14 innocents died a premature death after an explosion took place at Marrakesh on Thursday. The explosion was tagged as a “terrorist attack” by Morocco and France.  As per the police report, some French nationalists and government officials were amongst the casualties. The explosion caused the police department of Morocco and the intelligence to go on high alert.
The explosion took place on the terrace of Argana café located in the Jamaa el-Fna square, a popular place in Morocco and also a cultural heritage site that draws thousands of tourists across …

Europa League 2011 final may turn out to be an all-Portuguese event as both Porto and Benfica managed a victory over their semi-final opponents on Thursday. Porto was facing Villarreal and managed a convincing 5-1 victory with four goals scored by their striking sensation of the year Radamel Falcao. Benfica, on the other hand, grabbed a 2-1 victory over Braga.
Falcao is going through a dream tournament this year with 15 goals scored so far which includes the four scored on Thursday. Freddy Guarin scored the other one. Though Porto will …

The “American Idol” of this season experienced a major heartbreak after Casey Abrams, the 20 year old sensation, was eliminated on Thursday by public vote.  Abrams was under the threat of being eliminated earlier as well; but during that time the judges used their power of “once-per-season” to save him. But Abrams failed to make it to the final and was voted out on the Carole King week of the show.
Abrams is an unconventional and versatile talent; he can play guitar, piano and upright bass. The host Ryan Seacrest hinted …

Barcelona has taken the perfect revenge of the club’s Kings Cup defeat against arch rival Real Madrid. The Spanish La Liga champion defeated Real Madrid 2-0 at the Santiago Bernabeu on the first leg of the UEFA Champions League semifinal. With this victory, Barcelona has definitely taken a step forward to play the final at Wembley; however, the second leg match is yet to be contested.
After the match, Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho looked furious as he alleged the referee to take favor of Barcelona. He said that Pepe being …

“Dragon Lady” is no more! Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu, the first unofficial first lady of South Vietnam has breathed her last at an age of 86 on the Easter Sunday, as confirmed by a Rome funeral home. At the funeral home, Madame Ngo was registered as Tran Le Xuan, which was her original name in Vietnam and it means “Beautiful Spring.”
Madame Nhu’s husband was the secret police head of Vietnam whereas her bachelor brother Ngo Dinh Diem served as the president of South Vietnam from 1955 to 1963. Madame Nhu …

The latest performance round of Indian Idol 2011 was full of surprises and wonderful songs. All of the 6 finalists received more or less accolades from the 3 judges and the viewers thoroughly enjoyed the performances as well.
Last week, Scotty McCreery was criticized by the judges for playing safe, but this week, his version of “You’ve Got a Friend” won the hearts of all the 3 judges. The 17 year old singer from Garner, N.C. was however overshadowed by James Durbin, who sang “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow.” Randy …

The condition in Syria is far from getting improved as the Syrian army sent in more reinforcements and tanks to combat the protestors across the country. Apart from Daraa, where the unrest initially began, the protests have started in other key cities as well and hence the overall situation has gotten worse. The protests started around 5 weeks ago with initial demand of certain reforms to be made in the system which eventually turned into a demand of President Bashar Assad’s resignation.
Government has so far shown no sign of giving …

After the official website crashed for about an hour, the International Olympic Committee decided to extend the previously announced deadline by an hour and hence the interested fans were able to apply for a ticket until 23:59 GMT on Tuesday. The window was open for six consecutive weeks but just before an hour of the official deadline, the site froze due to heavy load on its servers as the demand for tickets reached sky-high.
Incidentally, Olympic 2012 is scheduled to be held in London and the event will start from 27th …

The latest eliminated contestant from Dancing with the Stars is the wrestling star Chris Jericho. On Monday’s performance episode, Jericho, along with his professional dance partner Cheryl Burke, finished at the bottom position after scoring 22 points of a possible 30 points. Audience votes were added with judges’ scores and Jericho scored the lowest in the cumulative result too.
After the elimination was announced, Jericho took it pretty sportingly and acknowledged that his dance on this Monday was not the best and as giving the best is most important in such …

“Rio”, the story of a bird who cannot fly seems to have been taken very well by audiences worldwide, particularly US. Though the worldwide collections have also been good, the movie is doing extremely good business in US. For the second week in a row, the movie has hit the number 1 spot of the highest earning movie of the weekend. On its 2nd weekend, “Rio” has collected $26.3 million edging past the new release “Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Big Happy Family.”
“Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Big Happy Family” has opened to good …