Looking back in time it is difficult to imagine the times when I sported a mop top and successfully braved a frenzied mob at one of Colombo's cinemas to watch 'A Hard Day's Night' and 'Help'.
Reading this story of the seeming immortality of Beatlemania in today's 7 DAYS, I could not help but hark back to Paul McCartney's recent dedication to his late wife Linda and remember my favourite song, Eight Days a Week. To John, Paul, George and Ringo!
Latest reports from London show more gloom is in store for Britishers as the Chancellor of the Exchequer, readies his red box to reveal tough measures to face what the IMF is expected to say are going to be even tougher times for the Queen's subjects ensuring more entertainment for customers of one restaurant in London.
The G20 Summit in London earlier this month was closely followed by huge audience around the world. There was hardly any doubt about the reason for the keen interest: Would the leaders of the top twenty economies in the world come up with answers to the unprecedented global economic crisis?
A programme aired by CNN looks at how the media geared themselves and covered the huge event.
International Correspondents hosted by CNN London Anchor Fionnuala Sweeney
Wannabe British singer Susan Boyle is hardly wannabe. She certainly can sing! And with a little help from our wired world and YouTube, she's an instant celebrity.
Her performance though, underscores the point that if you're good at what you do and believe in yourself, all you need is courage. Awesome!
GuardianUK: Susan Boyle's Britain's Got Talent performance a hit for ITV website
Gone are the days when economic pundits lectured to us in language you and I didn't understand about fiscal policies and macroeconomic pressures. There was nothing we could do about it. We had to accept whatever they said, and hope that it was right. Those days are gone though.
Nowadays they are more serious about finding out whether anyone has got his knickers in a twist. The funny thing is, they're trying to prove the former Fed Chairman was right.
Sri Lanka Cricket today publicly showered its gratitude to Mehar Mohammad Khalil, the driver of the bus whose timely action saved the Sri Lanka Cricket Team and averted a catastrophe in Lahore last month. A veteran driver whose services had been used to drive important guests around Pakistan, Khalil had the ultimate test of his nerves and his character when gunmen opened fire on the bus driven by him ferrying the Sri Lanka Cricket team to the Gadaffi Stadium in Lahore, on March 3rd.
Kahlil's heroic actions have brought a shower of goodwill to Pakistan which has been viewed worldwide as a country sliding away from stability and the rule of law. His actions have also ignited a feeling of revulsion among a large cross section of Pakistan's population which has hailed him as a hero and disassociated itself from the actions of extremists and terrorists.
I tip my hat to the hero. Well done, Mehar Mohammad Khalil!
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