New York, Jan 15: U. S. President-elect Barack Obama has attracted a huge number of supporters, with some of them even offering a free tattoo of him.
Fatty's Custom Tattooz in Washington, D. C., is gearing itself up for the days ahead of the inauguration, in what is called as the "Obamathon", reports the New York Daily News.
From January 16-20, they are offering a free Obama '08 tattoo with the purchase of another costing 200 dollars or more.
New York, Jan. 15 : Apple founder and chief executive Steve Jobs is to step down from his front-line role at the consumer technology giant for five months because of health-related problems.
According to the Telegraph, Jobs, 53, fought off pancreatic cancer five years ago.
His decision to lay himself off for five months is likely to rekindle speculation about his likely successor, the paper added.
New York - An anti-piracy group held its first meeting on Wednesday at the United Nations to discuss best management practices for ships plying the Gulf of Aden and waters near the Horn of Africa if they are attacked or seized by Somali pirates.
The one-day meeting at UN headquarters in New York was organized by the Contact Group on Somali Piracy, which was chaired by US Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs, Mark T Kimmitt.
New York - The UN General Assembly is scheduled to meet Thursday to debate the Israel-Hamas fighting in Gaza Strip, a move requested by the Non-Aligned Movement, whose members have expressed more sympathies to the Palestinians in the current conflict.
The Non-Aligned Movement, known as NAM, also has the majority of votes in the 192-nation assembly under the presidency of Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann, a former foreign minister of the leftist Sandinista government in Nicaragua.
New York - The Israel-Hamas fighting has inflicted a terrifying and psychological impact on the civilian population in Gaza Strip, particularly on children and their parents, the UN said Wednesday.
The Palestinian Health Ministry updated at the same time the number of casualties, as of Tuesday, in the fighting that erupted on December 27 with heavy Israeli airstrikes against targets in Gaza. It said 971 have been killed, of whom 311 are children and 76 women.
New York, Jan 14 : Soon after Hugh Hefner's ex-girlfriends Holly Madison, Kendra Wilkinson and Bridget Marquardt moved out of the Playboy mansion, the octogenarian mogul has opened doors of his love pad for his new playmates.
Hefner's new girlfriends Crystal Harris and Kristina and Karissa Shannon have officially moved into the mansion, confirmed his rep.
Late last week "Girls Next Door" star Marquardt announced that she has decided to leave the Mansion, following in the footsteps of Holly and Kendra and "become her own person."
Now, the mansion is home to the 19-year-old Shannon twins, who have become permanent accessories for their 82-year-old shared boyfriend.