Wavin' Flag by K'naan to be FIFA World Cup 2010 theme song.
Somalian-born, Canadian-based hip-hop artist K'Naan has spoken about the "unity and celebration" that will connect with his song "Wavin' Flag," after it was chosen as the official anthem of Coca-Cola's 2010 FIFA World Cup program. K'Naan has specially recorded a version of the song for the tournament, hosted by South Africa. The remix of "Wavin' Flag" is part of Coca-Cola's global integrated marketing campaign "inspired by the joyous dance celebrations familiar to Africa."
The track will be used as the music element throughout the entire campaign, including as the soundtrack for all television commercials, during the trophy tour.
Official video South Africa 2010. K'naan & David Bisbal - Wavin' Flag
Concert video K'naan
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Arab-American from Michigan crowned 2010 Miss USA
LAS VEGAS — A 24-year-old Arab American from Michigan beat out 50 other women to take the 2010 Miss USA title Sunday night, despite nearly stumbling in her evening gown.
Rima Fakih of Dearborn, Mich., won the pageant at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip after strutting confidently in an orange and gold bikini, wearing a strapless white gown that resembled a wedding dress and saying health insurance should cover birth control pills.
When asked how she felt about winning the crown, she said, "Ask me after I've had a pizza."
Fakih, a Lebanese immigrant, told pageant organizers her family celebrates both Muslim and Christian faiths. She moved to the United States as a baby and was raised in New York, where she attended a Catholic school. Her family moved to Michigan in 2003.
Pageant officials said historical pageant records were not detailed enough to show whether Fakih was the first Arab American, Muslim or immigrant to win the Miss USA title. The pageant started in 1952 as a local bathing suit competition in Long Beach, Calif.
Fakih told reporters she sold her car after graduating college in Michigan to help pay for her run in the Miss Michigan USA pageant.
She said she believed she had the title on Sunday after glancing at pageant owner Donald Trump as she awaited the results with the first runner-up, Miss Oklahoma USA Morgan Elizabeth Woolard.
"That's the same look that he gives them when he says, 'You're hired,'" on Trump's reality show "The Apprentice," she said.
"She's a great girl," said Trump, who owns the pageant with NBC in a joint venture.
In a moment that was replayed during the broadcast, Fakih nearly fell while finishing her walk in her gown because of the length of its train. But she made it without a spill and went on to win.
"I did it here, I better not do it at Miss Universe," she said. "Modeling does help, after all."
Fakih replaces Miss USA 2009 Kristen Dalton and won a spot representing the United States this summer in the 2010 Miss Universe pageant. She also gets a one-year lease in a New York apartment with living expenses, an undisclosed salary, and various health, professional and beauty services.
During the interview portion, Fakih was asked whether she thought birth control should be paid for by health insurance, and she said she believed it should because it's costly.
"I believe that birth control is just like every other medication even though it's a controlled substance," Fakih said.
Woolard handled the night's toughest question, about Arizona's new immigration law. Woolard said she supports the law, which requires police enforcing another law to verify a person's immigration status if there's "reasonable suspicion" that the person is in the country illegally.
She said she's against illegal immigration but is also against racial profiling.
"I'm a huge believer in states' rights. I think that's what's so wonderful about America," Woolard said. "So I think it's perfectly fine for Arizona to create that law."
"The Office" actor Oscar Nunez was booed as he asked the question and asked the audience to wait until he finished the question before they reacted. The panel of judges came up with the questions themselves.
Miss Virginia USA Samantha Evelyn Casey was the second runner-up, Miss Colorado USA Jessica Hartman was third runner-up, and Miss Maine USA Katherine Ashley Whittier was the fourth runner-up.
Most of the field of contestants from all 50 states and the District of Columbia were eliminated just after the pageant began and the entire group danced onstage to "TiK ToK" by Ke$ha.
A panel of eight judges, including NBA star Carmelo Anthony, Treasure Island casino-hotel owner Phil Ruffin and Olympic figure skater Johnny Weir, were judging the girls throughout the night.
After 15 contestants strutted in swimsuits, five were eliminated. Another five were eliminated after the evening gown competition.
Miss Nebraska USA Belinda Renee Wright won the Miss Congeniality award, roughly one week after her father was killed in a farm accident. Miss Alabama USA Audrey Moore won Miss Photogenic after an online fan vote.
The pageant aired live to East Coast viewers on NBC.
The competition, which is not affiliated with the Miss America pageant, was hosted by celebrity chef Curtis Stone and NBC correspondent Natalie Morales.
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Maldives To Fight Rising Sea Levels With Floating Islands
The tiny island nation of the Maldives is under serious threat from rising sea levels caused by climate change. No part of the 1200 islands which make up the Maldives is more than six feet above sea level, so as sea-levels rise (as they will if rampant climate change is not stopped), the entire nation will be under water. Because of this, the Maldives government is pulling out all the stops in the fight against climate change. Not only has the entire country gone carbon neutral, educated all of their children in environmental science and furiously built retaining walls around every island, but the government is buying up land in nearby nations as a place to retreat to when the Maldives disappears. Now it appears that the intrepid Maldivians have come up with a new strategy to fight the rising tide: creating mini floating islands!
The Maldives government and Dutch Docklands/Dutch Watervalley just signed an agreement today to develop several floating facilities for the islands, including a convention center and golf courses. Designed by architect Koen Olthuis of Waterstudio.NL, the people who brought you the Citadel floating apartment complex and these amazing floating homes, the renderings for the amphibious mini-cities appear depict star-shaped, tiered islands with indoor spaces hidden under lush green-roof terraces, complete with interior pools and beaches.
While exact design details of these new floating islands are still unavailable, we do know that Dutch Docklands knows a thing or two about creating water developments using methods and procedures that reduce impact on underwater life and minimize changes to coastal morphology. We also know that architect Koen Olthuis is a force to be reckoned with, so we can’t wait to see these creative designs come to fruition.
At the signing ceremony, Mahmood Razi, Chairman of the Privatisation Committee said the Maldives plans to seek the assistance of Dutch Docklands to develop floating housing units in the Maldives in the future.
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High holiday: Marijuana smokers across the US and Canada light up to celebrate 4/20 Day
Marijuana smokers across the US and Canada lit up yesterday in public parks and outside statehouses to observe the movement's annual high holiday, known as 4/20A demonstrator who shaved a marijuana leaf into his chest hair smokes a joint on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada
April 20 has become a de facto holiday for marijuana advocates, with large gatherings and 'smoke outs' in many parts of North AmericaA woman wears a joint costume at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco
The gatherings carry on a tradition that began in San Francisco in the early 1970s, where a group of students met every day at about 4:20 p.m. to smoke marijuanaA woman passes a joint at 4/20 celebration in front of the state capitol building in Denver, Colorado
Most Americans still oppose legalising marijuana, but many believe pot has medical benefits and the government should allow its use for that purposeA person smokes a joint resembling a marijuana plant while attending the annual 4/20 smoke-in in Vancouver
A man blows marijuana smoke into a soap bubble during the 4/20 event on Norlin Quad at the University of Colorado in Boulder
Alex Leach of Boulder exhales after taking a drag off a joint at the University of Colorado
An estimated 12,000 to 15,000 people all exhale marijuana smoke as the clock hits 4:20pm on Norlin Quad at the University of Colorado in Boulder
Members of the Boulder Police Department and University of Colorado Police Department wander through the crowd during the 4/20 event on Norlin Quad at the University of Colorado
A street preacher has marijuana smoke puffed in his face as he confronts smokers at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco
Someone rolls a joint on Hippie Hill in Golden Gate Park
A man smokes from a bong during a 420 Day celebration on Hippie Hill in Golden Gate Park
Marijuana smokers gather at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco
A man wearing a 420 T-shirt user smokes a joint on Hippie Hill in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
A man smokes a blunt at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco
A man lights up his pipe during a rally at Civic Centre Park across from the Capitol in Denver, Colorado
Tracey Wood lights a pipe filled with marijuana for her boyfriend Micah Moffet at a 4/20 event in front of the state capitol building in Denver, Colorado. Moffett was legally prescribed the drug for chronic pain resulting from a motorcycle accident in 1991
A man with a marijuana plant painted on his hair attends the 420 event in Vancouver
A person wearing a t-shirt parodying the emblem of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games attends the annual 420 event in Vancouver
A person sells marijuana while attending the annual 420 smoke-in at the Art Gallery in Vancouver
A person smells hash for sale at the Art Gallery in Vancouver
A demonstrator smokes a marijuana joint on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada
A man waves a Canadian flag with a marijuana leaf on it during a rally for the legalisation of marijuana in Toronto
..A gun is seen on the ground after an altercation during a rally calling for the legalisation of marijuana in Toronto
A man is held on the ground by members of the public after an altercation during a rally calling the legalisation of marijuana in Toronto. Police arrested the man after a gun was seized... source from Copyright © 2004 & 2007 Ibrahim Mohamed! Inc. All rights reserved.e-mail:ibumohd@gmail.com
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