New York: One of the art world’s most recognisable images Edvard Munch’s The Scream could sell for $80 million or more when it is auctioned Wednesday in New York.The 1895 painting of a man holding his head and screaming under a streaked, blood-red sky has become a modern symbol for human anxiety, popularised in movies and plastered on everything from mugs to T-shirts.
New York: One of the art world’s most recognisable images Edvard Munch’s The Scream could sell for $80 million or more when it is auctioned Wednesday in New York.The 1895 painting of a man holding his head and screaming under a streaked, blood-red sky has become a modern symbol for human anxiety, popularised in movies and plastered on everything from mugs to T-shirts.
Washington, May 2: US President Barack Obama today said America had “turned the tide of war” in Afghanistan in the last three years, asserting that his goal to defeat al-Qaeda and deny it a chance to rebuild was now “within reach”.In a nationally televised address to the nation from Bagram air force base in Afghanistan, where he made an unannounced visit last night, Obama said, “America spent nearly eight years fighting a different war in Iraq. And al-Qaeda’s extremist allies within the Taliban have waged a brutal insurgency. But over the last three years the tide has turned.”
Washington, May 2: US President Barack Obama today said America had “turned the tide of war” in Afghanistan in the last three years, asserting that his goal to defeat al-Qaeda and deny it a chance to rebuild was now “within reach”.In a nationally televised address to the nation from Bagram air force base in Afghanistan, where he made an unannounced visit last night, Obama said, “America spent nearly eight years fighting a different war in Iraq. And al-Qaeda’s extremist allies within the Taliban have waged a brutal insurgency. But over the last three years the tide has turned.”
London, May 2: Al Qaeda planned to conduct a Mumbai-style attack to hijack cruise ships and post footage of passengers being executed online to pressurise governments to release prisoners, it has been revealed by German intelligence.Documents embedded inside a porn movie, on a memory disc, show how the terror network wanted to dress tourists up in Guantanamo Bay-style orange jumpsuits before murdering them.
The audacious plan is just one of several plots discovered by investigators who decrypted the hardware found in the underpants of a suspected terrorist arrested in Berlin last year.
London, May 2: Al Qaeda planned to conduct a Mumbai-style attack to hijack cruise ships and post footage of passengers being executed online to pressurise governments to release prisoners, it has been revealed by German intelligence.Documents embedded inside a porn movie, on a memory disc, show how the terror network wanted to dress tourists up in Guantanamo Bay-style orange jumpsuits before murdering them.
The audacious plan is just one of several plots discovered by investigators who decrypted the hardware found in the underpants of a suspected terrorist arrested in Berlin last year.
Paris: French president Nicolas Sarkozy and the slain Libyan dictator Col Muammar gaddafi had made an illegal financial deal under which the Libyan leader gave him 42 million pounds to fund his election bid for presidency in 2007, French media reported.With the surfacing of the new evidence, Sarkozys hopes of being re-elected to the presidency have dwindled.
Paris: French president Nicolas Sarkozy and the slain Libyan dictator Col Muammar gaddafi had made an illegal financial deal under which the Libyan leader gave him 42 million pounds to fund his election bid for presidency in 2007, French media reported.With the surfacing of the new evidence, Sarkozys hopes of being re-elected to the presidency have dwindled.
Los Angeles, May 1: This year’s MTV Movie Awards will be a showdown between a bevy of bridesmaids and a cast of killer kids.“Bridesmaids” and “The Hunger Games” topped the nominees at MTV’s annual film honors with eight nods apiece, including bids for best cast, breakthrough performance and movie of the year. Rounding out the best-picture contenders are “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2,” ‘’The Help” and “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn-Part 1.”
Los Angeles, May 1: This year’s MTV Movie Awards will be a showdown between a bevy of bridesmaids and a cast of killer kids.“Bridesmaids” and “The Hunger Games” topped the nominees at MTV’s annual film honors with eight nods apiece, including bids for best cast, breakthrough performance and movie of the year. Rounding out the best-picture contenders are “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2,” ‘’The Help” and “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn-Part 1.”
Toronto: The Tibetans are not seeking outright independence from China but "enough autonomy" for the survival of their culture, Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama has said.
Toronto: The Tibetans are not seeking outright independence from China but "enough autonomy" for the survival of their culture, Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama has said.
Warsaw, Poland: Anna Mackowiak, a 34-year-old lady dentist in Wroclaw, Poland, pulled out all her ex-boyfriend’s teeth after he left her for another woman.
Warsaw, Poland: Anna Mackowiak, a 34-year-old lady dentist in Wroclaw, Poland, pulled out all her ex-boyfriend’s teeth after he left her for another woman.
London: Police say they've arrested the suspect at the centre of a three-hour siege which shut down part a busy part of central London. The capital's Metropolitan Police say the 49-year-old man is now in police custody and that searches of the building are ongoing.
London: Police say they've arrested the suspect at the centre of a three-hour siege which shut down part a busy part of central London. The capital's Metropolitan Police say the 49-year-old man is now in police custody and that searches of the building are ongoing.
Washington: There is no credible terrorist threat to the US by al Qaeda or its affiliated outfits on the eve of the first death anniversary of Osama bin Laden, even as these groups continue to plan attacks against America to revenge his death, the White House said on Thursday.
Washington: There is no credible terrorist threat to the US by al Qaeda or its affiliated outfits on the eve of the first death anniversary of Osama bin Laden, even as these groups continue to plan attacks against America to revenge his death, the White House said on Thursday.
