Come April 2010 and the
new maroon-coloured, machinereadable
passports will become a
must for Filipinos living overseas.
This decision has been taken by
the Philippine Department of
Foreign Affairs.
WHILE it is beyond the
scope of any one bill
to counter the worsening
recession, the $789 billion
stimulus and recovery
package that Congress
approved this week could
have accomplished more
than it did.
THE key relationship for any
global recovery is between
the US and China. By the
same token, any serious deterioration
in their relationship
would propel the world towards a
second Great Depression. The
Chinese citizen has funded the credit.
A commuter
plane dropped out of the sky without
warning and nose-dived into a
suburban Buffalo house in a fiery
crash that killed all 49 people
aboard and one person in the home.
It was the nation's first deadly
crash of a commercial airliner
in twoand- a-half years.
Doha College
turned red on Thursday as part
of the institution's initiative
to raise funds for charity. Students
and faculty members attired in
red colour dresses joined hands
to make the college's charity
drive called 'Wear something red
day'.
The stimulus plan emerging from Congress may jolt the US economy in successive waves: relief to cash-strapped consumers, businesses and states, then a job- creating lift from spending on roads, utilities and public transit.
India's cricket
selectors on Friday picked Lakshmipathy
Balaji for the New Zealand tour,
after a four-year Test absence
for the fitagain seamer. Balaji,
27, who last played a Test match
in March, 2005.
It was quite
a lunch. Actress Eliza Dushku
and writer/producer Joss Whedon,
Dushku's longtime pal, got together
for what the actress calls a 'life-session
sit-down.' And when lunch finally
ended, close to dinner time.
Come February 28 and Qatar will play host to another international event — The Icograda Design Week. A Design Debate Doha will also be launched at the event being presented by VCUQatar. The theme of the design week that concludes on March 5 is Mousharaka or Collaboration. The organisers explained the choice of theme saying: "Design is now considered a team endeavour where collaboration is crucial to achieve innovative results. Designers are crossing boundaries of cultures .
Qatar University (QU) held its Hayakum (orientation) welcome session for male students. Over 150 students of 32 nationalities took part in registration and academic counseling exercises. QU Vice-President of Student Affairs Omar al Ansari welcomed the students. In his welcome note, he said, "This is an important step that will guide you towards achieving your personal and academic goals. We at Qatar University are ready to help your transition into the QU community so that.
Hundreds of kites of different colours dotted the skyline at Al Dosari Natural Park in Shahaniya on Friday during the celebration of Kite Flying Day (Uttarayana). It was organised by the Gujarati Samaj Qatar (GSQ), an organisation comprising expatriates from Gujarat state in India. Kite Flying Day is one of the major festivals of the Gujarati community and is celebrated by flying kites. This is for the first time that GSQ organised the festival in Qatar.
Europe´s biggest airline, Air France-KLM, said on Friday it had plunged into loss and would have to cut jobs and spending while waiting for clearer economic skies ahead. In the final quarter of 2008, the third quarter of the carrier´s financial year, the French- Dutch group made a net loss of 505 million euros (651 million dollars) and an operating loss of 194 million euros. "The economic environment continues to deteriorate, and the group is taking several new measures to face up to this situation.
The economy of the nations sharing the euro slumped further in the final quarter of 2008, contracting by a record 1.5 percent while the EU as a whole joined it in recession, data showed on Friday. For the eurozone´s 15 nations last year it was the third straight quarterly contraction, according to flash estimates published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. The contraction was even worse than the 1.3 percent fall predicted by analysts polled by Dow...
Chrysler´s US government- required viability plan would have the automaker viable even if US auto sales stay at current depressed levels for four years, a top executive said on Thursday. And it would be "a mistake" to assume that the plunge in US auto sales to an annual market of roughly 10 million units is only an aberration, Chrysler Vice Chairman Jim Press said. "We need to accept and come to grips with it," Press said in a speech at an Economic Club.
Serena Williams was facetiously given the media name of ´erena´ earlier this month after breaking Annika Sorenstam´s record for the highest career prize money earned by a female athlete. This might become ?erena William? if she does well at the Dubai Open starting on Sunday. The Barclays-sponsored dollar fest pays appearance fees which are widely regarded as the biggest on the WTA Tour. That is in addition to two million dollars prize money which alone is equal to any women´s.
Chelsea will be out to impress new manager Guus Hiddink when the Premier League club end a turbulent week with an FA Cup fifth round clash against Watford on Saturday. Although Hiddink doesn´t officially take charge until next week, the Dutch coach flew to England to meet his new players on Thursday and will get a first look at them in action at Vicarage Road. Just seven days ago Hiddink was preparing for a training camp with the Russian national team in Turkey.
Paul Pierce scored 18 of his 31 points in the fourth quarter, finally giving Boston its first lead, then hitting two jumpers in the final 1:12 to put the Celtics ahead to stay in a physical 99- 92 victory at Dallas Mavericks on Thursday night. Pierce´s tiebreaking 11-footer gave the Celtics a 93-91 lead. At the other end, he took an elbow to the head from a charging Dirk Nowitzki, who was called for the foul. Then Pierce made another step-back jumper, from 14 feet, to seal the game.
Stephen Frears never makes the same movie twice. What he does do though is make thoroughly professional and immensely entertaining stories that pay particular attention to characters, their flaws, emotions and deepest desires. InCheri,he has another dandy. Whether it will travel as far as his last film, The Queen, is hard to say, but with a radiant Michelle Pfeiffer as his heroine, Cheri could well be another breakout hit. Frears and his Dangerous Liaisons screenwriter Christopher Hampton .
Golgappas, chhole bhature and non-vegetarian delicacies from popular eatery Karim´s - star kid Sonam Kapoor gorged on all this and more while shooting for her forthcoming film Delhi-6 in the capital. "I´m quite a foodie and have a very Punjabi taste in terms of food. So when we were shooting in Delhi for the film, I used to eat a lot of golgappas, chhole bhature, dahi bhalle and meat from Karim´s. Basically, I used to eat all the wrong things, but I loved that."
Television´s Desperate Housewives are losing a resident of Wisteria Lane. Nicollette Sheridan, who plays blonde-bombshell Realtor Edie Britt on the ABC comedy, is leaving the show, a spokeswoman for the network said recently. ABC gave no further details about the timing or circumstances of the departure of Sheridan´s loud-mouthed character. But E! online columnist Ted Casablanca wrote that Britt would be involved in a car accident after dodging a plot hatched by shady new screen .
The London Stock Exchange decided
to swap a Dutchwoman for a
Frenchman as its chief executive on
Friday, appointing Xavier Rolet, a former
senior executive at collapsed US
bank Lehman Brothers.
Come February 28 and Qatar will play host to another international event — The Icograda Design Week. A Design Debate Doha will also be launched at the event being presented by VCUQatar. The theme of the design week that concludes on March 5 is Mousharaka or Collaboration. The organisers explained the choice of theme saying: "Design is now considered a team endeavour where collaboration is crucial to achieve innovative results. Designers are crossing boundaries of cultures . 
Qatar University (QU) held its Hayakum (orientation) welcome session for male students. Over 150 students of 32 nationalities took part in registration and academic counseling exercises. QU Vice-President of Student Affairs Omar al Ansari welcomed the students. In his welcome note, he said, "This is an important step that will guide you towards achieving your personal and academic goals. We at Qatar University are ready to help your transition into the QU community so that. 
Hundreds of kites of different colours dotted the skyline at Al Dosari Natural Park in Shahaniya on Friday during the celebration of Kite Flying Day (Uttarayana). It was organised by the Gujarati Samaj Qatar (GSQ), an organisation comprising expatriates from Gujarat state in India. Kite Flying Day is one of the major festivals of the Gujarati community and is celebrated by flying kites. This is for the first time that GSQ organised the festival in Qatar. 
Europe´s biggest airline, Air France-KLM, said on Friday it had plunged into loss and would have to cut jobs and spending while waiting for clearer economic skies ahead. In the final quarter of 2008, the third quarter of the carrier´s financial year, the French- Dutch group made a net loss of 505 million euros (651 million dollars) and an operating loss of 194 million euros. "The economic environment continues to deteriorate, and the group is taking several new measures to face up to this situation.
The economy of the nations sharing the euro slumped further in the final quarter of 2008, contracting by a record 1.5 percent while the EU as a whole joined it in recession, data showed on Friday. For the eurozone´s 15 nations last year it was the third straight quarterly contraction, according to flash estimates published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. The contraction was even worse than the 1.3 percent fall predicted by analysts polled by Dow... 
Chrysler´s US government- required viability plan would have the automaker viable even if US auto sales stay at current depressed levels for four years, a top executive said on Thursday. And it would be "a mistake" to assume that the plunge in US auto sales to an annual market of roughly 10 million units is only an aberration, Chrysler Vice Chairman Jim Press said. "We need to accept and come to grips with it," Press said in a speech at an Economic Club. 
Serena Williams was facetiously given the media name of ´erena´ earlier this month after breaking Annika Sorenstam´s record for the highest career prize money earned by a female athlete. This might become ?erena William? if she does well at the Dubai Open starting on Sunday. The Barclays-sponsored dollar fest pays appearance fees which are widely regarded as the biggest on the WTA Tour. That is in addition to two million dollars prize money which alone is equal to any women´s. 
Chelsea will be out to impress new manager Guus Hiddink when the Premier League club end a turbulent week with an FA Cup fifth round clash against Watford on Saturday. Although Hiddink doesn´t officially take charge until next week, the Dutch coach flew to England to meet his new players on Thursday and will get a first look at them in action at Vicarage Road. Just seven days ago Hiddink was preparing for a training camp with the Russian national team in Turkey. 
Paul Pierce scored 18 of his 31 points in the fourth quarter, finally giving Boston its first lead, then hitting two jumpers in the final 1:12 to put the Celtics ahead to stay in a physical 99- 92 victory at Dallas Mavericks on Thursday night. Pierce´s tiebreaking 11-footer gave the Celtics a 93-91 lead. At the other end, he took an elbow to the head from a charging Dirk Nowitzki, who was called for the foul. Then Pierce made another step-back jumper, from 14 feet, to seal the game. 
Stephen Frears never makes the same movie twice. What he does do though is make thoroughly professional and immensely entertaining stories that pay particular attention to characters, their flaws, emotions and deepest desires. InCheri,he has another dandy. Whether it will travel as far as his last film, The Queen, is hard to say, but with a radiant Michelle Pfeiffer as his heroine, Cheri could well be another breakout hit. Frears and his Dangerous Liaisons screenwriter Christopher Hampton . 
Golgappas, chhole bhature and non-vegetarian delicacies from popular eatery Karim´s - star kid Sonam Kapoor gorged on all this and more while shooting for her forthcoming film Delhi-6 in the capital. "I´m quite a foodie and have a very Punjabi taste in terms of food. So when we were shooting in Delhi for the film, I used to eat a lot of golgappas, chhole bhature, dahi bhalle and meat from Karim´s. Basically, I used to eat all the wrong things, but I loved that." 
Television´s Desperate Housewives are losing a resident of Wisteria Lane. Nicollette Sheridan, who plays blonde-bombshell Realtor Edie Britt on the ABC comedy, is leaving the show, a spokeswoman for the network said recently. ABC gave no further details about the timing or circumstances of the departure of Sheridan´s loud-mouthed character. But E! online columnist Ted Casablanca wrote that Britt would be involved in a car accident after dodging a plot hatched by shady new screen .
The London Stock Exchange decided
to swap a Dutchwoman for a
Frenchman as its chief executive on
Friday, appointing Xavier Rolet, a former
senior executive at collapsed US
bank Lehman Brothers.
Italy, Europe’s fourth-biggest economy,
is host to the G7 talks on fighting
the spiralling economic crisis, which
began on Friday evening.
