Michael Jackson the KING OF POP music has passed away at the age of 50 on Thursday 25, 2009 and left behind 3 children ages 7, 11 and 12.  He was the BEST artist in the world who litter lie   changed the pop world and open so many doors for others.  His music touched the lives of so many world-wide and we are all filling the pain on his death.  His music was listened from many from one point of the world to the other and was loved by so many people.  I grew up listening to his music and just loved his music from ABC to Thriller to dirty Diana!!!!  He was one of the best selling artists in the world who had sold out concerts every time and made people cry when they saw him.  He was ranked right along side with Elvis Presley and the Beatles as those 3 were HUGE in the music world.  Michael started the whole moon-light dance move along with many others dance moves he created.  Everyone is paying tribute to the pop-king

He started singing at the age of 5 years old and with his brothers became the Jackson 5 with songs like ABC, I’ll be there, Rocken Robin, never say goodbye and much much more.

He died at UCLA Medical Center when doctors tried to revive him for about an hour with no luck in bring him back.  Jermaine Jackson believes his brother died of cardiac arrest for an abnormal heart rhythm that stops the heart from pumping blood to the body and can cause a heart attack or other heart problems.  On Friday 26,2009 L.A. County Coroner Investigator Jerry McKibben to performing an autopsy on the pop star to see what the exact cause of his death was.  Sources are saying that several hours prior to his death his doctor had given him an injection of some pain killers and then had died in his home.  Right now the police can’t find him his doctors to ask questions about his death and what had been given to him.  The results can take up to 6 to 8 weeks for the toxicology test to come back.¦lt;br /> Watching all the head lines coming across his the Jackson’s former family attorney “Brain Oxman”

has come forth to state that he had warned the family about Michaels health in all the prescription drugs he been taking for dance related injuries and that he was really concerned about what he has been doing to himself lately.  On Friday on NBC Brain stated “I said one day, we’re going to have this experience.  And when Anna passed away, I said we cannot have this kind of thing with Michael and the result is “I warned everyone, and lo and behold, here we are.  I don’t know what caused his death but I feared this day and now here we are.”

Everyone had ignored his warning signs of needing help.  Prescription drugs seem to be coming up a lot in conversation and some are saying that this could be another Ana Nichole Smith situation with prescription drugs.   They would find him at times in a fetal position not doing anything and his staff would say he would hardly eat.  At times he would only eat one time a day and sometimes he would go days without eating!  Doctors are speculating that he passed away from cardiac arrest but an autopsy has to be performed.

Michael was set to hit a series of concerts “50 of them” starting on July 13th at London’s 02 arena.  He has sold out concerts and they were all sold out in 2 hours.  This was to be his come-back but now has passed away and fans are saddened about it.  But everyone is now asking how they are going to refund all there ticket money!!

Over the years as we watched Michael Jackson from the beginning until his last days, he changed a lot through the years.  He became increasingly weird and his freakish figure and how he changes his whole look from a normal looking man to this look of being white.

In February 2003 things changed for the pop-star when he was accused of molesting a 13 boy.  Stating he had given him wine and conspiring to hold his family captive to get them to rebut a documentary in which the boy appeared with Michael as the entertainer.  He let children into his bed but it was non-sexual.  The accuser drew a picture of what he thought to be Michaels genitalia looked like and prosecutors claimed the picture contained a blemish that was unique to Jackson’s anatomy.  Deputy District Attorney Ron Zonen wanted to show the jurors the Childs description of the unique feature he drew and that the relationships he had with the boys were not casual, but Attorney Robert Sanger called it un-fair as they were not told about it.  In 1993 investigation and the accuser’s family received a multimillion dollar settlement and no charges were filed.  “I think it was the mom’s idea for $ purpose”.  Now, the accuser is a young boy and has been unavailable to be a witness in the Jackson’s trial “how convenient”!

All in all the man was a great music artist and should be remembered by his music!! More to come on this story as more un-folds on it.

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POP LEGEND ICON HAS PASSED AWAY–Michael Jackson 1959–2009

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Citibank finalized its fusion with Banco Cuscatlán and Banco Uno in Costa Rica this week, and the two absorbed banks will now operate under the name Citi.

The merger creates one bank in Costa Rica with a net worth of more than $100 million, and total assets of more than $750 million, the daily La Nación reported.

In addition, Citi now has 500 ATM machines in Costa Rica, 67 branches and 80,000 clients.

Citibank acquired Grupo Financiero Uno in October 2006 and Cuscatlán the following December.

The banks were closed early in the week as the companies completed the merger.

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The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today began distributing food to over 135,000 people displaced by fighting in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which has forced an estimated 250,000 people to flee their homes in recent months.

The distributions are aimed at internally displaced persons (IDPs) in six camps around Goma, the provincial capital of North Kivu, which has been the scene of deadly fighting between Government forces (FARDC) and the rebel National Congress for the Defence of the People (CNDP), led by renegade general Laurent Nkunda.

While clashes are continuing in some parts of North Kivu, a recent ceasefire is reportedly stillWFP is responding as quickly as possible to deliver food to people who’ve been brutalised too many times over many years holding in Goma, which has a swelling population of between 700,000 and 1 million.

“WFP is responding as quickly as possible to deliver food to people who’ve been brutalised too many times over many years,” said Mustapha Darboe, WFP Regional Director for Southern, Eastern and Central Africa.

“Now they are suffering again. Tens of thousands have been uprooted in North Kivu and we are doing everything we can to find them and help them.”

The 10-day rations will be distributed in all camps at the same time to avoid any disturbances, as well as to ease the pressure on food supplies in Goma since the violence temporarily cut off many delivery routes.

The agency is moving food stocks to Goma from its office in Bukavu in South Kivu, and bringing in supplies from Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania.

Assisting WFP with the relief effort is the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), which will handle distributions to the estimated 65,000 IDPs who are now gathered at Kibati camp, 15 kilometres north of Goma.

The agency reported that a UN assessment mission to the Rutshuru area – the scene of much of the recent fighting – was forced to cut short its work on Tuesday when it found itself in close proximity to new clashes around Kiwanja, north of Rutshuru town.

The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has confirmed that three IDP camps in the area were destroyed and emptied, and is trying along with WFP and other agencies to determine what happened to the inhabitants.

“This is a dangerous and unstable environment and it’s going to be challenging to deliver food to where it is needed most. We need proper security in place to ensure everyone involved is safe and that we reach the most vulnerable,” Mr. Darboe said.

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Actores, actrices, músicos, directores de cine y conductores de televisión celebraron a lo grande el triunfo de Barack Obama en diferentes ciudades estadounidenses.

El cantautor Sean Diddy Combs y la actriz Jessica Alba acudieron a un bar en Nueva York para contagiarse del ambiente festivo que se vivió en las céntricas y congestionadas calles de la Gran Manzana, según imágenes de la cadena CNN y del diario británico Daily Mail.

Este mismo rotativo dio amplio destaque a la “Obamanía” que contagió en esa ciudad a los actores Sarah Jessica Parker y su esposo Matthew Broderick, quienes vistieron ropa de color azul (del Partido Demócrata), pines y broches.

El canal E! informó que la actriz Courtney Cox (otrora estrella de la serie Friends ) organizó una fiesta de la “victoria” en su mansión en Beverly Hills, California, la noche del martes. A la cita acudió su amiga, la actriz Jennifer Aniston.

Las imágenes de televisión dieron cuenta de la alegría y euforia del actor Brad Pitt y la conductora Oprah Winfrey, quienes ayer se perdieron entre la multitud que ovacionó al presidente electo, en el Grant Park de Chicago.

Otros actores que semanas atrás anunciaron públicamente su apoyo a Obama son Steven Spielberg, Ben Affleck, Justin Timberlake, Ryan Philippe, Lindsay Lohan, Beyoncé, Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Susan Sarandon, Samuel L. Jackson, Morgan Freeman, Robert De Niro y Edward Norton.

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Estrellas de la T.V. celebraron triunfo de Barack Obama

Tico leaders from across the political spectrum cheered Barack Obama’s victory yesterday as he became the first black elected president of the United States .

Winning large majorities of Latino voters, the Democrat captured 349 electoral votes, compared to 162 for Republican candidate John McCain, as of this morning.

“This was one of the most emotional events of my political life,” said Epsy Campbell, president of the left-leaning Citizen Action Party (PAC), whose ancestors migrated from southern Africa to Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast. “I thought about all our black ancestors who fought for the rights of our people. Barack Obama embodies (that) fight.”

Health Minister María Luisa Avila, from the governing National Liberation Party (PLN), watched returns from Brazil, where she is attending a conference on dengue.

“It means progress in the area of human rights … overall in the (fight) against racism,” she said.

Ana Helena Chacón, a lawmaker for the Social Christian Unity Party (PUSC), was rooting for Obama, even though her party has historically aligned itself with the Republicans.

“I hope relations with Latin America improve,” she said. “There have been few efforts at cooperation, except in the field of security.”

The five PUSC lawmakers plan to discuss the implications of an Obama presidency today, Chacón said.

The Foreign Ministry released a statement this morning congratulating Obama and celebrating his status as the nation’s first African-American president.

Even Otto Guevara, leader of the Libertarian Movement (ML) party and a McCain supporter, saw a silver lining.

“McCain’s speech was extraordinary,” he said. “He put himself at the service of the new president and (promised) to work together for the good of the United States.”

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Costa Rica political spectrum cheered Barack Obama’s victory

Both men appear to prefer playing as a lone striker and Anelka has already found the net eight times in a season in which Drogba has spent most of the time injured.

Anelka grabbed a hat-trick in the 5-0 victory against Sunderland while Ivory Coast international Drogba came on as a second-half substitute.

The Frenchman said: “Didier and I can play together but we have not done that since I have been here.

“We have never started together up front. If we have started together then I was either on the right or left.

“So it’s a shame, because I wanted to play with him when I first signed with Chelsea, but I hope it will happen.

“I think it could work with the two of us. But it’s the choice of the manager.

“The most goals I have ever scored in a season is 25, for Man City. I will try to do better than that. But what matters is for Chelsea to win more titles.”

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The ozone hole over Antarctica grew to the size of North America in September, the fifth-largest since satellite records began in 1979, the Natiocnal Oceanic and atmospheric Administration said.

The ozone hole is primarily caused by manmade compounds known as chlorofluorocarbons, NOAA said today. Colder-than-average temperatures in the stratosphere may also have allowed a larger ozone hole to develop this year than in 2007, the agency said.

“Weather is the most important factor in the fluctuation of the size of the ozone hole from year-to-year,” said Bryan Johnson, a scientist at NOAA’s Earth System Research Laboratory  in Boulder, Colorado. “How cold the stratosphere is and what the winds do determine how powerfully the chemicals can perform their dirty work.”

Record-breaking ozone loss in 2006 occurred as ozone thickness plunged and the hole stretched over 11.4 million square miles at its peak. Last year’s ozone hole was average in size and depth.

The ozone layer acts like a giant umbrella, blocking some of the sun’s ultraviolet rays. NASA satellites measured the maximum area of this year’s ozone hole at 10.5 million square miles and four miles deep on Sept. 12.

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Ozone Hole Big As The Size Of North America.