A Disney theme park has been approved by the Chinese government to be built in Shanghai, China. Walt Disney Company hopes to open the new Shanghai Disneyland by 2014. [bbc.co.uk]
Read the full story, Disneyland approved for Shanghai, at the BBC site.
UK police have appealed for internet users to spread a new video aimed at finding a witness who knows what happened to Madeleine McCann. [itn.co.uk, telegraph.co.uk and foxnews.com]
Read the full story, New Madeleine McCann video released, at The Telegraph site.
Read the full story, Video Released of Updated Digital Images of Madeleine McCann, at the Fox News site.
Swiss bank UBS has reported its fourth consecutive quarterly loss, but says it believes business is returning to normal. UBS reported a net loss of 564 million Swiss Francs on the third-quarter of 2009. [swissinfo.ch]
Read the full story, UBS remains in the red in third quarter, at the swissinfo site.
Independent Election Commission declared Hamid Karzai as the elected president of Afghanistan after a runoff was cancelled. The runoff was scheduled on November 7, 2009 but was cancelled when the sole challenger former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah withdrew from the presidential race. [cnn.com and bbc.co.uk]
Read the full story with video, Karzai declared elected president of Afghanistan, at the CNN site.
Read the full story, Karzai declared elected president, at the BBC site.
Dozens of children of the Germans who plotted to assassinate Adolf Hitler in 1944 returned this weekend to Switzerland. The children of the executed members of the German resistance in World War II were brought to Switzerland in the late 1940s to recuperate from their traumatic experiences. [swissinfo.ch]
Read the full story, “Valkyrie” ends happily in Switzerland, at the swissinfo site.
$7M ransom for the yacht couple
It was reported that the Somali pirates demanded a $7 million ransom for the British yacht couple. Paul and Rachel Chandler were sailing from Seychelles towards Tanzania when they were kidnapped last week aboard their yacht ‘the Lynn Rival’ in the Indian Ocean. [cnn.com and bbc.co.uk]
Read the full story with video, Pirates demand $7 million for yacht couple, Britain says, at the CNN site.
Read the full story with audio, Ransom demanded for yacht couple, at the BBC site.
Hong Kong is known for luxury homes or luxury living but just like any other places, some people do live in tiny cubicles too. It is maybe hard to believe that some people live in such tiny apartments for years in Hong Kong but this CNN video report will show it to you. [cnn.com]
Read the full story with video, Living in a cage in Hong Kong, at the CNN site.
The “This Is It” movie of Michael Jackson was finally shown. This Is It has its world premiere in Los Angeles and simultaneously in 15 cities around the world including Berlin and London. Celebrities like Will Smith and Jennifer Lopez attended the world premiere. [itn.co.uk]
Read the full story, Jackson’s “This Is It” to Open Worldwide, at the CBSNews site.
Read the full story, Jackson’s ‘This Is It’ opens in LA, at the euronews site.
Read the full story, Jackson’s This Is It opens worldwide, at TheFreeLibrary site.
Read the full story with video, Jackson’s This Is It opens worldwide, at the ITN site.
A 15-year-old girl was gang-raped while others just watched. It happened on the high school grounds in Richmond, California while the school was having a school dance affair. It was reported that more than 20 people were involved. [cnn.com]
Read the full story with video, Police: As many as 20 present at gang rape outside school dance, at the CNN site.
Jeffry Picower was found unconscious in his swimming pool in Palm Beach, Florida in the United States on Sunday afternoon, October 25, 2009. He was pronounced dead at Good Samaritan Medical Centre. Jeffry Picower was one of those key investors who invested with Madoff. Bernie Madoff was convicted of swindling for operating an investment scheme and defrauding thousands of his investors. [cnn.com and independent.ie]
Read the full story, Madoff investor drowns in Florida pool, at the CNN site.
Read the full story, Madoff friend found dead in swimming pool, at the Irish Independent site.
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