Watch Akshay Kumar and Kareena Kapoor's 10 hot Kisses!

While everyone is aware that there is a kissing scene between Akshay Kumar and Kareena Kapoor, no one knows that they have lip locked as many as ten times. The pair will steam up the screen as they kiss repeatedly in the film. The news has been very hush hush as both the lead actors were of the opinion that it should not be leaked out. It seems four among the 10 kisses feature before the pre-climax. The chemistry between Akshay and Kareena is excellent and they both have beautiful bodies and look extremely sexy onscreen, let's wait and watch!

Katrina Kaif visits Dargah Sharif Ajmer wearing Burkha

Katrina Kaif recently visited Dargah Sharif Ajmer, Rajasthan. It seems Katrina was there to seek the blessings of god for her upcoming film “New York” which is releasing this week on 26 June. This time the sultry actress was seen wearing Burkha covering her face too. She was there with the few team members of her flick. Some times before Katrina had landed up in trouble for her film, 'Nameste London' when she first visited the Dargah wearing a skirt at the holy place which created lots of hungama. So this time it seems the actress didn't wanted to be in news for the wrong reasons. Thus she followed the holy norm so that the concern authority of the Ajmer Sharif.

Bollywood Actress Rani Mukherjee in a new avtar

ash Raj Films' next release, DIL BOLE HADIPPA, is a romantic comedy set in Punjab which brings together for the first time Rani Mukherjee and Shahid Kapoor. It is the story of a girl who has to become a man to fulfill her dreams. The first look of DIL BOLE HADIPPA is now out! The movie has Rani Mukherjee in a completely new look as the latest Sardar in town. The versatile Rani, having played several demanding roles over the years, now takes on the challenging role of a Sardar. The film, directed by Anurag Singh and produced by Aditya Chopra, stars Shahid Kapoor, Rani Mukherjee, Anupam Kher along with Rakhi Sawant & Sherlyn Chopra and others. The movie is slated to release worldwide on 18th Sept 2009.

L'Oreal found guilty of racial discrimination

L’Oréal, the French cosmetics giant, has been found guilty by the highest court in the French judiciary of racial discrimination, for considering women from the minority communities in France unworthy of selling its shampoos.
SOS Racisme, an anti-racist campaign group in France had filed the case.
France’s highest court was told that L’Oréal had sought an all-White sales staff to promote Fructis Style, a haircare product made by its beauty division, The Times reports.
The court was told that a Districom executive had sent a fax to its headquarters in 2000 saying that Garnier’s hostesses should be aged 18 to 22, wear size 38 to 42 clothes and be BBR.
The court was told that BBR (Blue, Black, Red) is an expression widely recognised in the French recruitment world as the code for White French people born to White French parents, in effect excluding the ethnic minorities.
Prosecutors said that Garnier wanted to exclude members of the minorities on the ground that they would be less likely to sell its shampoos in French shops, and also claimed that only 4.65 per cent of the hostesses hired for Garnier’s campaign were black, Asian or Arab.
The court has also found Adecco, the temporary recruitment agency whose Districom division hired the hostesses, guilty of racial discrimination.
The court found that the policy was illegal under French employment law.
“Its very great victory.Whatever the size of the company, none is able to escape prosecution,” said the vice-chariman of SOS Racisme, Samuel Thomas.
The judgment ends a three-year legal battle over discrimination charges, and while L’Oréal expressed disappointment at the judgment, Adecco refused make any comment.
The judgment is a major blow to L’Oréal’s image, which spends millions of dollars on advertisements featuring -Eva Longoria, Andie MacDowell, Penélope Cruz and Claudia Schiffer

India to play tri-series with Sri Lanka, NZ

Sri Lanka Cricket on Friday confirmed that India and New Zealand will play a triangular series along with the hosts during the Kiwis's tour in August.
The tri-series was "agreed with the Chairman, Secretary, Board of Cricket Control in India and the Chief Executive, New Zealand Cricket at discussions held with the Chairman and Secretary, SLC during their visit to the UK," a statement from Sri Lanka Cricket said on Friday.
India had been considering playing the series as it would provide them with crucial match practice ahead of the Champions Trophy in South Africa in September.
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India are currently in the West Indies playing their last series before a lengthy break from competitive cricket.
With the New Zealand's tour for Test matches not expected to generate much public interest, India's inclusion for the one-dayers was welcomed by SLC, which would create great commercial interest.
"SLC would like to express its appreciation to the officials of BCCI for agreeing on an unscheduled tour, which would add an additional commercial benefit to the stakeholders of SLC, moreover a viewing pleasure to the cricket loving public in Sri Lanka," the release added.
Sri Lanka Cricket would release the schedule at a later date

Mallika Sherawat spins magic on 10 Ka Dum

After seeing Kareena, Karisma and Katrina on Salman Khan's reality show Dus Ka Dum, this week Bollywood hottie Mallika Sherawat makes an appearance on the show. According to reports, Mallika, who is currently promoting her upcoming film Hisss, has been paid a whopping Rs 50 lakh to appear on the show. The actress will also have Olympic medalist Vijender Singh. Reports are that Mallika agreed to do the show only because her relationship with former foe Salman Khan has improved. Their enmity dates back to Rock Stars world tour in 2006, where they had issue over money.

I don't see Asin as my competitor: Trisha

Popular Tamil actress Trisha is all set to make her Bollywood debut opposite Akshay Kumar, but insists that her foray into Hindi films shouldn't be seen as competing with Asin."I neither wanted frantically to do a Hindi film nor do I treat Asin as my competitor. All I'm concerned about is the films I'm starring in; I hardly have the time to check and monitor others' career," said Trisha."Some people are spreading rumours that my Hindi film effort is to keep Asin in check. They want to portray me as her competitor. The fact of the matter is that Akshay was very impressed by my performance in Abhiyum Naanum and wanted to cast me in the film Khatta Meetha, which would be his home production," she added."I'm extremely happy that Priyadarshan, who introduced me in Tamil films with Lesa Lesa some years ago, would be doing the same in Hindi films," Trisha said.

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Mystery surrounds Michael Jackson's sudden death

One day after Michael Jackson's sudden death, speculation was already turning to what killed the 50-year-old "King of Pop" just weeks before a long-awaited series of comeback concerts.
A family attorney said on Friday he had been concerned that Jackson's use of prescription drugs for dancing-related injuries would eventually prove fatal and that the entertainer's inner circle had ignored his warnings.
Authorities scheduled an autopsy for Friday. But they cautioned it could take weeks to determine a cause of death, which will likely have to wait for the return of toxicology tests. Those tests will determine if Jackson had any drugs, alcohol or prescription medications in his system.
Jackson, a former child star who became one of the best-selling pop artists of all time before descending into a strange and reclusive lifestyle amid accusations of child molestation, died Thursday afternoon at a Los Angeles hospital. He had been rushed to the hospital in full cardiac arrest after collapsing at his nearby rental home.
Jackson's passing was front-page news around the world as airwaves filled with his greatest hits from "Thriller" to "Billie Jean" and social networking sites were bombarded with messages and tributes from fans and musicians.
"It's so sad and shocking," former Beatle Paul McCartney said. "I feel privileged to have hung out and worked with Michael. He was a massively talented boy man with a gentle soul. His music will be remembered forever."
Few details were known about the circumstances surrounding Jackson's death but he was reportedly unconscious and not breathing by the time he arrived at UCLA Medical Center. Doctors were unable to revive him.
His body was flown by helicopter from the hospital to the coroner's office late Thursday.
Lawyer Brian Oxman, a spokesman for the Jackson family, told CBS's "The Early Show" on Friday that he had been concerned about the prescription drugs that Jackson took due to injuries suffered while performing.
"I had warned everyone that I could warn and I told them that one day, Michael Jackson is going to wake up dead, which is a very odd way of putting it ...," Oxman said. "I do not want to point fingers at anyone because I want to hear what the toxicology report says and the coroner says but the plain fact of the matter is that Michael Jackson had prescription drugs at his disposal at all times.
Detectives from the Los Angeles Police Department's Robbery Homicide division searched Jackson's home in the upscale Holmby Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles at the behest of Chief William Bratton. But they called the investigation an "everyday" event.
Facing a battered reputation and a mountain of debts which The Wall Street Journal reported ran to $500 million, Jackson had spent the last two months rehearsing for the London concerts, including Wednesday night at the huge Staples Center arena, home to the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team.
In death, his music enjoyed a commercial renaissance that had eluded him for years. His songs surged to the top 15 slots on online retailer Amazon.com Inc's best-selling albums within hours.
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Jackson dominated the charts in the 1980s and is considered one of the most successful entertainers of the past century, with a lifetime sales tally estimated at 750 million records, 13 Grammy Awards and several seminal music videos to his name.
"Michael was and will remain one of the greatest entertainers that ever lived," said Motown Records founder Berry Gordy, Jackson's first label boss. "He was exceptional, artistic and original. He gave the world his heart and soul through his music."
Jackson's reputation as a singer and dancer was overshadowed in recent years by his increasingly abnormal appearance and bizarre lifestyle, which included his friendship with a chimp and a preference for the company of children.
He named his estate in the central California foothills Neverland Valley Ranch, in tribute to the J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan stories, and filled it with amusement park rides and a petting zoo.
Jackson was twice accused of molesting young boys and was charged in 2003 with child sexual abuse. He became even more reclusive following his 2005 acquittal and vowed he would never again live at Neverland.
Despite reports of Jackson's ill health, the promoters of the London shows, AEG Live, said in March that Jackson passed a 4-1/2 hour physical examination with independent doctors.
"I can't stop crying over the sad news," pop star Madonna said in a statement. "I have always admired Michael Jackson. The world has lost one of the greats but his music will live on forever."
Jackson was born on Aug. 29, 1958, in Gary, Indiana, the seventh of nine children and first performed with his brothers as a member of the Jackson 5.
His 1982 album "Thriller" yielded seven top-10 singles. The album sold 21 million copies in the United States and at least 27 million internationally.
The following year, he unveiled his signature "moonwalk" dance move, gliding across the stage and setting off an instant trend, while performing "Billie Jean" during an NBC special.
In 1994, Jackson married Elvis Presley's only child, Lisa Marie, but the marriage ended in divorce in 1996.
"I'm so very sad and confused with every emotion possible. ... This is such a massive loss on so many levels, words fail me," Presley said in statement.
Jackson married Debbie Rowe the same year and had two children, before splitting in 1999, and he later had another child with an unidentified surrogate mother.
He is survived by three children named Prince Michael I, Paris Michael and Prince Michael II, known for his brief public appearance when his father held him over the railing of a hotel balcony, causing widespread criticism

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I am proud to be Mrs Shiney Ahuja

Bollywood actor Shiney Ahuja, who was arrested in Mumbai for alleged raping his domestic help, has been remanded to three-day police custody on Monday, says his defence lawyer, Srikant Shivde.
The actor was produced in Andheri court. He has been booked for rape under Section 376 and also charged under Section 339 for wrongful restraint and Section 506 for threatening another person.
On Sunday night Ahuja's domestic help launched a complaint alleging she was raped by the actor.
The preliminary medical report of the 18-year-old victim reportedly suggest that she was sexually abused. Ahuja has also been sent for medical examination.
The incident allegedly happened at the actor’s home in Mumbai’s Oshiwara area. Police say the victim was employed at Ahuja’s home for the past month-and-a-half.
During interrogation, Shiney reportedly confessed to having consensual sex with his maid.
Meanwhile, Shiney's family is firmly standing behind him. His cousin says that he (Shiney) is a man of character and that he is innocent.
The 36-year-old actor has acted in 13 movies and is popular for his work in films like - Gangster, Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi and Life In A Metro.
He has also been known for his temperamental nature on film sets and this controversy may put roadblocks in his film career.
Ahuja is the son of an Army commander and is married to Anupam Auja. They have a two-year-old daughter.
When contacted, Anupama Ahuja said that she stands firmly behind her husband.
"I am proud to be Mrs Shiney Ahuja and I don't believe that he could have done this even for a minute," she told CNN-IBN.
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'Jai Ho!' competes to become millionth English word

Stratford-upon-Avon (UK), the hometown of ace English playwright William Shakespeare, the millionth new word will enter the English language. 'Finalists' were announced on Saturday by The Global Language Monitor, 'the newspaper of global English' in Austin, Texas that has tracked the English language from 2003.
Nudging 'alcopops' (sugary drinks), 'green-washing' (rebranding a product as eco-friendly) and 'octomom' (the mother of octuplets), are two Hinglish heavyweights: 'Jai Ho!' (translated as 'it is accomplished') and 'cuddies' (from 'chaddi', underwear). Slumdog Millionaire Oscar-winner Resul Pookutty told HT, "It's great that 'Jai Ho' is part of international vocabulary.
The other word may be less glorious, but it's part of life and has its rights, too."Best-selling Hinglish-using writer Chetan Bhagat said, "My friends are dancing in New York and London to 'Jai Ho! I think it's cute if it becomes an English word.
" Nonagenerian writer Khushwant Singh, who had to sing 'God Save the King' before 'Jana Gana Mana' happened, chuckled, "Why not 'Jai Hind'? That's a good word for the English language.".

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was declared the 'Actor of the Decade'

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was declared the 'Actor of the Decade'

Indian actor Abhishek Bachchan celebrates with the trophy after winning the Best Performance in a Comic Role award for his movie 'Dostana' at the 10th International Indian Film Awards presentation Saturday, June 13, 2009

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Indian director Rakesh Roshan celebrates with the trophy after winning the Director of the Decade award at the 10th International Indian Film Awards presentation Saturday, June 13

Indian actor Arjun Rampal celebrates with the trophy after winning the Best Supporting Actor award for his movie 'Rock On!' at the 10th International Indian Film Awards presentation Saturday, June 13, 2009

Indian actress Kangana Ranawat celebrates with the trophy after winning the Best Supporting Actress award for her movie 'Fashion' at the 10th International Indian Film Awards presentation Saturday,

Indian actress Asin celebrates with the trophy after winning the Best Female Debut award at the 10th International Indian Film Awards presentation Saturday, June 13, 2009

Indian actress Bipasha Basu celebrates with the trophy after winning the Style Diva award at the 10th International Indian Film Awards presentation Saturday, June 13, 2009

Indian actor Rajesh Khanna celebrates with the trophy after winning the Lifetime Achievement award at the 10th International Indian Film Awards presentation Saturday, June 13, 2009. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

Indian actress Priyanka Chopra celebrates with the trophy after winning the Best Actress award for her movie 'Fashion' at the 10th International Indian Film Awards presentation Saturday, June 13, 2009

Indian actor Hrithik Roshan celebrates with the trophy after winning the Best Actor award for his movie 'Jodhaa Akbar'at the 10th International Indian Film Awards presentation Saturday, June 13, 2009

Bollywood hearththrobs Hrithik Roshan and Priyanka Chopra today won the best actor and actress trophy respectively at the 10th annual IIFA awards here

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Oscar winner Slumdog millionare Actress Freida Pinto confesses her love for Dev Patel

Freida Pinto, 24, has for the first time confessed her love for her ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ co-star Dev Patel, 19.
The couple have earlier been spotted cuddling up in Israel, and ring shopping in London after the Oscar-winning film was released.
And now, in a recent interview, Freida has called Dev “a lovely boy”.
“The friendship blossomed after the film, it got even stronger. This is all new to us,” the Sun quoted her as saying.

Building bridges over the Gulf

I remember that in the class 4 (or was it five?) history book we were prescribed, there was just one chapter that related to Islamic history, on Prophet Muhammad. But there was a chapter devoted to Simon Bolivar, the founder of Bolivia. In later classes too there was a curious lack of information on Islamic history. Had it not been for my readings outside of course material, I would never have known of Caliph Umar, the man under whom Islam became, in our modern terminology, a world power, or any of the other notable figures of Islamic history.
When in later years I came across writings on the contributions of Islam to modern civilization (mostly written by Muslim writers for a Muslim audience) I tended to look upon them with a great deal of skepticism. We all want to believe we are inheritors of a great civilization without which the world would not have progressed this far, as with others so with Muslims.
It was still later, though my readings of the renaissance, and Islam’s contribution to making it possible, that I gradually started believing these claims. That Islam indeed is the fountainhead of a civilization, much of which still flowed in the modern world.
Since then it has always worried me that there is so precious little known about Islam, about the side that gave men a sense of direction when they had none, and taught them to gaze at stars when the world itself was imperfectly known. Indeed there is so little of these in our mainstream, that talking about them is to talk not of history but of myths and fables. One has to labour against manifest disbelief and very often the labour is lost.
Listening to Obama’s speech in Cairo, after the spontaneous urge to applaud his assalam alailum had passed, the thing that moved me most was his acknowledgement of the great contributions to civilizations that Islam had made. To talk of compass, and algebra is to repeat the truisms of history, and yet these truisms bear repeating.
It is the first step in fighting negative stereotypes of Islam, which have so rankled with the Muslim world. Obama’s promise, that he would fight it wherever and whenever they appear, is heartening, as quite a lot of it comes from America itself. This should go a long way towards curbing the kind of gratuitous provocations (like the Danish cartoons) that had become fashionable in the aftermath of 9/11.
More than that, his speech was an acceptance of the cultural differences between Muslims and non Muslims. They would do certain things differently, look different, wear different clothes, and take their oath on the Quran rather than the Bible, and it was not just alright, but a matter of pride for America as it was a celebration of its cultural diversity and tolerance.
His comments on granting the Muslim women their right to wear the hijab (he pronounced it hajib, but no matter) would have an impact on Muslim women seeking to embrace modernity while remaining within the boundaries of their religion all over the world.
For decades popular culture had tended to see such women as prisoners of a regressive culture, the hijab itself has been portrayed as a symbol of suppression. Governments around the world have granted Muslim women the right to wear hijab uneasily, or have denied it altogether.
Obama’s comments should go some distance furthering their cause in countries as culturally diverse as France and Turkey.
Resolving conflicts
Apart from speaking on these larger issues which cannot be confined to a set timeframe, nor to any geographical locality, he spoke forcefully and candidly (quoting the Quran: “Be conscious of God, and speak the truth", and so, he said he would speak the truth) on some of the most grating points in US-Muslim relations, Iraq , Israel-Palestine conflict, Bosnia, the threat of militants in ‘a stretch of mountains,’ and Iran and its nuclear ambitions.
Quite a lot of it would have been music to Arab ears. In each of these theatres Obama made a decisive break, if not with policies – we are still to wait and watch how that pans out - with the rhetoric of his predecessor.
He said he was against Israeli settlements on Palestinian lands, and that the condition of Palestinians was "intolerable".
He said the US pursued no claim on the land or resources on Iraq; and sought no permanent military bases, neither in Afghanistan or Iraq. He even spelt out a timeframe for the withdrawal of combat troops and for the total withdrawal of US forces from Iraq (2012).
The tone he took towards Hamas was remarkably softer than that chosen by the Bush administration (in fact Bush’s speechwriter called it a major policy shift on Fox News which, by the way, was busy blasting the speech) and on Iran he put the no-nukes-for-Iran, in the larger context of no-nukes-for-the-world, and spelt out a vision where even the US would function sans its N arsenal.
All these efforts at a tight balancing act did not go unnoticed.
It would take away one of the main arguments against American approach in the Middle East that it follows double standards, that while it pats Israel on the back for its repeated incursions, military raids, and bombing campaigns against neighboring Arab states, it cries holy murder the moment Hamas fires rockets across the high wall Israel has built.
That while it expertly twiddles its thumbs when the Palestinians are blockaded into poverty and deprivation, it sets its entire diplomatic machinery in motion to condemn Hizbollah and Iran if some of Israel’s soldiers are killed or captured.
How far would his efforts go towards changing perceptions. And making a "new beginning?"
Well, that's a billion dollar question. On the one hand the speech would certainly improve the sentiment on the street, 'improve' being the operative word here, as opposed to 'change.' The principle players on the other hand (Iran, Israel, Hamas, Palestinian authority) would see in his speech the beginnings of a new approach, but would wait cautiously before actually modifying their positions. In fact that is exactly what they have done.
Israel ‘welcomed’ Obama’s speech, without referring to his settlement comments. Iran too welcomed the speech, but it too said nothing of his comments on nukes.
Palestinian Authority welcomed the two state solution but left out everything else. It is obvious that each cherry picked from the speech according to their convenience.
Another issue, that America should not be reduced to the stereotype of a hegemonic power, would only be resolved once America demonstrates in its deeds that it does not intend to behave like one. The impression has formed over long decades, when America relentlessly pursued imperialistic goals, changing regimes that were not conducive to its economic interests, supporting one side in a war, and then supporting the other depending which way its interest lay.
No single speech can wipe out that impression. The speech is a beginning, and unless it is followed by actions it would not bring about the desired change. That said, America remains popular, not just in Arab countries but in south Asian ones too, as a destination of opportunity. This sentiment may have been overwhelmed by the war on terror, but it is there. And in this America has an ally in its efforts to improve its image.
I hope – and one can but hope – that Muslims buy into the vision – as I did – of a world undivided by conflicts, free of nukes, and with equal rights and opportunity for everyone. Cynicism is like a self fulfilling prophecy, believe that an idea cannot succeed, and you damn its chances of success.
A vista of opportunity?
It would be naive to read in Obama’s speech a radical shift in its core policies, vis a vis, Israel or Iran. He is not about to start having dinner dates with Ahmadinejad, nor is he going to rattle America’s ballistic missiles at Israel and say, give up your nukes or else...
No, this is not happening. Broadly his policy objectives would remain the same as that of his predecessor. But his shift, in tone and tenor, is enough to give a chance to those who would want to come out of the barricades of their old positions.
It has long been said that even Hamas sees that Israel is going to remain in the midst of Arab states, and that it must work to move away from its position of denial of that fact. In fact the signals coming out of Hamas, right after it won the Palestinian elections, indicated that it was prepared to live with Israel as its neighbour.
It was America’s and Israel’s decision to deny the fruits of that election to Hamas, by blockading and then splitting Palestine, that made Hamas retreat back to its old rhetoric.
(On the way by the bye, America demonstrated that elections matter as long as they give the results America wants. If democracy gives results contrary to America’s interests, then too hell with the ballot, and out with the guns and bullets.)
That position now needs to be resurrected, as Obama said, “Israel is not going to go away.” To believe otherwise is wishful, and dangerous thinking. Iran too needs to get out of its gratuitous denial of the holocaust. Such a position serves on ones interest and justifies Israel’s fears that an armed Iran would be an existential threat.
By softening America’s position, Obama has given an opportunity to the leaders of Arab states to soften theirs, and therefore move to a mutually acceptable solution. If this were to happen it would indeed be the new beginning that Obama sought with the Muslim world.
Obama’s speech, as the Hamas spokesperson said, may have been a projection of soft power, words designed to make US manufactured solutions more acceptable to the Arabs, and the Arabs seek not words but acts. But let’s make this clear, a statement of purpose by the President of the United States, whether it is followed by concrete steps or not, is an act in itself.
And if the width of my room partner’s grin, after listening to Obama’s speech is any indication, this act is already having an impact.
Shafey Danish
I remember that in the class 4 (or was it five?) history book we were prescribed, there was just one chapter that related to Islamic history, on Prophet Muhammad. But there was a chapter devoted to Simon Bolivar, the founder of Bolivia. In later classes too there was a curious lack of information on Islamic history. Had it not been for my readings outside of course material, I would never have known of Caliph Umar, the man under whom Islam became, in our modern terminology, a world power, or any of the other notable figures of Islamic history.
When in later years I came across writings on the contributions of Islam to modern civilization (mostly written by Muslim writers for a Muslim audience) I tended to look upon them with a great deal of skepticism. We all want to believe we are inheritors of a great civilization without which the world would not have progressed this far, as with others so with Muslims.
It was still later, though my readings of the renaissance, and Islam’s contribution to making it possible, that I gradually started believing these claims. That Islam indeed is the fountainhead of a civilization, much of which still flowed in the modern world.
Since then it has always worried me that there is so precious little known about Islam, about the side that gave men a sense of direction when they had none, and taught them to gaze at stars when the world itself was imperfectly known. Indeed there is so little of these in our mainstream, that talking about them is to talk not of history but of myths and fables. One has to labour against manifest disbelief and very often the labour is lost.
Listening to Obama’s speech in Cairo, after the spontaneous urge to applaud his assalam alailum had passed, the thing that moved me most was his acknowledgement of the great contributions to civilizations that Islam had made. To talk of compass, and algebra is to repeat the truisms of history, and yet these truisms bear repeating.
It is the first step in fighting negative stereotypes of Islam, which have so rankled with the Muslim world. Obama’s promise, that he would fight it wherever and whenever they appear, is heartening, as quite a lot of it comes from America itself. This should go a long way towards curbing the kind of gratuitous provocations (like the Danish cartoons) that had become fashionable in the aftermath of 9/11.
More than that, his speech was an acceptance of the cultural differences between Muslims and non Muslims. They would do certain things differently, look different, wear different clothes, and take their oath on the Quran rather than the Bible, and it was not just alright, but a matter of pride for America as it was a celebration of its cultural diversity and tolerance.
His comments on granting the Muslim women their right to wear the hijab (he pronounced it hajib, but no matter) would have an impact on Muslim women seeking to embrace modernity while remaining within the boundaries of their religion all over the world.
For decades popular culture had tended to see such women as prisoners of a regressive culture, the hijab itself has been portrayed as a symbol of suppression. Governments around the world have granted Muslim women the right to wear hijab uneasily, or have denied it altogether.
Obama’s comments should go some distance furthering their cause in countries as culturally diverse as France and Turkey.
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Apart from speaking on these larger issues which cannot be confined to a set timeframe, nor to any geographical locality, he spoke forcefully and candidly (quoting the Quran: “Be conscious of God, and speak the truth", and so, he said he would speak the truth) on some of the most grating points in US-Muslim relations, Iraq , Israel-Palestine conflict, Bosnia, the threat of militants in ‘a stretch of mountains,’ and Iran and its nuclear ambitions.
Quite a lot of it would have been music to Arab ears. In each of these theatres Obama made a decisive break, if not with policies – we are still to wait and watch how that pans out - with the rhetoric of his predecessor.
He said he was against Israeli settlements on Palestinian lands, and that the condition of Palestinians was "intolerable".
He said the US pursued no claim on the land or resources on Iraq; and sought no permanent military bases, neither in Afghanistan or Iraq. He even spelt out a timeframe for the withdrawal of combat troops and for the total withdrawal of US forces from Iraq (2012).
The tone he took towards Hamas was remarkably softer than that chosen by the Bush administration (in fact Bush’s speechwriter called it a major policy shift on Fox News which, by the way, was busy blasting the speech) and on Iran he put the no-nukes-for-Iran, in the larger context of no-nukes-for-the-world, and spelt out a vision where even the US would function sans its N arsenal.
All these efforts at a tight balancing act did not go unnoticed.
It would take away one of the main arguments against American approach in the Middle East that it follows double standards, that while it pats Israel on the back for its repeated incursions, military raids, and bombing campaigns against neighboring Arab states, it cries holy murder the moment Hamas fires rockets across the high wall Israel has built.
That while it expertly twiddles its thumbs when the Palestinians are blockaded into poverty and deprivation, it sets its entire diplomatic machinery in motion to condemn Hizbollah and Iran if some of Israel’s soldiers are killed or captured.
How far would his efforts go towards changing perceptions. And making a "new beginning?"
Well, that's a billion dollar question. On the one hand the speech would certainly improve the sentiment on the street, 'improve' being the operative word here, as opposed to 'change.' The principle players on the other hand (Iran, Israel, Hamas, Palestinian authority) would see in his speech the beginnings of a new approach, but would wait cautiously before actually modifying their positions. In fact that is exactly what they have done.
Israel ‘welcomed’ Obama’s speech, without referring to his settlement comments. Iran too welcomed the speech, but it too said nothing of his comments on nukes.
Palestinian Authority welcomed the two state solution but left out everything else. It is obvious that each cherry picked from the speech according to their convenience.
Another issue, that America should not be reduced to the stereotype of a hegemonic power, would only be resolved once America demonstrates in its deeds that it does not intend to behave like one. The impression has formed over long decades, when America relentlessly pursued imperialistic goals, changing regimes that were not conducive to its economic interests, supporting one side in a war, and then supporting the other depending which way its interest lay.
No single speech can wipe out that impression. The speech is a beginning, and unless it is followed by actions it would not bring about the desired change. That said, America remains popular, not just in Arab countries but in south Asian ones too, as a destination of opportunity. This sentiment may have been overwhelmed by the war on terror, but it is there. And in this America has an ally in its efforts to improve its image.
I hope – and one can but hope – that Muslims buy into the vision – as I did – of a world undivided by conflicts, free of nukes, and with equal rights and opportunity for everyone. Cynicism is like a self fulfilling prophecy, believe that an idea cannot succeed, and you damn its chances of success.
A vista of opportunity?
It would be naive to read in Obama’s speech a radical shift in its core policies, vis a vis, Israel or Iran. He is not about to start having dinner dates with Ahmadinejad, nor is he going to rattle America’s ballistic missiles at Israel and say, give up your nukes or else...
No, this is not happening. Broadly his policy objectives would remain the same as that of his predecessor. But his shift, in tone and tenor, is enough to give a chance to those who would want to come out of the barricades of their old positions.
It has long been said that even Hamas sees that Israel is going to remain in the midst of Arab states, and that it must work to move away from its position of denial of that fact. In fact the signals coming out of Hamas, right after it won the Palestinian elections, indicated that it was prepared to live with Israel as its neighbour.
It was America’s and Israel’s decision to deny the fruits of that election to Hamas, by blockading and then splitting Palestine, that made Hamas retreat back to its old rhetoric.
(On the way by the bye, America demonstrated that elections matter as long as they give the results America wants. If democracy gives results contrary to America’s interests, then too hell with the ballot, and out with the guns and bullets.)
That position now needs to be resurrected, as Obama said, “Israel is not going to go away.” To believe otherwise is wishful, and dangerous thinking. Iran too needs to get out of its gratuitous denial of the holocaust. Such a position serves on ones interest and justifies Israel’s fears that an armed Iran would be an existential threat.
By softening America’s position, Obama has given an opportunity to the leaders of Arab states to soften theirs, and therefore move to a mutually acceptable solution. If this were to happen it would indeed be the new beginning that Obama sought with the Muslim world.
Obama’s speech, as the Hamas spokesperson said, may have been a projection of soft power, words designed to make US manufactured solutions more acceptable to the Arabs, and the Arabs seek not words but acts. But let’s make this clear, a statement of purpose by the President of the United States, whether it is followed by concrete steps or not, is an act in itself.
And if the width of my room partner’s grin, after listening to Obama’s speech is any indication, this act is already having an impact.

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Rahul Sarpeshkar, MIT associate professor of electrical engineering and his graduate student, Soumyajit Mandal, designed the chip. The chip is faster than any human-designed radio-frequency (RF) spectrum analyzer and also operates at a lower power.
Mandal graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India in June 2002. He completed his MSc in 2004 at MIT and is currently working on his PhD.
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Salman Khan gets rid of Katrina's belongings?

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Shahid Kareena came face to face

Shahid Kapoor and Kareena Kappor came face to face with each other at Karan Johar's party. They did not ignore each other but did not exchange pleasant greetings either. Bebo seemed happy in Saif's arms and soon even Shahid found company in the party of long lost friend, Vidya Balan

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Dubai's first low-cost airline, flydubai, takes off on Monday from Terminal 2 and marks a step-up in the emirate's aviation history.
The first flight to Beirut on Monday will be followed by others to Damascus, Alexandria and Amman.
The airline will be flying Boeing 737s-800. It has placed orders for 50, valued at $4 billion (Dh14.7 billion).
flydubai has already taken delivery of two aircraft; it will receive four more by 2010.
The airline currently employs 125 people, including cabin crew, and will continue to expand its human resource as more aircraft are received.
flydubai will be adding 14 to 16 more destinations by the year-end, with a focus on the subcontinent and Gulf countries.

The hottest, highest-paid models in the world

Business magazine Forbes magazine has released it's international list of this year's top-earning models. Which sexy ladies have the deepest pockets? Find out right here!
'The world's top earning model' is based on estimated earnings of models from June 2008 to June 2009. Four Brazilian models have found a place in the rankings.
"(The) modelling industry has been hard-hit by the economic crisis, but the value of the beauties at the top is as strong as ever," the magazine noted.
At Number One: Gisele Bundchen
Brazilian beauty Bundchen has topped the list of top-earning models. At 28, she has earnings to the tune of USD 25 million from numerous campaigns, including those for brands like Versace, True Religion jeans and Dior.

Google launches Android in China

Google's Android mobile phone operating system is set to make its legal debut in China in June when China Mobile launches specially adapted handsets.
Taiwan-based handset manufacturer HTC said China Mobile would start selling a customised version of the HTC Magic, a handset based on Google's Android operating system, through its stores.
Analysts believe that a successful launch of a high-end handset for China Mobile subscribers could help remove hurdles to the entry of similar handsets such as Apple's iPhone into the country, the world's largest mobile market.
Apple has negotiated for months with China Unicom, China Mobile's smaller rival, to introduce the iPhone to China, but industry executives say regulators have sought to hold back an agreement until China Mobile has a device that will allow it to compete for 3G customers.
Android-based handsets and iPhones have long been available in China through "grey imports" - consumers can buy the G1, a phone custom-made for Deutsche Telekom by HTC, and the iPhone in any electronics retail chain.
But none of these sales are strictly legal as China bans WiFi handsets from its market unless they are also compatible with WAPI, a local wireless standard.
Also, consumers cannot get these handsets directly through their mobile operators, and the operators cannot subsidise them.
The Chinese government hopes to balance the big three mobile operators - China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom - against each other as they roll out 3G services following the issue of licences in January.
Although China Mobile dominates the market with its 483 million subscribers, it has lagged behind its competitors in picking up new users in recent months.
That is partly because it must use TD-SCDMA, a homegrown 3G technology, while China Unicom and China Telecom were awarded licences under WCDMA and CDMA2000, the standards used in European and US markets.

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Australian police arrest 16 on child porn charges

Sixteen Australian men have been arrested on charges related to the distribution and possession of child pornography, police said Monday.
The men were arrested in five states over the past month and are believed to be part of a global child pornography network, said Neil Gaughan, Australian Federal Police high tech crime operations manager.
Each man is accused of downloading a sexually explicit video involving a young girl, Gaughan said. They did not know each other.
The operation was triggered by information received from police in the southwestern German state of Baden-Wuerttemberg in December, Gaughan said.

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Baden-Wuerttemberg police announced in April that they had broken up an international child pornography ring involving alleged users in some 91 nations, including Australia, Brazil, Canada, New Zealand, Switzerland and the United States.
A total of 44 charges have been filed against the 16 Australians, Gaughan said. Possession of child pornography in Australia carries a potential sentence of 10 years in prison.

A teenage US-Indonesian model abused by malaysian prince

A teenage US-Indonesian model has returned to her family in Indonesia with tales of abuse, rape and torture at the hands of a Malaysian prince, after her dramatic escape with the help of Singapore police.
Manohara Odelia Pino, 17, told reporters she was treated like a sex slave after her marriage to Tengku Temenggong Mohammad Fakhry, the prince of Malaysia's Kelantan state, last year.
Her mother, Daisy Fajarina, said she would press charges against the 31-year-old prince, and blamed the Malaysian and Indonesian governments for trying to cover up the alleged abuse.
"The things I've been afraid of were revealed to be true. Manohara has suffered physical abuse. She's got several razor cuts on her chest," Fajarina said on Monday.
"No parent could be silent if their child was treated in such a barbaric way."
The Malaysian government had ignored her pleas for access to her daughter and had blocked her from entering the country, she said, while the Indonesian embassy had said that Manohara was fine with her new husband.
But the young woman — a well-known socialite in Jakarta — said her life at the royal palace involved a "daily routine" of rape, abuse, torture and occasional drug injections that made her vomit blood.
She said she was usually held under guard in her bedroom at the palace and was injected with tranquilisers whenever she complained.
"I am still traumatised by all that happened and it has left an impact on me," she told reporters in Jakarta on Sunday, after escaping the royal family during a trip to Singapore over the weekend.
"Sexual abuse and sexual harassment were like a daily routine for me, and he did that every time I did not want to have sexual intercourse," she was quoted as saying in The Jakarta Globe.
"I could never think a normal man could do such things," she said, adding: "Some parts of my body were cut by a razor."
The teenager whose fairy-tale wedding to a prince captured the imagination of Indonesia said she would be tortured if she did not appear to be happy when she attended social functions with Fakhry.
"Every time I went for events they forced me to smile and would torture me if I did not do what they said," she told the press conference.
She said she secretly called Singaporean police and pleaded for help after the royal family took her to the city state when they accompanied Fakhry's father, Sultan Ismail Petra Shah II, for medical treatment.
"The police told Fakhry that he would be held in jail if he did not let me go. No one could force me against my will in Singapore and I knew I had a chance to escape," she said.
The model once voted as being among Indonesia's "100 Precious Women" said she escaped her guards by pushing the Singapore hotel elevator's emergency button.
They were reluctant to chase her because they knew the scene would be captured on security cameras.
She blasted the Indonesian embassy in Malaysia, saying: "They made it worse by telling lies, saying that I was fine while I was suffering in Kelantan."
A spokesman for the Indonesian foreign ministry insisted the embassy had done everything it could to help Manohara and said the government would assist her if she wanted to file charges against her husband.
Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said the government would not investigate the claims.
"I think this is more of a personal matter. To date we have not been dragged into it, so we want to leave it as it is," he told reporters in Kuala Lumpur.
Malaysia's royal rulers used to enjoy immunity from criminal and civil charges but the privilege was removed in 1993.
There has been no comment from the Kelantan royal family.
Manohara's lawyer, Yuri Darmas, said she would have a medical examination to back up her allegations of abuse.
"We need one to two days to gather evidence before we file a lawsuit to the Malaysian police," he said, adding that he intended to pursue both criminal and civil lawsuits against the prince.
Manohara has already filed for divorce, her mother said.

Air France jet carrying 228 people from Rio de Janeiro to Paris lost

An Air France jet carrying 228 people from Rio de Janeiro to Paris lost contact with air traffic controllers over the Atlantic Ocean, an Air France official said on Monday. Brazil immediately began a search mission off its northeastern coast.
Air France Flight 447, an Airbus A330, was carrying 216 passengers and 12 crew members, company spokeswoman Brigitte Barrand said. The flight left Rio on Sunday at 1900 hours local time.
The plane disappeared about 190 miles (300 kilometers) northeast of the coastal Brazilian city of Natal, near the archipelago of Fernando de Noronha, a Brazilian air force spokesman said.
The air force began a search began on Monday morning near Fernando de Noronha, he added, speaking on condition of anonymity in keeping with air force policy.
The region is about 1,500 miles northeast of Rio.
An official with France's transport agency said contact with the plane was lost at 0220 GMT Monday (10:20 pm EDT on Sunday). The official was not authorised to be named according to agency policy.
Barrand said the airline installed an information centre at Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport for the families of those aboard.
"Air France regrets to announce that it is without news from Air France flight 447 flying from Rio to Paris," she said. "Air France shares the emotion and worry of the families concerned."
The flight was scheduled to arrive in Paris at 0915 GMT (5:15 am EDT), according to the airport.
Airbus declined to comment until more details emerge.
France's minister in-charge of transport, Jean-Louis Borloo, said there was a "real pessimism at this hour" about the fate of the aircraft.
"We can fear the worst," he said on Europe-1 radio.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy expressed his "extreme worry" and sent ministers to Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport to monitor the situation.

Alcohol can make cars more climate-friendly

Test results on a novel ethanol-assisted engine by the Ford Motor Company have indicated that alcohol can make automobiles more climate-friendly.
According to a report in New Scientist, the unit, called a direct-injection ethanol engine, runs primarily on petrol.
When it needs to deliver maximum power, like climb a hill or overtake, the engine management computer adds a little ethanol to the fuel injected into the combustion chambers.
This arrangement allows the engine to operate at a much higher compression ratio - a measure of the amount by which the fuel-air mixture is compressed before being ignited - than normal.
“As a result, an average car engine can be “downsized” to one that should have around 23 percent better fuel efficiency,” officials at Ford said.
Normally, the downside of a high compression ratio is that it encourages premature ignition or “knocking”, which drastically cuts down the power output.
Adding ethanol to the fuel suppresses knocking.
“We’re trying to get the best of both worlds,” said Paul Whitaker of AVL Powertrain Engineering of Plymouth, Michigan, which is developing the technology with Ford. “It’s like knock suppression on demand,” he added.
Test results on a pickup truck fitted with the new engine were recently presented at the US Department of Energy’s annual vehicle technology review meeting in Arlington, Virginia.
They showed a 23 percent improvement in fuel efficiency for the same performance levels.
The ethanol from a 40-litre auxiliary tank would last about 30,000 kilometres, according to Ford.
Whitaker said that the next step is to road test the engine in a variety of vehicles and to ensure that the engine does not become unusable if the ethanol tank runs dry.
Ford said that its ethanol-assisted engine would cost 1100 to 1500 dollars more than a conventional engine.
This is just one-third of the extra cost of a hybrid petrol-electric engine over a normal petrol engine. Hybrids typically deliver 25 to 35 per cent better fuel economy than a conventional engine.