Sunday, November 30, 2008

Mumbai: signs of an attempted coup in New Delhi?

Preliminary signs emerging from India’s power center, New Delhi, paint a picture of an unstable situation. Security is already compromised. But a bigger story is taking place in New Delhi, not Mumbai. There are disturbing signs that India, a nuclear-armed nation of a billion people, is witnessing a ‘soft coup’ attempt involving secular rightwing ideologues and Hindu nationalists.  

Exploiting the fears of a traumatized nation and a government caught sleeping at the wheel, a core group of rightwing ideologues within India’s military, intelligence and political elite are trying to overthrow Manmohan Singh’s government. The plan apparently is to help the rise of rightwing elements in power and firmly push India in a confrontation with Pakistan and some other countries in the region.  More...

See also:

  1. India's 9/11: Who was behind the Mumbai attacks?
  2. Mumbai attackers were "foreign looking, fair skinned ..."
  3. Mumbai attacks: unanswered questions...
  4. India grapples with "hindu terrorism..."

"Intruder shot" or the case for an armed citizenry...

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  1. To be free you have to be armed, says Reese...
  2. No one attacks the Swiss: not even the Swiss attack the Swiss!!

South Korean actress faces jail ... for adultery!!! Oh boy!

South Korean prosecutors have demanded an 18-month jail term for a popular actress who admitted breaking the country's strict laws on adultery. 

Ok So-ri had sought to overturn the 50-year old legislation, which carries a maximum jail sentence of two years. 

She said it was an infringement of human rights and amounted to revenge.

But in October the constitutional court ruled for the fourth time that adultery must remain a crime, saying it was damaging to social order. More...

See also:

  1. A slowing economy unleashes more cheating wives!!!
  2. Iran: 9 "sex" offenders to be stoned to death...
  3. India: Jealous husband cuts off wife's lover's penis!!!
  4. Unfaithful husband? No problems, just cut off his dick!!

India's 9/11: Who was behind the Mumbai attacks?

The Mumbai terror attacks were part of a carefully planned and coordinated operation involving several teams of experienced and trained gunmen.  

The operation has the fingerprints of a paramilitary-intelligence operation. According to a Russian counter terrorist expert, the Mumbai terrorists "used the same tactics that Chechen field militants employed in the Northern Caucasus attacks where entire towns were terrorized, with homes and hospitals seized". (Russia Today, November 27, 2008). 

The Mumbai attacks are described as " India's 9/11". 

The attacks were carried out simultaneously in several locations, within minutes of each other. More...

See also:

  1. Mumbai and the age of "celebrity terrorism..."
  2. September 11, 2001, a few hours before the world changed forever...
  3. Civil Liberties lost since 9/11...
  4. You're the Voice ... John Farnham

Joni Mitchell and The Circle Game...

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  1. Judy Collins and Send in the Clowns...
  2. Carole King and It's Too Late...

Sarkozy et les Arabes "difficiles à gérer..."

L’hebdomadaire Reflex a publié une retranscription des notes d’un entretien entre les deux chefs d’Etats qui s’est déroulé à Paris le 31 octobre dernier. Ce qu’on y lit risque de causer quelques remous au sein de l’Union Européenne.

Dans un premier temps, Nicolas Sarkozy tente de convaincre son interlocuteur, qui prendra la présidence de l’Union Européenne en juin 2009, de lui laisser la direction de l’Union pour la Méditeranée. Et la méthode employée est pour le moins surprenante. "Savez-vous ce que cela signifie d’être seul face à tous ces Arabes ? commence Nicolas Sarkozy. De les avoir au téléphone ? Les Arabes sont difficiles à gérer, vous savez." Suite...

Voir aussi:

  1. La poupée vaudou de Nicolas Sarkozy reste en vente...
  2. Sarkozy, un agent de la CIA?
  3. Le Top 10 de Nicolas Sarkozy...
  4. Serrer la main de Sarkozy? Non, merci!!

Swiss say okay to State-prescribed heroin...

Swiss voters have backed a change in health policy that would provide prescription heroin to addicts. 

Final results from the national referendum showed 68% of voters supported the plan. 

The scheme, where addicts inject the drug under medical supervision at a clinic, began in Zurich 14 years ago before spreading across the country. 

But in another referendum, the Swiss appear to have rejected the decriminalisation of cannabis.More...

See also:

  1. Switzerland: State heroin or cold turkey? (video)
  2. Would the Beatles have been the Beatles ...
  3. Priest busted for selling drugs at church!!! A High priest?

Mumbai and the age of "celebrity terrorism..."

Quite apart from the scores murdered and the hundreds injured, what the Mumbai terrorists really wanted was an exaggerated - and preferably extreme - reaction on the part of governments, the media and public opinion. 

In these terms, the attackers received as much attention as they could possibly have hoped for, and the Mumbai outrage can only be described as a very significant terrorist success.

(...)

If so, then Mumbai could represent something rather different in the history of terrorism, and possibly something far more disturbing even than global jihad. 

Perhaps we have come to the point where casually self-radicalised, sociopathic individuals can form a loose organisation, acquire sufficient weapons and equipment for a few thousand dollars, make a basic plan of action and indulge in a violent expression of their generalised disaffection and anomie.

(...)

Welcome to the age of celebrity terrorism.  Full story...

See also:

  1. Mumbai attacks: politicians tremble as anger mounts...
  2. Mumbai attacks: unanswered questions...
  3. The War on Terror, like the War on Drugs, is a fraud...
  4. The bogus War on Terror...
  5. YouTube fame at any price?

George Harrison died 7 years ago...

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  1. George Harrison "hidden" interview comes to light...
  2. Eric Clapton,Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Neil Young...
  3. George Harrison on the Beatles' break-up...

Mumbai attacks: politicians tremble as anger mounts...

A day after the terrorist siege of Mumbai ended claiming over 180 lives, political heads started to roll Sunday with Home Minister Shivraj Patil resigning as the financial hub limped back to normal, dpa reported.

Patil's resignation, which was accepted by the President Pratibha Patil's office, came amid widespread anger over the government's weak stance against terrorism following the brazen attacks by militants.

As Finance Minister P Chidambaram was given additional charge of the home ministry, local news channels reported Manmohan Singh's government may call on top bureaucrats and other ministers to resign.

There was growing public anger that the ruling United Progressive Alliance was unable to stem terrorist attacks and bombings that have hit the country almost every month. More...

See also:

  1. Mumbai: Captured terrorist Azam Amir Kasav gives more information! Reliable?
  2. Angry Mumbai crowd picks on CNN's Sara Sidner...
  3. Mumbai attacks: India accused of bungling anti-terror operation...
  4. Are European MPs making tons of money for doing nothing?

Nigerian 419 scams now hitting Paypal...

A VARIANT of the extremely popular Nigerian 419 scam is possible via Paypal, the INQ has discovered. On paper it looks bulletproof but it's still a big con.

The 419 scam is named after the relevant section of the Nigerian Criminal Code and the premise is always the same. Somebody offers to pay money into your account and give you a cut when you send it back.

In truth the whole thing is money laundering but this latest twist – using Paypal – is significant because, on the surface, it looks like there's no catch. More...

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  1. The woman that got suckered by Nigerian scam artists for $400,000 !!!
  2. It must be wonderful spending other people's money ...
  3. Nigerian scam: Spanish police strike back...

As the world spotlights on Mumbai, a Christain/Muslim massacre in Nigeria goes unnoticed...

Hundreds of people are reported to have been killed in central Nigeria after Christians and Muslims clashed over the result of a local election. 

A Muslim charity in the town of Jos says it collected more than 300 bodies, and fatalities are also expected among Christians. 

There is no official confirmation yet, and figures are notoriously unreliable in Nigeria, says the BBC's Alex Last. 

Police have imposed a 24-hour curfew and the army is patrolling the streets. Full story+ video...

See also:

  1. Nigeria: baby farms and baby trafficking...
  2. Nigeria declares war on bloggers...
  3. The "child witches" of Nigeria... WTF! This is crazy...
  4. Nigerian dude with 86 wives arrested...

Mumbai: Captured terrorist Azam Amir Kasav gives more information! Reliable?

See also:

  1. Mumbai attacks: unanswered questions...
  2. Mumbai attacks: the cops who would not shoot back...
  3. Mumbai: Captured terrorist Azam Amir Kasav talks...

Britain: cops beat up hand-cuffed Iraq veteran! WTF!

Lance Corporal Mark Aspinall – highly praised by his commanding officer for bravery against the Taliban in Afghanistan – was set upon by three uniformed officers on his home town High Street.

The sickening attack – caught in forensic detail on CCTV – led a crown court judge to label it one of the worst examples of police aggression he had ever seen. Yet, in a travesty of justice, it was Mark who was at first convicted by magistrates of attacking the policemen.. despite the video footage clearly showing he was the victim. Full story...

See also:

  1. Cop: I can do whatever I want...
  2. India, where cops can be worse than criminals...
  3. Creepy: cops film man having sex with his comatose wife...
  4. Toronto cops disrupt street musicians...
  5. Stop calling me dude!!!

1200 poulets dans les chambres de la maison!!!

Jusqu'à ce que les gendarmes le découvrent mardi, un homme élevait 1200 poulets dans sa maison près de Merdrignac. 70 au mètre carré !

500 dans un cellier, près de la chambre. 200 dans une chambre au rez-de-chaussée. 500 dans l'ancienne chambre de son fils, à l'étage. Le compte y est : 1 200 poulets vivaient au chaud dans la maison de cet homme d'une cinquantaine d'années.

Quand les gendarmes sont venus le voir, mardi, pour une autre affaire, ils n'en croyaient pas leurs yeux. L'élevage clandestin, dont les âges variaient de 15 jours à plusieurs mois, vivait dans une grande proximité avec son propriétaire. Suite...

Voir aussi:

  1. 136 chats dans un petit appartement !!!
  2. La maison des chats...
  3. L’atroce traitement des animaux australiens au moyen orient...

Smoke on the water ... Japanese style!!!

Smoke on the water ... version nippone!!!

See also:

  1. Japanese kids dancing to a Tamil song...
  2. 8-year-old Yuto Miyazawa plays Ozzy Osbourne's "Mr.Crowley".
  3. The Montreux Jazz Festival is just over, so here's Deep Purple and "Smoke on the water..."

France: Un journaliste de Libération humilié par la police...

C'est un pays dans lequel la police peut débarquer chez le journaliste d'un quotidien, l'humilier devant ses enfants, l'insulter, le menotter, le déshabiller complètement au dépôt... A cause de quelques mots écrits dans ce journal qu'il a dirigé pendant quelques mois. 

Ce pays, c'est la France de 2008.

L'affaire, hallucinante, est racontée par Libération. Vendredi matin, Vittorio de Filippis, journaliste à Libération, est réveillé à 6h40 par des coups frappés à la porte de sa maison. 

Trois policiers lui disent qu'ils ont un mandat d’amener au TGI de Paris contre lui. "Habillez-vous, on vous emmène." Il proteste. "Vous, vous êtes pire que la racaille!", disent les policiers, devant son fils de 14 ans. Suite...

Voir aussi:

  1. "Chaque procès que je gagne, c'est une victoire pour les blogueurs"
  2. TF1, PPDA, Ferrari et Sarkozy...
  3. Au nom d'Anna...

Saturday, November 29, 2008

Mumbai attacks: unanswered questions...

How many terrorists were there? Did they number 20 as Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh told a press conference on Thursday? Or did they number many more? If two or three terrorists attacked the CST, how many terrorists were present at the Taj and Trident?

Did the CST terrorists drop a grenade/explosive device at Dockyard Road on the way to the station? Or was someone else responsible for that act of terror which claimed three lives?

The terrorists are said to have set up control rooms at the Taj and Trident hotels, a Cabinet minister told PTI on Thursday. When were these bookings made? A detailed investigation into the bookings made at both hotels in the months, weeks and days before the attacks may reveal the names of suspicious guests who registered there. More...

See also:

  1. Mumbai attacks: the cops who would not shoot back...
  2. Mumbai: Captured terrorist Azam Amir Kasav talks...
  3. India grapples with "hindu terrorism..."

America's Got Talent: the magic couple with the invisible wardrobe...

Le couple magique et la garde-robe invisible…

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  1. America's Got Talent: Busty Heart and her bust...
  2. Malaysian Idol: Oh boy! What the hell is this?
  3. America's Got Talent 2008: Russian Bar Trio!
  4. Bulgarian Idol sings "Ken Lee". Hilarious!

Mumbai attacks: the cops who would not shoot back...

The Independent - has revealed how a newspaper photographer took an astonishing picture while hiding  
inside a train carriage as gunfire erupted all around him.  

Sebastian D'Souza, a picture editor at the Mumbai Mirror, whose offices are just opposite the city's Chhatrapati Shivaji station, heard the gunfire erupt and ran towards the terminus.

(...)

But what angered D'Souza were the masses of armed police hiding in the area who simply refused to shoot back. 

"There were armed policemen hiding all around the station but none of them did anything," he said. 

"At one point, I ran up to them and told them to use their weapons. I said, 'Shoot them, they're sitting ducks!' but they just didn't shoot back." Full story...

See also:

  1. Mumbai: Captured terrorist Azam Amir Kasav talks...
  2. Mumbai attacks: heroism and bravery that went unnoticed...
  3. India, where cops can be worse than criminals...
  4. Raped Indian nun denounces police...

Sarkozy has to live with his voodoo doll!!!

Nicolas Sarkozy is undoubtedly the most trigger happy president in modern French history.

Not in terms of foreign policy - after all, this was the man who single-handedly defused the Russia-Georgia crisis by persuading Putin not to hang his Georgian counterpart's "by the balls."

No, Mr Sarkozy, a trained lawyer, saves his belligerence for the courtroom, with six lawsuits to his name since he was elected last year.

(...)

But now his serial litigiousness has descended into a prickly farce.

A French appeals court on Friday ruled that Voodoo dolls in the President's image may remain on sale - complete with pins - in the name of freedom of expression. Full story...

See also:

  1. Sarkozy and his voodoo doll!! Hilarious!
  2. Korean voodoo in a church...(Must see)

Ayn Rand's Howard Roark: the world is being destroyed in an orgy of self-sacrifice...

Thailand: airport chaos continues as riot police flee...

Thousands of anti-government protesters in Thailand escalated their airport siege today by forcing scores of riot police to flee and capturing an officer.

Around 3,000 travellers, including several hundred Britons remain stranded in Bangkok with all civilian air traffic blocked as the standoff entered its fifth day.

About 2,000 People’s Alliance for Democracy supporters, who are trying oust Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat, today closed a police checkpoint near Suvarnabhumi International Airport. More...

See also:

  1. How they advertise light bulbs in Thailand!!!
  2. The Chinese Vegetarian Festival in Phuket, Thailand...
  3. Here's how they discharge a heavy vehicle in Thailand!!!
  4. Train goes through a makeshift market in Bangkok!! 

The Congo's OTHER war and, once again, children are its main victims...

A hidden war against Africa's children has broken out in the far north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, near the frontier with Sudan. 

This conflict, which has forced tens of thousands to flee their homes in the last month alone, is entirely separate from Congo's insurgency around the eastern city of Goma.

(...)

Ever since its birth in Northern Uganda two decades ago, the LRA has filled its ranks by abducting children. These innocent victims – at least 20,000 of whom have fallen into the LRA's hands – are tortured, brainwashed and turned into soldiers or sexual playthings. 

Today, the LRA and its psychotic leader, Joseph Kony, have been driven out of Uganda. But Kony has found refuge in Congo, where he runs a rebel headquarters located in Garamba National Park, a World Heritage Site where central Africa's last white rhinos were once protected.  Full story...

See also:

  1. Congo, the "worst place" to be a woman or a child...
  2. Children of Congo: From War to Witches, a region gone mad...
  3. The Coltan War
  4. Next time you want to buy some gold, you might want to look at this first...

Mumbai: Captured terrorist Azam Amir Kasav talks...

His swaggering image as he walked around Chhatrapati Shivaji terminus Terror attack in
dispensing death was captured by Mumbai Mirror photo editor Sebastian D' souza, and was the first glimpse of the terrorists who have held Mumbai hostage over the last 48 hours. 

Now we can also tell you who this man is and how he has become the vital link for investigating agencies to crack the terror plot. 

His name is Azam Amir Kasav, he is 21 years old, speaks fluent English, hails from tehsil Gipalpura in Faridkot in Pakistan, and is the only terrorist from this audacious operation to have been captured alive. More...

See also:

  1. Mumbai attacks: heroism and bravery that went unnoticed...
  2. A Swiss view of the Mumbai attacks...

This is Charley, a very special cat...

Voici Charley, un chat très spécial…

See also:

  1. Thank God for cats!!! Hilarious...
  2. The Pitbull, the Cat and the Chicks!!! Cool!
  3. Why are cats so damn funny and adorable?
  4. What an adorable kitty...

Œil pour œil en Iran: Un homme qui a aveuglé une femme avec l’acide serait aveuglé à son tour…

Un Iranien, qui avait rendu aveugle une femme ayant refusé sa demande en mariage en lui jetant de l'acide au visage, a été condamné par la justice au même châtiment, rapporte, jeudi 27 novembre, le quotidien Etemad-e Melli.

En vertu du principe de "qisas" – ou juste châtiment – prévu par le droit islamique iranien, le tribunal a jugé que l'homme devait à son tour être rendu aveugle par un jet d'acide.

L'accusé avait été éconduit à plusieurs reprises par une femme et s'était vengé en l'agressant alors qu'elle quittait son travail en 2004. Elle s'était ensuite rendue en Espagne pour subir une opération du visage mais elle n'avait pas retrouvé la vue.

Source (en anglais)

Voir aussi:

  1. Afghanistan: 15 jeunes filles aspergées d'acide sur le chemin de l'école...
  2. Pakistan - Crime d’honneur : 5 femmes enterrées vivantes pour avoir voulu choisir leur mari...
  3. Somalie - La femme lapidée à mort pour "adultère" était une fille de 13 ans victime d’un viol collectif...

The Chinese and a foreign passport to a new life...

One of China's most famous actresses has been accused of being unpatriotic after becoming a Singaporean citizen. 

Some say Gong Li, star of the film Memoirs of a Geisha, has turned her back on her Chinese fans. 

But the actress is not the only Chinese citizen to seek another country's passport. 

They do it for convenience, to improve job prospects and as a safety net. 

Despite China's increasing economic and political power, a Chinese passport is still seen as restrictive by many of its citizens. More...

See also:

  1. Gong Li branded a "traitor" for becoming Singapore citizen...
  2. 100,000 Chinese migrated to the European Union in 2006...
  3. In The Matrix, Neo's passport expires on the 11th.Sept.2001!!
  4. Britain goes ahead with identity card plans for foreigners...

The Vatican and sex crimes... (and how the Church protected its pedophile priests)

A secret document which sets out a procedure for dealing with child sex abuse scandals within the Catholic Church is examined by Panorama. Crimen Sollicitationis was enforced for 20 years by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger before he became the Pope. It instructs bishops on how to deal with allegations of child abuse against priests and has been seen by few outsiders. Critics say the document has been used to evade prosecution for sex crimes.

Prison inmates grow food for the poor!!! Wonderful!

Camp Pugsley, the minimum security state prison camp near Kingsley, generated over 18,000 pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables for local food banks during the 2008 growing season on just 1.3 acres. The program cost the state next to nothing, according to prison officials and is looking to expand next year.

“You read through the newspaper and you see this family is homeless, this place is going out of business,” explained Eric Smith, administrative assistant to the warden. The gardening project at Pugsley was created to address these economic hard times, he said. More...

See also:

  1. Prisoners in Britain become eco-friendly...
  2. That's the way it is. Or is it?
  3. A North Korean prison escapee tells a horrific story...
  4. Zimbabwe: children eating toxic roots, rats...

Swiss vote on radical heroin rules...

Voters in Switzerland go to the polls on Sunday to decide whether to make a controversial heroin prescription programme a permanent, nationwide health policy. 

The Swiss government supports the idea but opponents say it encourages drug addiction, and sends the wrong message to young people. 

Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s Switzerland had one of the highest rates of heroin addiction in Europe. 

Open drug scenes in cities such as Zurich, Basel and Bern were common, with addicts injecting and dealers selling publicly in the streets and parks. More...

See also:

  1. Switzerland: State heroin or cold turkey? (video)
  2. Australia: pregnant woman selling herself as a "pregnancy fetish."
  3. South American leaders call for drug legalization...
  4. The weed issue: How Europe deals with marijuana...

Wal-Mart customers in a frenzy over sale items. Sad...

Des clients chez Wal-Mart se bagarrent pour des articles soldés. Triste...

See also:

  1. The Good Consumer. Are you one?
  2. Is Starbucks wasting millions of litres of water?

Papua New Guinea: where male babies are killed to prevent tribal warfare...

The Papua New Guinea jungle has given up one of its darkest secrets - the systematic slaughter of every male baby born in two villages to prevent future tribal clashes.

By virtually wiping out the 'male stock', tribal women hope they can avoid deadly bow-and-arrow wars between the villages in the future.
'Babies grow into men and men turn into warriors,' said Rona Luke, a village wife who is attending a special 'peace and reconciliation' meeting in the mountain village of Goroka. Full story...
See also:
  1. In India it's great to be born a boy! As a girl?
  2. Genocide: India's missing daughters...
  3. War is hell; say "NO" to war...

Mumbai attacks: heroism and bravery that went unnoticed...

Prashant Mangeshikar could be dead, one of more than a hundred victims of militant attacks across Mumbai landmarks, if it had not been for an employee at the Taj Mahal Hotel.

Mangeshikar, his wife and daughter were in the foyer of the 105-year-old hotel on Wednesday night when Islamist gunmen opened indiscriminate fire in one of a series of coordinated attacks in India's financial capital.

Recovering from the initial shock and chaos, hotel staff shepherded the guests, including the Mangeshikar family, through the service section upstairs -- only suddenly to come face to face with one of the gunmen. Suite...

See also:

  1. There goes my hero...
  2. Rajeswari, or how the Malaysian govt. screwed up the life of one of its citizens.
  3. Brave 13-year-old girl wins the right to die. So much courage in one so young...

Angry Mumbai crowd picks on CNN's Sara Sidner...

Une opinion suisse sur les attentats de Mumbai...

Après la série d'attaques qui a frappé Bombay (Mumbai) mercredi soir, le Pakistan est montré du doigt. Mais cette explosion de violence s'explique d'abord par des dynamiques internes à l'Inde, selon deux chercheurs suisses.

Dix attaques ciblées et coordonnées, les grands hôtels de la capitale économique pris d'assaut par des commandos, des Occidentaux pris en otage, la gare centrale théâtre d'un carnage: les attentats de mercredi soir frappent par leur violence et leur sophistication. Suite...

Voir aussi:

  1. L’Inde tourmentée par l’émergence d’un "terrorisme hindou"
  2. Une Suissesse en Inde...
  3. Si vous êtes chrétien en Inde, vous risquez votre vie…

Les Beatles et la signature d'"Eleanor Rigby ..."

Un document portant la signature d'une certaine "Eleanor Rigby" a été adjugé 138.000 euros aux enchères à Londres, a indiqué vendredi l'organisateur de la vente, alors même que l'ex-Beatle Paul McCartney assure que l'héroïne de cette chanson célèbre est fictive.

La galerie Idea generation de Londres a proposé jeudi soir aux enchères ce document, estimé à 500.000 livres (600.000 euros), ainsi que plusieurs autres pièces liées à l'histoire de la musique, dans une vente intitulée "Never mind the Bollocks", titre de l'album culte du groupe punk Sex Pistols. Suite...

Voir aussi:

  1. Le Vatican « pardonne » John Lennon et fait les louanges des Beatles!!!
  2. Il y a 40 ans, les Beatles sortent le White Album...
  3. Eternal Abbey Road...

Friday, November 28, 2008

A Swiss view of the Mumbai attacks...

The wave of violent attacks across Mumbai are not new to India and can be traced to the country's internal dynamics, Swiss experts say.

However the attackers are sending a different message this week by targeting foreigners for the first time, South Asia expert Gilbert Etienne told swissinfo.

Since Wednesday there have been ten coordinated attacks. Hotels have been under siege, Westerners taken hostage and killed and the central train station turned into a scene of carnage.

The attackers have not precisely spelled out the reasons and aims for the assault. More...

See also:

  1. Mumbai attackers were "foreign looking, fair skinned ..."
  2. Mumbai attacks: India accused of bungling anti-terror operation...
  3. Seven of the Mumbai gunmen came from Britain?
  4. Bollywood film suspended over migrant fears...

Le téléchargement va-t-il tuer l'industrie porno?

Voir aussi:

  1. Les films X; c'est hard?
  2. Du yoga pour les mecs!!!
  3. En panne de sexe? Pourquoi pas essayer l'anti-kama sutra???
  4. Kama Sutra pour lesbiennes...

Eye for eye in Iran: man who blinded a woman with acid is to be blinded in his turn...

A court in Iran has ruled that a man who blinded a woman with acid after she spurned his marriage proposals will also be blinded with acid. 

The ruling was reported in Iranian newspapers on Thursday. 

The punishment is legal under the Islamic Sharia code of qias or equivalence, which allows retribution for violent crimes. 

The court also ordered the attacker, 27-year-old Majid Movahedi, to pay compensation to the victim. 

The acid attack took place in 2004. The victim, Ameneh Bahrami, went to Spain for surgery to reconstruct her face but efforts to restore her sight failed. 

The ruling was a response to her plea to the court in the Iranian capital Tehran for retribution. 

"Ever since I was subject to acid being thrown on my face, I have a constant feeling of being in danger," she told the court. 

Ms Bahrami also said that Movahedi had also threatened to kill her.

BBC

See also:

  1. Afghanistan: school-girl acid attack morons arrested...
  2. Burying alive 5 women is no big deal in Baluchistan...
  3. Iran: 9 "sex" offenders to be stoned to death...
  4. Iranians suspend death by stoning (and let's hope it stays suspended forever...)

Mumbai attackers were "foreign looking, fair skinned ..."

Pappu Mishra was tending to his customers at his glass-walled cafe at the gothic Victorian Chattrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station in Mumbai when he spotted two sprightly young men dressed in black.

...

"Their audaciousness was breath-taking," he says. 

"One man loaded the magazine into the gun, the other kept shooting. They appeared calm and composed. They were not in the slightest hurry. They didn't seem to be afraid at all."

...

Then, the "foreign looking, fair skinned" men, as Mr Mishra remembers them, simply carried on killing.  Full story...

See also:

  1. Seven of the Mumbai gunmen came from Britain?
  2. Uncle Sam and 9/11.
  3. 911: "Coincidences" or Synchronicities?
  4. Was 9/11 an inside job? (Vostf)

Modern day pirates in the Straits of Malacca...



Mumbai attacks: India accused of bungling anti-terror operation...

One senior British official said he was "surprised" by the Indian failure to regain control of the commercial capital almost two days after the attacks began. And a senior source within the Indian Special Forces was also critical of the uncoordinated and bureaucratic response which led to the operation lasting so long.

...

A second British official said that, although the India's Black Cat commandos have a fearsome reputation for efficient antiterrorist operations, their deployment was botched.

"They are supposed to set-up a command centre in complete control as their first priority," the official said. "Instead they arrived and went in guns blazing. Full story...

See also:

  1. Can we/Should we depend on the State?
  2. Rajeswari, or how the Malaysian govt. screwed up the life of one of its citizens.
  3. India has sent a rocket to the moon but...

Seven of the Mumbai gunmen came from Britain?

British-born Pakistanis were among the Mumbai terrorists, Indian government sources claimed today, as the death toll rose to at least 150.

As many as seven of the terrorists may have British connections and some could be from Leeds and Bradford where London's July 7 bombers lived, one source said.

Two Britons were among eight gunmen being held, according to Mumbai's chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh. At least nine others are reportedly dead.

The eight arrested were captured by commandos after they stormed two hotels and a Jewish centre to free hostages today.

One security official said: 'There is growing concern about British involvement in the attacks.' More + photos...

See also:

  1. Mumbai attacks: a new age of terror in India?
  2. India grapples with "hindu terrorism..."
  3. The War on Terror, like the War on Drugs, is a fraud...
  4. The bogus War on Terror...

Selling viagra ... Bollywood style!!! Hilarious!

125 killed in Bumbai terrorist attacks...

As many as 125 people, including 14police personnel, have been killed in the Mumbai terrorist attacks, the police told Xinhua on Friday morning. 

  Indian commandos are still battling to flush out militants still resisting in three pockets in the country's financial capital on Friday, over 24 hours after ten near-simultaneous firings and explosions in the vicinity of posh hotels in South Mumbai. 

  Early on Friday morning, sporadic gunfire and explosions continued at a Jewish center. Police said militants were also still holed up at the Taj Mahal hotel and the nearby Trident Oberoi hotel along with an unknown number of hostages. More...

See also:

  1. Mumbai attacks: a new age of terror in India?
  2. India grapples with "hindu terrorism..."

Thursday, November 27, 2008

China: man executed for ant-breeding hoax...

China has executed a businessman convicted of bilking thousands of investors out of $416 million in a bogus ant-breeding scheme, state media reported Thursday.

The official Xinhua News Agency said Wang Zhendong, who was found guilty of fraud and sentenced to death in February last year, was executed in north China's Liaoning province on Wednesday.

The death penalty is used broadly in China. Though usually reserved for violent crimes, it is also applied for nonviolent offenses that involve large sums of money or if they are seen to threaten social order. More...

See also:

  1. The Bank, the Customer, his Wife and ... Termites!
  2. Don't tell Buzz Aldrin that the moon landing was a hoax!!!
  3. Holocaust novel was a hoax...

Czech President Vaclav Klaus is a global warming skeptic...

Czech President Vaclav Klaus, one of the most prominent climate change doubters, is about to get a new platform: the European Union presidency. 

Klaus has called man-made global warming a myth and questioned sanity of Al Gore, the former US vice president who received the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for turning a spotlight on climate change. 

Most recently, Klaus expressed hopes the EU would give up its ambitious plan to spearhead the global struggle against climate change in the face of the global financial crisis. More...

See also:

  1. Global warming: are we being manipulated?
  2. Imagine there's no global warming!! Cool!
  3. Al Gore: do as I say, not as I do...
  4. The Story of Stuff ( that everyone must see)

Artificial Intelligence: making robots in order to understand people...

See also:

  1. Introducing Mr.Woo, the amazing robot-maker!!
  2. Puppy vs. Robot!
  3. Here comes Big Dog, the U.S. army's latest weapon of war...

British teacher warns against celebrity culture...

Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers union, claimed television stars and musicians are encouraged to behave badly because they know the public revels in their "distress and their downfall".

She claimed that by buying magazines featuring Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand, for example, readers allow the "clowns" to "act outrageously".

Dr Bousted denied that all teenagers just want to be famous, but admitted she had met a young girl whose only ambition was to become a WAG.

In a speech to the Oxford Union on Thursday night, Dr Bousted said: "At 12 she has, and is encouraged by her parents to have: hair extensions and false nails; to wear make-up; and when she is grown up, she wants to be Jordan. She was unable, despite the presenter's very kind interviewing style, to string a sentence together. What mattered, and what mattered only, was her appearance. More...

See also:

  1. More women in the U.K. are having boob jobs...
  2. The Britney Spears culture...
  3. Russians begin to name their babies after Euro 08 Russian footballers!!

Malaysia backs down from yoga ban!!!

Malaysia's prime minister said Wednesday Muslims should still take up yoga, reversing an outright ban that has drawn widespread protests amid concerns over growing Islamic fundamentalism in the multiracial nation.

Malaysia's National Fatwa Council, comprising Islamic scholars, told Muslims at the weekend to avoid yoga because it uses Hindu prayers that could erode Muslims' faith.
But the decision drew a sharp rebuke from many Muslims and even Malaysia's sultans, or hereditary rulers, who said that they should be consulted on any matters involving Islam. More...
See also:

  1. Rajeswari, or how the Malaysian govt. screwed up the life of one of its citizens
  2. Malaysia: yoga banned for Muslims!!!
  3. Malaysia's body snatchers...

Pruthviraj Patil, l’enfant-loup indien qui cherche remède désespérément…


Pruthviraj Patil soufre du Hypertrichoses ou le syndrome de loup-garou depuis sa naissance. C’est une condition génétique rare qui touche à peine 50 personnes dans le monde. La famille du garçon a tout essayé --- homéopathie, traitement laser et les remèdes ayurvédique … mais rien à faire, les cheveux reviennent chaque fois. Et ils sont désespères pour un remède…

Pruthviraj dit : « J’aimerais enlever les cheveux mais après chaque traitment laser, ils repoussent. Les médecins sont perplexes et sans réponses. » Étant donné que les cheveux sont épais et couvrent le visage du garçon, il doit faire face a des regards curieux perpétuelles et doit même affronter des harcèlements. C’est très difficile chaque fois je quitte mon quartier ou les gens ne me connaissent pas, dit Pruthviraj.

Malgré son apparence, Pruthviraj est un étudiant populaire à l’école. Quand j’avais commencé, on me malmenait et se foutait de moi, dit-il, mais maintenant je suis traité comme quelqu’un de normale. Nous jouons au cricket ensemble et mes cheveux ne m’empêchent par de courir ou de rattraper la balle. Voir des images ici...

Source (en anglais)

Voir aussi:

  1. Dede Koswara, the Tree-Man. A video documentary...
  2. L’homme sans visage...
  3. Hee Ah Lee: elle n'a que 4 doigts, pas de pieds, et pourtant...

Biggs webcam suicide and the moral implications...

Abraham Biggs seemed to have found refuge from his battle with bipolar disorder and depression within an online community at fitness website bodybuilder.com.

The 19-year-old community college student from Florida posted thousands of messages to the site's "misc" forum — most were about girls, parties or other teen issues, but some dealt with his mental illness and forum’s role in his life. 

"BB.com has become like a family to me (I know its kinda sad) but I find myself posting my life troubles and doubts on here, because I really don't want to talk to most ppl about stuff going on with me," he wrote in one post from August last year. 

On November 19, Abraham took a fatal overdose of drugs in front of a webcam, while members of the same "family" watched on — some failing to intervene, others actively encouraging the teen to kill himself. More...

See also:

  1. Abraham Biggs: Let's hope this doesn't happen again...
  2. Family's tribute to web suicide son...
  3. "Suicide town" Bridgend; yet another suicide, the 24th. in 2 years...

The Good Consumer. Are you one?

Italy: fascists offer money for babies to be named "Benito..."

What's in a name? A little extra cash, if the name is that of Italy's wartime Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini or his wife. 

A far-right party is offering 1,500 euros ($1,900) to parents in southern Italian villages who name their children Benito or Rachele after the Mussolinis.

An official in the neo-Fascist Fiamma Tricolore party, Vincenzo Mancusi, says they are nice names. He says the initiative is a way to pay homage to his party's roots and keep alive names that are rarely used.

Mancusi said Tuesday the bonus applies to five villages in the Basilicata region where birth rates are especially low. Designed as an incentive, it applies to babies who are born in 2009. More...

See also:

  1. Dude names his child Sarah McCain Palin!!!
  2. Your parents named you Dow Jones and Indiana Jones???
  3. Which are the most popular names for babies in Milan?
  4. You just don't name a girl Talula does the Hula!!!

Australia: restaurant bill dodgers Facebooked!!! Oh boy...

MELBOURNE restaurateur Peter Leary has used Facebook to track down bill dodgers in his up-market establishment, Seagrass. 

The drama unfolded last week when a group of five young diners, after drinking at the bar, requested a table at the Southbank restaurant. 

Over dinner, they worked their way expertly through the menu, ordered and drank fine wines and, after ordering dessert, slipped out "for a smoke". They kept going. 

Leary was left with an unpaid bill for about $520, and little hope of recovering his money. 

"It was then I remembered that when the group arrived, one of them had asked about one of our waitresses who was not working that night," Leary said yesterday. More...

See also:

  1. Australia: shit-laced ice-cream family compensated...
  2. Saudi Arabia and a new concept in protesting; Facebook hunger strike!!! 
  3. If your boss has a Facebook account, don't brag about your pseudo sick-leave...
  4. The Facebook Anthem! Ha! Ha! Ha!

Monty Python and the Ministry of Silly Walks...

See also:

  1. Monty Python and The Galaxy Song...
  2. 28 year ban on Monty Python's Life of Brian lifted!!!

Mumbai attacks: a new age of terror in India?

A coordinated series of terrorist attacks in Mumbai today signals a new age of extremism and sectarian violence that will likely increase over time. Since 2001 there have been 24 major terrorist strikes in India resulting in at least 966 deaths. The last five months have been the most harrowing with 302 dead from ten different attacks. As a hostage standoff continues in Collaba that number could rise even higher before the day is out.

What is most troubling about the recent assault on souther Mumbai is the sudden change in tactics. In the last several years most terrorist attacks have come in the form of coordinated small explosive charges, mostly left in nylon bags in commercial districts or IEDs made out of tiffin containers placed on the backs of bicycles in crowded shopping areas. What happened today doesn't fit the pattern of previous events. This wasn't a terrorist attack, this was a coordinated military assault on southern Mumbai excecuted with precision and calculated to inflict ecomonmic, civic, human and symbolic casualities. More...

See also:

  1. Mumbai attacks: Westerners being targeted?
  2. Bollywood film suspended over migrant fears...
  3. India grapples with "hindu terrorism..."

Inde: Attaques terroristes à Bombay : au moins 100 morts...

Une centaine de personnes ont été tuées et une centaine d'autres blessées à Bombay dans des fusillades et explosions en série menées mercredi soir par des hommes armés de fusils d'assaut et de grenades, qui ont visé notamment des grands hôtels de la ville. "Des terroristes inconnus" ont ouvert le feu dans "au moins sept ou huit endroits" de la capitale financière de l'Inde, a indiqué un des responsables de la police locale, A.N. Roy, à la chaîne de télévision NDTV. 

Une centaine de personnes ont été tuées, a indiqué jeudi matin A.N. Roy, cité par l'agence indienne Press Trust on India (PTI). La chaîne de télévision NDTV Channel a également fait état de 100 morts et de 110 blessés tandis que l'autre chaîne, IBN Live, a cité un bilan de 87 morts. Un précécent bilan du gouvernement de l'État du Maharashtra faisait état de 78 morts, avec un nombre de blessés compris entre 200 et 350, selon les estimations fournies par les agences. Suite...

Voir aussi:

  1. L’Inde tourmentée par l’émergence d’un "terrorisme hindou"
  2. Si vous êtes chrétien en Inde, vous risquez votre vie…
  3. Découvrez le Mc Do à la sauce indienne !!!

Rajeswari, or how the Malaysian govt. screwed up the life of one of its citizens. Isn't the State wonderful?




Watch Part Two here...

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Mumbai attacks: Westerners being targeted?

Teams of heavily armed gunmen stormed luxury hotels, a popular restaurant and a crowded train station in coordinated attacks across India's financial capital Wednesday night, killing at least 78 people and taking Westerners hostage, police said. An explosion followed by a raging fire struck one of the hotels, the landmark Taj Mahal, early Thursday. Screams could be heard and enormous clouds of black smoke rose from the at the century-old edifice on Mumbai's waterfront. Firefighters were spraying water at the blaze.

The attackers specifically targeted Britons and Americans, witnesses said. Fires burned and gunfire was heard for hours. Officials said at least 200 people were wounded.

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Gunmen who burst into the Taj "were targeting foreigners. They kept shouting: `Who has U.S. or U.K. passports?'" said Ashok Patel, a British citizen who fled from the hotel. Full story...

Obama: top bankers should forgo their bonuses this year. Why not next year too?

President-elect Barack Obama thinks bank executives should forgo their bonuses this year to show they are taking responsibility amid difficult economic times.

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According to excerpts of the interview released by ABC, Obama said bank executives should make sacrifices because so many other people are struggling as the nation's economy slips further. Some financial firms, including Goldman Sachs, the Swiss bank UBS and the British bank Barclays, have said they aren't handing out annual bonuses to top executives, and Obama encouraged more to follow.

"I think that if you are already worth tens of millions of dollars, and you are having to lay off workers," Obama said, "the least you can do is say, 'I'm willing to make some sacrifice as well, because I recognize that there are people who are a lot less well off, who are going through some pretty tough times.'" Full story...

See also:

  1. Switzerland: UBS executives forgo bonuses...
  2. Lehman Bros head took home $300m!!!
  3. Goldman Sachs ready to hand out £7bn salary and bonus package... after its £6bn bail-out!!!

India: Mumbai under terrorist attack...

India: Mumbai under attack...

Gunmen have opened fire at a number of sites in the Indian city of Mumbai (Bombay), killing at least 78 people and injuring about 200 more. 

Police said shooting was continuing and that the incidents were co-ordinated terrorist attacks. Gunmen had taken hostages at two hotels, they said. 

At least seven sites have been targeted across India's financial capital. 

There has been a wave of bombings in Indian cities in recent months which has left scores of people dead. 

Most of the attacks have been blamed on Muslim militants, although police have also arrested suspected Hindu extremists. More...

See also:

  1. India grapples with "hindu terrorism..."
  2. Who's blowing up India?

World's most expensive book costs $100,000!!!

It's true. Some people really do have too much money. Consider the people who might opt to purchase a new tome called "Michelangelo. La Dotta Mano."

It's a book about the famed Italian artist's life and work (including the statue of David, left) and it's been published in his native country, with copies being sent over to North America. But if you want to read it or buy it for your own enjoyment, be prepared to take out a bank loan. 

A single edition costs an astounding $100,000.  More...

See also:

  1. Gebregeorgis Yohannes, the Ethiopian who is bringing books to Ethiopian kids! 
  2. How the Bible is becoming "user-friendly..."
  3. Book burning? In the 21st. century?

La Chine séduit de plus en plus d'étudiants étrangers...

La Chine est de plus en plus populaire dans les coeur des étudiants étrangers. En 2007, le nombre d'étudiants américains en Chine a augmenté de 25,3%, selon l'Institute of International Education.

Certes, la Chine n'est qu'en cinquième position parmi leurs destinations favorites, mais elle progresse très rapidement. En comparaison, le nombre d'Américains étudiant au Royaume-Uni, pays le plus populaire, n'a augmenté que de 1,9%. Il ne s'agit pas d'une tendance à sens unique. Le nombre de Chinois étudiant aux Etats-Unis augmente lui de 20% chaque année. Suite...

Voir aussi:

  1. Barack Obama a un frère en Chine qui fait profile bas…
  2. Comment draguer les Chinoises? Un livre nippon énerve le web...
  3. JO: Les chinois flippent complètement: de quoi ont-ils peur?

Now we know why dogs are a man's best friend!!!

Maintenant on sait pourqoui le chien est le meilleur ami de l'homme!!!

See also:

  1. Kid and dog playing at "I-open-you-close!"
  2. How to make a sculptured dog cake! Boy oh boy!!
  3. The dog and the ball-throwing machine!

'British Fritzl' and his 27-year reign of terror shocks Britain...

A violent rapist with a "one-second fuse" who fathered 19 children with his two daughters during a reign of domestic terror lasting a quarter of a century was ordered yesterday to spend the rest of his life in jail by a judge who described the case as the most shocking he had ever heard.

An urgent review is under way into how it was that 10 of the children conceived by the women – who had been repeatedly beaten, abused and raped since the age of eight and 10 – were miscarried or terminated, yet their mothers' plight failed to come to the attention of welfare work.

Judge Alan Goldsack QC said: "As a result of this case, questions will inevitably be asked about what professionals, social and medical workers, have been doing for the last 20 years." More...

See also:

  1. Singapore: moron jailed for 32 years for raping his 5 under-age daughters...
  2. Somalia: 13-year-old girl raped by three men; they go free, but the victim is stoned to death.
  3. Josef Fritzl is declared "sane..."
  4. Fritzl-like case in Poland: man accused of raping his daughter and holding her captive for 6 years...

Italy: a "social card" for the needy...

Italy's conservative government presented Wednesday a state-sponsored credit card which will be provided to needy people to help them cope with the country's current economic recession.

The "carta per gli acquisti" or "social card" as local media have dubbed it, is worth 40 euros (51 dollars) per month and allows bearers to buy goods at chain stores and supermarkets that have adhered to the initiative, Economy Minister Giulio Tremonti said. More...

See also:

  1. Mara Carfagna to become Italian govt.'s spokesperson...
  2. The rich go on a land-grabbing spree in poor countries...
  3. Why are they eating mud in Haiti?
  4. Indian minister urges poor to eat rats to combat food prices!!!

Stressed out? Money woes? No problem! Go to India for "inner peace!!!"

The Indian tourism ministry has come up with some innovative marketing to encourage people to visit the country despite worldwide economic turmoil. 

It says that people worried about job losses, home loans and other forms of indebtedness should come to India to find "inner peace". 

Tourism Minister Ambika Soni says that in times of crisis, people turn to God. 

India has a reputation for being one of the most spiritual and spiritually diverse countries in the world. More...

See also:

  1. Sexy yoga for dudes! Oh boy! Oh boy!
  2. India: boys as young as six being abused...
  3. India: Dutch couple pay 10,000 rupees for four samosas!!!
  4. India in pictures! Is India truly a photogenic country ...
  5. India: ferris wheel powered by ... humans!!!

That's the way it is. Or is it?

See also:

  1. Can we/Should we depend on the State?
  2. A North Korean prison escapee tells a horrific story...

Jill Price and her awesome memory; blessing or curse?

"No one can imagine what it's really like," says Jill Price, 42, "not even the scientists who are studying me."

The Californian, who has an almost perfect memory, is trying to describe how it feels. She starts with a small demonstration of her ability. "When were you born?" she asks. 

She hears the date and says: "Oh, that was a Wednesday. There was a cold snap in Los Angeles two days later, and my mother and I made soup."

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Price can rattle off, without hesitation, what she saw and heard on almost any given date. She remembers many early childhood experiences and most of the days between the ages of 9 and 15. After that, there are virtually no gaps in her memory. "Starting on Feb. 5, 1980, I remember everything. That was a Tuesday."  Full story...

See also:

  1. Jill Price, the woman who remembers everything...
  2. Using the Internet boosts the brain...
  3. Brad Williams, the man with the amazing memory...

Switzerland: UBS executives forgo bonuses...

Former UBS chairman Marcel Ospel and two other directors have waived bonuses worth a total of SFr33 million ($27.8 million).

Two-thirds was due to Ospel, with the remainder going to former vice-president Stephan Haeringer and former finance chief Marco Suter, confirmed a spokesman for the three on Tuesday.

A bank statement said the three men were reacting to their roles in the decisions that have cost UBS more than $40 billion in writedowns and losses over the past year. More...

See also:

  1. Swiss furious at the UBS. Can you blame them?
  2. Switzerland: top bankers bonus payouts come under fire...
  3. Huge bonuses paid to City bankers was a factor in the credit crunch...

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Zimbabwe witch-doctor cures British woman and changes her life forever...

SOME holidays are life-changing because of the breathtaking beauty and drama of the landscape, and others because they lead to new relationships that endure beyond a couple of weeks of shared experiences.

When Lesley Robinson and her partner Glyn travelled to Zimbabwe back in 1998, they had no way of knowing that they were embarking on a journey through a new land which would lead to a bigger adventure – a change of direction for Lesley's career and a close bond with a community whose lives were very different to their own back in Holmfirth, West Yorkshire.

Back then, Lesley was marketing director for a big American pharmaceutical company whose products were known worldwide. Today, she runs a small business selling natural alternative therapy products whose ingredients grow in Zimbabwe, and have been used for centuries by native healers or witchdoctors. More...

See also:

  1. Zimbabwe: the sad demise of a nation...
  2. Feeling down? Take a dose of Nature's Prozac...
  3. How Big Pharma gets into bed with doctors and nurses...

Nos enfants nous accuseront...

Our children will accuse us...

Voir aussi:

  1. Pesticides et cancers : les soupçons se confirment...

Oh boy! Tiger Woods latest credit crunch victim!!!

The credit crunch and accompanying global recession claimed its most famous sporting victim last night when General Motors, the troubled American carmaker, announced that it was ending its sponsorship deal with the world's most recognisable athlete, Tiger Woods. 

The deal between GM and Woods, said to be worth more than $10m (£6.6m) a year to the golfer, had endured for almost a decade and become one of the most visible sponsorship arrangements in sport, not least because Woods' golf bag had been transformed into an advertisement for Buick, one of the carmaker's brands.

As part of the deal, the world No1 also took part in television commercials for the budget-priced range of cars - a source of mirth in some circles because Woods is reported to drive a Porsche. Ironically, during the nine years he has been promoting Buick its sale have reportedly fallen by 58% - more than any other GM brand. More...

See also:

  1. A slowing economy unleashes more cheating wives!!!
  2. Manchester United hit by credit crunch?
  3. Beijing 08: Biggest marketing spree ever for corporate giants?