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Top Internet Albums for the 4/10/2010 issue
Now Last Weeks Peak 1 1 1 My World 2.0 – Justin Bieber (/IDJMG) 2 6 2 My World (EP) – Justin Bieber (/IDJMG) 3 1 3 Still Standing – Monica (/RMG) 4 1 4 Black Rock – Joe Bonamassa () 5 1 5 Volume Two – She & Him () 6 2 3 1 [...]
Just be nice to others to make the world full of kind people
London, September 20 (ANI): Spreading altruism through social networks can make people across the world kind to one another, says an expert. Nicholas Christakis, of Harvard Medical School in Boston, has observed in a study that one’s kindness can turn a friend kind to someone else he/she knows. To demonstrate this, Christakis designed a cooperation [...]
Anna Friel bares all for Breakfast at Tiffany’s role
London, September 20 (ANI): Actress Anna Friel dropped her layers on stage for her role in classic Breakfast at Tiffany’s. The Pushing Daisies star was said to have left fans with dropped jaws as she stripped off at the preview at London’s Theatre Royal Haymarket. “The guys in the front row couldn’t believe it, their [...]
Shia Muslims to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr on Monday
Lucknow, Sept 20 (ANI): A senior official of Shia Muslim community has said that Eid-ul-Fitr would be celebrated on Monday. Kalbe Sadiq, Shia cleric and senior vice president of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board, said here that the Ramadan moon would be sighted on Sunday. “I can say without any doubt that in [...]
Italian police seize Maradona’s diamond studs
Rome, Sep 19 (ANI): Beleaguered football legend Diego Maradona had to hand over his diamond studs to police as part payment for the millions he owes the Italian tax authorities. Italian officials paid the holidaying Argentinean coach a visit at the luxury hotel he was staying in and seized the earrings worth nearly 4,000 pounds, [...]
Stephanie Rice finally celebrating birthday with a bang today
Melbourne, Sep 19 (ANI): Australian swimming beauty Stephanie Rice is all set to celebrate her 21st birthday today-almost two months after her actual birthday-in a grand bash. The Olympic star had to postpone festivities because of the world champ meet in Rome in July. But, today, she will start her birthday celebrations at the Marriot [...]
Beyonce to finally perform in Malaysia next month
Kuala Lumpur, Sep 19 (ANI): Beyonce Knowles is all set to perform in Kuala Lumpur next month, two years after cancelling her Malaysian concert. Kuala Lumpur is one of her destinations in the ‘I Am…’ world tour which spans North America, Europe and Asia. The ‘Baby boy’ singer is scheduled to stage her first concert [...]
Letters by Lawrence of Arabia discovered
London, Sept 19 (ANI): Fascinating letters written by Lawrence of Arabia have been found years after they were thought to have been burned on a fire. In the letters, the hero of the Arab revolt in the First World War talks about his love of motorcycles, which led to his death in a road accident [...]
Terrorism a by-product of Pak’s past mistakes: Zardari
London, Sep. 19 (ANI): President Asif Ali Zardari has revealed that extremism was a by-product of Pakistan’s past mistakes and was deliberately created during the 1980s. He said the employment of a liberal policy encouraged religious fanaticism and achieved of certain strategic objectives of terror perpetrators. “What we are witnessing today is the outcome of [...]
South African officials withhold findings of Caster Semenya’s gender test
London, Sep. 19 (ANI): Even before South African star athlete Caster Semenya’s gender was questioned at the World Championships in Berlin, Athletics South Africa (ASA) had found out and withheld the fact that she had internal testes, an e-mail exchange has revealed. According to the e-mail exchanges published in the Mail and Guardian newspaper, ASA [...]
All Formula One teams are cheats, claims Irvine
London, Sep 18 (ANI): Ex-Ferrari driver Eddie Irvine has claimed that all Formula One teams are cheats. Irvine says there has been an overreaction to the race-fixing charges being levelled at the Renault team. He admitted the Crashgate scandal that cost Renault team chief Flavio Briatore and technical boss Pat Symonds their jobs had gone [...]
India Air Force activates Nyoma airfield close to China border
New Delhi, Sep 18 (ANI): The Indian Air Force in a significant move today activated its Nyoma Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) to support the Army in carrying out operations in the inhospitable terrain. An IAF AN-32 aircraft landed at Nyoma ALG, which is located at an altitude of 13,300 feet in Leh district of Jammu [...]
Indian cricket team leaves for South Africa
Mumbai, Sept 18 (ANI): The Indian cricket team left for South Africa from here on Friday to participate in the Champions Trophy. South Africa has been a happing hunting ground for India who was runners-up in the one-day World Cup in 2003 and Twenty20 World Cup champions four years later. India has received a boost [...]