The French again have reasons to discuss the private life of their President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni. It is rumored that the couple is about to break up. It was also said that both Sarkozy and Bruni already have new partners. For the time being, Bruni, a singer and a former model, rejects the rumors. However, the rumors may eventually turn out to be true taking into consideration the passionate personal life of each of the famous spouses

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights issued a report highly critical of the situation in Colombia, which betrays the insecurity of human rights defenders and their stigmatization, including members of the government of Alvaro Uribe. "There continue to be in Colombia attitudes of harassment and persecution of human rights defenders and their families," wrote the High Commissioner Navi Pillay, who visited the country in September 2009 at the conclusion of the document, published on Tuesday.

Eduard Khil, a well-known singer of the Soviet past, has received enormous attention recently. One of his hits of 40 years, a song without words called “I Am So Happy to Finally Be Back Home” has become hugely popular on the Internet. The video with the song received over 2 million views; hundreds of people posted delightful comments of the song

Employers may often prefer a female to a male. Women expect smaller salaries, whereas men ask for 40 percent more. As a result, women gradually win the struggle with men on the labor market. The share of women among salaried employees increased from 42.8 percent in 1999 to 47.3 percent in 2009

Gender equality and the empowerment of women is one of the Millennium Development Goals to be reached by the year 2015. The anti-poverty targets set by the international community in 2001 can only be achieved if real progress is made in improving women’s rights. This is the only way forward to achieving sustainable development in a number of key areas.

A huge meteorite rammed into Antarctica about 480,000 years ago. The meteorite weighed hundreds of thousands of tons. Debris and dust were scattered 3,000 kilometers around. This area is comparable to the size of a whole mainland. Events similar to the Tunguska catastrophe may occur every 500 or 1,000 years. Therefore, there are chances to find traces of several other mammoth catastrophes in the Antarctic ice core

The United Nations Organization has launched an awareness campaign regarding the infringements of human rights caused by major sports events. If Soccer is the opium of the people, could these mega-events not go one step further and support global causes?

A Russian model died a mysterious death in Thailand, where she arrived to meet her husband, a guest-worker. The young woman was found hanged in her bungalow. The model, a 23-year-old woman identified as Yulia Pavlunko, was a resident of the city of Vladivostok, in the Far East of Russia