January 10, 2012
Voting Begins in First Primary of 2012 US Presidential Election
Voters in the U.S. state of New Hampshire are casting ballots Tuesday in the first primary election of the 2012 U.S. presidential campaign. Residents in the small town of Dixville Notch, near the Canadian border, cast their votes in the…
January 10, 2012
Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi Confirms Run for Parliament
Burmese opposition leader Aung Sang Suu Kyi has confirmed that she will run for parliament in the country's highly anticipated April by-elections. A spokesperson for Aung Sang Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party said Tuesday the Nobel…
January 10, 2012
Bomb Kills 25 in NW Pakistan
Pakistani officials say a bomb blast near the Afghan border has killed at least 25 people and wounded 26 others, making it the deadliest attack of its kind in months. The explosion hit a market in the Khyber tribal region Tuesday at a site where…
January 10, 2012
North Korea to Pardon Prisoners to Mark Kims’ Birthdays
North Korea plans to pardon an unspecified number of convicts next month to mark the upcoming milestone birthdays of its two late leaders, Kim Jong Il and Kim Il Sung. The official Korean Central News Agency said Tuesday the amnesty would begin…
January 10, 2012
Syria’s Assad blames ‘foreign conspiracy’
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has blamed a foreign conspiracy for trying to destabilise Syria. He said the "external conspiracy is clear to everybody", as protests continue against his rule. In his first public remarks for months, he said:…
January 9, 2012
TWENTY- EIGHTH (28TH) SITTING OF THE CONSULTATIVE FORUM SET FOR TUESDAY
The Consultative Forum will meet in open session on Tuesday 10th January 2012 from 10:00 a.m. at the NJS Francis building on Grand Turk. Two Bills referred to the Forum by H.E. the Governor; on Agriculture and Control of Animals, are on the…
January 9, 2012
Beyonce’s Baby: Ivy Blue or Blue Ivy?
OK, here’s some more fodder for the Beyonce haters out there. It seems a lot of folks on Twitter are getting Bey’s baby’s name twisted. Ivy Blue Carter is trending as baby girl’s moniker, but her name is actually Blue Ivy Carter! Apparently, there…
January 9, 2012
PETA Goes After Dr. Dre Over Furry Headphones
Hit producer/mogul Dr. Dre is in hot water with PETA over a new limited edition run of Beats by Dre headphones. Dre, born Andre Young, has teamed with Oscar De La Renta to release a limited-edition line of Beats by Dre earmuff headphones, that are…
January 9, 2012
Will and Jada Sell their Hawaii Home for $20 Million
Will and Jada Pinkett Smith got out of 2011 with a super nice chunk of cash in their pockets. The couple sold their seven-acre Hawaii vacation home for $20 million. The three-bedroom and three-bathroom home in Kauai was purchased for only $13.5…
January 9, 2012
Stevie, Maya, Spike and Mariah to be Praised at ‘BET Honors’
This year’s BET Honors is going to be a night to remember. Mariah Carey, Dr. Maya Angelou and Stevie Wonder, among others will be recognized and newly engaged diva Aretha Franklin, Patti LaBelle and Common are confirmed to take the stage. Others…