Brazil stares down the US on Libya - Al Jazeera

Brazil stares down the US on Libya - Al Jazeera: "he Washington Post, the New York Times, and National Public Radio, along with a host of other newspapers, cable news commentators, and blogs, all predicted that Obama, the US's first African American president, and Rousseff, Brazil's first woman leader, would find common ground, reversing the deterioration of diplomatic relations that had begun under Rousseff's predecessor, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

The bad blood started, or so the story went, when Lula refused to listen to the administration of George W. Bush and isolate Venezuela's populist leader, Hugo Chávez. Before long, Brasilia was opposing or, worse, offering alternatives to Washington's position on a growing number of issues: climate change, opposition to the 2009 coup in Honduras, Cuba, trade and tariffs."

Is there anything to cheer about Bihar’s literacy rate?

Is there anything to cheer about Bihar’s literacy rate?: "True, according to Census 2011 data, Bihar’s literacy figure jumped from 47.5 per cent to 63.82 per cent in the last ten years. But this does not mean that there is something to celebrate about as the state has long way to go."

GoDaddy CEO Shoots Elephant, Posts Video: Critics Outraged - TIME

We all shoot vacation videos, but most of us choose to keep them to ourselves — or, at worst, share them with our Facebook friends. Bob Parsons, CEO of the Internet-hosting firm GoDaddy.com, which you know from its lame Super Bowl ads and absolutely nothing else — likes bigger exposure. Parsons recently posted a video of his trip to Zimbabwe, where he shot an elephant.

Check the video in the link:

GoDaddy CEO Shoots Elephant, Posts Video: Critics Outraged

Ferrari of space probes

Goce satellite maps the Earth's gravity in unprecedented precision | Science | guardian.co.uk: "A European spacecraft that skims the upper reaches of the atmosphere has mapped Earth's gravity with unrivalled precision. The map shows how the pull of gravity varies minutely over the surface of the Earth, from deep ocean trenches to majestic mountain ranges."

Cricket diplomacy: Mocking memory of 26/11

Cricket diplomacy: Mocking memory of 26/11 - The Economic Times: "Spanish-born US philosopher George Santayana's saying is particularly applicable to India: 'Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it'. Ad hoc, personality-driven policy-making has long been India's curse. Pakistan, although widely perceived to be a failing state, is still able to outwit India diplomatically. It is India, not Pakistan, that has climbed down diplomatically and sought a cricket-inspired thaw in relations."