| Spice Girl status: All you need to know - from Baby to Posh
Children: One, a boy named Beau Lee Bunton, born Aug. 10 this year.
Known for: Her babydoll dresses and pigtails, which gave the act the true Lolita-esque hook that a grownup group - whose name has the word "Girls" in it -requires.
Solo-career assessment: Fair.
The position she would play on a North American football team (because we live on a continent where football is football, and not soccer): Wide receiver. Can make big plays when number is called.
What accent besides British would best suit her: Valley Girl.
Biggest 'scandal': She slept with Justin Timberlake in 2003.
Random Spice Girls fact: The band has sold more than 55 million albums, with 10 No. 1 singles.
Random Emma Bunton fact: Bunton joined Touch (the group's original name) in 1994 after the original fifth member, Michelle Stephenson, left the group.
The rise of British Girl Power
Despite Britain arguably producing some of the world's best bands, including The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Oasis, outstanding female artists have never really been the nation's forte. Until now. There's a new wave of female talent coming through and these girls are really something to shout about. Leading the way is Amy Winehouse. Although the 24-year-old released her critically-acclaimed debut album 'Frank' in 2003, it was 2006's 'Back to Black' which shot her to global superstardom. For the LP, she teamed up with producer of the moment, Mark Ronson, and her singles, including 'Rehab', 'You Know I'm No Good' and 'Tears Dry On Their Own', were heard on airwaves worldwide. Amy had finally arrived but admitted it was working with Ronson that finally enabled her to fulfil her potential.
Greece: Women protest in monk sanctuary
THESSALONIKI, Greece—A group of female protesters locked in a land dispute with the Greek Orthodox Church defied a 1,000-year-old ban and entered the all-male Mount Athos monastic sanctuary in northern Greece, a police official said Wednesday. A police spokesman said on customary condition of anonymity that the small group of nearby villagers, including at least six women, climbed over a fence Tuesday and briefly entered the self-governing peninsula, where women are strictly forbidden. Parliament member Litsa Amanatidou Paschalidou was among the women who entered the sanctuary. She called it a "purely symbolic act," which was meant to send a message to the church to "pursue policies which serve the public and not its financial interest." The protesters, who say the monks are making illegal claims on their property, broke away from a rally of more than 400 people and evaded a police cordon, entering Athos grounds.
CHILE: Despite Decline in Fertility, No Drop in Teen Pregnancies
Forced to leave school after becoming pregnant at the age of 16, she now works six days a week as a cleaner in a supermarket, earning 130 dollars a month. She turns her entire salary over to her parents, with whom she lives in a poor neighbourhood in southern Santiago.
"My son Jonathon is three years old, and my mother takes care of him while I work, Monday to Saturday. I was in high school when I got pregnant, but I had to quit school and go to work, because the baby's father is the same age as me and he was going to school too, and his family didn't want me to go and live with them," she told IPS.
Like Inostroza, the vast majority of teenage mothers in Chile are poor, unmarried and live with their parents or their partners' parents, according to a study published this month in the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Review.
Weekend planner
A dinner of venison and other wild game, plus swamp cabbage cooked on site with an open bar, are part of the attraction. But then there's the auction and door prizes that include fishing and hunting gear. Money raised goes to local charities, including Rotary's Camp Florida, the Emergency Care Help Organization and the Brandon Outreach Clinic. Don't forget to bring your stories about the "one that got away." Tickets are $70 at (813) 315-6533 for more information or reservations. he young art lovers that make up Les Fauves, supporters of the Gulf Coast Museum of Art, 12211 Walsingham Road in Largo, will get a look at the new Liquid Metal exhibition but also get a chance to create their metal artwork Friday from 7 to 10 p.m. There also will be furniture and jewelry for sale, cocktails, nibbles and music by The Human Condition.
TOP WORLD NEWS PHOTOS
All of the exhumed bodies are believed to be those of Muslims from Srebrenica killed in July 1995 during the fall of the city. The remains will be identified by DNA. The exhumation of the mass grave began last month and is one of nine so-called secondary mass graves found in Kamenica, where Bosnian Serbs brought bodies from other sites to cover up the crime. Nov. 16: A blindfolded detainee is helped out of a vehicle at an Iraqi army compound in Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, Iraq. The suspect was detained in a joint U.S. and Iraqi army operation on the western outskirts of Baqouba. Nov. 16: A Palestinian demonstrator in a wheelchair flees from tear gas fired by Israeli troops , not seen, during a demonstration against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Bilin, near Ramallah.
Quick Tips: Small Biz Tax Prep
Maintaining a business diary or calendar is good back-up, too. For instance, if you take a client out to dinner, include details of the evening on the receipt and in your diary or computerized expense report. Take notes on your income as well, suggests Daily. In an audit, the more you can verify your business's transactions the better. Tallying expenses can be complicated if you work from home or travel frequently. Those who qualify for a home-office deduction can write off a portion of utility, rent and other payments; road warriors can deduct a portion of their food and travel costs, plus vehicle costs. Check out this story on writing off mileage. For more on business travel click . And to read up on home-office deductions click here. Gather Your Records Before visiting the tax preparer's office, business owners who opt for a computerized system can simply print out business records for the year.
British teacher sentenced to 15 days in Sudan jail
The 54-year-old former Liverpool primary school teacher had faced a maximum penalty of 40 lashes and a six-month jail sentence. Tonight David Miliband, the Foreign Secretary, said he was "extremely disappointed" with the sentence and summoned Omer Siddig, the Sudanese ambassador to London, to the Foreign and Commnwealth Office (FCO) to make Britain's position clear. .
Brandon Webb, Mark Buehrle strong as White Sox beat Diamondbacks 7-5
Despite battling a respiratory ailment, Arizona's Webb gave up one hit and struck out two in two shutuout innings and the Chicago White Sox defeated the Diamondbacks 7-5 on Friday afternoon. "His offspeed stuff seems to just get better and better," Arizona manager Bob Melvin said. Buehrle also threw two scoreless innings, allowing a hit and a walk and striking out two. Pitching on an 82-degree afternoon in the desert, Webb retired the side in order in the first, striking out Orlando Cabrera. In the second, Webb gave up a leadoff single to Jermaine Dye, who was doubled off first on A.J. Pierzynski's liner to second baseman Orlando Hudson. .
|
