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Green card Lottery hopefuls are to sue the US State Department
Jul 15th
The Diversity Immigrant Visa Program or green card lottery conducted by US state Department, provides up to 55,000 diversity visas annually from a pool of entrants through a random selection process. All entries must be nationals of countries with low rates of immigration to the US. The State Department does not notify successful applicants by email. Rather, entrants are encouraged to check the status of their entries through a website posting.
The DV-2012 green card lottery winners were announced in May for the lottery that was held online from October to November in 2009. Later the State Department announced that due to a technology glitch, the winners More >
News Corp opts out of BSkyB bid
Jul 13th
News Corporation withdrew its bid to BSkyB because of the pressure from the public and parliament on Wednesday. Rupert Murdoch’s media group News Corporation previously bid to take full control of pay-TV company BSkyB.
“It has become clear that it is too difficult to progress in this climate,” Chase Carey, News Corp.’s Chief Operating Officer, said in an e-mailed statement today. He said News Corp. remains a committed long-term shareholder in BSkyB.
This move shattered News Corp’s key strategy for UK corporate growth. The proposed £8bn deal has been in process for more than a year starting from June 2010. News Corp will have to pay BSkyB a break fee of around £38.5m after walking away from the deal.
More than £3bn has been loosed from the value of BSkyB shares since the Guardian revealed that News of the World journalists had More >
Bomb Blasts in Mumbai at Dader, Opera House and Zaveri Bazar!
Jul 13th
Mumbai 13th July 2011: Four Bomb Blasts in Bombay on the locations of Zaveri Bazaar, Oepra house, and a taxi in Dadar. Reports are that over 100 Peole are injured so far. Five years before on 11th July 2006 a series of seven blasts happened in Mubai. A total of 200 people were killed and another 714 others have been injured in those blast done by using pressure cookers.
Police, ambulance, home guards and fire brigade were rushed to the spot. The incident happened at 7:10 pm on Wednesday. More >
St Basil’s Cathedral in Red Square, Russia celebrates 450th anniversary!
Jul 12th
St Basil’s Cathedral is a Russian Orthodox Church located in the Red Square of Moscow, Russia and was built between 1555 and 1561. On 12th July 2011 Saint Basil’s Cathedral is celebrating its 450th anniversary. The church has been part of the Moscow Kremlin and Red Square UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1990. As part of the celebrations Russia is conducting an exhibition dedicated to the “holy fool” Saint Basil, who gave his name to the cathedral.
The site of the church has been, historically, a busy marketplace between the St. Frol’s Gate of the Moscow Kremlin and the outlying posad. The cathedral is constructed to commemorate Czar Ivan’s victory over Mongol rulers, was built on the burial site where St. Basil’s body is buried.
Andrey Busygin, Deputy Culture minister of Moscow said on Friday that the exhibition is opening on Tuesday as part of $50th anniversary celebrations in the cathedral after a decade-long restoration that cost 390 million More >
South California will be the name of proposed 51st State of United States
Jul 12th
South California will be the name of proposed 51st State of United States according to Jeff Stone, a Republican on the Riverside County Board of Supervisors. But Los Angeles will not be a part of the South California.
“Los Angeles is purposely excluded because they have the same liberal policies that Sacramento does. The last thing I want to do is create a state that’s a carbon copy of what we have now,” Stone said.
South California would comprise of 13 countries namely San Diego, Orange, Fresno, Imperial, Inyo, More >
David Beckham’s First Daughter Harper Seven
Jul 11th
David Beckham is now father of his first daughter Harper Seven, who is his fourth child. Victoria Beckham has given birth to a baby girl on Sunday at Cedars Sinai hospital in Los Angeles.
Beckham said on Facebook: “I am so proud and excited to announce the birth of our daughter Harper Seven Beckham. She weighed a healthy 7lbs 10oz and arrived at 7.55 this morning, here in LA. Victoria is doing really well and her brothers are delighted to have a baby sister xx.”
The Beckhams are married since 1999 an have three boys More >
Atlantis space shuttle successfully docked with the International Space Station
Jul 11th
Atlantis space shuttle successfully docked with the International Space Station for one last time at 15:07 GMT yesterday. The 12-day mission will bring NASA’s shuttle program to an end.
Two days after its launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, Atlantis became the 37th shuttle to dock with the ISS. Before connecting with the ISS, the Atlantis did the customary back flip to allow station crew to photograph its heat shield. The snaps will be sent to ground controllers to check for any damage.
Atlantis is carrying the Raffaello multipurpose logistics module, loaded with spares and supplies. Pilot Doug Hurley and mission specialist Sandy Magnus will today use the ISS’s Canadarm2 robot limb to shift the module from the shuttle’s cargo bay to the station’s Harmony node. Atlantis is also carrying enough replacement parts to keep the space station operating once the shuttle program is shut down.
It is carrying the Robotic Refueling Mission (RRM) experiment, designed to test tools, technologies and techniques needed More >
The United Nations’ World Population Day July 11th!
Jul 11th
The UN observed July 11th as World Population Day every year. The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) began observing this day in 1987. In July 11, 1987 there were five billion populations over this planet. The United Nations declared July 11 of that year “Five Billion Day” to mark the estimated date on which we reached that milestone. The day is recognized to create awareness on the importance of family planning, maternal health, gender equality, poverty, and human rights.
The UNFPA is estimating that around Oct. 31 2011 global population will hit seven billion. That’s a growth of 40 per cent in just over 20 years. The planet’s population has doubled since 1968.
“Whether we can live together on a healthy planet will depend More >
News of the World shutting down after Phone-hacking Scandal!
Jul 11th
New of the World is the biggest selling Sunday tabloid paper in Britain which is shutting down its publication after 10th July 2011. The paper started its publication in 1843 and is successfully popular for over 168 years.
British Prime Minister David Cameron’s ordered for two inquiries to start when police wrap up their investigations.
The family of a murdered British girl whose phone was hacked by people working for the News of the World will meet Britain’s deputy prime minister Monday, keeping the scandal in the public eye despite the abrupt closure of the best-selling tabloid on Sunday.
The owner of News of the World, media magnate Rupert Murdoch, flew into London Sunday, hours after the final edition of the 168-year-old newspaper hit the stands.
News of the World was the first British national newspaper More >
South Sudan Celebrating first Independence Day on July 9th 2011!
Jul 8th
South Sudan will be celebrating Independence Day on July 9th 2011. A new country has been identified on the world map. A mood of joy swept through its capital with crowds dancing in the streets and last-minute preparations for Saturday’s ceremony. Processions of ex-veterans, soldiers and civilians, including women’s groups, marched through central Juba in the hot sun, some dressed in traditional clothing, playing drums and dancing.
Information minister Baranaba Marial Benjamin stated that the preparations were in place for Saturday, when millions of southern Sudanese, and foreign dignitaries, including 30 African leaders will mark the birth of the world’s newest nation. South Sudan’s independence came after more than 50 years of conflict between the southern rebels More >