Latest headlines from Express Including World Politics Business Entertainment Tcience Technology Sports Weird news http://express.kurdblogger.com/ en-us Kurdblogger Elizabeth H. Blackburn The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2009 Photo Gallery Portrait of Elizabeth Blackburn. Copyright © University of California, San Francisco 2009 Photo: Susan Merrell   Elizabeth Blackburn and husband, John Sedat, received an early wake up call the morning she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Copyright © University of California, San Francisco 2009 Photo: Elisabeth Fall/fallfoto.com   Elizabeth Blackburn greets colleagues and the media at a reception held in Genentech Hall at UCSF Mission Bay to celebrate her award of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Copyright © University of California, San Francisco 2009 Photo: Susan Merrell   Elizabeth Blackburn answers calls on Monday morning from the media after being awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Copyright © University of California, San Francisco 2009 Photo: Elisabeth Fall/fallfoto.com   Elizabeth Blackburn in her lab at the University of California, San Francisco. Copyright © University of California, San Francisco 2009 Photo: Elisabeth Fall/fallfoto.com   Elizabeth Blackburn with a student in her lab at the University of California, San Francisco. Copyright © University of California, San Francisco 2009 Photo: David Powers   Damaged telomeres have prevented this yeast cell from dividing. Instead, it has continuously replicated its DNA in preparation for division, resulting in numerous copies of DNA, as seen in the multiple bright spots of stained DNA. (Normal cells would display a single bright spot if their DNA were stained.) Copyright © University of California, San Francisco 2009 Photo: Blackburn Lab   This image dramatizes a pond microorganism cell with damaged telomeres trying, unsuccessfully, to divide. Telomeres are the last portion of chromosomes to divide. The lit up, elongated filaments shown in the cell are chromosomes that the cell is trying to pull apart. They cannot be separated because they are stuck together. Copyright © University of California, San Francisco 2009 Photo: Blackburn Lab   Carol W. Greider (left) and Elizabeth H. Blackburn (right). The photo was taken at the Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, in March 2009. Photo: Gerbil, licensed by Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 3.0 http://express.kurdblogger.com/82755/                                                                                                                                                     Nadine Dillyhttp://www.dilly-fotografie.dehttp://www.fotocommunity.de/pc/pc/mypics/449358 http://express.kurdblogger.com/79783/                   ---------------- 2photo.ru http://express.kurdblogger.com/65717/     Osama Bin Laden AP MastermindOsama bin Laden, seen here in 1988, is the leader of Al-Qaeda, a jihadist terrorist organization bent on ending western, especially American, influence on Muslim countries and the elimination of Israel. It seeks the creation of a new Islamic caliphate, a system of rule by Islamic law under a holy leader, across the Islamic world. "The terrorism we practice," he says, "is of the commendable kind for it is directed at the tyrants and the aggressors and the enemies of Allah ..." EPA / Corbis RootsBin Laden was born in 1957, reportedly the 17th of the 57 children of Mohammed bin Laden, the owner of the largest construction company in Saudi Arabia. He was raised under conservative Wahhabi tenets, and, while enrolled at King Abdel Aziz University in Jidda, developed a belief in pan-Islamicism, a philosophy that stresses a united, Islamic world. Corbis JihadIn the late 1970s, after Afghanistan was invaded by the Soviet Union, bin Laden traveled to the country to raise money for the Mujaheddin. Through his family connections he was able to deliver heavy equipment — used to build roads, tunnels and training camps — to the Mujahaddin. Exiled from his native country for criticizing the Saudi King — for allowing US troops to stay in the Kingdom — bin Laden remained in Afghanistan, where he created his own training camp and, with the help of his former college professor Abdullah Azzam, founded al-Qaeda, meaning "solid base", to offer religious training to the Mujaheddin.   Corbis StudyShortly after the embassy bombings bin Laden said, "If the instigation for jihad against the Jews and the Americans in order to liberate al-Aksa Mosque and the Holy Ka'aba is considered a crime, then let history be a witness that I am a criminal." Salah Malkawi / Getty In HidingSince the attacks of 9/11, it is believed that bin Laden and his deputy, Ayman Al-Zawahiri, have hidden in the mountains along the Afghanistan - Pakistan border. AFP / Getty FleetingPeriodically, bin Laden releases audio recordings. In his most recent taped message, released in March, 2009, bin Laden urged the overthrow of the government in Somalia. "He (President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed) must be dethroned and fought," bin Laden said. "These sorts of presidents are the surrogates of our enemies and their authority is null and void." -------------- time.com http://express.kurdblogger.com/65040/     Ivanka Marie Trump (born October 30, 1981 in New York City, New York) is an American businesswoman, socialite, heiress, and fashion model. She is the daughter of Ivana and Donald Trump, and is currently Vice President of Real Estate Development and Acquisitions at the Trump Organization. Before working for her father, she worked for Forest City Enterprises. Trump joined forces with Dynamic Diamond Corp., a diamond trading company sightholder, to design and introduce a line of jewelry at the brand's first flagship retail store called 'Ivanka Trump' on Madison Avenue.---------------------EducationTrump attended Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford, Connecticut, as well as Chapin in New York City. After graduation, she spent two years at Georgetown University, then transferred to and graduated from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania-- her father's alma mater-- with a bachelor of science in economics in 2004---------------------ModelingTrump's first cover was a 1997 issue of Seventeen. Since then, she has made her way down fashion runways for Versace, Marc Bouwer and Thierry Mugler. She has done ad campaigns for Tommy Hilfiger and Sassoon Jeans and was featured on the cover of Stuff in August 2006 and again in September 2007. She was also recently featured on the covers of Forbes, Golf Magazine, Avenue Magazine, Elle Mexico and in the October 2007 issue of Harper's Bazaar. She placed #83 in the 2007 Maxim Hot 100. She has also placed #99 in the Top 99 Women of 2007 and then #84 in the 2008 edition on AskMen.com.---------------------TV appearancesIn 1997, she hosted the Miss Teen USA Pageant, which is partially owned by her father.In 2003, she was featured in Born Rich, a documentary about the experience of growing up as a child in one of the world's most affluent families.During an April 2006 appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Trump said that she and former boyfriend Bingo Gubelmann had broken up, yet they remain good friends. Leno commented that he could hear her father's influence and inflections in her. David Letterman also made a similar comment when she appeared on Late Show with David Letterman on April 24, 2007.Trump was a featured guest-judge on Project Runway Season 3.She was also at a Milwaukee, Wisconsin, event in April 2007 called the Creating Wealth Summit in which she spoke for about 30 minutes about making money and her latest projects.She has been offered to appear on The Bachelorette, but she declined.---------------------The ApprenticeIn 2006, she filled in for Carolyn Kepcher on five episodes of her father's television program The Apprentice 5, first appearing to help judge the Gillette task in week 2. Like Kepcher, Trump visited the site of the tasks and spoke to the teams, asking them pointed questions. She also evaluated contestants in the boardroom, pointing out critical errors and rebutting excuses they offered for losing the tasks. Though initially unsympathetic to the contestants, Trump later said,    "Whenever I see their breakdowns, I understand. They go virtually 24 hours a day, and each task takes about three days. Unless they win, they don’t get a day off... It’s an incredible amount of work..."Ivanka now collaborates with season 5 winner Sean Yazbeck on his winner's project of choice, Trump Soho Hotel-Condominium. Trump replaced Carolyn Kepcher as a primary boardroom judge during the Apprentice 6 and The Celebrity Apprentice.---------------------Personal lifeTrump is in a relationship with Jared Kushner, owner of The New York Observer, and is converting to Judaism.---------------------trumponline.comivankatrumpcollection.com http://express.kurdblogger.com/64983/ Mukesh Ambani's new gameplan Mukesh Ambani's residence Antilia Mukesh Ambani on Development in Gujarat 1/3 Chitralekha Person of the Year 2007 Mukesh Ambani Speech Hrithik Roshan Promotes Mukesh Ambani IPL Team http://express.kurdblogger.com/63756/ Valerie Anne Bertinelli (born April 23, 1960) is an American actress, best known for her role as Bonnie Franklin's daughter, Barbara Cooper Royer, on the long-running television series One Day at a Time. ---------------------- Valerie Bertinelli Photos             Photo courtesy of People Magazine. in news Valerie Bertinelli, who has struggled with her weight, shows off her slender 48-year-old body in a green bikini on the cover of the latest People magazine. The former "One Day at a Time" actress lost a whopping 50 pounds. ------------------------- Filmography  Commercials     * J.C. Penney (at age 11)    * Jenny Craig  Television     * Apple's Way, 1974, guest appearance, CBS drama series    * The Hardy Boys'1978', 1978 – 1978, appeard in the Campus Terror episode    * One Day at a Time, 1975 – 1984, CBS situation comedy series    * The Secret of Charles Dickens, 1978, CBS hour-long special    * Young Love, First Love, 1979, CBS television movie    * The Promise of Love, 1980, CBS television movie    * The Princess and the Cabbie, 1981, CBS television movie    * The Seduction of Gina, 1984, CBS television movie    * Shattered Vows, 1984, NBC movie-of-the-week    * Faerie Tale Theatre: Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp    * Number One with a Bullet, 1987, USA television movie    * I'll Take Manhattan, 1987, miniseries    * Pancho Barnes, 1988, CBS    * Taken Away, 1989, USA television movie    * Sydney, 1990, short-lived television series    * In a Child's Name, 1991    * What She Doesn't Know, 1992, USA television movie    * Murder of Innocence, 1993, USA television movie    * Café Americain, 1993, NBC short-lived television series    * Murder of Innocence, 1993 television movie    * The Haunting of Helen Walker, 1995, USA television movie    * A Case for Life, 1996, ABC    * Two Mothers for Zachary, 1996, ABC    * Night Sins, 1997, CBS miniseries    * Personally Yours, 2000, USA television movie    * Touched by an Angel, 2001 – 2003, CBS (as Gloria)    * Crazy Love, 2003, television movie    * Finding John Christmas, 2003, USA television movie    * The Rachael Ray Show, 2006, Syndicated, daytime correspondent    * Claire, 2007, a Hallmark Channel television movie    * True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet, 2008, television movie    * Boston Legal, 2008, ABC, Episode 7 - Mad Cows    * The Doctors, 2009, Syndicated, special guest (February 6, 2009 episode)  Films     * C.H.O.M.P.S., 1979, Hanna-Barbera family comedy    * Ordinary Heroes, 1986    * Number One with a Bullet, 1987    * Saved!, 2004  Production companies     * Tuxedo Limited    * Bertinelli, Inc. -------------imdb.com/name/nm0000933/allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=2:5908 http://express.kurdblogger.com/63706/ Birth name Iliza Vie ShlesingerBorn February 22, 1983 (1983-02-22) (age 26)                Dallas, Texas, USMedium Stand-up, televisionNationality AmericanNotable works Last Comic Standing 6 WinnerWebsite ilizashlesinger.com Iliza Vie Shlesinger (born February 22, 1983) is an American Jewish comedienne from Dallas, Texas, where she attended Greenhill School and participated on the school's Improv Team. She is a graduate of Emerson College. She is the first female to win Last Comic Standing. She was twice selected by other comedians to compete in the head-to-head eliminations and won both times. She is host of The Weakly News on TheStream.tv Shlesinger became the first female and the also youngest winner of NBC's Last Comic Standing in the series' sixth season. She is currently appearing in The Last Comic Standing Tour. Shlesinger performed with ComedySportz Dallas. She attended the University of Kansas for her freshman year. She then transferred to Emerson College in Boston and majored in Film. There she was the only female member of the campus favorite comedy sketch group, Jimmy’s Traveling All Stars and refined her writing and editing skills. After graduating college, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue stand-up. In 2007, Shlesinger won Myspace’s So You Think You're Funny contest and has been featured as the G4 Network’s Myspace Girl of the Week. Her television credits include E! Network's Forbes Celebrity 100, TV Guide’s America’s Next Top Producer, Byron Allen’s Comics Unleashed, and History Channel’s History of a Joke. She has written for Heavy.com], had her own show on GOTV’s mobile network and currently hosts The Weakly News with Iliza on TheStreamTV. Her stand-up comedy résumé includes performing in various cities in Asia for Armed Forces Entertainment, The Las Vegas House of Blues, The Comedy Store, and The Improv. In 2008, Shlesinger was selected to perform at the Montreal Comedy Festival – Just For Laughs in the coveted New Faces showcase Just for Laughs. Since winning LCS, she has appeared on E!’s “The Soup” taped an appearance for “Chelsea Lately,” and hosted the Playboy TV program "Gadget Or the Girl," a soft core reality dating game show. She currentely resides in Los Angeles. ---------------------- Last Comic Standing Shlesinger was auditioned in San Francisco by judges Joshua Gomez and French Stewart. She later won the audition and went on to the Semi-Finals. After getting through that part of the competition, she progressed to the finals with comedians Marcus, Jeff Dye, Jim Tavare, Louis Ramey, Sean Cullen, Adam Hunter, Ron G., Papa CJ, Paul Foot, Esther Ku, and God's Pottery. During the first elimination, Shlesinger, God's Pottery, and Esther Ku were chosen for the head-to-head competition. She won that competition and went on. In the second elimination, Paul Foot and Papa CJ were chosen for the head-to-head competition. Then they both chose Shlesinger to be the third person in the competition. After she won, she went on to the third head-to-head, which had a twist. All the comedians remaining would perform and America had to decide who progresses. After surviving that level, the final eight were announced and America had to decide who would be the Last Comic Standing. During the final show, the competition was narrowed down to Shlesinger and Marcus, at which point Iliza said that "It feels amazing just to be here and to be able to share my jokes with the world. It's not so much about being a girl, it's about being a funny comic." , Later she was announced Last Comic Standing ---------------------- Controversial comments Schlesinger expressed her dislike of the comedian Mo'nique in a blog on her Official website dated July 31, 2006. This dislike stems primarily from Mo'nique's obesity and her efforts at promoting "fat acceptance" through the film Phat Girlz and the UPN television program Mo'Nique's Fat Chance. Schlesinger summed up her opinion of MoNiques Fat Chance by saying: "Being big is one thing, but being fat because you can’t stop shoving food in your face is totally another and, honestly, shouldn’t be rewarded." "Fact is, most of them weren’t even pretty, they were just fat..." "It was painful watching her (Mo'nique) as she struggled to enunciate her words over, her fat throat-sounded like it was closing up on her every few seconds. I wanted to hit her, or, in the words of Mike Jones("Ring her fat goose neck till her eyeballs popped out.") --------------------- .wikipedia.org ilizashlesinger.com http://express.kurdblogger.com/63701/   Mar 24 2009 The peace conference linked to the World Cup in South Africa has been postponed because of the refusal of local authorities to grant a visa to the Dalai Lama, announced Tuesday the organizing committee this conference. "(...) The organizers have decided, in the interest of peace, to postpone the conference on peace in South Africa to ensure that it takes place under good conditions," said chairman Irvin Khoza , one of the leaders of the World-2010. "The South African government has persuaded the Dalai Lama to postpone his visit to South Africa," he added during a press conference in Johannesburg. The South African authorities said Monday after refusing, on behalf of the national interest to grant a visa to the Tibetan spiritual leader who would take part Friday in a conference in Johannesburg on football in the fight against racism and xenophobia. The Nobel Committee for Peace and two winners of South Africa, Desmond Tutu and Frederik de Klerk, immediately announced that they had boycotted the meeting. The spokesman for the South African presidency, Thabo Masebe, reiterated Tuesday the position of Pretoria. "We have taken our decision. We stand, nothing will change," he told the press. "It is not forbidden to travel. We just did not invited," said Masebe. China has said later of his satisfaction that countries do not the spiritual leader of Tibetans, which Beijing accuses of independence conducted. The grand son of Nelson Mandela criticized Tuesday the position of South African authorities. "I do not think, as an independent nation, that we must succumb to international pressure," said Mandla Mandela, also an organizer of this conference. "For me, considering the role my grandfather played towards democracy with these colleagues, this government's refusal to issue a visa to the Dalai Lama really undermines our efforts to promote democracy. It is a sad day South Africa is a sad day for Africa, "he regretted. -------- JOHANNESBURG (AFP) http://express.kurdblogger.com/63615/ Lothar Slabon / AFP / Getty Kaboom!An undersea volcano erupts off the coast of Tonga, sending plumes of smoke and steam into the air. Harvie Allison / EPA JettisonedA member of the Queensland Rep crew is propelled from their boat during the Surf Life Saving Championships in Perth, Australia. Reuters SuspendedPolice fly through the air during a training session at a military base in Yinchuan, China. Dmitry Astakhov / RIA Novosti / Kremlin Pool / EPA Head HonchoRussian President Dmitry Medvedev pauses during an interview with Russian TV Channel One in Moscow's Kremlin. Michael Urban / AFP / Getty Eye to EyeTwo bulls go head to head during an auction at a cattle market in Germany. News International / Zuma Wacko?Michael Jackson stands before the crowd which has gathered to hear his announcement describing ten shows he plans to perform at London's O2 Arena this summer. The shows would be the first major live performances by Jackson in 12 years. Steffen Schmidt / EPA On Your MarksAround 11,000 skiers participate in the annual Engadine Ski Marathon in Switzerland. Imre Foeldi / EPA Disappearing ActBilyana Prodanova of Bulgaria performs the ball exercise in the final of the individual competition of the 1st Hungarian Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup tournament Budapest, Hungary. Pictures of the Week: Monday, Mar. 09, 2009 Next Back Bullit Marquez / AP AftermathResidents sift through the debris of their homes a few hours after a fire razed their neighborhood in Manila, Philippines. Peter Macdiarmid / Getty DetailsBritish Prime Minister Gordon Brown has his hair checked as he arrives at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. John Nievaart / EPA BeachedNearly 200 whales and several dolphins stranded themselves on a beach on Tasmania's King Island in Australia. ---------------- © 2009 Time Inc http://express.kurdblogger.com/63608/