London, Nov 10: French first lady Carla Bruni has raised a fresh controversy by slamming Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi for his “suntan” remark about U. S. President-elect Barack Obama.
The pop singer-wife of President Nicolas Sarkozy also denounced France for systemic racial discrimination.
It is feared that her comments may risk France’s split from the rest of Europe.
The 40-year-old supermodel has roused many with her outspoken support for a petition in favour of affirmative action in France in the wake of Obama’s presidential victory.
And the Italian-born icon of leftwing chic raised many eyebrows when she commented in Berlusconi''s joke, in which he had remarked that Obama had an admirable suntan.
New Delhi, Nov 10 : Feeling irritated because you can’t access the Internet? Well, may be it’s time to seek medical help as Internet addiction is now considered a clinical disorder rather than a bad habit, according to a new Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD) diagnostic manual approved over the weekend by psychologists.
The two major symptoms of IAD are lingering online for more than six hours a day instead of working or studying and having adverse reactions from not being able to get online, reports China Daily.
According to the manual, IAD sufferers usually engage in five main activities – Online gaming, net pornography, excessive involvement in virtual social networking, too much Internet shopping and general cyber-surfing.
Washington, Nov. 10: U. S. President –elect Barack Obama''s designated chief of staff Rahm Emanuel has rejected suggestions from the Republican camp that his tough, partisan approach might run at odds with the Obama administration.
Stating that it is up to Obama to set a bipartisan "tone," the Illinois Representative told ABC News'' This Week, that partisan charges against him were rubbish that governance under Obama would be carried out in a bipartisan manner.
Washington, Nov 10: Actor Robert Davi is glad that he is on top of Bond baddies list at last.
Davi played Bond villain Franz Sanchez in ‘License to Kill’, but fears his role was overshadowed by fans'' dislike for Timothy Dalton at the time - and he never got the credit he felt he was due.
However, fans are rediscovering the 1989 movie and elevating Davi up the list of super villains online, thanks to the ongoing lure of Bond.
"I know they''re voting now in Entertainment Weekly (magazine) for the Bond villains and it seems like my Bond villain is being more and more appreciated because initially, when the film came out, there was a backlash with Timothy Dalton,” Contactmusic quoted Davi, as telling WENN.
London, Nov 10 : Scientists have used satellite tagging to reveal that the male and female species of the Great white shark travel together to spend six months at an isolated spot, an act which may be linked to courtship.
According to a report in the Telegraph, the sharks travel huge distances and mysteriously spend up to six months gathered at an isolated spot in the Pacific Ocean between California and Hawaii.
The stretch of ocean the sharks make for, from both California and Mexico, is not a particularly rich feeding ground, but it may act as a “singles bar”, where they can find a mate.
Washington, Nov. 10: U. S. President –elect Barack Obama''s designated chief of staff Rahm Emanuel has rejected suggestions from the Republican camp that his tough, partisan approach might run at odds with the Obama administration.
Qatar, Nov 10 : Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has arrived in Qatar capital Doha on a two-day official visit.
