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Wednesday, July 9, 2014
Syria conflict National Coalition elects new leader
Syria’s main opposition alliance, the National Coalition, has elected a new president, reports AFP.Hadi al-Bahra, the coalition’s chief negotiator at the failed Geneva II peace talks with the Syrian government, was chosen at a meeting in Turkey.He has close ties to Saudi Arabia like Ahmed al-Jarba, whom he replaces.Though it is backed by the US and Gulf Arab states, the National Coalition has little influence over the rebels trying to topple President...
Bagerhat rivers run dry: Agriculture, ecology imperiled 11 lose navigability due to silt accumulation
Bagerhat : With drastic fall in the levels of their waters, the rivers and canals flowing through the district are being filled with silt and running dry putting agriculture and ecology here in jeopardy, reports UNB.The rivers and canals are also losing navigability for emergence of char (shoals emerged from their beds) due to accumulation of silt hampering smooth movement of vessels on different routes in dry season.Talking to UNB, M Mainuddin,...
11 die in Polish plane crash
TBT International Desk: Eleven people were feared dead during a parachute club outing in southern Poland on Saturday. A local resident said the light aircraft was making “strange sounds” before crashing close to houses.
The plane, a Piper Navajo, was taking off from an airfield at Rudniki, near the city of Czestochowa, 210 kilometers (130 miles) southwest of Warsaw.
Emergency services spokeswoman Justyna Sochacka said 12 people were on board...
World Bank cancelled Padma Bridge funding at US behest
TBT Live Update: Construction work for the $ 2.97 billion Padma Multipurpose Bridge Project is underway with government funding as five firms have been shortlisted for appointment of Construction Supervision Consultant (CSC) for the main bridge and river training, the Prime Minister told Parliament on Wednesday.
“The work on implementation of the Padma Bridge Project with an estimated cost of Tk 20,507.20 crore ($ 2.97 billion) with...
10 Best Movies of 2014 till June
The movies on most critics’ annual 10 Best lists tend to be released late in the calendar year, when studios release their prestige Oscar bait. The first half of 2014, though, has brought a rich harvest of distinguished, challenging and just plain fun films in the indie, animation, documentary and blockbuster categories. My greedy wish: that the second half is even more bountiful.
1.The Grand Budapest Hotel
Gustav H. (Ralph Fiennes) is the...
Israel hits key Hamas targets in Gaza offensive
Jerusalem – The Israeli army on Wednesday intensified its offensive on the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, striking Hamas sites and killing at least 8 people on the second day of a military operation it says is aimed at quenching rocket fire against Israel, reports UNB.The offensive has set off the heaviest fighting between Israel and the Islamic militant group Hamas since an eight-day battle in November 2012. Militants unleashed rocket salvos deep into...
It's Messi v Robben
The Netherlands are one win away from a second straight World Cup final while opponents Argentina head into Wednesday's last-four clash looking to end their 24-year wait for a place in the biggest game of all.Two teams with a rich tradition and an abundance of motivation should produce a close game, characterised by tight marking, disciplined defence and threats on the break as they bid to reach the July 13 final at Rio de Janeiro's Maracana.But for all the expectation, all the history and all the focus on the tactical approaches of Alejandro...
Messi, Van Gaal may be a meeting of mastery
Lionel Messi (C) warms up during a training session at Arena Corinthians on July 08, 2014 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Argentina will face The Netherlands as part of a 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Semi Final match on July 09. Photo: Getty Images
There is a hoary old truism about the effects of a spectacular World Cup, a suggestion that after each tournament in the Americas a portion of that summer’s newborns will be named after one of the stars –...
Barzil's despair and famous World Cup humiliations
Brazilian players in despair after their 1-7 defeat by Germany on Wednesday. Photo: Getty Images
As World Cup hosts, Brazil could be forgiven for struggling to handle the weight of expectation placed on their shoulders in Tuesday's semi-final, Andrew Wychrij writes in Goal.com.However, few would have predicted a remarkable first-half collapse against Germany.Joachim Low's side scored five goals in just 18 minutes on the way to securing a...
World Cup fate depends on Messi: Maradona
Argentina's coach Diego Maradona (L) looks dejected in front of Argentina's striker Lionel Messi after they lost the 2010 World Cup quarter-final football match Argentina vs. Germany on July 3, 2010 at Green Point stadium in Cape Town. Germany qualified for the semi-finals. Photo: AFP/Getty Images
Argentina legend Diego Maradona believes his nation's World Cup fate rests entirely on the shoulders of Lionel Messi ahead of their semi-final against the Netherlands, reports Goal.com.
The Albiceleste have made it to the final four for the...
NATO looks at combat readiness after Russian ‘aggression’
WASHINGTON / Kiev: NATO is drawing up plans to ensure its members can respond more quickly to crises in the aftermath of Russia’s “aggression” in Ukraine, the alliance’s chief said Monday. Ukraine’s defense minister says the government will only restart cease-fire negotiations with pro-Russian insurgents in the country’s east once the rebels lay down their weapons, reports AP/AFP.Valery Heletey’s statement, posted online Tuesday, comes amid growing...
Turkey PM vows to take combat against foe to new level
ANKARA : Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday vowed to take the fight against an ally-turned-foe Muslim cleric to a new level if he is elected president in August 10 elections, reports AFP.“If elected president, I will take the fight against the parallel structure to the next level,” Erdogan told lawmakers of his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in parliament.Erdogan has long accused followers of Pennsylvania-based...
Experts in talks with Syria over chemical weapons
United Nations – The head of the international effort to rid Syria of its chemical weapons said Monday the next step is investigating possible discrepancies in Syria’s declaration of its stockpile, as well as the destruction of its production facilities, reports AP.Sigrid Kaag briefed the U.N. Security Council by videoconference less than a week after the last of hundreds of tons of chemical weapons declared by Syria were loaded onto a U.S. cargo ship for destruction at sea.“There is still a lot of outstanding business, including the destruction...
Eight wounded in Tanzanian tourist town restaurant blast
ARUSHA, Tanzania – Eight people were wounded, one seriously, in a bomb blast in a restaurant late Monday in the northern Tanzanian town of Arusha Tuesday.“No one died but eight people were wounded, one is in a serious condition,” top Tanzanian police officer Issaya Mngulu told AFP.“It was an improvised explosive device thrown through a window.”The attack took place at an upmarket Indian restaurant popular with foreigners and wealthy Tanzanians in the centre of town.It was not clear if any of those wounded were foreigners.The floor of the restaurant...
Japan’s Abe declares peace goals in historic Australia visit
SYDNEY : Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declared Tuesday his determination to pursue peace in Asia, as he signalled closer defence ties with Australia and prepared to rubber-stamp an ambitious free-trade agreement, reports AP.Abe used an historic address to a joint sitting of Australia’s parliament to say that Japan “is now determined to do more to enhance peace in the region and peace in the world”.“It is to put that determination into concrete...
Obama urges calm in Afghan presidential election
TBT International Desk: President Barack Obama has taken the unusual step of intervening in a foreign election, asking both candidates in Afghanistan’s disputed presidential race to allow the process for investigating fraud claims to go forward and threatening a cutoff in U.S. aid if “extra-constitutional measures” are taken.
Obama called the leading candidate, Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, on Tuesday, the day after he spoke to Ghani’s...
James Franco’s poems: hard to forgive
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James Franco
North Korea recently condemned the actor James Franco’s upcoming film, The Interview, as ‘an act of terrorism and war’. Let’s hope they don’t find out about his poems. Franco’s debut collection, Directing Herbert White, is being published by Faber, reports The Telegraph.James Franco is widely known for being the king of all that is weird. Even though the star has written several poems on Heath Ledger, and others,...
Pink Floyd to return with new album in October
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Members of Pink Floyd.
The kings of psychedelic rock are ready to re-emerge from the abyss, as Pink Floyd, one of the most renowned bands of all time, are all set to release an album this October, reports BBC Online. The content of the album will contain ‘never-before-heard material’, as is said by lyricist Polly Samson.Titled The Endless River, it will be based on sessions of the band’s last studio album, The Division Bell, which...
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