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Russia wins for FIFA world cup 2018 and Qatar for 2022

Russia and Qatar became the winners in the race to arrange world cup 2018 and 2022 respectively held on December 2, 2010. They could achieve the final recognition from FIFA to arrange the prestigious and pleasant event of the football. FIFA gave its ultimate recognition to new regions of the world to balance in  sharing the pleasure of world cup final. Soccer's governing body's executive committee voted for the two winning bids after a fierce lobbying campaign which saw world political leaders and top sports personalities gather in Zurich to press their case for one of the most prestigious and lucrative prizes in global sport.  Russia won the right to put on the 2018 World Cup, the first time it will have been staged in Eastern Europe after 10 editions in the western half of the continent. Qatar will stage the 2022 finals, a first both for the Middle East and for an Arab country. It will also be the smallest nation ever to host the World Cup with a population of less tha

Julian Paul Assange: the publisher of untold truth

The most courageous and brave publisher of the world JulianPaul Assange was born in July 3, 1971. He is an Austr alian publisher and internet activist. He is best known as the spokesperson and editor-in-chief for WikiLeaks, a whistle-blower website.  Before working with the website, Mr. Assange was a physics and mathematics student as well as a computer programmer. He has lived in several countries and has told reporters he is constantly on the move.  He makes irregular public appearances to speak about freedom of the press, censorship, and investigative reporting; he has also won several journalism awards for his work with WikiLeaks. Assange founded the ever strongest publisher WikiLeaks website in 2006 and serves on its advisory board. In this capacity, he has received widespread public attention for his role in releasing classified material documenting the involvement of the United States in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. On 28 November 2010, WikiLeaks and its five media pa

Elections to 269 municipalities of Bangladesh in January 2011

The Election Commission (EC) of Bangladesh has announced schedules for long awaited municipal elections to 269 municipalities under seven divisions of the country. The elections will be held in a staggering way on Jan 12, 13, 17 and 18. Chief election commissioner ATM Shamsul Huda announced the polls schedules on Thursday at the commission's conference room in Dhaka of Bangladesh. Among the 310 municipalities, 269 will go for the elections. Of the remaining municipalities, the terms of 17 are yet to expire while 24 are facing a legal bar to holding elections. A total of 27 municipalities under Rangpur Division and 49 under Rajshahi Division will go for polls on Jan 12. The last date for submitting nomination papers is Dec 13, while that for scrutiny are Dec 14 and 15, and for withdrawal of nomination is Dec 26 this year. Elections to 33 municipalities under Khulna and 21 of Barisal divisions will be held on Jan 13. The last date for submission of nomination is Dec 15, while th

WikiLeaks to publish truth of Corporate World soon

The most courageous and brave website of the time WikiLeaks, which has awakened the human mind newly on its own style publishing the unknown   truth of power makers specially about America and its allies this time.   WikiLeaks, which is causing an international eruption over its release of confidential diplomatic messages, said it would also publish disclosures from the corporate world. "I believe that in the future we are going to have more material that is pertaining to the corporate community," WikiLeaks spokesman Kristinn Hrafnsson said late Wednesday. Shares in Bank of America fell 3 percent Tuesday amid investor fears that the largest U.S. bank by assets might be at the center of WikiLeaks' next document release. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said his group planned to release tens of thousands of internal documents from a major U.S. bank early next year, according to an interview published Monday by Forbes Magazine. Hrafnsson, speaking at an event in London, c

South Africa produces 93 percent electricity from coal

A good number of countries is highly dependent on Electricity generated from Coal. South Africa is on the top of the countries which produces electricity from coal.  South Africa has been producing 93.00% of its total electricity demand from coal. Some other top countries those are using coal as source of electricity are: Poland    92%,     PR China    79%, Australia    77%, Kazakhstan    70%,    India    69%, Israel    63%, Morocco    55%,        Czech Rep    60%, Greece    52%,        USA    49%,        Germany    46%.

Coal provides 27 percent global primary energy

Coal is one of the major non-renewable fossil energy sources of the world which provides 27% of global primary energy needs and generates 41% of the world's electricity. Total Global Hard Coal Production has been almost doubled in the last 20 years.    In the year of 1990 it was 3497Mt, in 2008- 5794Mt and in the year of 2009 the coal production has reached at  5990Mt. Total Global Brown Coal/Lignite Production was 965Mt in 2008 and  913Mt in 2009. Brown coal production decreased by 5.4% in 2009. Germany remains the world’s largest brown coal producer, despite production decreasing by around 2.9% in 2009. Brown coal production increased slightly in Canada and India.

War Preparation: N. Korea places missiles, US and S. Korea begin military exercises

NorthKorea has placed surface-to-surface missiles on launch pads in the Yellow Sea, Yonhap news agency said, as the United States and South Korea began militarydrills and China called for emergency talks . Caption: The sun rises over a South Korean Navy mobile base off Yeonpyeong Island on November 28, 2010 five days after the North stunned the world by launching a barrage of shells and rockets at the island, killing two marines and two civilians. The United States and South Korea on November 28 began a major naval exercise designed to deter North Korea, after the communist state warned of "unpredictable consequences" if the drill goes ahead. China made clear that the talks would not amount to a resumption of six-party disarmament discussions which North Korea walked out of two years ago and declared dead. South Korea said it would carefully consider China's suggestion. Caption: North  Korean preparation for war on 28th November 2010 South Korean President L