Posts Tagged ‘London’
Oil price rises
Posted by: karthik007 on: January 6, 2009
Oil prices rose back above USD 47 on Monday (Jan 5) as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict raged on and major crude producer Iran said OPEC would hold a special meeting next month. Brent North Sea crude for delivery in February climbed 70 cents to USD 47.61 a barrel in afternoon trade on London’s InterContinental Exchange.
New York’s [...]
Kingfisher Airlines launches daily Mumbai-London flight
Posted by: karthik007 on: January 6, 2009
Vijay Mallya-owned Kingfisher Airlines today (January 5) launched its first daily non-stop Mumbai-London flight with a new Airbus 330-200 aircraft, configured in two classes.
“The flight had almost full occupancy with 28 passengers in Kingfisher First and 169 in Kingfisher Class,” company spokesperson told.The flight ‘IT 007′ left the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA) at 1350 hrs and was [...]
International Cricket Council mulls neutral venue for Aus-Pak series
Posted by: karthik007 on: January 6, 2009
The International Cricket Council is trying to convince Pakistan to host Australia at a neutral venue if the one-day series does not go ahead as planned in the strife-torn country. Though Cricket Australia and the ICC insist that the first preference would be to play in Pakistan, an alternative venue could not be ruled out [...]
The latest Kollywood buzz
Posted by: karthik007 on: January 4, 2009
We all know the great Rajnikanth and his cool attitude and style, but these days something has shaken his confidence. Rajnikanth has apparently visited the parlor a little too many times and gotten his skin coloured and hair transplants, and what not! And the reason behind him being totally pimped out is none other than [...]
Asif not play in domestic cricket
Posted by: karthik007 on: January 1, 2009
Suspended Pakistan bowler Mohammad Asif’s has dismissed.He could not take part in domestic cricket before the Indian Premier League’s drugs tribunal meets in London on January 24. Asif and his lawyer had asked two local sports medicine specialists to review the procedure that was adopted by the IPL authorities to collect samples for dope tests.
Asif [...]
Nobel winner Harold Pinter dies
Posted by: karthik007 on: December 26, 2008
Harold Pinter, the Nobel Prize-winning playwright and screenwriter whose absurdist and realistic works displayed a despair and defiance about the human condition, has died. He was 78.Pinter’s wife, Lady Antonia Fraser, confirmed his death.Pinter, who had been suffering from cancer, died on Christmas Eve.
Fraser told: “He was a great, and it was a privilege to [...]
20th anniversary of Lockerbie
Posted by: karthik007 on: December 21, 2008
Events commemorating the bombing of an American airliner over the Scottish town of Lockerbie were due to take place Sunday in both the UK and the U.S. to mark the 20th anniversary of the attack which killed 270 people.
All 259 people on board Pan Am flight 103 from London to New York were killed when [...]
Violence on Greece
Posted by: karthik007 on: December 11, 2008
Riots erupted for a fifth day and strikes paralysed Greece on Wednesday, as unrest ignited by the police shooting of a teenager was fuelled further by resentment of economic hardship and government scandals.
Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis announced financial support for businesses damaged in the riots and main socialist opposition leader George Papandreou appealed for an [...]
Solar eclipse
Posted by: karthik007 on: August 1, 2008
Solar Eclipse will have a very significant impact on us all. Eclipses shut things down, taking away elements of our lives no longer “true” for us. Leo is the sign of personal love, creativity, self dramatization, and heart-felt pleasures. Some form of these will be shut down, with the void sure to attract new forms [...]
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