Gus Dur Passes Away
Former president Abdurrahman Wahid, or Gus Dur, passed away at Cipto Mangungkusumo Hospital at 18.40 local time on Wednesday, his personal secretary said.
Archive for December, 2009
Sherlock Holmes
If you managed to spend your Christmas weekend away from nine-foot-tall blue aliens and instead with the world’s most famous sleuth, you’d know that the late-blooming, scene-stealing, best romance of 2009 came from Guy Ritchie’s “Sherlock Holmes.” And no, Rachel McAdams is surprisingly not a part of that equation.
China Execution
China’s execution of a British man convicted of drugs smuggling has triggered international reaction from governments and rights organisations. Akmal Shaikh had denied any wrongdoing and was, according to his family, suffering from a mental illness.
Umar Farouk
Umar Farouk-the 23-year-old suspect in the attempted Christmas Day bombing of Northwest Flight 253 is reported to have shocked friends with his hardline views as far back as 2001.
He is said to have justified the plane attacks by saying that US troops stationed in Saudi Arabia since the 1991 Gulf War had “humiliated” Muslims.
One friend [...]
frank gifford
Jamie Jungers probably didn’t hear Kathie Lee Gifford talk to NBC’s ‘Today’ Show viewers as the admitted Tiger Woods mistress was leaving the New York building yesterday (December 11) after her exclusive interview. Yet, if Jungers did hear the morning show host’s final words on her subject, things would have turned out even more interesting [...]
