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[World] Bhutan crowns new king
(IANS)Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck Thursday became the world's youngest reigning monarch as he was adorned with Bhutan's traditional Raven Crown at an ornate coronation ceremony ...[Entertainment] Rachel Pips Mikey To Take Big Brother Crown
Too-Nice Rachel Rice defied her critics last night to be crowned champ of BB9 and screamed: “This doesn’t seem real!The quiet Welsh beauty beat blind ...[Sports] Venus wins fifth crown
Venus Williams beat sister Serena 7-5, 6-4 today to win her fifth Wimbledon title and seventh Grand Slam championship.It was Venus’ first win over her ...
[News] Hoots follow ex-Nepal crown prince's flight to Singapore
Nepal's former - and hugely unpopular - crown prince Paras' exit for Singapore was greeted with derision by the public and media Wednesday, with most ...[News] Ousted crown prince Paras leaves Nepal
Thirty-three days after his father Gyanendra was stripped of his once revered position as the king of Nepal - and he himself lost the right ...[News] I have Handed Crown, Sceptre to Govt: Gyanendra
Kathmandu, June 11 - Nepal's ousted king Gyanendra today said that he decided to leave the Narayanhity Royal Palace honouring the people’s verdict. He also ...
[News] Nepal king's 'crown' auctioned in Bond Street?
The crown is easily identifiable because of the long, bird of paradise plume descending from the jewel-studded ornament at the apex of the turban-like crown.''We haven't yet come across any details of the crown,'' Govind Prasad Kusum, a member of the inventory-taking team, told the daily.''We checked all places but could not find any information about the crown.It was last worn by Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah, the last king of the dynasty, on June 4, 2001 when he succeeded his slain brother Birendra.Another daily, the Kathmandu Post, said that along with the crown, the royal sceptre is missing as well.On April 10, Bonhams, one of the world's oldest auctioneers, sold several items from the collection of a private collector, that also included the personal dagger of India's Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, who commissioned the fabled Taj Mahal that is one of the seven wonders of the world.The auctioned items belonged to the late Jacques Desenfans, a French millionaire who for 50 years passionately amassed rare objets d'art related to Islamic, Indian and Southeast Asian cultures, funding his acquisition drive with the money made by his family from its textile mills in Lyon.Along with Shah Jahan's dagger, Persian carpets and French clocks, the auctioneers also sold a 19th century gem-studded crown made for Nepal's royal family.Sold for a staggering 90,000 pounds, the crown, decorated with pearls, precious stone pendants and gems, also has a bird of paradise plume issuing from the apex.Could this be the missing crown?Or, if the crown is kept under lock and key in Mahendra Manzil, the apartment in the palace where the former queen mother Ratna stays, as the Naya Patrika daily suggested, then whose crown went under the hammer in New Bond street?How and when did the French collector acquire it?...[Sports] Ronaldo the jewel in crown of Group A
BASEL - Cristiano Ronaldo, who has just won a Champions League and Premier League double with Manchester United, could complete a remarkable treble of winners' medals by leading Portugal to victory in Euro 2008 this month.The 23-year-old winger, who scored 42 goals in all competitions for United last season, will be the key as Portugal looks to ease its way past co-host Switzerland, the Czech Republic and Turkey in Group A in Basel and Geneva.Fans at those two venues will be in for a special treat if he recreates his club form for his country, which heads into the tournament free of the pressures that burdened it somewhat as host nation four years ago.It froze in the final and was beaten by big outsider Greece in Lisbon.Portugal is coached by Brazilian Luiz Felipe Scolari, who said last week that Ronaldo could end the tournament as indisputably the best player in the world."We know that there might be some doubt over which club he might be playing for next season but I don't expect him to have too many sleepless nights over that during the tournament," Scolari said."Instead I expect him to have a great Euro 2008 and prove himself to be the best player in the world.Portugal should have the class to finish in one of the first two places from the quartet and qualify for the quarterfinals, probably with the Czechs.The latter provides the opposition for the Swiss co-hosts in the opening match of the tournament in Basel next Saturday.Still coached by Karel Bruckner, 68, the Czechs reached the semifinals of Euro 2004, disappointed with a first-round exit at the World Cup two years ago but stormed through its Euro 2008 qualifying campaign, finishing ahead of Germany at the top of their group.Although midfielders Karel Poborsky and Pavel Nedved have now retired and Tomas Rosicky is out injured, the Czechs have probably the world's best goalkeeper in Petr Cech.Cech was beaten by a Ronaldo header and then saved his penalty in the Champions League shootout when Manchester United triumphed over Chelsea in Moscow last month, and their meeting in Geneva on June 11 should be fascinating.Switzerland goes into the tournament after a two-year diet of friendlies in which it has won nine of the 19 games it has played since the World Cup.Some of its performances have been abject like the 4-0 home defeat to Germany in March and although coach Koebi Kuhn might be hoping that home advantage will boost his side's chances, it would be a surprise if its involvement continued after its last group match against Portugal on June 15.Turkey, which faces Portugal in its opening game in Geneva on Saturday evening, failed to qualify for either Euro 2004 or the World Cup two years ago, when an ugly post-match brawl in a playoff against Switzerland in Istanbul resulted in sanctions from FIFA.It faces Switzerland in Basel on June 11 in what is likely to be an equally decisive match - hopefully with a more peaceful outcome....
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