Archive for the "Current Affairs" Category

The Dalai Lama steps back

Posted by: Cinderellain Current Affairs
18
Nov

Tibetan exiles gather to discuss new strategy

Why did nobody notice?

Posted by: Cinderellain Current Affairs
13
Nov

Queen Elizabeth II recently described the financial crisis as “awful” and asked why no one saw it coming.

It’s not only the Queen. We’re all screaming for an answer

The King is Elvis

Posted by: Cinderellain Current Affairs
11
Nov

Last week I was looking at some photos of the King of Bhutan and I thought, “Wow, he looks like Elvis.”

Then I thought, “Well, maybe that’s silly. He doesn’t really look like Elvis, does he?” And I used that excuse to go to YouTube and watch Elvis videos, in the process forgetting all about the king of Bhutan. (Watching videos is a lot more fun than doing boring webmaster work.)

Well, it turns out I’m not the only one who thinks he looks a bit Elvis-esque. What do you think?

 

More photos here. (Unfortunately, I can’t find the one that first made me think of Elvis.)

Paradise almost lost

Posted by: Cinderellain Current Affairs
11
Nov

Maldives seek to buy a new homeland

Soccer and hope

Posted by: Cinderellain Current Affairs
10
Nov

Relations between Saudi Arabia and Thailand have been chilly since 1989, in part due to the theft of $20 million in jewelry from the Saudi royal family, but things might be changing.

“Extremely poor taste”

Posted by: Cinderellain Current Affairs
4
Nov

A short-lived ad for New Zealand company Hell Pizza showed Britain’s Queen Mother (who died in 2002) dancing on a grave with the late Heath Ledger and Sir Edmund Hillary.

109-year-old woman casts vote

Posted by: Cinderellain Current Affairs
2
Nov

Daughter of slave votes for Obama

Magic and money

Posted by: Cinderellain Current Affairs
30
Oct

"What if the fate of the Maya is to be our fate?"

Hooligans in Charlietown Two

Posted by: Cinderellain Current Affairs
25
Oct

Teenage drunks turn Charles’s dream village into nightmare hell, say residents

You can learn about Prince Charles’s views on community planning at The Prince’s Foundation for the Built Environment website.

Traditional rulers in Nigeria

Posted by: Cinderellain Current Affairs
22
Oct

Emirs still have power and influence in Nigerian society.

Saudi economy not transparent

Posted by: Cinderellain Current Affairs
16
Oct

Reuters takes a look at how the world financial crisis is affecting the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The king says nothing

Posted by: Cinderellain Current Affairs
11
Oct

Thai political crisis at fever pitch

The Wallachian Kingdom

Posted by: Cinderellain Current Affairs
10
Oct

Czech court to rule on fairy-tale kingdom

The Prince of Ratrian

Posted by: Cinderellain Current Affairs
3
Oct

Pakistani prince Rafeh Malik is trying to implement the United Nations’ eight Millennium Development Goals in the village he inherited on his 18th birthday.

Trouble in the House of Alba

Posted by: Cinderellain Current Affairs
1
Oct

“The Duchess of Alba’s hopes of marrying her toyboy have been vetoed — by her children.”

Malison of caducity

Posted by: Cinderellain Current Affairs
30
Sep

No, that is not the name of the next James Bond movie. Words like malison and caducity are set to be removed from Collins dictionaries because no one is using them anymore.

I wish they’d at least spare malison! What a great word.

Harry will never live it down

Posted by: Cinderellain Current Affairs
15
Sep

Inappropriate (fancy) dress