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New Dog Will Soon Arrive In White House

New Dog Will Soon Arrive In White House

U.S. President Barack Obama recently gave an interview on "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno".


Here he said that soon White House would be fullfilled with a new dog. He said that the dog would arrive after his planned trip to Europe in early April.


Obama added that his daughters Sasha and Malia were not the only ones looking forward to its arrival. "They say if you want a friend in Washington, get a dog," he joked. Bureau Report

Obama's Half Brother Arrested

Obama's Half Brother Arrested

U.S. President Barack Obama's half brother was arrested at his home in a slum on suspicion of drugs' possession.



"I think it was a misunderstanding. I do not do drugs," George Hussein Obama, 27, told Reuters from Nairobi's Huruma slum, where he was picked up for a few hours on Saturday.


"They released me with no charge."


Local media quoted police saying Obama, who works as a mechanic, had been found with two rolls of marijuana.


Kenya's leading newspaper, the Nation, said he would be charged in court on Monday.


But Obama said that was untrue, and police officials refused to comment.


"I don't know what you are talking about," area police chief Jasper Ombati told Reuters, before hanging up the phone.


George Obama hardly knows his brother, the first black president of the United States, who is hero-worshipped in Kenya due to his ancestral roots.

The White House declined comment.

Several of President Obama’s Kenyan relatives went to Washington, DC, for his inauguration, but George was not among them. He lives in Huruma with extended family.

Media reports about him surfaced over the summer, after a magazine article said he lived in a shack and earned a dollar a day. George Obama has called the reports insulting.

“I’m proud of how I live,” he said in an interview over the summer. “[The media] are tarnishing the family name.”

He also said he was studying to be a mechanic and works with a local youth group in Huruma.

In President Obama’s book Dreams From My Father , he describes George Obama as “a handsome, roundheaded boy with a wary gaze”.

George is the youngest of the senior Obama’s seven children, born six months before his father died.

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No God' Ads Banned in Bus

No God' Ads Banned in Bus

Italian atheists have lost a bid to run "no God" advertisements on city buses after strong opposition from conservative political parties, a member of the atheists group said on Saturday.

The ads reading "The bad news is that God doesn't exist. The good news is that you don't need him" were to have been put on buses in the northern city of Genoa, home to the Catholic cardinal who is head of the Italian Bishops Conference. The mock-up was ready and the contract was sent to the group for signing but the publicity agency changed its mind and said the ad could not run it because it violated an ethics in advertising code, according to Giorgio Villella of The Italian Union of Atheists and Rationalist Agnostics (UAAR).

"Right-wing politicians criticized us ferociously," Villella said by telephone from the group's base, adding that at least one bus driver in Genoa said he would refuse to drive a "no God" bus. "It's strange that in a country where ads depicting near-naked women wearing skimpy lingerie is permitted on buses that we can't run ads about atheism," Villella said.

Villella said the group's lawyers would likely file an appeal to a court to overturn the decision and that the group would try to run the ads in other Italian cities. Atheists in Barcelona, London and Washington have already run "no God" ads on city buses.

Pooping Obama is a best-seller

Pooping Obama is a best-seller

Tiny plastic figures of Barack Obama and Gordon Brown relieving themselves in public have become online bestsellers.

They are among a host of politicians, sports stars and celebrities to be given the dubious honour of being turned into a 'caganer'.

Catalonians traditionally celebrate Christmas by placing a caganer, which translates as pooper, in a nativity scene.

People find it fun to try to spot the tiny defecating figures which are supposed to bring prosperity and a good harvest.

Traditionally, caganers would be small bearded men in full Catalan costume but these days, it's more likely to be a celebrity. Last year, Barcelona footballer Thierry Henry was the most popular figure sold.

But this year, internet orders from the rest of the world, especially the US, have made Barack Obama the best-seller.

Others immortalised into the mini figures include Mr Brown, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and wife Carla Bruni, plus Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal.

First class all the way!

First class all the way!

Last week we presented a collage of what sort of people our government has to deal with. If you thought that is a Herculean task, spare a moment for Barack Hussein Obama, who is to be sworn in within hours of my dispatching this as the 44th president of the USA.

He is the first black to head the White House. He is the first African descendant to man the oval office. He is the first of Muslim parentage to order the withdrawal of troops from Iraq, the Vietnam of the Middle East. And indeed, he has to be first class if he hopes to take out the American nose from the problem pies they have baked, for not all those who voted for him are. Here are some anecdotes (received by email) from the country that GWB (Gone with the Wind Bush), the most unpopular US president ever, ruled for eight treacherous years.

The first black president of the US, Barack Obama.

A woman called in to the toxicology dept at Chicago's poison control centre. She was very upset because she caught her little daughter eating ants. The doctor quickly reassured her that the ants are not harmful and there would be no need to bring her daughter into the hospital. She calmed down and at the end of the conversation happened to mention that she gave her daughter some ant poison to eat in order to kill the ants. And you thought there were no ants in America, only aunts.

Last year, some Boeing employees decided to steal a life raft from one of the 747s. They were successful in getting it out of the plane. Shortly after they took it for a float on the river, they noticed a Coast Guard helicopter coming toward them. It turned out that the chopper was homing in on the emergency locater beacon that activated when the raft was inflated. They are no longer employed at Boeing. And you thought there were thieves only in Biman.

A man, wanting to rob a downtown Bank of America, walked into the Branch and wrote this, 'Put all your money in this bag.' While standing in line, waiting to give his note to the teller, he began to worry that someone had seen him write the note and might call the police before he reached the teller's window. So he left the Bank of America and crossed the street to the Wells Fargo Bank. After waiting a few minutes in line, he handed his note to the Wells Fargo teller.

She read it and, surmising from his spelling errors that he wasn't the brightest light in the harbour, told him that she could not accept his stickup note because it was written on a Bank of America deposit slip, and that he would either have to fill out a Wells Fargo deposit slip or go back to Bank of America. Looking somewhat defeated, the man said, 'OK' and left. He was arrested a few minutes later, as he was waiting in line back at Bank of America. And you thought you have to stand in line only in Bangladesh.

A NY motorist was unknowingly caught in an automated speed trap that measured his speed using radar and photographed his car. He later received in the mail a ticket for $40 and a photo of his car. Instead of payment, he sent the police department a photograph of $40. Several days later, he received a letter from the police that contained another picture, this time of handcuffs. He immediately mailed in his $40. And you thought rightly that they make faster cars for nothing.

A guy walked into a little corner store in Kansas City with a shotgun and demanded all of the cash from the cash drawer. After the cashier put the cash in a bag, the robber saw a bottle of Scotch that he wanted behind the counter on the shelf. He told the cashier to put it in the bag as well, but the cashier refused and said, 'Because I don't believe you are over 21.' At this point, the robber gave his driver's license to the clerk. The clerk looked it over and agreed that the man was in fact over 21 and he put the Scotch in the bag. The robber then ran from the store with his loot. The cashier promptly called the police and gave the name and address of the robber that he got off the license. They arrested the robber two hours later. And you thought Scotch is good for health.

Seems this Arkansas guy wanted some beer pretty badly. He decided that he'd just throw a cinder block through a liquor store window, grab some booze, and run. So he lifted the cinder block and heaved it over his head at the window. The cinder block bounced back knocking him unconscious. It seems the liquor store window was made of extra hardened glass. And you thought shop windows are attacked only during hartal.

In semi-rural Weyauwega in Wisconsin, a new-in-the-neighbourhood guy called the local township administrative office to request the removal of the 'Deer Crossing' sign on the road. His reason: 'Too many deer are being hit by cars out here! - I don't think this is a good place for them to be crossing anymore.' And you thought the only way to make deer extinct was to send them to the Sundarbans.

Thives Nab Jimmy Carter's Bike

Thives Nab Jimmy Carter's Bike

Two bicycles belonging to President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, were snatched from inside the Carter Center near downtown Atlanta earlier this month.

The couple likes to ride bicycles in nearby Freedom Park when they have free time. Peter Wicker, the owner of a local bike shop, donated the bicycles to the Carters in 2007 after seeing the poor condition of their old bikes, which had been brought in for repairs.

Atlanta police say they have made no arrests.

A spokeswoman for the Carters told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that the couple is currently in China.

Famous Restaurants Out, New Prayers In

Famous Restaurants Out, New Prayers In

The global recession manifests itself in big ways and small: most gloomy, some quirky and many reflecting the inventive human spirit. Here is a look at some signs of the times.

* The Church of England published two new prayers, comforting people who lost their jobs and those still in work after a round of cuts. "Hear me as I cry out in confusion, help me to think clearly, and calm my soul," says the "Prayer on being made redundant." The "Prayer for those remaining in the workplace" focuses on guilt and increased workload: "In the midst of this uncertainty, help me to keep going: to work to the best of my ability, taking each day at a time."

* Dinner is off the menu at New York's famous Rainbow Room, which has decided to close its restaurant and lay off between 30 and 40 staff to cut costs. Tourists and locals can still get a cocktail at the 65th floor bar, which has views of the Empire State building and the Statue of Liberty, but the adjacent Rainbow Grill will cease serving food. "We'll lose less money by keeping the bar open as opposed to the restaurant," said spokesman Ben Branham.

* Some Australians may be too strapped for cash to go to the pub, but many still find a way to get their beer. Makers of home brew kits say sales are booming. National brewer Coopers said sales of its kits were up 8 percent since July. Colin Richardson at the The Brew Shop in Sydney said demand for kits was outstripping supply. "All the brewing shops are seeing it," he said.

* The New York Times, which has long kept its front page clear of prominent advertising, is being forced to sell display advertising on Page One in a new bid to raise money. The first ad, which appeared at the bottom of the front page of Monday's paper, was for broadcaster CBS Corp. Newspapers across the United States face an alarming decline in ad revenue that has forced many to slash jobs.

* In Britain, the Girl Guides issued tips on making sensible economic decisions, including: "Shop around -- see which banks are offering the best deals;" "Avoid the debt trap -- the easiest way to lose friends and alienate people;" and "Don't rely on The Bank of Mum and Dad -- everyone's cutting costs."

* Most of the racks at a going-out-of-business sale at a Borders book store in Gaithersburg, Maryland, have been emptied, but many books on investing and business are still looking for takers at 40 percent off. They include: "The Ten Commandments for Business Failure", "How to Sell Anything to Anybody" and "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Investing".

* Calls are pouring in to the 211 telephone hotline, which provides free referrals to Americans needing economic aid, from food, housing and medical assistance to counseling services and debt relief. "We were getting about 30,000 calls a month last year, and now we're getting closer to 50,000," said Mirabel Marin, executive director of one of the largest centers in Los Angeles County. The Los Angeles Regional Foodbank reported a 40 percent increase in demand for food assistance in the last three months of 2008, compared with the same period in 2007, and a sharp rise in demand from middle class people.

* Two big US supermarket chains are giving away free medicine this winter to try to lure in customers. The Maryland-based Giant Food chain and Massachusetts-headquartered Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. said they would give away 36 generic antibiotics to customers with a prescription from January 2 to March 21 at all of their pharmacies.

* The Washington Post included in its light-hearted list of things that are "out" and things that are "in" for 2009:

OUT: High-end barbecue grills. IN: Crock pots. OUT: Executive compensation. IN: Executive castration.

OUT: 20 percent off. IN: 75 percent off and free shipping.

OUT: Nostalgia for '80s songs. IN: Nostalgia for '80s problems