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Wishing all female QLers a very happy Womens' Day!

International Women's Day (IWD) is marked on March 8 every year. It is a major day of global celebration for the economic, political and social achievements of women.In most countries around the world,the political and human rights theme as designated by the United Nations runs strong, and political and social awareness of the struggles of women worldwide are brought out and examined in a hopeful manner.

Womens' Day celebrations around the world
In Italy, to celebrate the day, men give yellow mimosas to women. Yellow mimosas and chocolate are also one of the most common March 8 presents in Russia and Albania.

1284 – The Statute of Rhuddlan incorporates the Principality of Wales into England.
1575 – Indian Mughal Emperor Akbar defeats Bengali army at the Battle of Tukaroi.
1585 – The Olympic Theatre, designed by Andrea Palladio, is inaugurated in Vicenza.
1776 – The first amphibious landing of the United States Marine Corps begins the Battle of Nassau.
1803 – Colégio Militar is founded in Portugal by Colonel Teixeira Rebello.
1820 – The U.S. Congress passes the Missouri Compromise.
1845 – Florida is admitted as the 27th U.S. state.
1845 – For the first time the U.S. Congress passes legislation overriding a presidential veto.
1849 – The United States Department of the Interior is established.

Updated on Wednesday, February 17, 2010, 10:56 IST

London: India has landed the eight spot in a new list of 20 best looking nations, which concluded that Americans are the most attractive looking people in the world.

The United States topped the poll more than 5,000 globe-trotting Britons, reports The Telegraph.

Second place was grabbed by Brazil while Spain was third.

Australia came fourth, Italy fifth.

Sexy Swedes helped the nation into sixth spot, and England made it into seventh place in the poll.

India was eighth, France ninth, and Canada finished off the top 10.

A spokeswoman for www.OnePoll.com, which carried out the UK study, said: America has got a lot on offer and boasts some of the sexiest people on the planet.

The 2009 Legatum Prosperity Index Table Rankings based on various factors:

1 Finland

2 Switzerland

3 Sweden

4 Denmark

5 Norway

6 Australia

7 Canada

8 Netherlands

9 United States

10 New Zealand

11 Ireland

12 United Kingdom

13 Belgium

14 Germany

15 Austria

16 Japan

17 France

18 Hong Kong

19 Spain

20 Slovenia

21 Italy

22 Portugal

23 Singapore

24 Taiwan

25 Czech Republic

26 South Korea

27= Israel

27= Hungary

29 Poland

30 Greece

31 Estonia

32 Costa Rica

33 Uruguay

34 Slovakia

35 Croatia

36 Chile

37 Latvia

38 Argentina

39 Malaysia

40 Trinidad and Tobago

41 Brazil

42 Panama

43 Mexico

44 Thailand

45 India

Football Match:

Portugal- Bosnia-Herzegovina

14. Nov 20:00

Does anybody know if this match is gonna be shown life??? I NEED TO KNOW, PLEASE!!! :)))

As the death toll from the Samoan earthquake and subsequent tsunami rose to 170, earthquakes everywhere were accused of racial discrimination.

The latest tragic earthquake attack follows similar attacks in other parts of the world considered predominantly ‘not white’.

In the last few years unprovoked earthquakes have taken thousands of lives in Iran, Pakistan, China and Indonesia whilst a so-called earthquake attack on the indigenous UK population in March 2008 this year claimed no lives, with only minor property damage.

The UN Committe for all things Not White has expressed its anger at the behaviour of the planet’s earthquakes.

“They are clearly working to a racist agenda, and anyone suggesting otherwise is obviously in denial.” said a spokesperson.

DEFINITION: Total recorded intentional homicides, completed. Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence.

SOURCE: The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention)

(Mod Update : Qatar is ranked 81 on the list with only 1 homicide. That's one list we're glad that Qatar is on the bottom of! Full list here)