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Eyes Budget Deal as Britain Offers New Rebate Cut
Chirac said the EU summit was heading
towards a budget deal.
Britain offered Friday to slash a 10.5 billion euros
($12.57 billion) off its cherished EU rebate, sources said,
raising hopes of a breakthrough to a fierce standoff over the
bloc's future budget. French President Jacques Chirac, who has
demanded an outright end to the British budget...full
story
 German
Chancellor Angela Merkel appears to have been one of the chief
reasons the EU managed to agree on a budget deal during two days
of haggling at a Brussels summit.
The EU finally announced it had found a compromise on
the bloc's 2007 to 2013 budget in the early hours of Saturday
morning. Britain said it would cut 10.5 billion euros ($12.57
billion) off its jealously-guarded budget rebate, with funds
being shifted towards the poorer mainly former communist
countries that joined the EU last year. France agreed to drop
resistance to a spending review that could reduce...full
story
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PRIZE WINNERS, AND GREATEST MINDS TO THE WORST POLITICIANS,
SEXIEST STARS AND AMERICA’S BEST LOOKING MEN… ALL ARE LISTED
IN THE BOOK
“WORLD LIST OF BEST AND WORST”: BEST BOOK EVER WRITTEN ABOUT
CRAZY LISTS!!
 By
Shoshanna Rosenstein
1,740 PAGES
OF FUN AND LISTS
Photo: Cover of the Book "The World's List of Best and
Worst" which is driving people nuts!
The best and worst ideas, events, people, news and
personalities of our time. Thousands of names and hundreds
of lists from the around the world. The book is filled with
captivating stories, unbelievable hilarious facts, and
personal secrets of top names in politics, entertainment and
world affairs. The author in a bursting simplicity explains
the characteristic features and personality of Americans and
people in 135 countries, and provides a huge roster of the
greatest people of our time. If you are a list fanatic, this
book is for you to grab. The author is in a privileged
position to write the book and compile all those lists.
Maximillien de Lafayette has traveled through forty-six
countries. He is fluent in seven languages, and the author
of numerous books. The lists are not totally compiled by
him. They are the results and collection of global opinions,
serious research, statistics, polls, and surveys, by
socialites, famous and infamous figures, world media and
various journalists, as well as the general public. The
commentaries are all by the author, and are fascinating,
intelligent, and humoristic. The book has just about every
list you can look for. It covers entertainment, rabbis, tele-evangelists,
madams, politics, war, art, food, restaurants, shows,
literature, unhappy wives, screwed up famous husbands, best
and worst ideas, mistakes, customs, and funny events, all
mixed up with Nobel Prize winners and the most hated and
loved people in history.
The book contains zillion of lists such as: 1-List of the
world’s 100 biggest hoaxes and practical jokes. 2- List of
the 300 most influential African-Americans, Hispanic
Americans, Italian Americans. 3- List of the dumbest
celebrities, stars, politicians and leaders quotes. 4- List
of the dream-girls. 5-
List of the world’s best
and worst places to be a mother. 6-
List of the best little pick-up joints in the world. 7-
List of 1,000 stuff, names, events, bizarre facts only very
intelligent people would know. 8-
List of the best and worst destinations for women worldwide.
9-
List of the most bizarre laws in the United States. 10- List
of the 100 people who are screwing up America. 11- List of
the 50 biggest celeb scandals since 1982. 12-Politicians’
most sexually scandalous emails. 13- List of the 100 people
who matter.
 YOU
HAVE TO PAY THEM THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS TO COME TO YOUR
PARTY!
Photo:
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This book has it all; all the lists you need. From the
world’s top 100 people, most influential persons in the
United States, the most beautiful women in America, to the
best and worst books, politicians, celebrities, music,
novels, leaders, fashion and those who are screwing up
America today. What caught my eyes are two sections; first,
a survey on what Americans and people from around the world
love and hate most; second, the list of celebrities,
journalists and stars booking fees and how much you have to
pay each one of them to come to your party or to speak in
your event! Oh yes, they charge for that. In this book, you
will know how much!! The author, Maximillien de Lafayette
who wrote over 100 books, and visited so many countries
gathered a fleet of researchers to conduct a survey
worldwide on the most important, funniest and silliest
things in our life. Almost one million people were
interviewed. It is so interesting to learn about the
similarities and differences that exist between people
around the globe. The survey is shocking! It covers so many
angles ranging from people who love or hate “talking during
intercourse” to “the greatest minds and inventions of our
time.”
ONE
BOOK BECAME THREE BOOKS!
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Cover of Volume II of the "THE ULTIMATE BOOK OF WORLD
LISTS."
First, it was one volume of 740 pages: THE WORLD LIST OF
BEST AND WORST. The book is doing great. Then, the
editors began to compile more and more lists sent by fanatic
readers and unhappy lists’ buffs. People are going crazy
about the book, and readers are grabbing copies right and
left. So, the publishers decided to expand the book, and
print 2 new volumes with revised and added lists. So now we
have the first print which is still the “master file” and
two new tomes: THE ULTIMATE BOOK OF WORLD LISTS
containing 1,780 pages, and the fun continues. It you are a
lists’ reader, you found your destination. These three
volumes or any of them will take your breath away and throw
you off your chair. It is so fun and so informative. So much
stuff to find and to learn from in this crazy and wonderful
set. It is like a huge encyclopedia but fun and hilarious.
Don’t think for a second it is plain gossip. On the
contrary, it has lots of depth, intelligent insight and
wealth of information. The author has a great sense of
humor. Yep! That’s the book of the year, period! Published
and sold by Amazon and Times Square Press.
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HOTTEST GOSSIPS, STATEMENTS, INSULTS AND ACCUSATIONS
OF THE YEAR.
Revisiting
what celebrities, stars and powerful people predicted, complained and gossiped
about in 2005. Their complaints, predictions, accusations and gossips. Where
they right on? Wrong? Pretentious? Off base. Judge for yourself.
Part 12 of the feature article.
THE BEST AND THE
WORST OF THE YEAR FROM PERFORMING ARTS TO POLITIC,
BY MAXIMILLIEN de LAFAYETTE.
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FAMSPA
HONORS SUZANNE GRZANNA
Manhattan-New York City. Times Square
Press, Elite Associates International and the Federation of
American Musicians, Singers and Performing Artists (FAMSPA)
announced this week in New York City that Saxophonist
and songwriter Suzanne Grzanna shall appear on the front cover
of Entertainment Greats From the 1800’s to the Present:
Cinema, Music, Divas, Legends. The volume 6 of the series
World Who’s Who in Jazz Cabaret Music and Entertainment. Diva
of musical comedy Peggy Judy will grace the back cover of the
volume. Ms. Grzanna was chosen because of her enormous
contributions to music. Carol Lexter, a senior editor at
FAMSPA said: “Ms. Grzanna’s talent is evidenced by her
songwriting, a voice out of this world and a magnificent stage
presence.” Lexter added: "This new volume is a major
undertaking...First, look at the title: "History of
Entertainment Greats From the 1800’s to the Present: Cinema,
Music, Divas, Legends" It is self-explanatory. The book
contains 1,200 photos and retraces the chronological
development of showbiz and music from the 1800s to the
present." Germaine Poitiers, head of the editorial board of
the Who's who said: "We are not influenced by PR campaigns,
nor propaganda. Ms. Grzanna’s name was suggested to our board.
We have reviewed Ms. Grzanna’s track record and we became
fully convinced that she is the most suitable artist to crown
the cover. “ In an interview given to New York Monthly Herald,
Carol Lexter said: "We were looking for a talent who blends
the glory and nostalgia of the past with contemporary and
fresh breeze of today's genre...in other words, an artist who
brings to the table, solid traditional musical heritage and
innovative modern style. Suzanne Grzanna fits the bill. She is
accomplished at so many levels; she is a composer, a singer, a
writer, a producer and a pioneer. Besides, she is stunning!
Yep! Looks help too. So, she is the one! Volume 6 shall be
made available by September 10, 2007. It is published by
FAMSPA, Elite Associates and TimesSquarePress. The Federation
of American Musicians, Singers and Performing Artists INC. (FAMSPA)
is a United States nonprofit organization established for the
sole purpose of promoting quality work of singers and
musicians FAMSPA has already published this year,
9 massive books on Jazz, music and performing arts. The Who’s
Who series consists of 20 volumes. Germaine Potiers, Data
Researcher at FAMSPA said: “The forthcoming 14 volumes shall
be completed before September 2008. The Who’s Who list
approximately 70,000 entries, bios and names of singers,
musicians, pioneers and entertainment personalities from 1606
to the present.
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YORK STARLETS, STARS AND DIVAS UNDER THE MICROSCOPE OF MAXIMILLIEN DE LAFAYETTE.
Read
full article.
Photo: Cover jacket of Entertainment: Divas,
Cabaret Jazz, Then and Now, by Maximillien de Lafayette.
Published, September, 2006, 722 pages. On the cover: Ms. Marlene
VerPlanck, Broadway noted singer.
   
Photos from L to R:
Divas of the hour, Caroline Nin, Toni Morrell, Donna Byrne, Eartha
Kitt, Laurie Krauz, Patti Wicks.
Author extraordinaire, Maximillien de Lafayette
is having fun, because everybody who is somebody in showbiz is
talking and gossiping about his latest book
Entertainment Divas, Cabaret, Jazz Then And Now. It is an
enormous book containing between two covers almost everything you
need to know about Cabaret and Jazz, including a roster of the
most successful singers and divas on an international scale. So
far so good. But once you explore this huge book and start to read
about the "making" of a diva, more precisely the persona and aura
of a Cabaret or Jazz singer, de Lafayette's frightening frankness
and colorful criticism will throw you off your rocking chair.
Read
full article.
FEATURE ARTICLES
WHEN
AND WHERE AL QAEDA WILL HIT THE US AGAIN? THE NEW TARGETS OF
AL QAEDA IN THE UNITED STATES AND ABROAD: IBM, COCA COLA, PFIZER
MICROSOFT, McDONALDS and Much More...MUSLIM
TERRORISTS SEE THE CIA AS A JOKE!
Read full article.
GOOGLE
Listed & Rated this
article #1 (In the world) -of about 2,940,000
published articles and posted on the Internet.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=WHEN+AND+WHERE+AL+QAEDA+WILL+HIT+US+AGAIN&btnG=Google+Search
WORLD TOP TEN:
TOP TEN COMPANIES IN
INTERNET.
TOP TEN BRANDS IN INTERNET .
TOP TEN ADVERTISERS BY COMPANY.
TOP TEN COUNTRIES IN INTERNET.
The World's
Internet Top Searches of the Year.
Check out the hottest people, places, and events that
inspired the world to search this year. The list may
surprise you. Courtesy of Yahoo.
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The Year Internet Overall Top Searches
2005
was a wild year in Search.
Mariah Carey returned with a vengeance, while
Britney Spears remained as popular as ever thanks to
her new baby with future "Surreal Life" contestant Kevin
Federline. Looking past the pop culture hubbub,
Hurricane Katrina and the Asian
tsunami dominated news searches, while Apple's
iPod drew big Buzz as well.
WEB
IMAGE
VIDEO
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The Year
Celebrities Top Searches
When will we stop caring
about
Britney,
Paris,
Lindsay, and
Jessica? We didn't this past year, that's for sure.
However, that said, some interesting stories did emerge in
2005.
Michael Jackson made a comeback (of a sort), and searches
surged on
Howard Stern, thanks to the hype surrounding his move to
satellite radio
OVERALL FEMALES
MALES
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Products Top Searches
When it comes to popular
products searched across the Web, it's hard to top the
iPod. Apple's omnipresent MP3 player trailed only
digital cameras and
flowers. Other gadgets worth noting include the
xBox 360 and
PSP - both consoles scored well and are poised for
huge searches (and sales) in the coming year. Sorry,
Mom, looks like we won't be getting off the couch any
time soon.
OVERALL
CARS
ELECTRONICS
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Celebrities Top Searches
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SO HOW SOPHISTICATED ARE YOU, MY FRIEND?
Telling the Yanks how to behave themselves in other
countries is something that most Europeans would love to do.
By Nigel Huntington
 Maximillien
de Lafayette’s “United States & The World Face To Face”: One
of the best books in a decade!
Photo: The stunning super duper Jazz diva, Carol Welsman
graced the cover of the book. She was chosen by the author
“because of her sparkling talent, cosmopolitan culture,
sophistication, class, and international sex appeal” said de
Lafayette.
Read full article
YOUR
PERSONAL HISTORY:
This page could change your whole life. Perhaps,
just perhaps, it could make your life and the life of your
beloved ones, parents and friends, prettier and memorable.
Dr. Ilil Arbel is offering a unique opportunity to cherish,
preserve and "safeguard" our dearest moments, memories and
personal history...Read
full article
BUSH
AUTHORIZED SPYING FOR GOOD REASONS. President George W. Bush said Saturday he personally
has authorized a secret eavesdropping program in the U.S.
more than 30 times since the Sept. 11 attacks and he lashed
out at those involved in publicly revealing the
program...full story
U.S. on sidelines over Kyoto.
The United States remained almost alone
outside the new Kyoto deal, but agreed to informal talks
under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC).
Americans would only agree to informal talks that will not
"open to any discussion leading to new commitments." ...full story
Powell
raps Europe on CIA flights.
Ex-US Secretary of State Colin Powell has indicated that
Europeans are being disingenuous when they deny knowledge of
the rendition of terror suspects.
Mr Powell said the recently highlighted practice of moving
people to places where they are not covered by US law was
neither "new or unknown" to Europe. A number of countries
where flights allegedly stopped have said they were unaware
of their land being used....full story
Colin Powell: "Civil war still a
risk in Iraq."
Former US secretary of state
Colin Powell has warned it will be six to eight months
before the success of the recent Iraqi election will be
known and has backed US troop reductions in the war-torn
country. In a wide-ranging Christmas Day television
interview with former Bill Clinton press secretary George
Stephanopoulos, Mr Powell also conceded that legitimate
questions on presidential authority had arisen from the
controversial domestic spying program authorised by US
President George W. Bush without the approval of the
courts...full story
FEMA was warned about unprepared
response teams in 2004: documents. The
Federal Emergency Management Agency's top official was told
more than a year before hurricane Katrina that the U.S.
government agency's emergency response teams were unprepared
for a major disaster and operating under outdated plans,
documents show. Additionally, e-mails obtained Wednesday
indicate U.S...full story
Democrats
renewed calls for Rumsfeld to be removed from his post.
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld
conceded Monday that the insurgency in Iraq has been
stronger than anticipated but also said the news media have
focused on the war's growing body count rather than the
progress that has been achieved. "To
be responsible, one needs to stop defining success in Iraq
as the absence of terrorist attacks," Rumsfeld said in
remarks at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced
International Studies...full story
US.
House rejects immediate troop-withdrawal from Iraq after
fiery debate.
The U.S. House of
Representatives overwhelmingly rejected calls Friday for an
immediate troop-withdrawal from Iraq, a vote engineered by
the Republicans that was intended to fail. Democrats derided
the vote as a political stunt. "Our troops have become the
enemy. We need to change direction in Iraq," said U.S.
Representative John Murtha of Pennsylvania...full story
CIA
officer at centre of the leak case fills her life with twins
and a desk job. Joe Wilson
says it was mutual love at first sight when he and Valerie
Plame spotted each other at a crowded diplomatic reception
eight years ago. Well, yes and no. For Plame, the stars in
her eyes that night were quickly followed by a LexisNexis
computer search the next day to make sure the guy with all
the fantastic stories about his life as a globe-trotting
diplomat was really legit. It is classic Valerie Plame...full story
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Iran
could face EU sanctions. Anti-Israel comments provocation
Photo:
Iranian
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, speaks in southeastern Iranian
city of Zahedan.
BRUSSELS, Belgium- Iran could face sanctions if it keeps
provoking Israel and the West, European leaders warned Friday,
even as the Iranian interior minister said the president's
remarks had been "misunderstood."...full story
 Henry
Moore sculpture stolen
This undated
picture release by Hertfordshire Constabulary shows a Reclining
Figure 1969-70.
LONDON, UK- Thieves with a flatbed truck and a
crane snatched a 2,000-kilogram Henry Moore bronze of a
reclining figure from the courtyard of a foundation north of
London, police said Saturday. The sculpture, valued at more that
three million pounds ($5.9 million Cdn) was stolen Thursday
evening from the Hertfordshire county estate...full story
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Hundreds
of protesters fight with police at WTO meeting venue in Hong
Kong
HONG KONG- Hundreds of protesters broke through police lines
and came close to storming into the World Trade Organization's
meeting venue Saturday before security forces scattered the
crowd with tear gas in central Hong Kong...full
story
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THE SUICIDE
BOMBERS CULT.PHOTOS ALBUM OF THE TERROR, KILLING AND DESTRUCTION...
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  TERRORISM AND THE
RIGHT TO EXIST:
THE
ARAB, PALESTINIAN AND ISLAMIC POINT OF VIEW. THE
ISRAELI/JEWISH POINT OF VIEW. PUBLISHED UNEDITED "AS
IS".
We have reprinted the articles and commentaries as
originally written by Arab, Muslims, Israelis and
Jewish writers and journalists. No part of the printed
material has been edited, in order to preserve the
authenticity of the original work of the authors.
Their statements do not necessarily reflect the
opinions, beliefs and points of view of our agency.
And this includes the photos provided by both camps
and various news agencies, along with photos captions
accompanying the artwork and pictures provided by the
party concerned. Judge for yourself...Full
article
Iraq votes met global
standards. International observers have praised the
organizers of Iraq's parliamentary election, which they said
generally met international standards...full
story
Cheney makes surprise Iraq trip
 US
Vice-President Dick Cheney has made an unannounced visit to Iraq
- his first since the 2003 US-led invasion.
Photo: Cheney has come under incessant
criticism over the war.
Mr Cheney praised Iraq's "tremendous"
elections last week and was described by President Jalal
Talabani as a "hero for liberating Iraq"...full
story
 Netanyahu
wins Likud leader poll. Former Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin
Netanyahu has won the leadership of the right-wing Likud party. Mr
Netanyahu was declared the winner shortly after Foreign Minister Silvan
Shalom conceded defeat. Mr Netanyahu is thought to have won about 47% of
the vote, with Mr Shalom polling about 32%...full
story
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MAXIMILLIEN de
LAFAYETTE RANKED #1 and #2 IN THE WORLD BY GOOGLE!
Three articles written by the European Journal's
Editor-in-Chief, Maximillien de Lafayette and appearing on
this site and on the sites of THE LONDON MONTHLY HERALD and THE INTERNATIONAL
HERALD DAILY NEWS had been
selected as the world's top-ranking articles by Google! “The Best
and the Worst of the Year article”, written by de Lafayette was
rated #2 out of 58,100,000 entries on the Internet of the same
topic. His second article “Cabaret and Entertainment
History”, was also rated #2, out of 2,110,000 entries on the
Internet. Both earned a much higher rating than articles on
the same subjects written by The New York Times, Times Magazine,
and Amazon.com! A third article by de Lafayette on "World Fashion
and Stars" was ranked by Google #2 in the world out of 21,800
articles published and posted on the Internet.
His 4th article “WHEN AND
WHERE AL QAEDA WILL HIT US AGAIN” was listed and rated #1 out of
2,940,000 articles posted on Google on the same topic. This
international record makes him one of the world's most read and
visible syndicated journalists. Mr. de
Lafayette is the former Editor-in-Chief of several prestigious
publications, such as, The International Herald Daily
News, The International News Agency, London Monthly Herald, La
Femme Magazine, World Art Celebrities Journal, World
Hospitality Magazine and Stars Illustrated. He authored 97
published books, 2 dictionaries and 3 encyclopedias. We are
delighted at The European Journal to learn about our
Editor-in-Chief international record on the Internet.
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CELEBRITY
OF THE MONTH: ROBERT OSBORNE, THE GENTLE WALKING ENCYCLOPEDIA.
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BREAKING NEWS
European
Union seeking answers from the United States over the use of bases
on the continent for secret prisoner transfers
A month-old
investigation has reinforced allegations the CIA ran a network of
secret prisons in Europe, abducted prisoners and transferred them
between countries, a European human rights investigator said.
Swiss senator Dick Marty, who is looking into the scandal for the
46-nation Council of Europe human rights watchdog, criticised the
United States for failing to come clean over the allegations....full story
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