So what if geeks can’t lift heavy weights? They sure can build bridges to do their lifting for them. And that’s exactly what Peter Sandor of Hungary has done. He built a 967 gram bridge made of spaghetti that was able to hold a whopping 384.06 kg, before it shattered into pieces. The bridge was [...]
Actor George Clooney and his father were arrested on Friday, along with other protesters, outside the Sudanese embassy in Washington, DC, according to the Associated Press. The arrest came a day after he had met President Obama with concerns about the troubled region. The protesters accused Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir of provoking a humanitarian crisis [...]
WASHINGTON: The US soldier who allegedly shot and killed 16 civilians in Afghanistan was identified on Friday, and a picture emerged of a decorated veteran who saw tough battles and plenty of death in Iraq. US Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales had served three combat tours in Iraq, and was on his first deployment to [...]
Washington: Hollywood actor George Clooney was arrested and released after few hours in custody for protesting outside the Sudan Embassy. The actor was demonstrating outside the embassy to draw attention to the accusations that Sudan’s president is provoking a humanitarian crisis and blocking food and aid from entering the Nuba Mountains from South Sudan. The 51-year-old was arrested along [...]
KABUL: The Taliban broke off contacts over peace talks with Washington on Thursday and the Afghan president demanded US troops leave village outposts, just days after an American soldier massacred 16 villagers. Hamid Karzai also called for a transition of the nation’s security from NATO control to the Afghan government in 2013 rather than the [...]
NEW YORK: The White House might need new interior decoration if a Republican beats President Barack Obama in November: getting those spare bedrooms ready for starters.In an unpredictable Republican primary contest to pick Obama’s challenger, the strikingly large families surrounding several leading candidates have been one of the few constants. Frontrunner and descendant of polygamist [...]
WASHINGTON: Barack Obama turned up the intensity of his reelection bid on Thursday, debuting a movie glorifying himself as a president who made ‘tough’ decisions that dragged a traumatized nation out of crisis. The 17-minute film, soberly narrated by Tom Hanks, is packed with pensive still photos of Obama, and testimony to his toughness from [...]
Beijing: Until now a rising political star known for busting gangs and reviving Maoist ideals, Bo Xilai, the former head of China’s Chongqing city, attracts fascination and scorn in equal measure.The 62-year-old had been seen as a leading contender to access the top rungs of power in China, but in a dramatic reversal of fortune, [...]
Football incident kicks up racial row in Hong Kong Hong Kong: A violent incident in a school football match in Hong Kong has sparked an ugly race row after a video was posted online showing a Caucasian boy kicking a Chinese opponent in the head.Parents of the Asian boy filed a police complaint after the [...]
BOSTON: It could have been the awkward “y’alls” that did it, or the forced references to “cheesy grits,” but the South roundly rejected former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney on Tuesday night, giving him third-place showings in both Alabama and Mississippi. Former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum was the big winner, placing first in both states. Former [...]
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Humorist Jaspal Bhatti, had he been alive, would have found stunning material for a flop show in the BJP’s behaviour of late. How the ‘national opposition party’ turned into a ‘notional’ party is a story worth caricaturing with potential for record viewing-rate.
Chinese president Xi Jinping is a chemical engineer. No wonder he knows the chemical formula to pursue his country’s global ambitions. If anybody in India believed Xi would extend a warm friendship to this country, he should be naive. He has been on a global Sino initiative to widen the Chinese visions of the century. [...]
“India is China’s important neighbour. (The purpose of) my current visit to India is three-fold — to increase mutual interest, intensify cooperation and to face the future,” said Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during his visit to India. To this the Indian prime minister’s response could n0t have been more fitting that “the rest of the [...]
Adopt and restore a lake is new mantra
It’s interesting that the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) has invited interested individuals, voluntary and corporate organisations to adopt lakes in and around the city in order to protect and preserve water bodies. Last week, HMDA Commissioner Neerabh Kumar Prasad said 176 lakes in the jurisdiction of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) and another [...]
About Traditional Russian values
Russia has decided to review its adoption pact that it has with France after the latter legalised gay marriage. This is in the wake of the statement of the Russian president Vladmir Putin which he made last month that Russia could change its adoption agreements with the countries which allowed gay marriage that goes against [...]
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