Montevideo carnival

The Carnaval en Montevideo or the Montevideo carnival began yesterday amidst much fan fare and it attracted lot of visitors from around the world..Montevideo karneval runs for the entire month of february and Carnival Week is considered the annual national festival of the nation..Carnival queens are also selected during this time. The nation of Uruguay will be in a festive mood..The carnival tickets are being sold online too in the official site and carnival dates can also be found.You can even find some carnival videos online..Here are some awesome pictures for you from the carnaval..

Tai Shan panda

Tai Shan the Panda that was born in National Zoo will be taken back to China from the zoo in Washington..Many visitors came to the zoo to bid adieu to the panda..The Panda was given a bidding farewell and it was seen eating the farewell cake..The panda was much favoured by the visitors and they braved the snow to say farewell to it..Here are some pictures of the Panda..

Chocolate Wonderland in Beijing

The Chocolate Wonderland the most expected and anticipated event opened today for the public display in Olympic Green..It will have artifacts made from 80,000 kilograms of chocolate..The 20,000-square-meter chocolate wonderland consists of five indoor halls, including the World's Chocolate Hall, World's Candy Hall, Wonderland Theme Hall, Sweet Experience Hall and Sweet Gift Hall, and outdoor activity areas Sweet Stage and Sweet Shopping Street..It also has some famous sculptures of the terracotta warriors, Great Wall of China and even chocolate waterfalls.

Apple unveils iPad

Apple has unveiled its latest product the tablet computer "iPad" and it has been long-anticipated..The iPad is half-inch thick and weighs 1.5 pounds includes 12 new apps designed especially for it..It costs something around $500 to $830..It provides better browsing facilities, playing games and many more..And he also introduced iBooks for ebooks to be purchased online..

Chemical Ali executed

Chemical Ali the aide of Saddam Hussien and his cousin was sentenced to death for this attacks on the kurds and mass killing during his regime..They have killed around thousands of ethnic Iraqi Kurds during the Anfal campaign and gassed them to death..Chemical Ali known as Ali Hassan al-Majeed was executed yesterday and the Iraqi state channel flashed pictures of him being hanged and executed..

Brazil carnival 2010

Brazil is known for its carnival and the most famous being the Rio Carnival which is going to be held from 13th February to 16th February..The events of this carnival are Samba dance, Street Parties, Samba Parade and much more..The carnival parade will take place in Sambodromo the big place..Carnival Balls, carnival tours are the special events to be held and there is much more in Rio..Samba Schools are there for you to learn and you can hear samba songs also.Brazil is well known for the samba dance...Here are some pictures from the carnival..There are a lot of carnaval videos also..

Help Haiti

Haiti has been hit by the worst earthquake ever and the loss of life and property has been very high..The magnitude 7.0 quake the most powerful to hit Haiti in a century was centered around southwest of Port-au-Prince..The place is full of dead bodies and people running around for food and shelter..Many nations have sent forces, food, clothes and money for helping haiti people..China has sent people to help the rescue forces and the UN has pledged a massive amount for reconstructing the country..Everyone is asked to come forward and help them..hope for haiti benefit by George clooney is also donating money for this cause..