| NEWLY RELEASED BRITISH ARCHIVES REVEAL DISPUTE OVER KOH-I-NOOR DIAMOND | | Posted Friday, January 05, 2007 1:10:37 PM by Blog57 Team | | A letter dated 20 September 1976, which has just been released by the British National Archives after being kept confidential for 30 years, reveals some of the dispute between the United Kingdom and Pakistan over the rights to the Koh-i-noor diamond. Pakistan's Prime Minister at that time, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, had sought the return of the 105.6 carat diamond, which was part of the Crown Jewels, a request denied by the U.K. government. "I need not remind you of the various hands through which the stone has passed over the past two centuries, nor that explicit provision for its transfer to the British Crown was made in the peace treaty with the Maharaja of Lahore which concluded the war of 1849. In this respect alone the status of the Koh-i-noor diamond is quite different to that of the Burmese Royal Regalia which never formally became the property of Britain thought it was long held in this country," explained British Prime Minister James (Jim) Callaghan to Bhutto.... | |
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| | | Ithmaar chief 'key speaker' | | Posted Friday, November 10, 2006 3:30:28 AM by Blog57 Team | | MANAMA: Bahrain's Ithmaar Bank chairman Khalid Abdulla Janahi has been chosen as a key speaker of a major conference taking place in Dubai next month.More than 2,000 of the region's top personalities, including Queen Noor of Jordan, are expected to attend the third Leaders in Dubai Business Forum, being held at the Dubai International Convention Centre on November 28 and 29. Several internationally respected speakers have been signed up, ranging from philanthropists and creative thinkers to respected business leaders. Mr Janahi will take part in the CNN CEO Debate, which will focus on the challenges of change and the need for innovation in the region. He is currently a member of the Economic Development Board, vice-chairman of the Arab Business Council and a member of the board of the Centre for International Business and Management, at the University of Cambridge, in England.... | |
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| | | Her Majesty Queen Noor to Award 7th King Hussein Leadership Prize to Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu and Seeds of Peace | | Posted Tuesday, October 31, 2006 7:07:08 PM by Blog57 Team | | Her Majesty Queen Noor will chair the King Hussein Foundation International annual Peace-Builders Dinner and ceremony for the 7th King Hussein Leadership Prize on November 2 at the Mandarin Oriental in New York City. The King Hussein Foundation International is pleased to announce that Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu and Seeds of Peace will be the recipients of the 2006 King Hussein Leadership Prize. "I am deeply honored and humbled to receive this prize that honors one of my heroes, King Hussein. I congratulate Seeds of Peace the other co-winner. God bless you," said Archbishop Emeritus Tutu. "Seeds of Peace is enormously grateful for this distinguished award," said Janet Wallach, President, Seeds of Peace. "We congratulate our fellow recipient, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and thank all of the trustees for choosing to honor Seeds of Peace." Archbishop Emeritus Tutu was chosen for his lifelong mission to build a democratic and just society without racial divisions not only within his South African homeland, but around the world.... | |
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| | | Glenn donates $50,000 to hometown museum | | Posted Sunday, October 22, 2006 7:09:31 AM by Blog57 Team | | NEW CONCORD - When a hometown hero comes home it is always special, but it is not unusual for this individual to be found roaming the college campus or visiting local hot spots. This time, the former politician and astronaut brought along a $50,000 check for his boyhood home turned educational museum. .... | |
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| | | Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev to Honor Heroine of September 11th - Doctor Robin Herbert With Prestigious | | Posted Friday, October 13, 2006 7:10:46 PM by Blog57 Team | | Today, it was announced that the World Awards Organization's Committee has selected Robin Herbert, MD, an occupational medicine physician and researcher from The Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York as the recipient of the annual "Woman of the Year" award at the 2006 Women's World Awards ceremony on October 14th at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York. Dr. Herbert is being honored for her work with the World Trade Center Worker and Volunteer Medical Screening and Monitoring Programs at Mount Sinai and related medical treatment initiatives, through which evaluation and medical treatment services are being provided nationwide to thousands of World Trade Center responders who have found themselves ill as a result of their efforts in rescue and recovery, service restoration and debris removal in the wake of 9/11.... | |
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| | | Wednesday October 04, 2006 - 13:50 EST | | Posted Wednesday, October 04, 2006 11:08:03 PM by Blog57 Team | | UNITED STATES – (PRESS RELEASE) -- Iranian-born human rights activist, BodogMusic recording artist and former Miss World Canada Nazanin Afshin-Jam has been invited to participate in two prestigious events. On October 8 at Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, she will be the main speaker for Amnesty International's "World Day against Death Penalty," which will focus on barring executions of child offenders in Iran. Says Nazanin: "We will put up eight gallows, each with the names and ages of the eight juveniles who were executed in Iran last year. We will hang postcards addressed to the head of Judiciary, highlighting the case of minors currently in imminent execution. During my speech, I will ask the public to cut down the hanging postcards with scissors, thus symbolically cutting them from the noose and gallows." Nazanin will talk about a 17-year-old girl who shares her first name and who has been sentenced to death for defending herself and her niece from rape by three men.... | |
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| | | Shakespeare Club meets Saturday | | Posted Wednesday, October 04, 2006 1:07:40 PM by Blog57 Team | | This month's meeting will be held in the Fellowship Hall of the United Methodist Church, which is located at 212 Second St. in Woodland. The church is located adjacent to the County Administration Building with easy access through the parking lot located on First Street. Future meetings will return to the Lions Clubhouse in November. This year's literary study is titled "Who Are You?" - a variety of biographies. This month's committee of B.J. Ford and Carol Rose will present for discussion the biography "Leap of Faith" by Queen Noor. Laura Cameron and Sue Lincoln will provide hospitality. For further information contact Pat Murray at 662-9092. .... | |
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| | | Following the trail of a rose scent... | | Posted Tuesday, September 26, 2006 3:04:59 AM by Blog57 Team | | The Empress was late for her bath. Her maids had filled her bath tub with steaming hot water and crushed rose petals — just the way she liked it. When she finally came, her bathwater had cooled. The terrified maids, expecting a reprimand from her were surprised by her interest in a thin film of oil on the water surface. So legend has it that the great Mughal queen Noor Jehan, first ‘discovered’ attar or itr, in Persian, meaning perfume. The exotic essential oils and natural perfumes made in India from flowers, herbs, roots and spices, have been popular among Maharajahs and Maharanis, Presidents and Prime Ministers for 500 years. While chemically synthesized attar is available today, the ‘real thing’ is still found in Kannauj in Uttar Pradesh. Kannauj has existed from antiquity, believed to have been first colonised by early Aryan settlers.... | |
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| | | Dalai Lama to Bless Largest Buddhist Monument in the U.S. | | Posted Sunday, September 17, 2006 7:10:28 AM by Blog57 Team | | In his first visit to Colorado in nine years, His Holiness the Dalai Lama will bless the largest Buddhist monument in the U.S. on Sunday morning, September 17 at the Shambhala Mountain Center in the Rocky Mountains. Arriving by helicopter from Denver, the Dalai Lama will be greeted by over 2,000 Buddhist practitioners. He will then proceed to The Great Stupa of Dharmakaya, one of the most noteworthy examples of Buddhist sacred architecture in the world and the largest monument dedicated to peace in North America. In the nearly three-hour event, the Dalai Lama will perform a traditional Tibetan blessing of the Stupa, speak to the assembly on the importance of compassion in today's world, and receive the first Living Peace Award. The event is hosted by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, head of the Shambhala Buddhist lineage and author of national bestsellers Turning the Mind into an Ally and Ruling Your World.... | |
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| | | An exclusive everyman hangout | | Posted Thursday, September 07, 2006 1:24:31 AM by Blog57 Team | | Aspen - The ambiance in the Caribou Club dining room early on this Saturday night is perfect. The six-piece place settings are perfectly positioned. Glasses and plates bask in the reflected glow of antler chandeliers. As the evening advances, tables in the 100- seat room begin to fill. A muted conversational buzz emerges as guests are seated. The room is coming to life. No one seems to notice as the man in a blue blazer, white shirt open at the neck, saunters in. He has an apricot tan, brush cut and Pepsodent smile. He is preceded by a retinue of pert companions. George Hamilton has arrived at his center table for eight. Hamilton and other celebrities are part of the reason that the 16-year-old Caribou Club - now under new management - remains the "it" place for Aspen's real and faux glitterati.... | |
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