Posted by Ivan on April 24, 2010 ·
Christies witnessed the grand celebration of 40th anniversary of Earth Day. Famous celebrities, art collectors and environmentalists were present there to make this occasion even more colourful. They organized the green auction and earned nearly $2 million for the benefit of environment.
Lot of anonymous buyers bided for a round of golf, Damien Hirst’s [...]
Posted by GSerrano on October 15, 2009 ·
The long–extending ‘war on drugs’ began in May 1971 when former US President Richard Nixon actually proclaimed a so-called “war on drugs.” Ever since, the US and the Western Hemisphere have not won such a war, with every proclaimed victory ending up a fiasco. In the 1970s and early ’80s, Mexico and Jamaica pummeled marijuana producers. [...]
Posted by GSerrano on May 14, 2009 ·
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton declared her ‘deep regret’ over the killing of civilians during a US bombing in Afghanistan. “Any loss of innocent lives is particularly painful. We deeply regret the loss,” she said during a meeting with the president of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, and president of Pakistan, Asif Zardari.
Karzai has ordered [...]