Profile: Egypt’s Wael Ghonim »
Wael Ghonim embraces the mother of dead businessman Khaled Said in Tahrir Square, 8 February Wael Ghonim met the mother of dead businessman Khaled Said in Tahrir Square on 8 February In Wael Ghonim, Egypt’s anti-Mubarak street movement finally found a hero to rally around after a period of leaderless protest. The Egyptian-born Google marketing [...]
The tuneful tale of Kokiladevi »
By Ramesh Uvais Most of today’s singers feel they should taste success as quickly as instant coffee and they appear to believe in big money even at the cost of dumping professional ethics. But the pioneers in the music scene surprisingly belong to a different breed altogether. With her Sithar These thoughts cross my mind [...]
Rohan de Saram and Preethi de Silva in Los Angeles concert »
Two internationally acclaimed Sri Lankan musicians, Cellist Rohan de Saram and Harpsichordist Preethi de Silva will perform together this week in Los Angeles. While de Saram is based in London, de Silva is Professor of Music at Scripps College is the USA. They are featured by Con Gioia Early Music Ensemble in a program of [...]
Pretty Woman’ in temple upset’ »
either Ms Roberts nor the film makers has commented on the claims. A spokeswoman for Sony Pictures Entertainment, which owns the production company making the film, told the BBC they did not want to say anything about the allegations. ‘Presidential’ Some locals are unhappy the actress is using the temple during the festival of Navratri, [...]
Obesity ‘link to same-sex parent’ »
There is a strong link in obesity between mothers and daughters and fathers and sons, but not across the gender divide, research suggests. A study of 226 families by Plymouth’s Peninsula Medical School found obese mothers were 10 times more likely to have obese daughters. For fathers and sons, there was a six-fold rise. But [...]
UFOs: record number of sightings forecast for 2009 »
