My fave presidential candidate, Barack Obama, gave THIS speech in Terre Haute a couple of days ago. He just gets better and better…one of the best public speakers ever!

According to ArabianBusiness.com, English football superstar David Beckham has given his $16 million villa on Dubai’s Palm Island to his in-laws, Victoria’s parents. Apparently, the couple have been spending so much time between their two homes in London and Los Angeles that they felt it would be difficult to fit living in Dubai into their schedule as well.

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Means no catching David B sunbathing on Dubai’s shores then! Dammit!!!

Hot on the heels of an Oprah show frenzy, it looks like “The Pregnant Man”, Thomas Beatie, is being approached by several networks to do a TV movie on his unique experience as the world’s first and only pregnant man.

34-year-old Thomas Beatie was born a girl but decided to change his gender about ten years ago by taking testosterone and undergoing surgery to remove his breasts. Beatie, now married to a woman, was artificially inseminated and is now pregnant with a “healthy” baby.

Do U think men should be allowed to get pregnant?

According to TimesOnline, “The internet could soon be made obsolete. The scientists who pioneered it have now built a lightning-fast replacement capable of downloading entire feature films within seconds.

At speeds about 10,000 times faster than a typical broadband connection, “the grid” will be able to send the entire Rolling Stones back catalogue from Britain to Japan in less than two seconds. ”

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Sound too good to be true? Catching more TV shows wouldn’t hurt I’d say

ArabianBusiness.com came up with it’s annual list of the 100 Most Powerful Arabs in the world. For the fourth year in a row, Saudi Arabia’s Prince Alwaleed bin Talal came out on top. He is also the Richest Arab in the world with with a fortune estimated at US$29.5 billion.

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Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 5 officially opened its doors today to the public. The T5 building is catering solely to British Airways flights in an effort to reduce luggage waiting times and to ease the traffic within the airport. The project has been 15 years in the making and cost $8.6 billion.

The new terminal boasts 112 shops and restaurants and apparently can process 12,000 bags an hour.

Besides all the obvious benefits, the project has been met my protesters from enviromental groups who believe that the new terminal will only further contribute to harmful climate change.

Are you impressed by bigger airports?

According to Gulf News, “the United Arab Emirates will develop a peaceful nuclear power capability in partnership with responsible nations.

The move makes the UAE the first Arab state to go ahead with plans to develop civilian nuclear power…”

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According to BBC.co.uk, “Dubai-based airline Emirates has become the first commercial airline to allow passengers to make mobile phone calls during flights.

The aircraft, an Airbus A340, is fitted with a system which stops mobiles from interfering with a plane’s electronics.

According to the airline, the mobile service will only be activated when the aircraft is at cruising altitude and the cabin crew will be able to monitor and control the use of the system.

Passengers will be able to receive and send text messages, but the crew will be able to prevent voice calls at certain times, such as during night flights.

Passengers will also be requested to keep their phones on “silent” mode, said the airline.

High demand

Emirates said it decided to introduce the use of mobile phones in its fleet after experiencing high demand for the phones already installed in aircraft seats.

The airline had to obtain approval from international air safety organisations before adopting the system, which was developed by the AeroMobile company.

Emirates flies to more than 60 countries and is owned by the government of Dubai.”

As some of you may already know, EARTH HOUR is taking place on Saturday, 29th of March. The event is  part of World Wide Fund for Nature’s (WWF) global initiative to highlight climate change. In honor of the event, several of Dubai’s organizations have volunteered to turn off their lights for a few hours on that day.

According to GulfNews.com, “Dubai Holding and the Dubai Water and Electricity Authority (DEWA) have linked up to lead the initiative that also has the support of Dubai Municipality, Dubai International Financial Centre, the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), Dubai World Trade Centre, Nakheel, Emaar and creative agency Leo Burnett.

Iconic landmarks, including Burj Al Arab and Jumeirah Beach Hotel, will switch their exterior lights off in a symbolic gesture at 8pm local time. ”

Even some of Dubai’s major roads will have their lights reduced by up to 50% to support the cause.

So do a good thing, and switch off your lights as well on Saturday. Make the most of it by getting out of your comfort zone and thinking outside the box. After all, aren’t candle-lit dinners and enjoying the moonlight supposed to be fun and romantic??

For you Facebook fanatics out there…

According to Gulfnews.com, Facebook ”is working on a new instant messaging chat feature that runs inside Facebook, allowing users to hold spontaneous conversations with their friends on the site.The feature, called Facebook Chat, will not require that users download any special software, and will be introduced in a matter of weeks, the company said.

Use of Facebook has exploded fivefold over the past year and a half.

Two-thirds of its users are now located outside the United States compared with about 10 percent 18 months ago, when most members were students and living in the United States.”