10 ways to get motivated for change in 2010 »
By Elizabeth Landau, CNN December 29, 2009 10:34 a.m. EST (CNN) — A new decade is about to start, and you may be tempted to set a copious list of resolutions for yourself in order to broadly “make life better.” You may be thinking that you’ll jump in on January 1 to reform everything from [...]
Sri Lanka ’s Gamya among first 25 of Miss World 2009 »
Saturday, 12 December 2009 11:16 (Colombo Lankapuvath December 12) – Sri Lanka ’s contestant for Miss World 2009, Gamya Prasadini Waidurya Wijayadasa, has progressed in ranking to 22nd from among 114 during the fourth week at the beauty pageant being held at Johannesburg in South Africa . The finals are to be held on Saturday [...]
CHANGING CLIMATE, CHANGING LIVES »
Kenyans draw weapons over shrinking resources Experts fear the conflicts involving cattle, water and land may be just the beginning of climate-driven violence in Africa. At least 400 people have died in northern Kenya this year, the U.N. says. By Edmund Sanders November 27, 2009 Reporting from Isiolo, Kenya – Have the climate wars of [...]
US. Relaxes travel Advisory »
US State Department logo The US State Department says it has revised its travel advisory to Sri Lanka in the wake of improved security situation in the country. However, it urges U.S. citizens to remain vigilant while traveling in Sri Lanka, U.S. Embassy in Colombo said in a statement. The State Department’s decision comes exactly [...]
‘Women keep my shoes for ever’ »
Jimmy Choo’s discreet little shop in west London is permanently under armed guard. Across the road, two policemen stand watch, but the famous shoe designer laughs when I ask him if his crystal-encrusted stilettos are so expensive they need their own protection? “No, no, they are not for me, they are for Tony and Cherie [...]
World won’t end in 2012: Nasa »
WASHINGTON – THE world is not coming to an end on December 21, 2012, the US space agency insisted on Monday in a rare campaign to dispel widespread rumors fueled by the Internet and a new Hollywood movie. The latest big screen offering from Sony Picture, 2012, arrives in theaters on Friday, with a US$200 [...]
Jacqueline Fernandez on her role in Aladin »
October 28th, 2009 Jacqueline FernandezJACQUELINE FERNANDEZ, who is making her debut as an actor with Aladin, tells JYOTHI VENKATESH that Katrina Kaif is not what she is today just because of Salman Khan. How would you describe your role in Aladin? I play the role of a very sweet and normal college girl called Jasmine [...]
Females don’t fall for flashy males »
In the marine world, attracting a mate can be really tricky. A new study on three-spined stickleback fish has found that females do not always trust males who emit strong sexual signals. Three-spined stickleback is a species of fish in which breeding males develop a red throat in order to attract females. Sticklebacks can breed [...]
Wedding photo damages for Madonna »
Madonna Madonna was not at London’s High Court for the settlement Madonna has accepted damages from the Mail on Sunday after it breached her privacy and copyright by printing photos of her wedding to Guy Ritchie. Last year, a judge in London found in her favour over the paper’s publication of 11 photos of the [...]
The nearly complete fossil of a 4.4-million-year-old human ancestor »
By Dan Vergano, USA TODAY The nearly complete fossil of a 4.4-million-year-old human ancestor, a female dubbed “Ardi,” is rewriting the story of human origins, paleontologists reported Thursday. The analysis of Ardipithecus ramidus (it means “root of the ground ape”), reported in the journal Science, changes the notion that humans and chimps, our closest genetic [...]
