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Monday, 2 January 2012

120 Top 10 Best Cities to Live, Jan 01, 2012

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1.  10th spot is the city of Auckland. This is the largest city in New Zealand with a population of about 1.3 million people, a quarter of the total population.
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2. Today Auckland is the economic and cultural center of New Zealand, by historic attractions the city is not rich, but that’s the beauty of its picturesque, Auckland affects many hearts of those who come here for the first time. One of the attractions – Sky Tower high-rise tower (Sky Tower) 328 feet tall – the tallest building in the southern hemisphere
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3. Auckland is surrounded by three marine bays , the precincts of the city has 48 extinct volcanoes. Night Auckland
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4. Panorama of Auckland with Sky Tower

9th place. Adelaide, Australia, 95.9 points

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5. 9th place belongs to the capital and the largest city of South Australia, the fifth-largest city with a population of over 1.1 million people – a city Adelaide.
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6. It is named in honor of the queen – the wife of King of Great Britain and Hanover, William IV, sits on the throne from 1830 to 1837 years.
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7. The city is located on the ocean. The central part of Adelaide’s high-rise, with a few modern skyscrapers , and the rest of town has one or two storey in nature. Perfect cleanliness, neatness and perfect finishing of buildings – the card of Adelaide. Victoria Fountain
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8. Here, tourists are attracted to Adelaide, the third largest in Australia, Kangaroo Island – Wildlife with a colony of sea lions and a beautiful fishing beach. also average income of every worker. however, the quality of life and property values ​​here are significantly lower than in other major cities in Australia. Kangaroo Island

8th place. Perth, Australia, 95.9 points

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9. Perth – the largest city and capital of Western Australia with a population of 1.2 million people, located on the shores of the Indian Ocean.
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10. The city is considered one of the main economic centers in Australia. It produces gold, diamonds and nickel. the world’s largest gold deposits discovered nickel in the area  Kalgoorlie,  the world’s leading diamond-district Kimberley, which is the main competitor to South Africa and Yakutia diamond deposits.
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11. Modern skyscrapers
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12. Perth is called “the pearl of Australia.” Old buildings, convenient pedestrian zone in the heart of Perth,  beautiful views of  River Perth catch attraction of tourists.
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13. One of the attractions – meteorite crater Wolf Creek
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14. Mild and equable Mediterranean climate of Perth, beautiful beaches, restaurants, bars and nightclubs make it more attractive.

7th place. Sydney, Australia, 96.1 rating

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15. Australia’s largest city in the south-east coast – Sydney. it is ​​another huge city and the main problem for all travelers – they need time to see as much as possible.
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16. The number of parks and green oases, make Sydney unlike from other major cities of the world: 34 acres of Royal Botanic Gardens – next to the skyscrapers in the City
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17. In summer the whole of life in Sydney move to the beaches here you will found more than 20 city beaches, and a dozen harbors. The most famous Bondi Beach (Bondi) – favorite place to surf in Sydney.
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18. Sydney in the evening, incredibly handsome promenade lights on skyscrapers pierce the water harbor. One of the most recognizable buildings in Sydney – Building of Sydney is Opera House
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19. Another main attraction of Sydney – the Harbour Bridge. It is the largest bridge of the city and one of the largest steel arch bridges in the world
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20. An aerial view of Sydney Harbour Bridge and Sydney Opera House

6th place. Helsinki, Finland, 96.2 points

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21. Helsinki – the capital and largest city of Finland with a population of 578 thousand people.
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22. Streets curve around bays, bridges connect the islands, and ferries communicate with the remote islands.  smell of sea is common and  ports get constant noise from incoming and outgoing ships.
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23. Helsinki is the hub of business, education, culture and science in Finland. In Greater Helsinki there are 8 universities and six technology parks, Here you will see – View of the city center. One of the attractions of Helsinki – The Cathedral
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24. 70% of foreign companies operating in Finland are located in the city.
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25. Helsinki is a maritime city, Built on the peninsulas and islands of the Baltic coastline.

5th place. Calgary, Canada, 96.6 points

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26. Calgary – largest city in the province of Alberta, Canada, in the foothills and prairie, about 80 km east of the watershed of the Canadian Rockies.
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27. This city is one of the sunniest in Canada – the sun shines an average of 2,400 hours there each year.
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28. Calgary is located in the transition zone between the foothills of the Canadian Rocky Mountains and the Canadian prairies, so it is fairly hilly terrain.Center height above sea level, Calgary is approximately 1048 m.
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29. Life in Calgary, one way or another, revolves around oil. Its deposits discovered in the early 20th century. Despite this, the city is considered one of the cleanest city in the world by many organizations.
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30. Olympic Plaza area. In the distance you can see the famous landmark – Calgary Tower-height  91 m. It is designed so that, gently swaying in the wind, even with very strong gusts to maintain its stability.
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31. The business part of Calgary, 2010

4th. Toronto, Canada, 97.2 points

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32. Toronto – Canada’s largest city and provincial capital of Ontario, current name of the city received in 1834.
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33. Toronto – Canada’s most cosmopolitan city, about 49% of its residents are immigrants. View of the city from a helicopter, November 2010
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34. In Toronto, the longest street in the world – Young Street, registered in the Guinness Book of Records and has a length of 1896 km. It is the largest zoo in the world. The area of ​​the zoo is 283 hectares. Here, in conditions are close to the environment, natural habitats, contains about 5,000 different animals. The view from the heights on the other side of Toronto
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35. CN tower – the world’s tallest tower, built in 1976. Its height is with a spire 553 meters and 446 meters in height.
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36. It is difficult to find the point where it is not visible .
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37. Toronto Islands – a perfect place for recreation and picnics. local tourists love this place. View of town from the island
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38. The main attraction is the area of ​​Toronto, Niagara Falls. It is situated between Lake Ontario and Erie on the border with the United States, 140 km from Toronto.
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39.  Toronto

3rd place. Melbourne, Australia, 97.5 points

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40. Melbourne – the second largest city in Australia with a population of 3.8 million and the capital of Victoria. The city is considered one of the major commercial, industrial and cultural centers in Australia. It is also often referred to as sports and cultural capital of the country.
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42. Lovers of Victorian architecture is worth a walk down the street Suonston. It is the central street of the city
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43. Besides, who wants to see all at once in Melbourne, is up to the observation deck of the Tower Rialto. This is a skyscraper whose height is 253 meters.View from Rialto Tower
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44. One of the attractions – Victorian Arts Centre
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45. Yarra River, Melbourne
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2nd place. Vienna, Austria, 97.9 points

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47. Vienna – capital of Austria, situated in the eastern part of the country. The population of the suburbs of Vienna is about 2.3 million.
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48. This is one of the most charming cities in Europe, lying on the banks of the Danube.
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49. Vienna – a world-renowned center for music, thanks to a long line of famous artists who lived and worked in this city: Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn, Schubert.
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50. Here, there are palaces and majestic squares, picturesque streets and numerous parks. One of the most recognizable buildings in the city – City Hall
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51. Imperial Palace – winter residence of the Austrian Habsburgs and the main seat of the imperial court in Vienna. At the present time – the official residence of the President of Austria. Got 2600 halls and rooms.
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52. Located near the capital of the Vienna woods – a mountain massif in Austria. This is a wonderful natural recreation area, a forest area with their own towns and hotels, spas and hot springs.

1st place. Vancouver, Canada, 98.0 points

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53. So, we got to the 1st place. According to market research firm Economist Intelligence Unit, the best city on earth to live in Vancouver.
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54. Vancouver is located on the west coast of Canada, in the beautiful bay at the foot of the Pacific coastal ranges of North American Cordillera.
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55. It’s a third-largest city in Canada with a population of 2.433 million people and the largest settlement in British Columbia – Vancouver from a height of 500 meters
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56. Vancouver Night
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57. One of the most beautiful cities in the country surrounded by thick pine forests, snow-capped mountains and fords.
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58. Beacause of many rivers, city was laid 20 bridges, 3 of which are movable.
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59. This is one of the most beautiful cities in the world of ocean. There is a spacious  beaches, and lush parks, magnificent architecture and buildings. Tourists from around the world are attracted by comfortable hotels, many museums, shops, restaurants and sports facilities.
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60. Vancouver has a mild climate, being part of a unique ecosystem, so the summer is mild and not hot, and winters rarely snows.
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61. The famous Queen Elizabeth Park in Vancouver, which is located on the hill Little Mountain
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Sunday, 1 January 2012

BBC News - A science news preview of 2012, Jan 01, 2012

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"Will we get the final word on the Higgs boson? And what is Nasa's next mission to Mars likely to turn up?
The BBC News website science team signs the office crystal ball out of the equipment cupboard to tease out the stories likely to make headlines over the coming year."

BBC News - Europe leaders warn of difficult 2012, Jan 01, 2012

Chancellor Angela Merkel pictured after giving her New Year's address - 31 December 2011
"European leaders have warned of a difficult year ahead, as many economists predict recession in 2012.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Europe was experiencing its "most severe test in decades" but that Europe was growing closer in the debt crisis.
France's President Sarkozy said the crisis was not finished, while Italy's president called for more sacrifices.
Growth in Europe has stalled as the debt crisis has forced governments to slash spending."

FIJI LIVE Sports - Lecturer, former bosses offer Labasa help, Jan 01, 2012

"Two former presidents, a lecturer at the University of the South Pacific and the owner of a major bus operator in the North have come forward to help ‘save’ Labasa soccer from the doldrums.
Labasa’s successful president to date, Pradeep Chand Pratap, 1998 president Hari Prasad, USP lecturer Nilesh Chand and Parmod Chand of Parmod Bus Enterprises are among a handful who have come forward offering to be part of an interim committee to be named Thursday.
Under Pratap’s leadership in the late 90s, Labasa won all major tournament titles, a feat he believes could be repeated by the Babasiga Lions.
Others who have forwarded their names to help Labasa back on their feet include former Labasa manager and police officer Mahen Maharaj and Ronil Chand who is the manager of Waiqele buses."

Saturday, 31 December 2011

FIJI LIVE - Russell Brand files for divorce from Katy Perry Dec 31, 2011

"British comic Russell Brand has filed for divorce from US pop star Katy Perry, US media reports said Friday, just over a year after the pair were married in India.
Quoting court documents Brand filed in Los Angeles, TMZ said the British actor and comedian cited "irreconcilable differences" as a reason for divorce.
The couple, married on October 23 last year after a whirlwind romance, have no children but the court documents describe "community property assets," which allude to possible earnings and assets acquired during their marriage, said TMZ.
Brand, 36, confirmed the split in a statement released to media: "Sadly, Katy and I are ending our marriage. I'll always adore her and I know we'll remain friends."

FIJI LIVE Sports - RWC winning coach Graham Henry a knight Dec 31, 2011

"Leading the All Blacks to the Webb Ellis Cup for the first time in 24 years in October has earned Graham Henry one of New Zealand’s highest honours, being made a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit.
Sir Graham said they have been through thick and thin but the “lofty goals” he had set as a young man in 1970 carried him through.
He said the honour - which came four years after bitter defeat at the previous World Cup - had been earned collectively by the All Black players, staff, management and families.
"I will just have to carry that title for this group of people - though my mother is very pleased. She loves the Queen so she's very proud,” he told New Zealand Herald."

FIJI LIVE- Stars to perform on New Year's Eve Dec 31, 2011

"Pop diva Lady Gaga, tenor Placido Domingo and rock veterans Chuck Berry and Patti Smith will join a star-studded lineup to ring in the new year Saturday in New York.
As with every December 31, the main celebration will be held at Times Square in the heart of Manhattan, where more than a million people are expected to gather to watch the New Year's crystal ball drop at the stroke of midnight.
The party, first held in 1908, is one of the biggest in the world to ring in the new year.
Lady Gaga and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg will press the button that drops the giant glittering ball at one minute before midnight."

CNN News - 2011's most tweetable TV Dec 31, 2011

2011's most tweetable TV
"This was the year that TV and Twitter truly joined forces.
Hashtags could be seen during shows like "Glee," "Fringe" and "The Voice," and CBS, Fox and USA were among the networks where actors live-tweeted while episodes aired.
One doesn't just watch TV or DVR their favorite shows anymore. They interact about what they're viewing on social media (and encouraging live tweeting certainly doesn't hurt ratings).
Let's take a look at the shows and moments that set Twitter on fire this year:"

CNN News - 'The Weight of New Orleans': Katrina survivor drops 175 pounds Dec 31, 2011

Darrin Cook dropped 175 pounds, going from a size 56 to a size 36 size pant.
"(CNN) -- In New Orleans, food is a way of life -- it's as ingrained there as Spanish moss and Bourbon Street. Gumbo flows like the sweet sounds of jazz; po-boys are stuffed with fried shrimp from the bayous where the Acadian settlers chose to place their roots.
So it's understandable that while growing up in The Big Easy, Darrin Cook's childhood revolved around food.
Every meal had an appetizer, an entrée and dessert. The word "salad" wasn't in his family's vocabulary. They celebrated Saints games with barbecues and brownies."

SEATTLE Times - Chimp said to be Cheetah dies; a jungle myth? Dec 31, 2011

Tarzan, played by Johnny Weissmuller; Jane, played by Maureen O'Sullivan; and Cheetah are shown in a scene from the 1932 movie "Tarzan the Ape Man."
"LOS ANGELES — Cheetah was a scene-stealing sidekick — this much is true.
But news that he died in a Florida sanctuary Christmas Eve at the ripe old age of 80, after a career spent starring in "Tarzan" movies, is raising plenty of questions that would have Cheetah scratching his head and looking quizzically into the camera.
The Suncoast Primate Sanctuary Foundation in Palm Harbor announced that Cheetah The Chimp — "star of the Tarzan films" — had died of kidney failure. His reported age was jaw-dropping for a creature that normally lives to be about 40 in the wild, and 60 in captivity."

CNN News - Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt duet, Dec 31, 2011

"In a post accompanying the clip, Zooey explains that she's actually known Levitt, 30, for years.
"We first met in the summer of 2000 while doing a tiny movie called 'Manic'...and I have been lucky enough to call him one of my dearest friends ever since," Deschanel says of Levitt, who was also her "(500) Days of Summer" co-star. "I hope to do a thousand more movies with him because he’s simply the best."
But for now, they present to you their New Year's duet. Deschanel's Fox comedy "New Girl" returns on her birthday, January 17."

BBC News - Venezuela petrol tanker blaze kills 13 in Caracas, Dec 31, 2011

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"A petrol tanker has crashed in Venezuela, bursting into flames and engulfing seven cars and a bus in burning fuel.
At least 13 people were killed in the accident on a busy road in the capital Caracas, and another 16 were injured. police said.
Rescue workers pulled charred bodies from the scorched vehicles.
The tanker is reported to have flipped over after the driver lost control, spilling petrol that then caught fire.
Caracas fire department coordinator William Martinez said the crash sent a river of burning fuel down the Pan-American Highway west of Caracas, engulfing other vehicles."

CNN News - Gwyneth Paltrow's tips for your New Year's hangover, Dec 31, 2011

Gwyneth Paltrow's tips for your New Year's hangover
"Gwyneth Paltrow has posted a helpful New Year’s Eve-themed newsletter on her GOOP website.
The Oscar-winning actress and domestic diva has laid out multiple options for those who plan to enjoy adult beverages on Saturday night. Some suggestions are more practical than others. Let’s run through them:
Water, of course, is the first thing mentioned. Alcohol dehydrates, as we know. "It is thus essential to drink a lot of water while drinking and before you go to bed... it can prevent a hangover or at least lessen one,” says Dr. Frank Lipman."

CinemaBlend - Josh's Top 10 Movies Of 2011, Dec 31, 2011

"50/50 is incredibly accurate in its depiction of the difficulties of dealing with cancer. It captures every nuance, every feeling, every afternoon spent in a chemo room letting evil yet lifesaving chemicals leak into your body. It nails all those little details in a way no other movie has before, without actually being about any of those details. Instead it's about someone living with cancer, taking it on and coping in a way that lets him continue to lead a life. Whether or not his friends and family support him, no matter if he's not actually getting any better, somehow Joseph Gordon-Levitt's character keeps getting stronger. If you bought a ticket and went on this journey with him, you got stronger too. "

CNN News - Review: "The Iron Lady" is boring and sloppy, Dec 31, 2011

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"(CNN) -- Much like Clint Eastwood's "J. Edgar" before it, Phyllida Law's "The Iron Lady" (from a script by "Shame" writer Abi Morgan) fails partly due to its attempt at covering the entire life of a controversial figure by taking a rather dull, middle of the road position on their life and partly by whitewashing what that person did.
In this case, the subject is Margaret Thatcher, Great Britain's first (and to date, only) female Prime Minister and the first female head of state of any Western industrialized nation.
Her rise to power from grocer's daughter to the leader of one of the most powerful nations on Earth is almost fairytale-like. It is a story that likely caused any number of young women around the world to re-evaluate their positions in society. Unfortunately, "The Iron Lady" is not the rousing feminist call to action that it may seem."

CNN News - Thousands of protesters in Syria 'Crawl to Freedom Square', Dec 31, 2011

"Cairo (CNN) -- Large-scale anti-government protests and more violence unfolded across Syria Friday as tens of thousands of demonstrators converged on public squares to protest the al-Assad regime -- nationwide rallies dubbed "The Crawl to Freedom Square."
The protests coincide with reports of increased violence against demonstrators by President Bashar al-Assad's security forces, even as an Arab League fact-finding mission works to determine whether the Syrian government is abiding by a peace agreement to end a brutal crackdown on protesters."

NJ News - Trenton's homicide rate spikes after recent killings; five dead in one week, Dec 31, 2011

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"TRENTON — December has been the deadliest month in Trenton this year with six men felled by gunfire, five of them in the last eight days.
The murders have stoked the outrage of local leaders, who have renewed their commitment to improve public safety in a city that is unable to hire more police in the near future.
With two days left in the year, there have been 24 homicides reported in Trenton in 2011, a 50 percent increase from the year before, when there were 16."

USATODAY - Singer, actress Kaye Stevens dies in Florida, Dec 31, 2011

In this Jan. 6, 1967, file photo, Sammy Davis Jr. and Kaye Stevens perform on a TV show.
. (AP) – Singer and actress Kaye Stevens, who performed with the Rat Pack and was a frequent guest on Johnny Carson's "The Tonight Show," has died at a central Florida hospital. She was 79.
Close friend Gerry Schweitzer confirmed that Stevens died Wednesday at the Villages Hospital north of Orlando following a battle with breast cancer and blood clots.
Stevens, a longtime South Florida resident, performed with Rat Pack members including Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. and Joey Bishop. She also sang solo at venues like Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas and the Plaza Hotel's Persian Room in New York City."

DAWN - Sudan military helicopter crashes, six killed, Dec 31, 2011

"KHARTOUM: The Sudanese army says a military helicopter has crashed, killing all six crew on board, including two army officers.
The official Sudan news agency quoted an army statement as saying the helicopter crashed shortly after takeoff from al Obied, the North Kordofan capital.
The statement said the military helicopter developed a technical problem. The pilot tried to land at a field outside the airport but the helicopter crashed, killing the six on board, according to the Friday statement. Two were officers and the other four were technicians.
It said the helicopter was on an administrative mission."