress-girlfriend Jennifer Aniston.

Theroux began dating Aniston earlier this year and there have been reports that the couple are set to tie the knot very soon. However, Warden insists that the actor, who was with girlfriend Heid Bivensfor 14 years before dating Aniston, is not the kind of person who will get married. “Justin will never marry her.

He’s not the marrying type – as you can see from the 14-year relationship he was in that didn’t end in marriage. He is not the kind of guy to be owned,” contactmusic quoted Warden as saying. “Jen is the complete opposite of Justin. She’s all about Malibuand shopping and trying to stay young while Justin is about being an artist. The last place Jen would want to go in New Yorkwould be a dive bar,” he added.

 

 

Source: America: America: Hollywood famous actor justin Theroux will never marry actress-girlfriend Jennifer Aniston.

Hollywood actros Justin Theroux never marry Jennifer Aniston

America: Hollywood famous actor justin Theroux will never marry actress-girlfriend Jennifer Aniston.

Theroux began dating Aniston earlier this year and there have been reports that the couple are set to tie the knot very soon. However, Warden insists that the actor, who was with girlfriend Heid Bivensfor 14 years before dating Aniston, is not the kind of person who will get married. “Justin will never marry her.

He’s not the marrying type – as you can see from the 14-year relationship he was in that didn’t end in marriage. He is not the kind of guy to be owned,” contactmusic quoted Warden as saying. “Jen is the complete opposite of Justin. She’s all about Malibuand shopping and trying to stay young while Justin is about being an artist. The last place Jen would want to go in New Yorkwould be a dive bar,” he added.

 

 

Source: America: America: Hollywood famous actor justin Theroux will never marry actress-girlfriend Jennifer Aniston.

Goodwill Basketball match ended in brawl between US and China

A Basketball goodwill match ended in vicious brawl between China and US.
A brawl during what was supposed to be a friendly U.S.-China basketball match is threatening the positive image Washington and Beijing are trying to create during Vice President Joe Biden’s visit to China.

Players from both teams punched and kicked each other. The game was then called off. As the Georgetown team walked off the court, video showed spectators booing and a few throwing cups at the players.

Georgetown is a University team from Washington D.C. The Bayi Rockets of Shanghai play in the Chinese Basketball Association, China’s top professional league.

Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, left, accompanies his U.S. counterpart Joseph Biden to review an honor guard during a welcoming ceremony inside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, August 18, 2011

Thursday night’s brawl took place at the same time visiting Vice President Joe Biden was across town banqueting with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, who is expected to become China’s next president. The two countries have been working hard to present the relationship as a very good one.

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Goodwill Basketball match ended in brawl between US and China

A Basketball goodwill match ended in vicious brawl between China and US.
A brawl during what was supposed to be a friendly U.S.-China basketball match is threatening the positive image Washington and Beijing are trying to create during Vice President Joe Biden’s visit to China.

Players from both teams punched and kicked each other. The game was then called off. As the Georgetown team walked off the court, video showed spectators booing and a few throwing cups at the players.

Georgetown is a University team from Washington D.C. The Bayi Rockets of Shanghai play in the Chinese Basketball Association, China’s top professional league.

Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, left, accompanies his U.S. counterpart Joseph Biden to review an honor guard during a welcoming ceremony inside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, August 18, 2011

Thursday night’s brawl took place at the same time visiting Vice President Joe Biden was across town banqueting with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, who is expected to become China’s next president. The two countries have been working hard to present the relationship as a very good one.

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Israeli helicopters attack in Egypt 3 soldiers killed

Egypt: Israeli helicopter attack expressed anger over the deaths of three of its soldiers killed 

The deaths apparently occurred as Israeli helicopters were pursuing Palestinian militants across the Egyptian border. Israelis say Egypt must bring a  no-man s land  in the Sinai under control.

As Israeli soldiers and Palestinian militants continued to clash Friday, Egypt expressed anger over the deaths of at least three of its soldiers apparently killed by Israeli helicopters pursuing militants across the Israeli-Egyptian border a day earlier.

The Egyptian government submitted a formal protest to Israel and called for an urgent investigation of the deaths of the soldiers, the Egyptian state news agency said. Officials also closed until further notice the Al Awja crossing between Egypt and Israel, used for the passage of trade and exports, the agency said.

Israel said it killed seven militants in gunfights Thursday. It followed that Thursday night and Friday morning with at least a dozen airstrikes on militant targets in Gaza, including a suspected weapons-manufacturing site and tunnels to Egypt, military officials said.

In Gaza, Palestinian officials said nine people were killed, including two top commanders of the Popular Resistance Committees, an armed group that Israel accused of orchestrating the attacks in Israel. Two children were also killed, according to hospital officials.

 

 

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Israeli helicopters attack in Egypt 3 soldiers killed

Egypt: Israeli helicopter attack expressed anger over the deaths of three of its soldiers killed 

The deaths apparently occurred as Israeli helicopters were pursuing Palestinian militants across the Egyptian border. Israelis say Egypt must bring a  no-man s land  in the Sinai under control.

As Israeli soldiers and Palestinian militants continued to clash Friday, Egypt expressed anger over the deaths of at least three of its soldiers apparently killed by Israeli helicopters pursuing militants across the Israeli-Egyptian border a day earlier.

The Egyptian government submitted a formal protest to Israel and called for an urgent investigation of the deaths of the soldiers, the Egyptian state news agency said. Officials also closed until further notice the Al Awja crossing between Egypt and Israel, used for the passage of trade and exports, the agency said.

Israel said it killed seven militants in gunfights Thursday. It followed that Thursday night and Friday morning with at least a dozen airstrikes on militant targets in Gaza, including a suspected weapons-manufacturing site and tunnels to Egypt, military officials said.

In Gaza, Palestinian officials said nine people were killed, including two top commanders of the Popular Resistance Committees, an armed group that Israel accused of orchestrating the attacks in Israel. Two children were also killed, according to hospital officials.

 

 

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Nadal won the match by 7-6(5), 6-7(4), 7-6(9)

Nadal survived a three-set, three-tiebreaker match against fellow Spaniard Fernando Verdasco on Thursday, advancing to the quarterfinals with a 7-6 (5), 6-7 (4), 7-6 (9) victory that kept him on court for 3 hours, 38 minutes. Then, he played a doubles match that went an hour and 10 minutes, followed by interviews.

How d he feel?
“Fantastic,” he said, smiling broadly.

The top three players in the men s bracket advanced Thursday. Djokovic beat qualifier Radek Stepanek 6-3, 6-3 in a ragged match, improving to 31-0 on hard courts this year and 55-1 overall. Federer knocked off James Blake 6-4, 6-1 in the evening.

Nobody had a day quite like the second-seeded Nadal, who arrived for the Cincinnati-area tournament hoping to get a lot of time on court this week. He missed nearly a month after hurting his left foot at Wimbledon, where he reached the finals and lost to Novak Djokovic.
He got his wish, all at once.

Playing on a sunny, mid-80s afternoon, Nadal blew four match points before finally ending the match. It was only the second best-of-three matches in Nadal s career that featured three tiebreakers.

“I would like to have one hour less than I have, but it s a positive one,” said Nadal, now 12-0 against Verdasco.
After taking a few questions, Nadal said politely, “I have to go to rest.”

Nadal s next match will be against seventh-seeded Mardy Fish, who beat Richard Gasquet 7-5, 7-5 with far less effort.

“If you want to play someone like Rafa, you hope that he plays a match that s four hours long before you play him,” Fish said. “I mean, that s as physical as it gets. It s hot out there, so I m sure he ll be pretty tired.”

Djokovic has played a lot of matches lately, and it showed in his performance on Thursday. He pumped his fist to get the crowd involved near the end.

“It s been very slow, kind of an ugly match to play and watch, so I think we really needed to engage the crowd at the end,” Djokovic said. “I ve played so many matches, and they ve caught up to me. It s OK.

“There are days like this when you don t feel like playing, but I hate losing. That s what makes me motivated on the court.”

Nadal won the match by 7-6(5), 6-7(4), 7-6(9)

Nadal survived a three-set, three-tiebreaker match against fellow Spaniard Fernando Verdasco on Thursday, advancing to the quarterfinals with a 7-6 (5), 6-7 (4), 7-6 (9) victory that kept him on court for 3 hours, 38 minutes. Then, he played a doubles match that went an hour and 10 minutes, followed by interviews.

How d he feel?
“Fantastic,” he said, smiling broadly.

The top three players in the men s bracket advanced Thursday. Djokovic beat qualifier Radek Stepanek 6-3, 6-3 in a ragged match, improving to 31-0 on hard courts this year and 55-1 overall. Federer knocked off James Blake 6-4, 6-1 in the evening.

Nobody had a day quite like the second-seeded Nadal, who arrived for the Cincinnati-area tournament hoping to get a lot of time on court this week. He missed nearly a month after hurting his left foot at Wimbledon, where he reached the finals and lost to Novak Djokovic.
He got his wish, all at once.

Playing on a sunny, mid-80s afternoon, Nadal blew four match points before finally ending the match. It was only the second best-of-three matches in Nadal s career that featured three tiebreakers.

“I would like to have one hour less than I have, but it s a positive one,” said Nadal, now 12-0 against Verdasco.
After taking a few questions, Nadal said politely, “I have to go to rest.”

Nadal s next match will be against seventh-seeded Mardy Fish, who beat Richard Gasquet 7-5, 7-5 with far less effort.

“If you want to play someone like Rafa, you hope that he plays a match that s four hours long before you play him,” Fish said. “I mean, that s as physical as it gets. It s hot out there, so I m sure he ll be pretty tired.”

Djokovic has played a lot of matches lately, and it showed in his performance on Thursday. He pumped his fist to get the crowd involved near the end.

“It s been very slow, kind of an ugly match to play and watch, so I think we really needed to engage the crowd at the end,” Djokovic said. “I ve played so many matches, and they ve caught up to me. It s OK.

“There are days like this when you don t feel like playing, but I hate losing. That s what makes me motivated on the court.”

8 people were killed in Kabul attack on British Council

KABUL: Britsih Counsil bomb attack Eight people were killed and 10 others were injured in a series of suicide explosions.
At least eight people were killed as a wave of suicide explosions rocked a British cultural centre in Kabul Friday, a public holiday marking Afghanistan s independence from Britain in 1919.

Five blasts, claimed by the Taliban, struck the British Council offices in Kabul amid bursts of heavy gunfire that began in the early morning and were ongoing four hours later.

The British Council is an official organisation part-funded by London that promotes cultural relations in offices around the world.

Police said at least the first two blasts were the work of suicide bombers.

“Eight people, mostly police, are killed and 10 others injured,” said interior ministry spokesman Siddiq Siddiqui. “There s one person, one of the attackers who is still alive and resisting. The area has not yet been cleared.”

Kabul police spokesman Hashmat Stanikzai earlier said the dead included two policemen and two street cleaners who had been working nearby when the attackers struck.
The British embassy and NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan confirmed that the target was the British Council.

 

“I can confirm reports of an attack against the British Council compound in Kabul,” said an embassy spokesman.
He added that the embassy was co-ordinating with Afghan authorities at the scene but could not provide information on casualties.

 

An ISAF spokesman, Captain Justin Brockhoff, said the force had sent a “limited number” of troops to the scene.
“We have a very small contribution to the Afghan-led response,” he said. Afghan security forces are in overall control of security in Kabul.

 

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, claimed the militant group leading a 10-year insurgency in Afghanistan was responsible for the attack, which he said was to mark the nation s independence day.

 

He said the attackers  target was the British Council and a United Nations guest house. But a spokesman for the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, Dan McNorton, denied any of its sites was involved.

8 people were killed in Kabul attack on British Council

KABUL: Britsih Counsil bomb attack Eight people were killed and 10 others were injured in a series of suicide explosions.
At least eight people were killed as a wave of suicide explosions rocked a British cultural centre in Kabul Friday, a public holiday marking Afghanistan s independence from Britain in 1919.

Five blasts, claimed by the Taliban, struck the British Council offices in Kabul amid bursts of heavy gunfire that began in the early morning and were ongoing four hours later.

The British Council is an official organisation part-funded by London that promotes cultural relations in offices around the world.

Police said at least the first two blasts were the work of suicide bombers.

“Eight people, mostly police, are killed and 10 others injured,” said interior ministry spokesman Siddiq Siddiqui. “There s one person, one of the attackers who is still alive and resisting. The area has not yet been cleared.”

Kabul police spokesman Hashmat Stanikzai earlier said the dead included two policemen and two street cleaners who had been working nearby when the attackers struck.
The British embassy and NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan confirmed that the target was the British Council.

 

“I can confirm reports of an attack against the British Council compound in Kabul,” said an embassy spokesman.
He added that the embassy was co-ordinating with Afghan authorities at the scene but could not provide information on casualties.

 

An ISAF spokesman, Captain Justin Brockhoff, said the force had sent a “limited number” of troops to the scene.
“We have a very small contribution to the Afghan-led response,” he said. Afghan security forces are in overall control of security in Kabul.

 

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, claimed the militant group leading a 10-year insurgency in Afghanistan was responsible for the attack, which he said was to mark the nation s independence day.

 

He said the attackers  target was the British Council and a United Nations guest house. But a spokesman for the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, Dan McNorton, denied any of its sites was involved.

Japan issues a tsunami Warning

An earthquake of 6.8 magnitude struck Japan’s northeast coast on Friday.
A powerful earthquake of 6.8 magnitude struck off Japan s northeast coast Friday, triggering a tsunami advisory, the Japanese Meteorological Agency said.

The quake, which swayed buildings in Tokyo, struck off the Pacific coast at a depth of 20 kilometres (12 miles) at 0536 GMT, according to a preliminary report from the agency.

There were no immediate reports of damage from the tremor that struck 80 kilometres southeast of Miyagi prefecture, not far from the epicentre of the powerful magnitude-9.0 quake that hit on March 11.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said there was no threat of a destructive widespread tsunami in the broader Pacific Ocean.

But the meteorological agency warned that waves of up to 50 centimetres (20 inches) may hit areas along the disaster-struck coast, including the area where the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant is situated.

The operator of the plant, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), said there were no reports of fresh damage or abnormalities after the latest quake at the stricken atomic power plant.

Japan issues a tsunami Warning

An earthquake of 6.8 magnitude struck Japan’s northeast coast on Friday.
A powerful earthquake of 6.8 magnitude struck off Japan s northeast coast Friday, triggering a tsunami advisory, the Japanese Meteorological Agency said.

The quake, which swayed buildings in Tokyo, struck off the Pacific coast at a depth of 20 kilometres (12 miles) at 0536 GMT, according to a preliminary report from the agency.

There were no immediate reports of damage from the tremor that struck 80 kilometres southeast of Miyagi prefecture, not far from the epicentre of the powerful magnitude-9.0 quake that hit on March 11.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said there was no threat of a destructive widespread tsunami in the broader Pacific Ocean.

But the meteorological agency warned that waves of up to 50 centimetres (20 inches) may hit areas along the disaster-struck coast, including the area where the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant is situated.

The operator of the plant, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), said there were no reports of fresh damage or abnormalities after the latest quake at the stricken atomic power plant.

Afghan base suicide bomb attack 2 Afghan guard killed

KABUL: A suicide bomb attack a truck bomb near the entrance of a heavily-guarded US-run base in eastern Afghanistan 2 Afghan guards killed two officials said.

The Taliban, the main militant group leading an escalating 10-year insurgency, claimed responsibility for the attack in Gardez, the capital of eastern Paktia province, which borders Pakistan.

“The bomber was in a vehicle. He tried to enter the base (but) the guards did not let him. He was frustrated and detonated at the very, very first gate,” a coalition spokesman said.

“Two Afghan-contracted guards were killed,” he said.

Earlier the Paktia provincial police chief told AFP three people, two contracted guards and a border police officer in a nearby police base had been wounded.

“A suicide bomber tried to attack the base with a truck bomb but he was encountered at the first gate by Afghan guards. He set off his bombs there,” Paktia provincial police chief, Abdul Ghafar Sapai told.

He said the distance between the first barrier and the main gate was more than 100 metres (300 feet).

Afghan base suicide bomb attack 2 Afghan guard killed

KABUL: A suicide bomb attack a truck bomb near the entrance of a heavily-guarded US-run base in eastern Afghanistan 2 Afghan guards killed two officials said.

The Taliban, the main militant group leading an escalating 10-year insurgency, claimed responsibility for the attack in Gardez, the capital of eastern Paktia province, which borders Pakistan.

“The bomber was in a vehicle. He tried to enter the base (but) the guards did not let him. He was frustrated and detonated at the very, very first gate,” a coalition spokesman said.

“Two Afghan-contracted guards were killed,” he said.

Earlier the Paktia provincial police chief told AFP three people, two contracted guards and a border police officer in a nearby police base had been wounded.

“A suicide bomber tried to attack the base with a truck bomb but he was encountered at the first gate by Afghan guards. He set off his bombs there,” Paktia provincial police chief, Abdul Ghafar Sapai told.

He said the distance between the first barrier and the main gate was more than 100 metres (300 feet).

4th test start today between India and England

LONDON: Fourth Test start today England and India at the Oval cricket ground. Indian players have failed badly on the English wickets where Strauss men crushed all hopes of batting greats.

India, who came into this series as the world’s top-ranked Test team, are 3-0 down in a four-match contest after a trio of increasingly large defeats, most recently last week’s mammoth innings and 242 run reverse at Edgbaston that saw England replace them at number one in the ICC’s Test Championship table.

Despite the adverse situation that the team is in, MS Dhoni tried to maintain remarkable equanimity. The prospect of a washout failed to test his sense of humour and humility.

“We don’t need a wake-up call, because we’re not sleeping,” the India skipper quipped when asked if the England series was a wake-up call for his side. The humility was seen in another remark. “I’m not into blame game. The entire team has failed, not individuals.”

4th test start today between India and England

LONDON: Fourth Test start today England and India at the Oval cricket ground. Indian players have failed badly on the English wickets where Strauss men crushed all hopes of batting greats.

India, who came into this series as the world’s top-ranked Test team, are 3-0 down in a four-match contest after a trio of increasingly large defeats, most recently last week’s mammoth innings and 242 run reverse at Edgbaston that saw England replace them at number one in the ICC’s Test Championship table.

Despite the adverse situation that the team is in, MS Dhoni tried to maintain remarkable equanimity. The prospect of a washout failed to test his sense of humour and humility.

“We don’t need a wake-up call, because we’re not sleeping,” the India skipper quipped when asked if the England series was a wake-up call for his side. The humility was seen in another remark. “I’m not into blame game. The entire team has failed, not individuals.”

INDIA: Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan’s secret vacation

INDIA: Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan took off for a five-day vacation to London to bring in Saif s birthday on August 16.

Despite both of them having hectic shooting schedules and Kareena s promotional duties for her next release, the recent passing of Bebo s grand uncle Shammi Kapoor doesn t seem to have put a dampener on her plans either.

Says a source close to the couple, “Last week they were shooting for Agent Vinod, but nobody knew what Kareena had planned for Saif s birthday. She requested Saif s production partner Dinesh Vijan for five days off from the shoot to whisk him off to London. This year, Saif s birthday plans have been kept completely quiet and nobody except their families know where they are. They are staying at their favourite hotel Claridge s. Kareena even made all the arrangements for the birthday dinner on Tuesday night at an exclusive resto-bar in London.”

The source adds that Kareena and Saif were both adamant that they needed a short break. Though she was in the middle of photo shoots, promotional events and shooting for Agent Vinod, she completed everything before she left with Saif. Kareena wanted to make this year special for him. As for Saif, taking this break meant a mix of both work and leisure, as he has some work-related meetings in London. “They don t want anybody to know about their vacation, so they quietly flew out on August 14. This time the couple didn t want anybody to know what Kareena s birthday plans for Saif were. Their close friends got to know only the next day.”

A year ago, Kareena and Saif brought in Saif s birthday in Latvia, where he was shooting for Agent Vinod.

INDIA: Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan’s secret vacation

INDIA: Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan took off for a five-day vacation to London to bring in Saif s birthday on August 16.

Despite both of them having hectic shooting schedules and Kareena s promotional duties for her next release, the recent passing of Bebo s grand uncle Shammi Kapoor doesn t seem to have put a dampener on her plans either.

Says a source close to the couple, “Last week they were shooting for Agent Vinod, but nobody knew what Kareena had planned for Saif s birthday. She requested Saif s production partner Dinesh Vijan for five days off from the shoot to whisk him off to London. This year, Saif s birthday plans have been kept completely quiet and nobody except their families know where they are. They are staying at their favourite hotel Claridge s. Kareena even made all the arrangements for the birthday dinner on Tuesday night at an exclusive resto-bar in London.”

The source adds that Kareena and Saif were both adamant that they needed a short break. Though she was in the middle of photo shoots, promotional events and shooting for Agent Vinod, she completed everything before she left with Saif. Kareena wanted to make this year special for him. As for Saif, taking this break meant a mix of both work and leisure, as he has some work-related meetings in London. “They don t want anybody to know about their vacation, so they quietly flew out on August 14. This time the couple didn t want anybody to know what Kareena s birthday plans for Saif were. Their close friends got to know only the next day.”

A year ago, Kareena and Saif brought in Saif s birthday in Latvia, where he was shooting for Agent Vinod.

Spanish Supercup Barcelona beats by Real Madrid

Spanish Supercup Barcelona won the match by 3-2.  Lionel Messi scored two goals, including the late winner, and Barcelona won its 10th Spanish Supercup. Real Madrid that ended with both benches brawling on the field.
Messi volleyed Adriano s cross past Iker Casillas for the 87th minute winner to finish off a move started by recent arrival Cesc Fabregas, who made his Barcelona debut.

Messi fed Andres Iniesta for the 15th-minute opener before scoring his first before the break. Madrid twice rallied through goals by Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema before Messi clinched the 5-4 aggregate victory.

Tensions on the hot, humid night at Camp Nou reached a climax in injury time as players and coaching staff brawled on the field after Madrid defender Marcelo s hasty challenge on Fabregas.

After the players and coaching staff were separated and three red cards were handed out, Barcelona lifted its third straight Supercup and first in five tries against Madrid. That gave Pep Guardiola his 11th major piece of silverware, tying Johan Cruyff as the club s most successful coach.

“For a preseason game to be played at this level? That was enormous,” Guardiola said. “Even when we won 5-0 against them last year I never thought we were so superior. It s always been a very difficult matchup for the history between the clubs.”

Spanish Supercup Barcelona beats by Real Madrid

Spanish Supercup Barcelona won the match by 3-2.  Lionel Messi scored two goals, including the late winner, and Barcelona won its 10th Spanish Supercup. Real Madrid that ended with both benches brawling on the field.
Messi volleyed Adriano s cross past Iker Casillas for the 87th minute winner to finish off a move started by recent arrival Cesc Fabregas, who made his Barcelona debut.

Messi fed Andres Iniesta for the 15th-minute opener before scoring his first before the break. Madrid twice rallied through goals by Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema before Messi clinched the 5-4 aggregate victory.

Tensions on the hot, humid night at Camp Nou reached a climax in injury time as players and coaching staff brawled on the field after Madrid defender Marcelo s hasty challenge on Fabregas.

After the players and coaching staff were separated and three red cards were handed out, Barcelona lifted its third straight Supercup and first in five tries against Madrid. That gave Pep Guardiola his 11th major piece of silverware, tying Johan Cruyff as the club s most successful coach.

“For a preseason game to be played at this level? That was enormous,” Guardiola said. “Even when we won 5-0 against them last year I never thought we were so superior. It s always been a very difficult matchup for the history between the clubs.”

American protested against President Obama’s anti-immigration policies

US: According to reports, the human rights activists gathered in front of Democratic Party Offices in Miami, Chicago, Boston, Houston and Atlanta on Tuesday.

The protesters slammed the Obama Administration for reneging on its promise of immigration reform and, instead using federal immigration agents and even local police officers to crackdown on immigrants.

Based on Obama s reform plan, workplace enforcement and border security would be boosted and instead the government would grant millions of immigrants a chance to become citizens if they pay a fine and learn English.

However, the protesters, who brought a petition signed by more than 24,000 people, say the plan has only empowered police to act as immigration agents. The activists also criticized the US Department of Homeland Security s fingerprint sharing program.

US officials disagree on how to organize the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants, mostly from Latin America, who live in the shadows in the United States.

American protested against President Obama’s anti-immigration policies

US: According to reports, the human rights activists gathered in front of Democratic Party Offices in Miami, Chicago, Boston, Houston and Atlanta on Tuesday.

The protesters slammed the Obama Administration for reneging on its promise of immigration reform and, instead using federal immigration agents and even local police officers to crackdown on immigrants.

Based on Obama s reform plan, workplace enforcement and border security would be boosted and instead the government would grant millions of immigrants a chance to become citizens if they pay a fine and learn English.

However, the protesters, who brought a petition signed by more than 24,000 people, say the plan has only empowered police to act as immigration agents. The activists also criticized the US Department of Homeland Security s fingerprint sharing program.

US officials disagree on how to organize the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants, mostly from Latin America, who live in the shadows in the United States.

23 killed in Yemen in Fierce clashes

Yemen: Fierce clashes between tribesmen and troops 23 tribesmen dead.

“Twenty-three of our fighters were killed in fierce overnight clashes with the Republican Guard,” said the source from the Bakil tribe, adding that the worst fighting was concentrated in the area of Sheheb Arhab.

The trouble began last week after the elite Republican Guard, which is led by President Ali Abdullah Saleh s son, Ahmed, installed a checkpoint that allegedly harassed residents of the area that is considered the northeastern gate to Sanaa.

The source said troops chased tribesmen to their villages after few skirmishes, adding that the Republican Guard and the army had recently deployed reinforcements in Arhab, which lies 40 kilometres outside Sanaa.

Tribal sources claimed that the army was planning a war against the Bakil tribe, Yemen s largest confederation of smaller tribes.

 

Source : http://www.latestcnnnews.com/yemen-fierce-clashes-23-tribesmen-killed.html

23 killed in Yemen in Fierce clashes

Yemen: Fierce clashes between tribesmen and troops 23 tribesmen dead.

“Twenty-three of our fighters were killed in fierce overnight clashes with the Republican Guard,” said the source from the Bakil tribe, adding that the worst fighting was concentrated in the area of Sheheb Arhab.

The trouble began last week after the elite Republican Guard, which is led by President Ali Abdullah Saleh s son, Ahmed, installed a checkpoint that allegedly harassed residents of the area that is considered the northeastern gate to Sanaa.

The source said troops chased tribesmen to their villages after few skirmishes, adding that the Republican Guard and the army had recently deployed reinforcements in Arhab, which lies 40 kilometres outside Sanaa.

Tribal sources claimed that the army was planning a war against the Bakil tribe, Yemen s largest confederation of smaller tribes.

 

Source : http://www.latestcnnnews.com/yemen-fierce-clashes-23-tribesmen-killed.html