The man believed to be the father of the Malawian child who pop star Madonna wants to adopt has said that he opposes the move.
James Kambewa told a US TV station that he would be able to look after four year-old Chifundo "Mercy" James, even though he had never met her.
He said that he wanted the little girl to be raised "as a Malawian".
Madonna's appeal against a court ruling that denied her request to adopt the child is to be heard on Monday.
She has already adopted a boy, David, from Malawi.
'Capable'
Mr Kambewa told CBS television's "The Early Show" that he wore a necklace bearing his daughter's name around his neck, even though he had never seen her in person.
"I want to take care of her, and I'm capable to take care of my baby," he said. "Mercy, she is a Malawian - so [I] need her to grow as a Malawian as well with our culture."
A spokeswoman for Madonna said that she did not know if Mr Kambewa was Mercy's father.
"All I know is that Mercy has been in an orphanage since the day she was born," Liz Rosenberg said.
Last month Madonna's application to adopt Mercy was rejected because of a requirement that prospective parents be resident in the southern African state for 18 to 24 months.
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AOE is incredibly fun and addictive. I suggest you not to play this game. Once started to play, especially on LAN, and u master a lil, u r sure to get addicted to it. u can even play with computer when LAN or your friends are not available. we've got to choose from different maps(a lot more than u need).
You begin with only a tribal council fire and three villagers and must learn where to hunt and fish, gather wood and stone, and mine for gold. Once you have built a basic economy, you can begin expanding your village and researching new technologies that will eventually enable you to irrigate farms, smith iron and steel weaponry, perfect masonry for your city walls and educate your military cadets into deadly legions. Along the way, you’ll have to deal with wild animals, famine, enemy raiders, and a vast map full of uncharted territories.
When u become economically sound, u have to lauch attacks on your frens(they r ur enemy on AOE). If u win the attack, u won.Else either one(u or ur fren) can launch an attack...
This way...Its simple and fantastic...
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Well your parents may say : OMG all the time PC games.I am fed up with this child".
You don't pay attention to them...
Well its not always bad to play games,you know.
There r some games, which really looks realistic,strategic and among all interesting.
Here are the list of the games:
1. Age of Empires
2. Need for Speed
3. Counter Strike
4. Dotta
Megadeth is an American heavy metal band led by founder, front man, guitarist, and songwriter Dave Mustaine. Formed in 1983 by Mustaine and bass player David Ellefson following Mustaine's departure from Metallica, the band has since released eleven studio albums, six live albums, two EPs, thirty singles, thirty-two music videos, and three compilations.
As a pioneer of the American thrash metal movement, Megadeth rose to international fame in the 1980s, but experienced numerous line-up changes, due partly to the band's notorious substance abuse problems. From 1983 to 2002, Mustaine and Ellefson were the only continuous members of the band. After finding sobriety and securing a stable line-up, Megadeth went on to release a string of platinum and gold albums, including the platinum-selling landmark Rust in Peace in 1990 and the Grammy nominated, multi-platinum Countdown to Extinction in 1992. Megadeth disbanded in 2002 after Mustaine suffered a severe nerve injury to his left arm. However, following extensive physical therapy, Mustaine reformed the band in 2004 and released The System Has Failed, followed by United Abominations in 2007; the albums debuted on the Billboard Top 200 chart at #18 and #8, respectively. Megadeth, along with their new lead Guitarist Chris Broderick, are currently working on their 12th studio album which is scheduled for release in September 2009.
Megadeth is known for a distinctive guitar style, often involving complex, intricate musical passages, and trade off guitar solos. Mustaine is also known for his original "snarling" vocal style, as well as his recurring lyrical themes, often involving politics, war, addiction, and personal relationships.
As one of the most commercially successful of all heavy metal bands, Megadeth has sold more than 20 million albums worldwide,[1] with six consecutive albums being certified platinum in the USA. The band has also received great critical acclaim with seven consecutive Grammy nominations for Best Metal Performance. In the band's 24 active years, Megadeth has had 20 official members, with Dave Mustaine remaining as the driving force, main songwriter, and sole original member following the end of his musical partnership with David Ellefson in 2002, due to personal disagreements. Megadeth is hailed as one of the bands among the "Big Four of Thrash," along with Metallica, Slayer, and Anthrax, who were responsible for creating and popularizing the genre in the 1980s.
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Swine Flew
DES MOINES, IA - As the cases of Swine Flu continue to multiply around the globe, a parallel outbreak of Swine Flew is plaguing farmers and rural residents throughout the U.S.
Iowa hog farmer David Lyons described the startling phenomena. "I came out of the house about six in the morning, and I saw three of my sows floating up in the air. They'd grown wings overnight and were flying…like really big birds. I was in such a state of shock I couldn't move, but then they just flew off over that cornfield and that's the last I seen of them."
Experiences similar to Lyons' have been reported by dozens of other hog farmers throughout the Midwest.
"Half of my hogs flew off yesterday to God-knows-where," said Ted Zigler, a Kansas hog producer. "If this keeps up, I'm going to go broke. I'll have to switch to growing Tofu."
Like so many others, Lisa Conklin of rural Wisconsin said she never thought she'd see the day when pigs could fly. "I always used to say, 'Yeah, that'll happen when pigs fly. Now they are."
Conklin expressed a concern raised by many Americans since the onset of Swine Flew. "Let's just pray that monkey's don't start flying out of our asses."
IN AUSTRALIA
SYDNEY, April 29 (AP) - (Kyodo)—New Zealand now has 14 cases of confirmed or probable swine flu, with three more people testing positive for Influenza A, health officials said Wednesday.
The government said it was working on the basis that anyone who tested positive for Influenza A and has recently traveled to Mexico or the United States is also likely to have the swine virus, which is a subset of Influenza A.
Late Tuesday, Health Minister Tony Ryall confirmed that three people among a group of 11 tested had tested positive for the H1N1 strain of swine flu.
The group, consisting of 10 students and one teacher from Rangitoto College in Auckland, had recently returned from a three-week school trip to Mexico.
"Ministry of Health is assuming that all people who have tested positive to Influenza A and traveled with the Rangitoto College party have swine flu," the ministry said in a statement.
According to the Auckland Regional Public Health Service, two of the cases announced Wednesday were not part of the Rangitoto College group but had traveled to affected areas in Mexico and the United States.
However, samples will still be sent to the World Health Organization laboratory based in Melbourne, Australia, for confirmation.
All 14 cases are currently in home isolation and are being treated with antiviral medication.
Although there are still no confirmed cases in Australia, the number of suspected cases has risen to 91, with authorities expecting the country will not escape an outbreak of swine flu.
"This flu is indeed moving fast and we are conscious that whatever steps we take, it may not be possible to stop this disease coming into Australia," Australian Health Minister Nicola Roxon said.
Thermal scanners will soon be dispatched to major Australian airports, while all international flights must now inform Australian quarantine authorities of any suspected cases onboard.