Amsterdam: After 33 years on the throne, Dutch Queen Beatrix Tuesday abdicated in favour of her son Willem-Alexander. After the Queen gave a short address at the Royal Palace in Amsterdam, the abdication document was read out in presence of members of the royal family, the presidents of the senate and the house of representatives, [...]
New York: Construction crews at the 9/11 site will raise the final two sections of a 408-foot spire to the top of the One World Trade Center building Monday, making the building the tallest in the western hemisphere. A stainless steel beacon weighing almost six tonnes will be the final piece put in place to [...]
Dhaka: Abdul Hamid was Monday elected unopposed the president of Bangladesh which has been reeling under a violent political stand-off between the ruling and the main opposition parties. “Abdul Hamid, speaker of the National Assembly, is elected president of Bangladesh as per section 7 of the Presidential Election Law 1991,” said Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) [...]
Washington: A massive blast at a fertiliser plant in central Texas Wednesday night killed 15 people, wounded more than 160, and damaged 50 to 60 homes, officials said Thursday. The casualty count in the explosion in the small town of West, about 75 miles (120 km) south of Dallas, with a population of just 2,800, [...]
London: The funeral of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher will be held in London April 17, the office of Prime Minister David Cameron said Tuesday. The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh will attend the funeral ceremony at St Paul’s Cathedral, reported Xinhua citing the Buckingham Palace. Thatcher died at the age of 87 [...]
Berlin: A World War II bomb discovered in central Berlin has been defused, police said Wednesday. The 100 kg Soviet aerial bomb, found Tuesday evening near tracks which run north of the city’s central rail station, was defused Wednesday after the evacuation of residents of nearby buildings, reports Xinhua. The operation took half hour. Nearby [...]
London: A signed copy of The Beatles’ album “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” has been bought at auction in the US for $290,500, BBC reported. The selling price far exceeded the $30,000 originally estimated for the rare record. It was bought by an unnamed buyer. The copy of the album includes a high gloss [...]
London: Princess Diana was once taken inside a gay bar dressed as a man by Queen star Freddie Mercury. She later sent a note saying: “We must do it again!” Cleo Rocos, who went with the princess, said Diana looked like a male model, The Sun reported. Disguised Diana was delighted when she was served [...]
Yaounde/Bangui: Central African Republic slid into anarchy after its President Francois Bozize fled to Cameroon Sunday as rebels in his country seized capital Bangui. A helicopter of the presidency of the Central African Republic carrying Bozize landed at 6.00 p.m. local time at the aerodrome of Batouri, the capital of Kadey department, east of Cameroon, [...]
London: Norwegian mass murderer Anders Breivik, sentenced to 21 years in prison for terrorism and the murder of over 70 people, has asked for permission to attend the funeral of his mother. Sky News TV channel said Breivik’s mother, Wenche Behring Breivik, is reported to have died Friday at the age of 66 after suffering [...]
