Showing posts with label world. Show all posts
Showing posts with label world. Show all posts

Monday 1 July 2013

Brazil celebrate winning the FIFA Confederations Cup 2013

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - JUNE 30: David Luiz of Brazil poses with the trophy at the end of the FIFA Confederations Cup Brazil 2013 Final match between Brazil and Spain at Maracana on June 30, 2013 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Jasper Juinen/Getty Images)

Fred (Left) is congratulated by Neymar (center), and Paulinho, after scoring his side's 3rd goal against Spain during the Confederations Cup final on Sunday, June 30, 2013. Photo: AP
 Brazil won a record third successive FIFA Confederations Cup by handing world and European champions Spain their biggest defeat in a competitive match for 18 years with a 3-0 victory at a magnificently-loud Maracana.
         Without doubt, the star of the show was Neymar, who produced a moment of magic in each of A Seleção’s five matches to help inspire his side to glory. The 21-year-old, who signed for Barcelona in the weeks before the tournament, followed in the footsteps of Adriano (2005) and Kaka (2009) by winning the adidas Golden Ball. He scored a wonderful goal in the Final, using his weaker left foot to fire home from a tight angle.

Tuesday 21 May 2013

Literary giant Chinua Achebe's body arrives Nigeria

       The body of Nigeria's late literary giant Chinua Achebe arrived in the capital city of Abuja early Tuesday, two days after its scheduled arrival date, for a series of activities that will culminate in his burial on Thursday.

The body of Achebe, who died in the US on 21 March, 2013, at the age of 82, was received at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport by government officials, including Governor Peter Obi of Achebe's native Anambra state, Secretary to the Government of the Federation Anyim Pius Anyim, writers, cultural troupes and family members.
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Friday 26 April 2013

The world's most traffic-congested cities


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You may think your daily commute might be bad, but drivers in Brussels face the worst traffic jams in the world according to the annual Traffic Scorecard compiled by traffic and navigation service provider INRIX in Kirkland, Wash. The second worst city in the world for traffic jams – Antwerp – is likewise situated in Belgium, a modest-sized European kingdom that’s otherwise best known for beer, chocolate, waffles and the Smurfs. Who knew?

Tuesday 23 April 2013

World Book Day: Must Reads Before You Die!

On World Book day, we asked people: Which is the one book to read before you die?
April 23 is World Book Day
In 1995, UNESCO decided that World Book and Copyright Day would be celebrated on 23rd April to celebrate prominent literary figures like William Shakespeare's whose birth and death anniversary fall on this day, along with Miguel de Cervantes and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega's death anniversary.

Presently reading has either become an extinct interest or literature and strong fiction have given way to an infantile obsession with vampires, mythological figures and chic stories which are laced with mediocre language. This is because today, numerous alternate forms of entertainment are available which requires far less concentration and involvement than reading.
Here are a group of people who have survived the reading apocalypse and share their views about one book they feel you should read before you die!