Dorjee Khandu’s body found and identified. Condolences to the family and the people of Arunachal Pradesh. Flashing buzz updates are Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu and four others have crashed by helicopter in which they were travelling on Saturday. Government officials confirm Arunachal CM Dorjee Khandu’s death. Three bodies sighted at presumed crash site of AP CM’s chopper. Political leaders who died in air crashes and one among now is Arunachal Pradesh chief minister DorjeeKhandu. Arunachal’s beloved CM dorjee khandu has died, its sad. May his soul rest in peace.

Tibetans beg Dalai Lama not to retire as a political leader. Catch here all the latest news and updated reports on Dalai Lama retirement from politics.

The Tibetan parliament-in-exile urged the Dalai Lama’s plea to retire as a political leader, as members urging him to reconsider the move, news reports and officials said The 75-year-old announced last week that he wanted to hand over his role as the political head of the exiled government to the prime minister. As many as 14 of the 43 Tibetan members of parliament who had spoken by Tuesday afternoon opposed the move, the Indian Express daily reported. Tibetans wanted the Dalai Lama back as their leader.

Dalai Lama to formally quit as Tibetan political head. Catch here all the latest news and updated reports on spiritual leader Dalai Lama. According to the flash news, DalaiLama stepping down as Tibetan political leader.

The Dalai Lama announced today about plan to give up political power of the exiled movement, according to his website. “Tibetans need a leader, elected freely by the Tibetan people, to whom I can devolve power,” the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader said in a statement. “Now, we have clearly reached the time to put this into effect.” “I’m also a human being. … Retirement is also my right,” he said while on a speaking tour of North America. The Dalai Lama fled China in 1959 after a failed uprising against Chinese rule. The exile group is headquartered in Dharamsala in northern India.DalaiLama: It seems essential to me that the major religions come to agree upon the importance of adopting a basic, universal, set of ethics.

‘My Religion is simple; My Religion is kindness.” Dalai Lama

Presidents Day 2011, Washington’s Birthday, US federal holiday. Catch here all the latest news and updated reports on 2011 Presidents Day.

Question:- When is Presidents’ Day in 2011?
Ans:- Presidents Day 2011 date is on Monday, the 21st of February. In the United States, Presidents Day is always celebrated on the third Monday of February.

Don’t forget that today is Presidents’ Day, a national US holiday, Happy presidents day everyone! Please note that the library will be closed today (Monday, Feb. 21) in observance of Presidents’ Day. We will be open as usual Tuesday from 10 to 6. Free fun for kids on President’s Day: You can take your kids to the Center for History and the Studeba… Even with the President’s Day Holiday, business is being done at the North Dallas Chamber’s Leads group over lunch.MojoCoffeeTruck is closed for President’s Day today – have a happy day everyone! It may be President’s Day, but we’ll still have Traffic reports this morning for you who ARE working, starting just before 5:30am on K-Wave!

Washington’s Birthday – Washington’s Birthday is a United States federal holiday celebrated on the third Monday of February in honor of George Washington, the first President of the United States. It is also commonly known as Presidents Day (sometimes spelled Presidents’ Day or President’s Day). As Washington’s Birthday or Presidents Day, it is also the official name of a concurrent state holiday celebrated on the same day in a number of states.

What is a Banana republic? About Banana republic. Catch here all the latest news on Banana republic term.

Rajesh Talwar, father of Aarushi has said that “I should not have been born in this country. It is nothing but a banana republic.” RajeshTalwar says India is a ‘banana republic’

Well, what is a ‘banana republic’?

Banana republic is a term that refers to a politically unstable country dependent upon limited agriculture (e.g. bananas), and ruled by a small, self-elected, wealthy, corrupt politico-economic plutocracy or (oligarchy). The original concept of banana republic was a direct reference to a “servile dictatorship” that abetted (or supported for kickbacks) the exploitation of large-scale plantation agriculture, especially banana cultivation. As a political science term banana republic is a descriptor first used by the American writer O. Henry in Cabbages and Kings (1904), a book of related short stories derived from his 1896–97 residence in Honduras, where he was hiding from the U.S. law for bank embezzlement in the U.S.

President Obama Quit Smoking: First Lady Michelle Obama has cleared. Catch here all the latest news and updated reports on President Barack Obama’s smoking habit.

First Lady Michelle Obama has cleared that, about her husband President Barack Obama’s smoking habit – says Obama quit smoking habit for over a year now. White House staff and in particular Press Secretary Robert Gibbs had stated that they hadn’t seen the President smoke in quite a while. On CNN’s “State of the Union” show the Secretary stated that it was both a health choice and a commitment to his daughters that got the President to give up the cigarettes.

As the old saying goes, “Giving up smoking is easy. I’ve done it hundreds of times.” In fact, by Obama’s own admission, this is not the first time he has tried to quit, and one expert noted that staying smoke-free can be the toughest part.

However, Obama seems to have been off cigarettes for a while. According to the Associated Press, during a Tuesday news conference the First Lady said that, “Yes, he has [quit]. It’s been almost a year.” She added that, “He’s always wanted to stop.”

Nobel winner ElBaradei Set to Join Egypt Protests. Catch here all the latest news and updated reports on Mohamed ElBaradei, the former head of the UN nuclear agency.

A prominent Egyptian reform campaigner is set to return to the country, as anti-government activists plan a new massive rally in the capital. Mohamed ElBaradei is expected to return to Egypt Thursday to join demonstrators protesting against President Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year-old rule. The activists have used social media websites to call for a big protest Friday in Cairo.ElBaradei will participate in protests himself on Friday, his brother Ali said. ElBaradei has been posting messages of support for the demonstrators on Twitter.
While speaking at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government on 27 April 2010, ElBaradei joked that he was “looking for a job” and is seeking to be an “agent of change and an advocate for democracy” within Egyptian politics. He also made clear that his wife is not very enthusiastic about any potential run. According to his brother, Mohamed ElBaradei will return to Egypt on Thursday, January 27 2011.

John F Kennedy 50th Anniversary, JFK’s inauguration speech. Catch here all latest news and updated reports on John F Kennedy 50th Anniversary and inaugural address.

Fifty years ago on this day, a young, dapper American president rose to the podium and delivered an inaugural address that would resonate for decades to come. “And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country,” said John F. Kennedy in a riveting call to service. “My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man,” Source http://abcnews.go.com/. John Fitzgerald “Jack” Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. Kennedy defeated then Vice President and Republican candidate Richard Nixon in the 1960 U.S. presidential election. He was the second-youngest President (after Theodore Roosevelt), the first President to have been born in the 20th century, and the youngest elected to the office, at the age of 43.

On the 25th anniversary of the federal holiday named for King, many remember his assassination. King would have been 82 today and likely speaking out against the violence in Arizona.

Ray was an Illinois-born career criminal whom many called a puposeless man. He did not show signs of lunacy like Loughner but was, many say, a deeply disturbed individual.

The national sentiment was also similar in America. Politically-charged battles raged in the nation. Gun sales were increasing and rhetoric spilled onto the streets.

We’ve pulled together a few of Dr. King’s best quotes below,  that can be discussed as a family tonight. That turns the activity into a bit of a game, inviting the children to become involved in the experience, and enticing the whole family to have fun–even as deep discussions are enjoyed over dinner.

What is the best way for us to help bring peace into our world?
“Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars…. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” – from Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community.

Why is love important?  Does everyone need love?
“I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. That is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.” – from Martin Luther King’s Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech

What makes a person important?  What makes a person strong?
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” – from Strength to Love

What can you do when you think someone doesn’t like you?
“Let no man pull you low enough to hate him.” –from Paul’s Letter to American Christians

What is courage? How can you have courage? How have you shown courage?
“Courage is an inner resolution to go forward despite obstacles;
Cowardice is submissive surrender to circumstances.
Courage breeds creativity; Cowardice represses fear and is mastered by it.
Cowardice asks the question, is it safe?
Expediency ask the question, is it politic?
Vanity asks the question, is it popular?
But conscience ask the question, is it right? And there comes a time when we must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but one must take it because it is right.”