From Sepang to Qatar to
Jerez, Ducati Marlboro´s Casey
Stoner has been on the top of
timesheets as far as the preparations
for the new season are
concerned. The Australian,
who seems to be recovered
amazingly well from his wrist
surgery.
PRESIDENT Obama
has rightly called for
sweeping health care
reform and charged
Congress with coming up
with a programme.
Expect a tough political
fight.
Already one of the most
contentious issues is whether to include a
new public plan option to compete.
OBESE adults are at higher
risk of gum disease than are
normal-weight people, a
new study finds.
For many years, researchers
have been trying to determine the
link between gum disease and cardiovascular
risk, said study author
Monik Jimenez.
Cheered wildly
by US troops, President Barack
Obama flew unannounced into Iraq
on Tuesday and promptly declared
it was time for Iraqis to "take
responsibility for their country"
.
US-based computer
networking firm Cisco will provide
an integrated monitoring solutions
to Barwa Real Estate Company and
its subsidiaries, company officials
said on Tuesday. The integrated
system will provide real-time
data.
Royal Bank of Scotland said on Tuesday it would cut over 9,000 jobs over the next two years, half of them in Britain, on the same day the government lifted its stake in the troubled lender.
Formula One
giants McLaren Mercedes have been
summoned to appear before an extraordinary
meeting of the FIA World Motor
Sport Council in Paris on April
29 .
"Honestly,
every interview, someone asks
me, 'Are you really friends with
Blake?'" Leighton Meester
says. It's a frigid afternoon
in New York, and the 22-year-old
Meester, who plays Gossip Girl...
The Ministry of Culture, Arts and Heritage and the Arab Democracy Foundation (ADF) will jointly organise the first Doha Freedom and Creativity Festival from April 9 to 12, said, Mohsen Marzouq and the festival general coordinator Marzouq al Basheer. The ADF chairperson Mohsen Marzouq said the main objective of the festival is to create a free space for artists to express themselves. "´We did not invite only famous artists to the festival. We also plan to showcase the young and new talents.
The three-day workshop of the National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) on ´Human Rights Council periodic universal review mechanism´ started at Four Seasons Hotel here on Tuesday. The work shop is being organised as Qatar tends to present its national report to the Human Rights Council in February 2010, said Mohammed Jadallah, human rights expert and head of the technical office. Jadallah said that the report would reflect Qatar´s achievements on human rights.
With the Al Wakra sealine beautification project entering the final phase, the small town of al Wakra, halfway between Doha and Mesaieed, is about to turn into a tourist hotspot in the country. The construction of a twokilometre- long market on the patterns of a traditional Arab souq (market) existing 200 years back, is aimed at not only creating the old world charm for the visitors to savour but also preserving the culture and tradition of Arabs.
Group, the world´s second- largest iron ore producer, offered a temporary 20 percent price cut to Asian steelmakers after annual contract negotiations stalled, said four executives with knowledge of the deal. Major customers were offered the interim discounts, two of the executives said, declining to be identified because the agreements are confidential. Some Chinese mills rejected the discount as too small, the two other executives said, without saying how many companies were approached.
The Federal Reserve has announced a currency swap deal with the central banks of Britain, Japan and Switzerland as well as the European Central Bank aimed at helping US financial institutions. The currencies offered by the four central banks to the Fed under the tieup through October 2009 are equivalent to nearly 290 billion dollars, the Fed said in a statement. It said that the Bank of England, the European Central Bank (ECB), the Federal Reserve.
A quarter of the world´s companies, and 40 percent in the United States, plan to freeze salaries this year, but employees in South America and India can look forward to robust rises, a global survey shows on Tuesday. Employees in Japan, Lithuania and Ireland will see the lowest pay rises, according to the survey of 53 countries by London-based research company ECA International. In recession-hit Japan, half of companies plan to freeze salaries. Globally, average salaries should increase 4.7 percent.
A spiritual passing of the torch took place on Monday at Augusta National Golf Club, with legend Gary Player saying goodbye and a new generation of Masters debutantes taking to the course. Player´s announcement that this week´s 52nd Masters appearance would be his final tournament at age 73 rang down the curtain on the Big Three era of Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and Player that dominated golf in the 1960s and 1970s. "It´s just too long for me," Player said.
The Los Angeles Dodgers finally beat Jake Peavy, and Manny Ramirez didn´t even get a hit. Hiroki Kuroda outpitched the Padres´ ace, leading the defending NL West champions to a 4-1 victory on Monday. "I knew that their pitcher was going to be their ace, Peavy, so I wanted to allow the least runs possible and I´m very glad that it turned out this way," Kuroda said through a translator. The loss broke Peavy´s 11-game winning streak against the Dodgers. He hadn´t lost to his team´s.
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said on Tuesday a magnificent team effort had led to the country´s first series win in New Zealand for four decades. But he did have some special words for opening batsman Gautam Gambhir and pace bowler Zaheer Khan, who were both at the forefront of the 1-0 series victory, clinched with a draw in the third Test. "Both of them, they keep on improving each game they play," Dhoni told reporters. "They look to improve. They raise the bar wherever they are performing.
Q: How did the penguin project begin? A : In the early 1980s, a Japanese company went to the Argentine government and said, "We´d like a concession to harvest your penguins and turn them into oil, protein and gloves." There was a public outcry. This was during a military dictatorship when dissidents were being thrown into the ocean from airplanes. And yet people said, ´We object to having our penguins harvested.´ So the military regime did what any government facing a controversy might do.
It´s not even halfway down the year, but Priyanka Chopra already has reasons enough to say 2009 has been ´fantastic´ for her. The star has walked away with seven awards including an international honour. "It has been a fantastic start to 2009. Awards mean a lot to me. After you work so hard, the award validates your work. So every award has a very special place in my heart and gives me a huge sense of achievement and encouragement," Priyanka said in an interview.
As spring dawns, so does one of the film world´s biggest questions, namely — what´s in the Cannes? The official announcement from Cannes film festival head Thierry Fremaux and his team of programmers regarding what´s in store for the annual cinephile gathering won´t take place for three weeks. But filmmakers, executives and sales agents are already buzzing about what will unspool at the event in May. The consensus is a slate that mixes auteur fare and star-driven movies, though one that´s a little light.
Israel successfully tested an anti-missile
system designed to protect the
country against Iranian attack, the
Defence Ministry said, perfecting
technology developed in response to
failures of similar systems during the
1991 Gulf War.
Rain robbed India of a deserving win
in the final Test on Tuesday but
couldn’t stop them from winning the
three-match series 1-0 on New
Zealand soil after 41 long years. At
the Basin Reserve.
The Ministry of Culture, Arts and Heritage and the Arab Democracy Foundation (ADF) will jointly organise the first Doha Freedom and Creativity Festival from April 9 to 12, said, Mohsen Marzouq and the festival general coordinator Marzouq al Basheer. The ADF chairperson Mohsen Marzouq said the main objective of the festival is to create a free space for artists to express themselves. "´We did not invite only famous artists to the festival. We also plan to showcase the young and new talents. 
The three-day workshop of the National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) on ´Human Rights Council periodic universal review mechanism´ started at Four Seasons Hotel here on Tuesday. The work shop is being organised as Qatar tends to present its national report to the Human Rights Council in February 2010, said Mohammed Jadallah, human rights expert and head of the technical office. Jadallah said that the report would reflect Qatar´s achievements on human rights. 
With the Al Wakra sealine beautification project entering the final phase, the small town of al Wakra, halfway between Doha and Mesaieed, is about to turn into a tourist hotspot in the country. The construction of a twokilometre- long market on the patterns of a traditional Arab souq (market) existing 200 years back, is aimed at not only creating the old world charm for the visitors to savour but also preserving the culture and tradition of Arabs. 
Group, the world´s second- largest iron ore producer, offered a temporary 20 percent price cut to Asian steelmakers after annual contract negotiations stalled, said four executives with knowledge of the deal. Major customers were offered the interim discounts, two of the executives said, declining to be identified because the agreements are confidential. Some Chinese mills rejected the discount as too small, the two other executives said, without saying how many companies were approached. 
The Federal Reserve has announced a currency swap deal with the central banks of Britain, Japan and Switzerland as well as the European Central Bank aimed at helping US financial institutions. The currencies offered by the four central banks to the Fed under the tieup through October 2009 are equivalent to nearly 290 billion dollars, the Fed said in a statement. It said that the Bank of England, the European Central Bank (ECB), the Federal Reserve.
A quarter of the world´s companies, and 40 percent in the United States, plan to freeze salaries this year, but employees in South America and India can look forward to robust rises, a global survey shows on Tuesday. Employees in Japan, Lithuania and Ireland will see the lowest pay rises, according to the survey of 53 countries by London-based research company ECA International. In recession-hit Japan, half of companies plan to freeze salaries. Globally, average salaries should increase 4.7 percent.
A spiritual passing of the torch took place on Monday at Augusta National Golf Club, with legend Gary Player saying goodbye and a new generation of Masters debutantes taking to the course. Player´s announcement that this week´s 52nd Masters appearance would be his final tournament at age 73 rang down the curtain on the Big Three era of Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and Player that dominated golf in the 1960s and 1970s. "It´s just too long for me," Player said. 
The Los Angeles Dodgers finally beat Jake Peavy, and Manny Ramirez didn´t even get a hit. Hiroki Kuroda outpitched the Padres´ ace, leading the defending NL West champions to a 4-1 victory on Monday. "I knew that their pitcher was going to be their ace, Peavy, so I wanted to allow the least runs possible and I´m very glad that it turned out this way," Kuroda said through a translator. The loss broke Peavy´s 11-game winning streak against the Dodgers. He hadn´t lost to his team´s.
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said on Tuesday a magnificent team effort had led to the country´s first series win in New Zealand for four decades. But he did have some special words for opening batsman Gautam Gambhir and pace bowler Zaheer Khan, who were both at the forefront of the 1-0 series victory, clinched with a draw in the third Test. "Both of them, they keep on improving each game they play," Dhoni told reporters. "They look to improve. They raise the bar wherever they are performing.
Q: How did the penguin project begin? A : In the early 1980s, a Japanese company went to the Argentine government and said, "We´d like a concession to harvest your penguins and turn them into oil, protein and gloves." There was a public outcry. This was during a military dictatorship when dissidents were being thrown into the ocean from airplanes. And yet people said, ´We object to having our penguins harvested.´ So the military regime did what any government facing a controversy might do.
It´s not even halfway down the year, but Priyanka Chopra already has reasons enough to say 2009 has been ´fantastic´ for her. The star has walked away with seven awards including an international honour. "It has been a fantastic start to 2009. Awards mean a lot to me. After you work so hard, the award validates your work. So every award has a very special place in my heart and gives me a huge sense of achievement and encouragement," Priyanka said in an interview. 
As spring dawns, so does one of the film world´s biggest questions, namely — what´s in the Cannes? The official announcement from Cannes film festival head Thierry Fremaux and his team of programmers regarding what´s in store for the annual cinephile gathering won´t take place for three weeks. But filmmakers, executives and sales agents are already buzzing about what will unspool at the event in May. The consensus is a slate that mixes auteur fare and star-driven movies, though one that´s a little light.
Israel successfully tested an anti-missile
system designed to protect the
country against Iranian attack, the
Defence Ministry said, perfecting
technology developed in response to
failures of similar systems during the
1991 Gulf War.
Rain robbed India of a deserving win
in the final Test on Tuesday but
couldn’t stop them from winning the
three-match series 1-0 on New
Zealand soil after 41 long years. At
the Basin Reserve.
