Princess Diana’s 13th death anniversary today

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KARACHI: Today marks the 13th death anniversary of Diana, Princess of Wales. Lady Di was a popular international media icon of the late 20th century. She was the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, whom she married on July 29, 1981. On August 31, 1997, Diana died in a car crash in the Pont de l’Alma road tunnel in Paris.

Her televised wedding to Charles was held at St. Paul’s Cathedral, and watched by a global audience of over 750 million people. The marriage produced two sons, Prince William and Princes Harry, currently second and third in line to the thrones of the 16 Commonwealth realms.

Diana was born into an old, aristocratic English family with royal connections, and remained the focus of worldwide media scrutiny before, during and after her marriage, which ended in divorce on August 28, 1996. This continued in the years following her

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International supermodel Naomi Campbell’s anger issues hit the front-page headlines once again. This time, she threw a punch at an ABC News camera when an interviewer asked her about allegations that she had received a “blood diamond” from deposed African despot Charles Taylor.
Hot-headed British supermodel is now more famous for her violent behavior than modeling, facing a series of lawsuits and criminal charges by staff members and others who claim they were abused.

Naomi storms off, again!
Campbell flashed another of her infamous outbursts of anger during an interview with ABC News.

The ill-tempered temptress erupted when the interviewer asked her about reports that she received a “blood diamond” as a gift from former Liberian president Charles Taylor.

“I didn’t receive a diamond and I’m not going to speak about that, thank you,” she told the reporter. “I’m not here (to talk about) that.”

The reporter continued to ask Campbell about her refusal to be interviewed by prosecutors in The Hague for the U.N. Special Court for Sierra Leone, which is trying to link Taylor, the former president of Liberia, to the possession of uncut diamonds used to purchase weapons for the bloody massacres over the Liberian border in Sierra Leone between 1997 and 2001.

Taylor, Naomi and blood diamonds
Taylor is currently facing trial for crimes against humanity at the Hague for his alleged role in the killing of thousands of people in Sierra Leone, leading to the phrase “blood diamonds.”

It’s believed that Campbell had received a “huge” uncut “blood diamond” from the dictator in 1997, while she was staying as a guest of Nelson Mandela in South Africa, an allegation that has landed the Brit model at the center of Taylor’s trial for crimes against humanity.

But, the 39-year-old mega-model denied allegation that she received ‘Huge’ uncut gem from the deposed African despot Charles Taylor. She also refused to cooperate in Taylor’s international trial for crimes against humanity.

Naomi’s violent reaction
During the interview, Campbell became increasingly frustrated when asked again about the diamond and why she had been resistant in helping the case against Taylor.

“We’ve been told that you didn’t help the prosecution in this very important case,” the reporter said.

Campbell first looked away from the reporter and then suddenly got up and walked out of the interview before punching the camera of an ABC News producer.

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UConn’s Charles taken No. 1 in WNBA draft

SECAUCUS, N.J. — It’s been an unforgettable 48 hours for Tina Charles.

Less than two days after helping UConn win its second straight national championship, she was selected first by the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA draft.

“It’s unbelievable, my heart is still pounding out of my chest,” Charles said. “I’m more interested what impact I’ll have on the team more than just being the No. 1 pick.”

Charles averaged more than 18 points and nine rebounds while leading UConn to an NCAA Division I-record 78 straight victories over the past two seasons.

The Sun traded with the Minnesota Lynx in the offseason to get The Associated Press player of the year, who joined Sue Bird (2002) and Diana Taurasi (2004) as the only UConn players taken with the top overall pick.

The Sun also acquired Charles’ former UConn teammate, Renee Montgomery, in exchange for Monica Wright, the second pick in the draft, and former University of Minnesota star Lindsay Whalen. The Lynx then took Nebraska’s Kelsey Griffin with the third pick. Wright and Griffin got to know each other as they roomed at both the Final Four and the WNBA draft.

Chicago drafted former Rutgers guard Epiphanny Prince with the fourth pick. She was unable to attend the draft because she was playing in Turkey for Botas-Spor. Prince left Rutgers after her junior year to pursue a playing career overseas. Her mom and dad were on hand at the draft.

Jayne Appel, who guided Stanford to three straight Final Fours and the national title game this season, was taken fifth by San Antonio. She’s recovering from a sprained ankle and stress fracture on an outer bone of her right foot, and was wearing a protective boot.

Washington drafted Florida State’s Jacinta Monroe with the sixth pick.

Kansas forward Danielle McCray was taken by Connecticut with the seventh pick. She tore her ACL late in the season and won’t be able to play until August.

Oklahoma State star Andrea Riley went eighth to Los Angeles. Rounding out the first round, it was: Mississippi State’s Chanel Mokango to Atlanta at No. 9; Iowa State’s Alison Lacey to Seattle at No. 10; San Diego State’s Jene Morris to Indiana at No. 11; and Mississippi’s Bianca Thomas to Los Angeles at No. 12.

Teams will open training camp April 25, exhibition games begin April 30 and the league’s 14th season will start May 15.

Highest individual score in odi

TrendPK.com Highest individual score in odi:Sachin Tendulkar has broken the cricket score record held by Charles Coventry and Saeed Anwar, who both held the record of 194 highest one day individual score in cricket, by scoring 200 runs from 147 balls and scored over half of the Indian total by providing 25 [...]

Charlie Brown Valentine s Day

Charlie Brown Valentine s Day, A Charlie Brown Valentine is an animated television special, based on characters from the Charles M. Schulz comic strip Peanuts. It features the Peanuts characters during the week leading up to Valentine’s Day. It was the first Peanuts special to be produced for ABC after previous programs aired on CBS, airing on the network for the first time on February 14, 2002. The special was released to DVD and VHS on January 6, 2004. It was also the second television special to revolve around the Valentine’s Day holiday, the first being 1975’s Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown.

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Charlie Brown Valentine s Day was first posted on February 11, 2010 at 10:32 am.

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TrendPK.com chuck staten island: Staten Island Chuck, New York’s alternative to Pennsylvania’s Punxsutawney Phil, delivered good news today: expect an early spring.
Mayor Bloomberg declared that Chuck, also known as Charles G. Hogg, did not see his shadow at this morning’s Groundhog Day ceremony.
In the past Bloomberg and Chuck have had a [...]

Charles Phillips and Yavaughnie Wilkins

Charles Phillips and Yavaughnie Wilkins, Charles and YaVaughnie Billboard – Oracle executive Charles Phillips and Yavaughnie Wilkins are on romantic billboards across the country. The billboards featured what look like pictures of Charles Phillips and Yavaughnie Wilkins and pointed to the website titled “Charles and Yavaughnie,” where more images, emails and relationship mementos are stored.

The billboards advertise an online photo album that includes eight years worth of romantic pictures, notes, tickets and more that it seems to be a long time document affair between Charles Phillips and YaVaughnie Wilkins. Ryan Tate said that Charles Phillips was listed as married in 2006 and was photographed with wife Karen where he had a 10 year old son.

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Charles Phillips and Yavaughnie Wilkins was first posted on January 22, 2010 at 10:23 pm.

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yavaughnie wilkins:A billboard featuring an apparently happy couple – YaVaughnie Wilkins and Charles Phillips (Oracle’s president) – has popped up in a few places around the country, including Times Square in New York and in Atlanta and San Francisco.  Apparently, all of this was orchestrated by Wilkins, who claims to [...]

Abe Vigoda,Matt Lauer, Matt Lauer Divorce

TrendPK.com Abe Vigoda,Matt Lauer, Matt Lauer Divorce:Abraham Charles “Abe” Vigoda (born February 24, 1921) is an American movie and television actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Detective Sgt. Phil Fish on the sitcom television series Barney Miller from 1975-1977 and for his portrayal of Sal Tessio in The [...]

I Want A Dog For Christmas Charlie Brown

TrendPK.com I Want A Dog For Christmas Charlie Brown:One anecdote from a Charles M. Schulz biography I read years ago said that whenever Schulz was considering hiring someone, he would take them out to lunch and see how they salted their soup. If they salted after they tasted it, they were hired; [...]

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