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on 06/04/2009, 10:47,
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What kind of loser is this?
CHENNAI: In a ghastly incident, a wayward husband killed his breadwinner wife of 10 years for refusing to have sex with him and is then alleged to have had intercourse with the dead body.
The murder happened in Poonamellee, about 15km from this southern Indian city, when the jobless 34-year-old accused, Subash Krishnan returned home drunk last Thursday at about 1.30pm and demanded sex from his wife.
The victim, Shanti, 28, who supports the family by selling fruit juice on a pushcart, chided her husband for frequently demanding sex and failing to help out the family financially.
Infuriated by the rejection, the intoxicated husband allegedly assaulted Shanti and when she fell down and became unconscious, strangled her using a skipping rope.
“The accused admitted to both the crimes and the investigation confirms he had sex after murdering her.
“We are still waiting for the postmortem report and will know what exactly happened. He is in jail now,” Inspector N. Velavan of Poonamalle police station told Bernama Sunday.
The man is alleged to have had sex with the wife’s dead body and even inflicted injuries by biting her.
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on 04/04/2009, 09:58,
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Do you still remember “The Best Job in the World” not too long ago? Remember that 50 candidates had been shortlisted for an online polling? The initial plan was to select 10 from the final 50, together with the candidate with the most internet votes, for the interview in the Hamilton Island. However, the authority selected 15 instead of just 10. Quoting from the official website:
Now we come to the news that the world has been waiting for – the announcement of the Top 16 short-listed applicants for Tourism Queensland’s Best Job in the World. As we announced yesterday, we were so impressed with the way our Top 50 have gone out there to promote themselves and the Islands of the Great Barrier Reef during the last few weeks that we found it impossible to choose just 10 short-listed candidates.
So, we decided that in order to have the best talent pool of potential Island Caretakers possible, we would increase the short list to 15 – plus our Wild Card candidate Clare Wang. Tourism Queensland is therefore both proud and excited to announce that the following potential Island Caretakers will be travelling to Hamilton Island for The Best Job in the World final selection process from May 3 to 6:
Clare Wang is the wild card winner with the most internet votes. Jackie from Malaysia and Jimmy from Singapore have been eliminated. However, from candidate from Singapore, Greg, is in the final 16. Greg is an American expat living in Singapore.
Who is for favourite to win the job? Mieko looks cute, right?
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on 04/04/2009, 09:58,
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Happened to see the poster of this programme in library yesterday. I find it very good and meaningful, so share it here with you all.
Recycle Your Reading – Used books become new reads at the Book Exchange!
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009
Time: 10.30am to 6pm
Venue: The Plaza, National Library Building,100 Victoria Street
3 easy steps to exchange your used books for new reads:
1. Bring your used books to any Public Library from 11 to 24 April, 11am to 8pm. On 25 April, used books are accepted only at the National Library Building.
2. Drop off your used books and get a book exchange coupon indicating one-for-one exchange for the books accepted.
3. Bring your coupon to The Plaza, National Library Building, on 25 April to redeem for used books dropped off by other book lovers.
Terms and Conditions:
1. Each person can exchange up to a maximum of 30 used books. There is no age limit for participation.
2. We accept children’s and adults’ fiction and non-fiction books (eg. cookbooks, travel guides and romance novels) in any of the four official languages. We also accept used library books bought from previous Library Book Sales. Textbooks, magazines and audio-visual materials will not be accepted.
3. Used books for exchange should be in relatively good physical condition.
4. Only coupons issued with a Book Exchange stamp are valid. Please check your coupons carefully after they are issued to you.
5. Coupons issued are transferable. You may pass them on to your family members or friends to help you redeem.
6. Lost coupons are not replaceable. You are advised to keep your coupons properly till the event on 25 April.
7. Plastic/carrier bags and delivery service will not be provided on Sat, 25 April. You are advised to bring your own carrier bags and/or arrange for transportation of books redeemed.
For enquiries, please call NLB Helpdesk at 6332 3255 or email: helpdesk@nlb.gov.sg
Note: NLB reserves the right to change the terms and conditions at any time.
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on 03/04/2009, 14:11,
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Beside Malaysia, Costa Rica, the Philippines and Uruguay are the other 3 countries in the list.
PARIS (Reuters) – The OECD has placed Costa Rica, Malaysia, the Philippines and Uruguay on its blacklist of non-cooperative tax havens, as part of efforts agreed at the Group of 20 summit to crack down on tax evasion.
A separate “grey list” of countries that have agreed to improve transparency standards but have not yet signed the necessary international accords included Luxembourg, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, Singapore and Chile as well as the Cayman Islands, Liechtenstein and Monaco.
China is on a third “white list” of jurisdictions that have substantially implemented the internationally agreed tax standards. But the OECD said China’s two Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macao had so far only “committed to implement” the internationally agreed tax standard.”
Earlier, the Group of 20 leading industrialized and emerging nations pledged to take action including sanctions against non-cooperative jurisdictions, including tax havens, using information from the OECD as its basis.
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on 03/04/2009, 09:15,
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Good job by Romain Mesnil. What a way to attract new sponsor.
As the economic crisis hits people from all walks of life, a French pole vaulting champion has done the obvious thing to highlight his quest for a new sponsorship deal – he ran naked through the streets of Paris, holding his pole aloft, and posted the video on the internet
Romain Mesnil, who won a silver medal at the 2007 Athletics World Championships in Osaka, used to be sponsored by Nike – but says his contract expired last year and was not renewed.
‘It was probably for budgetary and strategic reasons. It’s the crisis,’ he wrote on his website.
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on 03/04/2009, 09:15,
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Sad case……
Police are investigating the case of a 3-year-old child who died in a dentist’s chair after choking on a cotton tampon, RIA Novosti reported Wednesday.
The child, resident of the city of Samara in Central Russia, was having two milk teeth removed at a local dentist clinic on March 26th. He had two cotton tampons placed in his mouth, and one of them blocked the airways. Neither the local doctors, nor the emergency rescue team could take it out, and the child died of asphyxia
source, source (by the way, this tampon is not the tampon that you think of)
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on 03/04/2009, 09:14,
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Out of so many stuffs on earth, Barack Obama chooses iPod as the present for Queen Elizabeth when they meet in Buckingham palace.
When President Obama met the Queen at Buckingham Palace he put a modern twist on the traditional exchange of gifts by presenting her with an iPod.
The Queen was delighted as the iPod was loaded with images of her trip to Virginia as part of her official tour of the United States two years ago, in 2007.
Buckingham Palace and the President’s entourage diplomatically declined to say whether George Bush, the previous president, was included in the footage.
The Queen, who was dressed in salmon pink, opted for a more conventional gift in return. The President and First Lady were given a silver photo frame with a picture of the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh.
Mr Obama was meeting the Queen ahead of a Palace reception for G20 leaders and other international bodies. They met in a room within the Queen’s private apartments without any advisers. The Queen, 82, and president, 47, were joined by the Duke of Edinburgh, 87, and Michelle Obama, 45, who had changed into a plain black dress.
