david beckham

David beckham

David Beckham is a footballer playing for the home galaxyteam THE WHO. He scored 17 goals in his 110 appearances for the national team at home. He is the only player to score in Bahasa three consecutive World Cups. A Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF since 2005, has appeared 100 times on the list for the year 2008.

He was born to David Edward Alan "Ted" Beckham and Sandra Georgina West, May 2, 1975 in London, England. The whole family was a big fan of Beckham Manchester United. At the age of 11 years, David has had the opportunity mascot changed from Manchester United in 1986. He attended the Bobby Charlton Soccer School in Manchester, he won a talent competition Nowhere hunting and had a chance to take part in the training session at FC Barcelona. After attending school in Tottenham Hotspur for excellence, has joined the team at the junior level.

David Beckham has been a part of the group, affectionately known as 'Fergie birds', a group of young players, Sir Alex Ferguson Brought to Manchester in 1990, consists of players like Nicky Butt and Gary Neville. It 'been a member of the Manchester United team, which won the FA Youth Cup in 1992. He made his UEFA Cup debut against Galatasaray in December 1994. On his return to Manchester after spending a brief spell with Preston North End, made his Premier League debut against Leeds United on April 2, 1995. Beckham played a crucial role in the Manchester Premier League and FA Cup double in 1995-96 season. The following season, was voted Player Professional Association 'Young Player of the Year.

In 1998-99 season, Manchester United made an rare to win the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League the same year. By this time, Beckham was changed from an important part of football. His last minute free kick goal in World Cup qualifiers, England secured a place in the 2002 World Cup. In 2000 he was appointed captain of the national team and the following year, he was named BBC Sports Personality of the Year. A left foot injury in 2002 almost caused the loss of the uterus World Cup, but a timely recovery has been insured up to the expectations of citizens. But England's World Cup campaign that year came to suffer a setback after a defeat against Brazil, who went on to win the tournament.

Between the period of 1993-2003, Beckham played 265 league games for Manchester United and scored 62 goals. An alleged rift with manager Sir Alex Ferguson, Manchester United on leave uterus. He signed a four-year contract with Spanish soccer club, Real Madrid in July 2003. In his four-year stint with Real Madrid, he scored 13 goals in 116 appearances. He also won 41 yellow cards and 4 red cards, has been with Real Pls. Later that year, he received the 'Order of the British Empire' for his services to football by Queen. The year 2004 saw Beckham is wrapped in a dispute, Pls had claimed to have an affair with his former assistant, Rebecca Loos.

After a disappointing performance in the World Cup with the hosts in 2006, Beckham resigned as England captain. In August 2006, has been completely abandoned by the home team by the new national coach Steve McClaren. In January 2007, the family of David Beckham moved to Los Angeles. He was offered a five-year contract with the Los Angeles Galaxy. He made 30 appearances for the club, in which he scored five goals before being sent to Milan on loan in January 2009. He made 12 appearances for Milan in Serie A since January 11, 2009 and scored two goals for the team.

In March 1997, Beckham met Victoria Beckham, better known as Posh Spice, Spice Girls fame. They fell in love and dating each other soon. They gave birth to their first child in April 1999. In July, the same year, he married Victoria Beckham shops in a big wedding ceremony that instead Luttrellstown Castle near Dublin, Ireland. An estimated amount of $ 800,000 was spent for the ceremony. Their second son, Romeo Beckham, born on 1 September 2002, the third son, Cruz, was born February 20, 2005.

David Beckham has done for the 15th place in the Forbes list of 100 celebrities, while a BBC poll in 2004 listed as the uterus "91st Worst Britons". He has had his share of good as well as bad days, but it is a well known fact that he has established himself as a legend.

Issue Guide: Japan's Triple Crisis

Issue Guide: Japan's Triple Crisis

From : http://www.cfr.org

On March 11, the largest earthquake on record struck Japan and generated a thirty-foot tsunami that inundated the country's northeast coast. The death toll is estimated at over ten thousand and thousands more are missing, and the country is grappling with power shortages, search and rescue efforts, and the need to provide shelter and other services for victims. The disaster also caused a set of catastrophic events at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Thousands of people have been evacuated in the area surrounding the plant; some are already suffering from radiation exposure. And officials have yet to bring the nuclear situation under control. The triple-fold crisis has ignited debate over the prospects for the Japanese economy and has significant implications for the future of nuclear power in Japan and around the world.

Report: Libya agrees to free NY Times journalists

Report: Libya agrees to free NY Times journalists

From : http://articles.sfgate.com

Forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi have said they will release four New York Times journalists who were captured during fighting in the eastern part of the country, the newspaper said Friday.

The four planned to drive to the Egyptian border and fly out of Egypt, said Buddy Shadid, the father of Times reporter Anthony Shadid.

"They were wanting to keep it quiet yesterday because of the delicate negotiations," Buddy Shadid told The Associated Press. "Apparently the United Nations and Turkey and some other nations all put pressure on the Libyan government to release them."

Buddy Shadid said he had spoken to his daughter-in-law, Nada Bakri, who said the four journalists were treated well and had plenty of food and water.The journalists are reporter Anthony Shadid; photographers Tyler Hicks and Lynsey Addario; and a reporter and videographer, Stephen Farrell. In 2009, Farrell was captured by the Taliban in Afghanistan and was rescued by British commandos.

Gadhafi's son, Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, told ABC News reporter Christiane Amanpour during an interview that the journalists were in Libyan custody, and on Thursday evening Libyan government officials told the U.S. State Department that all four would be released, the Times said in an article on its website. A Times spokeswoman declined to comment.

The journalists had last been in contact with editors on Tuesday from the northern port city of Ajdabiya where they were covering the retreat of rebels.

Hicks' father, Portis Hicks, said his son called him briefly Thursday while still in Libyan custody. Tyler Hicks said he was in good health was being treated well.

"We are relieved and very gratified that the Libyan government has agreed to release them," Hicks said.

Buddy Shadid said the ordeal had left family members emotionally drained.

"I didn't know if he was in a car that got blown up or something like that, and they couldn't identify the bodies. My imagination ran wild," he said.

Shadid had worked previously for The Associated Press, Washington Post and Boston Globe. He won the Pulitzer Prize for international reporting in 2004 and 2010 for his coverage of Iraq.

Hicks, a former photographer for The Wilmington Star-News in North Carolina and the Troy Daily News in Ohio, was named Newspaper Photographer of the Year in 2007 by Pictures of the Year International and won an Infinity award from the International Center of Photography in 2001.

Portis Hicks said his son had once been detained for a few days by the Russian army during an assignment in Chechnya.

Addario also has worked for National Geographic and Time magazine and was part of The New York Times team that won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for international reporting. She won a MacArthur Fellowship, known as the Genius Grant, in 2009.