Jul 15, 2010
French parade draws flak | The Brunei Times
African war veterans attend the annual Bastille Day military parade, attended by 13 African nations, in Paris yesterday. Picture: AFP
HM of Brunei Sends Congratulatory Message To France
Bandar Seri Begawan - His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam has sent congratulatory messages to French President Nicolas Sarkozy and French Prime Miniter Francois Fillon on the occasion of France's National Day today.
In the message to Sarkozy, His Majesty expressed his pleasure at the warm and friendly relations between the two countries and looked forward to continue working closely with the president in the coming year to strengthen the friendship and bilateral cooperation, particularly through the partnership in the Asean-EU Dialogue and Asia-Europe Meeting.
In a similar congratulatory message to Fillon, the monarch expressed his appreciation for the long standing friendly relations shared by the countries and hoped that this goodwill will continue to be strengthened.
His Majesty also conveyed his best wishes to Sarkozy and Fitton.
Meanwhile, His Royal Highness Prince Mohamed Bolkiah, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade sent a similar congratulatory message to France's Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Bernard Kouchner.
"I have great pleasure in sending my warmest congratulations and best wishes to you and the government and people of France on your National Day," His Royal Highness stated.
"I am delighted with the excellent cooperation our countries continue to enjoy as very close friends over many years and I wish you and our much-valued French community in Brunei a very happy celebration," His Royal Highness added.-- Courtesy of The Brunei Times
In the message to Sarkozy, His Majesty expressed his pleasure at the warm and friendly relations between the two countries and looked forward to continue working closely with the president in the coming year to strengthen the friendship and bilateral cooperation, particularly through the partnership in the Asean-EU Dialogue and Asia-Europe Meeting.
In a similar congratulatory message to Fillon, the monarch expressed his appreciation for the long standing friendly relations shared by the countries and hoped that this goodwill will continue to be strengthened.
His Majesty also conveyed his best wishes to Sarkozy and Fitton.
Meanwhile, His Royal Highness Prince Mohamed Bolkiah, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade sent a similar congratulatory message to France's Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Bernard Kouchner.
"I have great pleasure in sending my warmest congratulations and best wishes to you and the government and people of France on your National Day," His Royal Highness stated.
"I am delighted with the excellent cooperation our countries continue to enjoy as very close friends over many years and I wish you and our much-valued French community in Brunei a very happy celebration," His Royal Highness added.-- Courtesy of The Brunei Times
Human Brains "Evolve," Become Less Monkey-Like With Age
A sedated young rhesus macaque (file photo).
Photograph by Lynn Johnson, National Geographic
Published July 12, 2010
Brain regions that grow the most outside the womb are the same areas that expanded the most during evolution from monkeys to humans, a new study says.
As the human brain matures, it expands in a "strikingly nonuniform" fashion, according to researchers who compared MRI scans of 12 infant brains with scans of 12 young adult brains. (See brain pictures.)The research revealed that brain regions involved in higher cognitive and executive processes—such as language and reasoning—grow about twice as much as regions associated with basic senses such vision and hearing, said study leader Jason Hill, a neurobiologist at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.
Jul 14, 2010
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Mel Gibson is a bonehead not a racist, says Whoopi Goldberg - Telegraph
Mel Gibson is a bonehead not a racist, says Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg Photo: AP
Goldberg defended the Hollywood actor, who was taped allegedly telling his ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva that "if you get raped by a pack of n------ it will be all your fault".
Speaking on The View, Goldberg insisted: "I don't like what he did here but I know Mel, and I know he's not a racist.
Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem have married in a secret ceremony in the Bahamas, it emerged on Wednesday.
Bardem and Cruz, who started dating in 2007, appeared together in the 2008 Woody Allen romantic comedy Vicky Cristina Barcelona Photo: REUTERS
The Oscar-winning Spanish actors, who fell in love on the set of Woody Allen's 2008 romantic comedy "Vicky Cristina Barcelona", tied the knot earlier this month, ending months of speculation over their nuptial plans.
Iranian nuclear scientist Shahram Amiri flies home from US - Telegraph
Shahram Amiri
Shahram Amiri had "left American soil" on and was on his way back to Iran via a third country, a foreign ministry spokesman said.
Before he left the Iranian interests section of the Pakistan embassy in Washington, where he had sought refuge, he gave an interview to Iranian television denying he had gone to America voluntarily, as Washington claims.
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