Latest World News Update ENGLISH http://www.currentglobalnews.com admin@currentglobalnews.com On Tuesday, the press and members of the National Turkey Federation gathered in large numbers at the White Houses Rose Garden in the United States to witness an annual Thanksgiving tradition in the U.S., a presidential pardon of two Thanksgiving turkeys. Every year, a U.S. President gives a pardon...2007-11-22http://www.currentglobalnews.com/NewsDetails.php?id=2523 Nearly 4,000 people in Britain were surveyed by a television channel, UKTV Gold, showing a legal drama series that determined that state that dying in the House of Parliament is illegal was the most ridiculous law in Britain. The laws and regulations were picked from published research into ancient...2007-11-08http://www.currentglobalnews.com/NewsDetails.php?id=2513 David Shankbone: How is the tour going? Caribou: It’s been really good so far. We started with a few festivals in Europe and then did a month around the UK, Germany and France. Over here we just did Canada and this is the start of a big tour for us around the States. Then Europe for another month....2007-11-07http://www.currentglobalnews.com/NewsDetails.php?id=2506 Every year around November 5th, people in Great Britain and some parts of the Commonwealth celebrate Guy Fawkes night to commemorate the dissident from York and his Roman Catholic conspirators who failed to blow up the houses of Parliament on November 5, 1605. This so-called Gunpowder Plot is celebrated...2007-11-06http://www.currentglobalnews.com/NewsDetails.php?id=2500 With the website launch of Doritos Coolpedia (Coolpedia) on September 28 and Notable Internet Quote Voting started on October 14, Pepsico Taiwan andamp Doritos announced Top 10 Internet Cool Quote on October 31. This 2-week-period voting attracted more than 10,000 Internet users from 64 countries participating...2007-11-02http://www.currentglobalnews.com/NewsDetails.php?id=2498 A hunter from Pennsylvania says that he managed to snap photographs supposedly of the legendary Bigfoot, but this one is said to be a juvenile. Rick Jacobs says that he snapped the pictures in September of 2007 when he set up an automatic camera in a tree in the Allegheny National Forest in northwest...2007-10-30http://www.currentglobalnews.com/NewsDetails.php?id=2490 YouTube announced that Taiwan Traditional Chinese website has been released yesterday in Taipei City, Taiwan, and the unique web address will be shown as www.youtube.com.tw or tw.youtube.com. Users from YouTube Global Sites can access Taiwan Site. This site launch will be a benefit for users preferring...2007-10-18http://www.currentglobalnews.com/NewsDetails.php?id=2461 The long awaited finale in the Halo series, Halo 3, has beaten the previous record of opening day sales held by Spiderman 3 of US$151 million. In the United States, Halo 3 got $170 million worth of retail sales in the opening day alone. The game by Bungie Studios is available in 37 countries, which...2007-09-27http://www.currentglobalnews.com/NewsDetails.php?id=2400 Mainstream rock singer Brian Melo has been crowned winner of Canadian Idol 2007 (Season five). The 25-year old Hamilton, Ontario native sang in front of an audience at the Air Canada Place in Toronto, Ontario. The show was two-hours. Seventeen year old Johnny Cash and Elvis-inspired country singer...2007-09-12http://www.currentglobalnews.com/NewsDetails.php?id=2356 Eight cast and crew members of the Australian television show The Chaser successfully breached the security surrounding the APEC sumit meeting in Sydney, Australia. Using a cavalcade of three cars and two motorcycles branded with the Canadian Flag, the crew passed through two security check points...2007-09-06http://www.currentglobalnews.com/NewsDetails.php?id=2334 Due to a standoff between NBC Universal and Apple Inc. regarding pricing of NBC shows on iTunes, Apple Inc. has canceled NBCs lineup of new shows. Currently, NBC shows can be downloaded for $1.99. If Apple were to continue having the new season NBC shows available, NBC would require a download fee of...2007-09-03http://www.currentglobalnews.com/NewsDetails.php?id=2326 Canadian comedian Colin Mochrie was named host of Are You Smarter Than a Canadian 5th Grader?, according to a Wednesday afternoon press release from Global, which is producing and airing the series. Based on the American series Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader, the program will quizzes adults on...2007-08-29http://www.currentglobalnews.com/NewsDetails.php?id=2303 Acclaimed Hollywood director of Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill, Quentin Tarantino was forced to wade in Manilas flood waters and use a pedicab in order to get to Malacanan Palace to receive an award from Philippine President Gloria-Macapagal Arroyo on Wednesday. The pedicab is a three-wheeled vehicle...2007-08-21http://www.currentglobalnews.com/NewsDetails.php?id=2268 Actress, Oscar, Emmy, Grammy and Tony Award winner, Whoopi Goldberg will be taking Rosie ODonnells place as co-host of The View. It was confirmed by the shows host Barbara Walters on Wednesdays show who said that Goldberg will begin to co-host on September 4, the shows season premiere. Shortly after...2007-08-02http://www.currentglobalnews.com/NewsDetails.php?id=2214 Described in press materials as a low budget production, the crew of Bratz: The Movie turned to a busy LA high school to film the pictures main scenes. Shot in 30 days, during February and March 2007, the film had to work around the roughly 3,500 students at Santee Educational Complex in South Los...2007-08-01http://www.currentglobalnews.com/NewsDetails.php?id=2210