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Sunday, January 10, 2010
Dozens of Al-Qaeda jihadists are hiding out in a remote area of Yemen, a top official said, as President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Sunday urged militants in the conflict-ridden country to lay down their arms.Al-Qaeda fighters, among them Saudis and Egyptians, have streamed in from Afghanistan and have joined local members of the jihadist network in lairs carved out in the rugged Kour mountain in southern Shabwa province, said provincial governor Ali Hasan al-Ahmadi.
"There are dozens of Saudi and Egyptian Al-Qaeda militants who came to the province," Ahmadi told the London-based Al-Sharq Al-Awsat daily.Among them, he added, are the leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) Nasser al-Wahishi, his number two, Saeed Ali al-Shehri, a Saudi, and radical US-Yemeni cleric Anwar al-Awlaqi.
The Egyptians and Saudis, Ahmadi said, had travelled to Yemen from Afghanistan.
AQAP group has claimed it was behind the botched Christmas Day bomb attack onboard a US airliner, while Yemeni officials have said the would-be bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, had been in contact with Awlaqi.
The United States has accused the Al-Qaeda branch in Yemen of training Abdulmutallab, who tried to blow up a Northwest Airline flight before it landed in Detroit, but was overpowered by passengers.On Wednesday, Yemeni officials announced the capture of key Qaeda leader Mohammed al-Hanq and two other militants believed behind threats against Western interests in Sanaa that caused embassies to close for several days.
Yemen insists it can win the war against the militants without US military intervention, but analysts fear Osama bin Laden's ancestral homeland cannot tackle the jihadists on its own.
Friday, January 8, 2010
The True Blood actress has gotten engaged to Marilyn Manson, it was confirmed Thursday.Various media outlets report that rocker Marilyn Manson has been engaged to his actress girlfriend Evan Rachel Wood. He proposed the Sophie-Anne Leclerq of "True Blood" on Monday, December 21 at his concert in Paris, according to E! News.Marilyn Manson, who was previously married to Dita Von Teese, began dating Evan Rachel Wood in 2006. The two broke up in 2008 only to reconcile the next year. "Me being me at my best is what I need to be," he said shortly after they're back on to each other's arms. "That really paid off because I'm back with Evan."Labels: evan, evan rachel wood, marilyn manson, married, rachel, wood
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Jan. 6 (UPI) -- A private funeral is being planned for Johnson & Johnson heiress Casey Johnson, who was found dead Monday in Los Angeles, a family spokesman said.An autopsy conducted Tuesday was inconclusive and officials said they are waiting for the results of toxicology and tissue tests before determining the cause of her death.
The 30-year-old socialite, who recently got engaged to reality TV personality Tila Tequila, reportedly was diabetic and had a history of substance abuse.People.com said details about precisely when and where the service will take place were not disclosed.
Donations may be made in Johnson's memory to the Casey Johnson Memorial at the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
Labels: casey, casey johnson, funeral, johnson, plans
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
PETA has named Project Runway’s style guru Tim Gunn and American Idol judge Ellen DeGeneres their man and woman of the year. Tim was honored for his effort to promote an animal-friendly fashion sense, whereas Ellen was chosen for her decision to become vegan and to endorse anti-cruelty toward animals. Keep reading for further details…Ellen wrote on her website: “I personally chose to go vegan because I educated myself on factory farming and cruelty to animals, and I suddenly realized that what was on my plate were living things, with feelings.” “Wearing fur is like wearing a big sign reading, ‘I’m in favor of inflicting cruelty and pain on animals as a fashion statement.’ Ingrid Newkirk, President of PETA, told UsMagazine.com, “Tim Gunn and Ellen DeGeneres show us that one person really can make a difference in the world by rejecting cruel deeds in favor of compassionate. Their message that animals must be treated kindly and respectfully has reached scores of people, and many of them have changed their buying habits, all because Gunn and DeGeneres spoke up for the voiceless.”
Sunday, January 3, 2010
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Friday, January 1, 2010
THE first thing Tiger Woods needs to do if he wants to remake himself is dump all the enablers. By that, I don't just mean the jerk caddie. I mean the so-called mentors who taught him how to play rent-a-hostess in Vegas. I mean the fawners who laughed at his crude jokes, and looked the other way when he was rude, or penurious. I mean all of the apologists, even the well-meaning ones, who conspired to create such a towering phony.There are a lot of questions surrounding Woods at the moment, from how many women to how long his indefinite leave from golf will last, but most of them are just side issues. The question that really matters, the pressing one, is this: When will Woods become a man? ''Let's please give the kid a break,'' said Mark Steinberg, Woods' agent, recently. Now, Steinberg is a nice guy who obviously cares about Woods. But his client is about to turn 34.The Woods who has emerged in the past few weeks doesn't seem to have matured much since. He seems to have simply graduated from lewd jokes to lewd behaviour. While his public persona grew up, he never did.There's inevitable dissonance in all of us between who we really are and what we show outwardly. But the athletes who seem healthiest and most balanced are those who have fewer reservations about sharing that with others. Interestingly, some of them become truly beloved. It may not be the best way to become a mass market endorser, but it's a decent way to build real relationships.Labels: boy, tiger, tiger woods, wood
The singer/actress says she often takes twins Max and Emme — who she gave birth to in Feb. 2008 — with her to the studio while she records her album Love? — which is out later this year.ennifer, 40, recently revealed that she doesn’t have time to hit the gym now that she’s mom — instead, the star relies on her high-powered dance routines to help her keep in shape.The Jenny From The Block hitmaker said son Max is “difficult” like his dad, Marc Anthony.
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