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Sher Watson,

Sher Watson and his band Das Contras playing live at the 2007 W ickerman Festival and in 2008 at the famous Jazz Bar on Chambers Street, Edinburgh, Scotland. where you can hear talented Jazz, Blues, Swing from all over the world seven nights a week. Sher Watson sang his self penned song Street Princess  solo at the 2008 New York International Theater, Film and Artrs Festival in New York know sas the www.NYITFest.com, which is destined to be a big hit on the long and eagerly awaited Das Contras's first album due to be released in April, 2009.
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provided by one of the  www.usaweeklynew.com readers,
 of Das Contas singing Street Princess at the 2007 Wickerman Festival held in Scotland were they burn the Wickman to try and please the Gods to have a good harvest.


  Sher Watson, the lead singer of the Scottish Jazz-Rock- Fusion Band, Das Contras is at this moment penning a theme song for the film
  NO Where To Hide........No Where to Run........

Das Contras have their first album  Due to be released in April, 2009, after spending all of 2008 in and out of the recording studios recording and mixing their new album. 
Das Contras were discovered by the Fringe Shows Have Talent Team at the 2007 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and have featured live clips of Das Contras performing at the 2007 Wickerman Fringe Festival in Scotland and the famous Jazz Bar on Chambers Street in Eninburgh, Scotland, in the Volume One of the collectors DVD Fringe Shows Have Talent shows video sections of the 2006, 2007 and 2008 Edinburgh and Dublin Fringe Festivals, produced by the INL News Limited in association with the EmergeFest.com and Edinburgh Fringe Festival Limited and USA WEEKLY News Limited.
Anyone interested in purchasing copies of Volume One of the collectors series of DVD's called
                     Fringe Shows Have Talent Collectors DVD Volume One,
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There will be a limited issue of each volume of these collectors DVD's,
 so anyone interested in being put on the waiting list of a copy please email as soon as you can, to assure yourself a copy of this amazing fun-entertaining footage of some of the best memorable moments of the Edinburgh and Dublin Fringe Festivals dutingh 2006, 2007 and 2008.
Part if the proceeds will be used to help the suffering people of Gaza.
 A special Fringe Shows Have Talent concert is due to be held in Blackpool in 2009 to help bring publicity to the Gaza Conflict and to help raise money for help the ordinary women, men and children that are suffering Gaza as a result of the conflict with Israel.

 all singingAt a peace rally held in Edinburgh, Scotland on Saturday 10th January, 2008, in opposition to the Israel attcks on Gaza, there was so much community spirit from all walks of life and all ages from little kids to old people, just ordinary people trying to have their say.......  all singing

                    Free Free Palestine, Occupation is a crime
                    Occupation is a crime, Killing children is a crime
                    Ethnic cleansing is crime, Free Free Palestine

At the strong and powerful Solidarity for peace rally in Edinburgh on Saturday the 10th January, 2009, they had some very powerful and moving speakers at the end rally in the park and thousands braving cold winds and rain to listen to the speakers, which included a doctor who spoke live form a mobile telephone from Gaza describing to the crowd of the urgent humanitarian crisis in Gaza caused for the relentless bombing of Gaza by Israel.

The ordinary citizens from all nationalities, ages and backgrounds from all countries spoke out in a loud unity voice
" Israel Must Stop the killing of innocent women and children"
Anyone that wants to contributed any stories, views, ideas, photos, film clips and just want to be involved with tha making of  the film
NO Where To Hide.........No Where to Run........
Please email all ideas, views,stories, photos, video clips etc to
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The film NO Where To Hide........No Where to Run........
wants to include views from all sides so that a fair cross sections of all points of view is shown and each individual can make up their own mind about the wrongs and rights of the conflict.. and what is the best way to solve the conflict so that no more innocent women, men and children are killed from either side of the conflict.... so that there will be a long last lasting peace in that region of the world between all races and all religions....the concern is that no matter which point of view you hold as to the wrongs and right of the Israel-Gaza Conflict, if it carries on much longer, it has the potential to create a third world war and help ignite a new round of world wide hatred in the world between various people in different races and religions and as
Annie Lenox

stated to the BBC...
        " that both sides were "wrong" and a total ceasefire was the only sensible solution."

Annie said"the intervention of President George W Bush, who has described Hamas's rocket attacks as an "act of terror", was not helping the situation."She said: "The problem is, from my perspective, they are pouring petrol onto the fire."They have to sit down. This is a small window of opportunity just before things kick off."For every one person killed in Gaza, they are creating 100 suicide bombers. It's not just about Gaza, it's about all of us.Former model Bianca Jagger

and singer Annie Lennox have supported the action, and have also called on American president-elect Barack Obama

President George W. Bush meets with President-elect Barack Obama

President George W. Bush meets with former President George H.W. Bush, President-elect Barack Obama, former President Bill Clinton and former President Jimmy Carter in the Oval Office of the White House January 7, 2009.

 (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

 

President-elect Barack Obama has lunch with Washington Mayor Adrian Fenty at Ben's Chili Bowl in Washington, January 10, 2009 to discuss a resolution to the Israel-Gaza Conflict (Jim Young/Reuters) Mon Jan 12, 7:12 PM ET

  

U.S. President-elect Barack Obama speaks at a news conference in Washington January 9, 2009.

 (Jim Young/Reuters)

to speak up against the bombardment.

Actor Paul Kaye, whose mother-in-law was killed in a Hamas rocket attack, told the BBC he had experienced the situation from an Israeli point of view.

"It's terrifying," he said. "My wife was trapped in a supermarket in a rocket attack. I was with my sons in Ashkelon station, holding them, waiting for a rocket to land and shutting my eyes thinking 'is this it?'

"So I think it's important to remember that mothers fleeing rocket attacks holding their children have the same fear on both sides of the border

"The minimum is to treat these [injured] people, to feed these people, give them water, and keep them in a safe place" Katarina Ritz ICRC's head of mission in Jerusalem
   NO Where To Hide........No Where to Run........
       soon to be at your local cinema, and on DVD for the world to see.....


 
Protest War of Gaza Sydney 

 

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  Thousands in Lebanon, Turkey protest Gaza attack
 

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Hundreds of shoes lie in the street in Whitehall as a protester runs back to the crowd after attempting to throw a shoe into Downing Street. Photograph: Fiona Hanson/PA

 
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Un tank israélien dans la bande de Gaza, dimanche

 

 
 
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Manifestation à Paris contre la guerre à Gaza, samedi 10 janvier.

 
 

 
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A Nice, samedi 10 janvier.

 
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Manifestation à Toulouse contre la guerre de Gaza, samedi 10 janvier.

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protesters burn an Israel flag and hit it with shoes during demonstration in Kuwait City
 

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 Police blocked protesters in Nairobi from reaching the Israeli embassy [Reuters]
 
 
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AFP – Protesters opposed to Israeli military action in the Gaza Strip demonstrate outside the Israeli embassy 

 in west London. Angry demonstrators hurled missiles at riot police outside the Israeli embassy in London on Saturday as a protest against the Jewish state's offensive in the Gaza Strip turned ugly.

(AFP/Shaun Curry)

 
 

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  AP – Protesters hold a mock dead body and shout slogans against the Israeli offensive in Gaza during a demonstration …
 

protest Near London's Israeli Embassy
 

 A protester swings a club at a police horse Saturday night near London's Israeli Embassy.

 

    Protest War of Gaza Japan.jpgThe participant raised voice "Do not  kills the children of Gaza  and to desire an immediate cease-fire. Tokyo Japan

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Hamas resistance deep in Gaza

An explosion is seen during an Israeli army operation in Gaza City, Sunday, Jan.11, 2009. Israeli troops battled Palestinian gunmen in a suburb of Gaza City Sunday in one of the fiercest ground battles so far as Israel's military inched toward Gaza's population centers and residents braced for an expansion of the offensive. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Israeli troops made their deepest advance into the Gaza Strip's most heavily populated area on Sunday, encountering increasingly fierce resistance from Hamas fighters as they warned civilians to stay clear of the battle zone.

Middle East News

  • An Israeli girl wipes tears as her school is evacuated after a rocket, fired from the Gaza Strip, hit a house next to a school in the Israeli southern city of Sderot, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2009. Israeli troops battled Palestinian gunmen in a suburb of Gaza City Sunday in one of the fiercest ground battles so far as Israel's military inched toward Gaza's population centers and residents braced for an expansion of the offensive. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
    School resumes in Israel despite rocket threat AP - 40 minutes ago

    SDEROT, Israel - Thousands of children in southern Israel returned to school Sunday for the first time in two weeks, braving the threat of Palestinian rocket attacks while the army pushed ahead with its offensive in the neighboring Gaza Strip.

  • Samuel Wurzelbacher, known as Joe the Plumber, who is in the region to report for US the conservative pjtv.com Web site and back dropped by smoke billowing from fires caused by Israeli military attacks from inside the Gaza Strip, poses for pictures, near the southern Israeli city of Sderot, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2009. Wurzelbacher became famous after campaigning for US republican presidential candidate John McCain during the US Presidential elections in 2008. (AP Photo/Moshe Milner, Government Press Office, handout)
    Joe trades wrench for reporter's notepad in Israel AP - 1 hour, 5 minutes ago

    SDEROT, Israel - Joe the Plumber has set aside his wrenches to become a rookie war correspondent, covering Israel's side of its two-week-old military offensive in Gaza.

  • An explosion is seen during an Israeli army operation in Gaza City, Sunday, Jan.11, 2009. Israeli troops battled Palestinian gunmen in a suburb of Gaza City Sunday in one of the fiercest ground battles so far as Israel's military inched toward Gaza's population centers and residents braced for an expansion of the offensive. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
    Israeli troops meet Hamas resistance deep in Gaza AP - 1 hour, 13 minutes ago

    GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Israeli troops made their deepest advance into the Gaza Strip's most heavily populated area on Sunday, encountering increasingly fierce resistance from Hamas fighters as they warned civilians to stay clear of the battle zone.

Europe News

  • Weapons, dug up from a hidden cache during an investigation into an alleged coup plot, are displayed at the local police headquarters in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2009. A Turkish court formally arrested nine people on charges of being part of an alleged secularist plot to bring down the Islamic-rooted government and police detained 33 more suspects while displaying weapons, dug up from a hidden cache. Prosecutors say the alleged plot aimed to destabilize Turkey through a series of attacks and trigger a coup in 2009. (AP Photo/Ibrahim Usta)
    Turkey coup plot arrests now at more than 100 AP - 27 minutes ago

    ANKARA, Turkey - A Turkish court formally arrested 14 more people Sunday for ties to an alleged secularist plot by ultranationalists to bring down the Islamic-rooted government, bringing the total of people involved in the case to more than 100.

  • Sellers warm themselves as temperatures fall below minus 8 degrees at an open-air market in Sofia, Bulgaria. Russia on Sunday said a deal to resume gas supplies to the European Union through pipelines in Ukraine had been delayed as swathes of central Europe and the Balkans remained without heating.(AFP/Boryana Katsarova)
    Russia says Europe gas supply deal delayed AFP - 35 minutes ago

    MOSCOW (AFP) - Russia on Sunday said a deal to resume gas supplies to the European Union through pipelines in Ukraine had been delayed as swathes of central Europe and the Balkans remained without heating.

  • Pipelines are seen at a gas compressor station in Sudzha in Russia's Kursk region January 11, 2009. International monitors arrived on Sunday at a gas compressor station near the Ukrainian-Russian border to observe gas flows to Europe, a Reuters photographer said. (Gleb Garanich/Reuters)
    Russia-Ukraine deal on gas for Europe in doubt Reuters - 42 minutes ago

    MOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) - A Russian-Ukrainian deal to restore Russian gas supplies via Ukraine to Europe appeared on the verge of collapse on Sunday after Moscow rejected handwritten additions by Kiev as a 'mockery of common sense'.

Latin America

  • Obama-Calderon talks to focus on Mexican drug war AP - 47 minutes ago

    MEXICO CITY - With violence spilling over the Mexican border into the U.S., President Felipe Calderon should have little trouble securing support for his battle against drugs when he meets U.S. President-elect Barack Obama on Monday.

  • Emergency workers evacuate Antonia Prodo Villalobos, 83, after a 6.1-magnitude earthquake near La Cinchona, Costa Rica, Friday, Jan. 9, 2009. The Red Cross reported the death toll from Thursday's earthquake rose to at least 13. (AP Photo/La Nacion, Francisco Rodriguez)
    Costa Rica: Crews find 2 more dead; quake toll 18 AP - 1 hour, 47 minutes ago

    VARA BLANCA DE ALAJUELA, Costa Rica - Emergency crews in Costa Rica found two more bodies in mountain villages hit by a 6.1-magnitude earthquake, raising the death toll to at least 18 people, the Red Cross reported.

  • Bodies of victims of a bus crash lie on the ground at the site of the accident in the Cajamarca region, some 900 km, 550 miles, north of Lima, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2009. Peruvian police say at least 35 people are dead and 23 injured after a bus ran off a remote, rain-slicked mountain road. (AP Photo)
    Bus crashes into Peru ravine, killing 33 AP - Sat Jan 10, 8:52 PM ET

    LIMA, Peru - A bus ran off a slick mountain road into a ravine in northern Peru on Saturday, killing at least 33 people, police said.

Africa News

  • Aid worker Sweetness Mzolisa poses for a portrait at the Nocingile day care center in Khayelitsha, South Africa, Friday, Jan. 9, 2009. From a windowless shed in a sprawling South African township, Mzolisa leads a chorus of praise which reverberates from Namibia's desert to Rwanda's rolling hills in honor of an unlikely international hero: outgoing US President Bush. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)AIDS battle burnishes Bush's legacy in Africa AP - 

    CAPE TOWN, South Africa - In her AIDS-scarred South African township, Sweetness Mzolisa leads a chorus of praise for George W. Bush that echoes to the deserts of Namibia, the hills of Rwanda and the villages of Ethiopia.

  • Clashes between Somali Islamists kill 29, wound 50 AP - Sun Jan 11,

    MOGDASIHU, Somalia - Clashes between Islamist militias have killed at least 29 people and wounded more than 50 others in central Somalia, witnesses said Sunday. It was the latest sign of divisions within an Islamist insurgency the U.S. government says has links to al-Qaida.

  • A parachute dropped by a small aircraft drops over the MV Sirius Star at anchor, in this U.S. Navy photo, Friday, Jan. 9, 2009, following an apparent payment via a parachuted container to pirates holding the ship. Somali pirates released the oil-laden Saudi supertanker after receiving a $3 million ransom, a negotiator for the bandits said Friday. The ship owner did not confirm it. The brand new tanker, with a 25-member crew, was seized in the Indian Ocean Nov. 15 in a dramatic escalation of high seas crime.(AP Photo/U.S. Navy,Air Crewman 2nd Class David B. Hudson)Somali pirate's body washes ashore with $153,000 AP - Sun Jan 11,

    MOGADISHU, Somalia - The body of a Somali pirate who drowned just after receiving a huge ransom washed onshore with $153,000 in cash, a resident said Sunday, as the spokesman for another group of pirates promised to soon free a Ukrainian arms ship.

Asia News

  • U.S. Vice President-elect Joe Biden left, speaks with an ISAF soldier at a military base in Grishak area of Helmand, Afghanistan, Sunday, Jan 11, 2009.The commander of NATO-led forces in Afghanistan told U.S. Vice President-elect Joe Biden on Saturday that thousands of new American troops expected in the country's south will need more helicopters and other support to beat back surging Taliban violence, an official said.(AP Photo/Abdul Khaleeq)Biden: US will help fight terror in Afghanistan AP 

    KABUL, Afghanistan - Vice President-elect Joe Biden promised U.S. support for Afghanistan's struggle against terrorism, drugs and corruption, in surprise visit Sunday to a dangerous Taliban-stronghold area of Afghanistan.

  • Children of activists in the Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) group perform as Palestinian children during an anti-Israeli protest in Karachi, Pakistan. Israel indicated for the first time on Sunday an end was in sight to its war on Hamas, amid some of the heaviest clashes of an offensive that has killed nearly 900 people in the Gaza Strip.(AFP/Rizwan Tabassum)6 troops, 40 militants killed in Pakistan attack AP -

    PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Hundreds of militants, many from Afghanistan, attacked a Pakistani paramilitary camp in a lawless northwestern tribal region early Sunday, sparking a major clash that left six security troops and 40 insurgents dead.

  • Map of Borneo and Sulawesi in Indonesia showing the location near the coastal town of Majene where a ferry carrying more than 260 people sank leaving scores feared dead.(AFP/Graphic)
    Storm sinks Indonesian ferry, 250 feared dead AP - 2 hours, 47 minutes ago

    JAKARTA, Indonesia - A ferry capsized in a severe storm and crashing waves in central Indonesia on Sunday and officials said around 250 people were feared dead.

Canada

  • Conservatives plan C$40 bln budget: CTV Reuters - Sat Jan 10, 2:03 PM ET

    TORONTO (Reuters) - The Conservative Party plans to present a $40 billion (US$ 34 billion) deficit, the highest since 1993, in the federal budget to be unveiled this month, CTV television reported.

  • Obama coming to Canada for first official foreign trip Reuters - Sat Jan 10, 5:12 PM ET

    TORONTO (Reuters) - Barack Obama will visit Canada in his first international trip as U.S. president, the office of Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Saturday.

  • Liberals bounce back with new leader Reuters - Fri Jan 9, 6:05 PM ET

    OTTAWA (Reuters) - New leadership has helped Canada's opposition Liberals recover the public support they had lost following threats to topple the minority Conservative government, a poll released on Friday showed.


Australia/Antarctica News

  • Taliban commander killed in offensive: Australia Reuters - Sun Jan 11, 6:46 AM ET

    SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian special forces have killed a Taliban commander involved in recruiting suicide bombers and foreign fighters in Afghanistan, Australia's Defense Ministry said on Sunday.

  • A package of cocaine seized in Colombia in 2008. A Canadian man has been charged with trying to smuggle more than two million dollars (1.4 million US) worth of cocaine into Australia inside a forklift from Mexico, police said Saturday.(AFP/File/Mauricio Duenas)
    Canadian arrested smuggling drugs in forklift AFP - Sat Jan 10, 12:48 PM ET

    SYDNEY (AFP) - A Canadian man has been charged with trying to smuggle more than two million dollars (1.4 million US) worth of cocaine into Australia inside a forklift from Mexico, police said Saturday.

  • Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (left) and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in Beijing. Australia's Mandarin-speaking leader has helped spark an increase in the study of Asian languages, with record numbers of students signing up for Chinese, a major university said(AFP/File/Liu Jin)Chinese-speaking Australian PM sparks Asian studies boom AFP - Thu Jan 8,

    SYDNEY (AFP) - Australia's Mandarin-speaking leader Kevin Rudd has helped spark an increase in the study of Asian languages, with record numbers of students signing up for Chinese, a major university said Friday.

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  • A Venezuelan Army aircraft is prepared to leave for Gaza with aid supplies at the Simon Bolivar airport in Caracas, January 11, 2009. REUTERS\Carlos Garcia Rawlins (VENEZUELA)Israeli troops meet Hamas resistance deep in Gaza AP -

    GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Israeli troops made their deepest advance into the Gaza Strip's most heavily populated area on Sunday, encountering increasingly fierce resistance from Hamas fighters as they warned civilians to stay clear of the battle zone.

  • Storm sinks Indonesian ferry, 250 feared dead AP - 2 hours, 52 minutes ago

    JAKARTA, Indonesia - A ferry capsized in a severe storm and crashing waves in central Indonesia on Sunday and officials said around 250 people were feared dead.

  • Britain's Prince Harry listens as his brother Prince William (not pictured) delivers a speech in west London Thursday Jan. 8, 2009. A British newspaper says it has video footage of Prince Harry allegedly using offensive and racist language. The Sunday tabloid The News of The World reported that Harry, third in line to the British throne, used offensive terms to refer to people from Pakistani and people of Arab descent. Britain's St. James's Palace — the office of Harry and his elder brother Prince William — said on Saturday that Harry was sorry for any offense caused. The newspaper said the video was recorded three years ago. It alleged he called one person a 'paki' and referred to others as 'ragheads.' (AP Photo/Toby Melville, pool)Lawmakers, Muslims criticize prince over comments AP - Sun Jan 11, 12:14 PM ET

    LONDON - Lawmakers, Muslim groups and the Pakistani public criticized Prince Harry Sunday after a British newspaper published video footage of him using offensive and racist language.




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    Gus McCann in Dublin singing the old Irish Classic "Dublin In My Tears" in the streets of Dublin after receiving his USA Weekly News 100 Star Award a the 2008 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Gus McCann is riding high with an offer to play a part in a film and a recording contract..Gus however does not ever like to forget his roots on the streets of Dublin where he cut his teeth singing a mixture of the Old Irish Ballads and his own poetry all about life and the lessons life hands out, which Gus puts to his own music... Gus McCann is also about to embark on a world tour bringing his soulful voice and music to as many people around the world as he can....
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    Gus McCann in Dublin singing the old Irish Classic "Dublin In My Tears" in the streets of Dublin after receiving his USA Weekly News 100 Star Award a the 2008 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Gus McCann is riding high with an offer to play a part in a film and a recording contract..Gus however does not ever like to forget his roots on the streets of Dublin where he cut his teeth singing a mixture of the Old Irish Ballads and his own poetry all about life and the lessons life hands out, which Gus puts to his own music... Gus McCann is also about to embark on a world tour bringing his soulful voice and music to as many people around the world as he can....
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    About Los Angeles

    The old city plaza, 1869
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    Images, from top, left to right: Los Angeles Skyline in winter, Venice Beach, Griffith Observatory, Hollywood sign
    Images, from top, left to right: Los Angeles Skyline in winter, Venice Beach, Griffith Observatory, Hollywood sign
    Los Angeles City Hall, shown here in 1931, was built in 1928 and was the tallest structure in the city until 1964, when height restrictions were removed.
    Downtown Los Angeles saw heavy development from the 1980s to 1990s, including the construction of some of the city's tallest skyscrapers.
    Map of Los Angeles

    Los Angeles

    (pronounced /l?s 'ænd??l?s/ los-AN-j?-l?s; Spanish pronunciation: [los 'a?xeles]) is the largest city in the state of California and the Western United States as well as second largestUnited States.[1] Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles is rated an alpha world city, has an estimated population of 3.8 million[2] and spans over 498.3 square miles (1,290.6 km2) in Southern California. Additionally, the Los Angeles metropolitan area is home to nearly 12.9 million residents,[3]globe and speak 224 different languages. Los Angeles is the seatLos Angeles County, the most populated and one of the most diversecounties[4] in the United States. Its inhabitants are known as "Angelenos" (/ænd??'li?no?z/). who hail from all over the of in the

    Los Angeles was founded September 4, 1781, by Spanish governor Felipe de Neve as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles de la Porciúncula (The Village of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels of Porziuncola).[5] It became a part of Mexico in 1821, following its independence from Spain. In 1848, at the end of the Mexican-American War, Los Angeles and California were purchased as part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, thereby becoming part of the United States; Mexico retained the territory of Baja California. Los Angeles was incorporated as a municipality on April 4, 1850, five months before California achieved statehood.

    Los Angeles is one of the world's centers of business, international trade, entertainment, culture, media, fashion, science, technology, and education. It is home to renowned institutions covering a broad range of professional and cultural fields, and is one of the most substantial economic engines within the United States. Los Angeles leads the world in producing popular entertainment — such as motion picture, video games, television, and recorded music — which forms the base of its international fame and global status.

    History of Loas Angelos

    The Los Angeles coastal area was first settled by the Tongva (or Gabrieleños) and Chumash Native American tribes hundreds of years ago. The first Europeans arrived in 1542 under Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, a Portuguese-born explorer who claimed the area as the City of God for the Spanish Empire. However, he continued with his voyage and did not establish a settlement.[6]Gaspar de Portola, along with Franciscan missionary Juan Crespí, reached the present site of Los Angeles on August 2, 1769. Crespí noted that the site had the potential to be developed into a large settlement.[7]

    In 1771, Franciscan friar Junípero Serra built the Mission San Gabriel Arcangel near Whittier Narrows, in what is now called San Gabriel Valley.[8] In 1777, the new governor of California, Felipe de Neve, recommended to Antonio María de Bucareli y Ursúa, viceroy of New Spain that the site noted by Juan Crespí be developed into a pueblo. The town was officially founded on September 4, 1781, by a group of forty-four settlers known as "Los Pobladores." Tradition has it that on this day they were escorted by four Spanish colonial soldiers, two priests from the Mission and Governor de Neve. The town was named El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río de Porciúncula (The Town of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels on the Porciúncula River).[9]Hispanic culture that had emerged in northern Mexico among a racially mixed society. Two-thirds of the settlers were mestizo or mulatto, and therefore, had African and Indian ancestry. More importantly, they were intermarrying.[10] The settlement remained a small ranch town for decades, but by 1820 the population had increased to about 650 residents.[11] Today, the pueblo is commemorated in the historic district of Los Angeles Pueblo Plaza and Olvera Street, the oldest part of Los Angeles.[12]

    New Spain achieved its independence from the Spanish Empire in 1821, and the pueblo continued as a part of Mexico. During Mexican rule, Governor Pío Pico, made Los Angeles Alta California's regional capital. Mexican rule ended during the Mexican–American War: Americans took control from the Californios after a series of battles, culminating with the signing of the Treaty of Cahuenga on January 13, 1847.

    Railroads arrived when the Southern Pacific completed its line to Los Angeles in 1876.[13] Oil was discovered in 1892, and by 1923 Los Angeles was producing one-quarter of the world's petroleum.[14]

    By 1900, the population had grown to more than 102,000 people,[15] putting pressure on the city's water supply.[16] 1913's completion of the Los Angeles Aqueduct, under the supervision of William Mulholland, assured the continued growth of the city.

    In the 1920s, the motion picture and aviation industries flocked to Los Angeles. In 1932, with population surpassing one million,[17]Summer Olympics.

    The post-war years saw an even greater boom, as urban sprawlSan Fernando Valley.[18] In 1969, Los Angeles became one of the birthplaces of the Internet, as the first ARPANET transmission was sent from UCLA to SRI in Menlo Park.[19]

    Also in the 1980s, Los Angeles became the center of the heavy metal music scene, especially glam metal bands.[20] In 1984, the city hosted the Summer Olympic Games for the second time. Despite being boycotted by 14 Communist countries, the 1984 Olympics became the most financially successful in history, and only the second Olympics to turn a profit – the other being the 1932 Summer Olympics, also held in Los Angeles.

    During the remaining decades of the 20th century, the city was plagued by increasing gang warfare, drug trades, and police corruption. Racial tensions erupted again in 1992 with the Rodney King controversy and the large-scale riots that followed the acquittal of his police attackers. In 1994, the 6.7 Northridge earthquake shook the city, causing $12.5 billion in damage and 72 deaths.[21]

    Voters defeated efforts by the San Fernando Valley and Hollywood[22]

    Gentrification and urban redevelopment have occurred in many parts of the city, most notably Hollywood, Koreatown, Silver Lake, Echo Park and Downtown.[23]

    Geography

    Los Angeles is irregularly shaped and covers a total area of 498.3 square miles (1,291 km2), comprising 469.1 square miles (1,214.9 km²) of land and 29.2 square miles (75.7 km²) of water. The city extends for 44 miles (71 km) longitudinally and for 29 miles (47 km) latitudinally. The perimeter of the city is 342 miles (550 km). It is the only major city in the United States bisected by a mountain range.

    The highest point in Los Angeles is Mount Lukens, also called Sister Elsie Peak.[24] Located at the far reaches of the northeastern San Fernando Valley, it reaches a height of 5,080 ft (1,548 m). The major river is the Los Angeles River, which begins in the Canoga Park district of the city and is largely seasonal. The river is lined in concrete for almost its entire length as it flows through the city into nearby Vernon on its way to the Pacific Ocean.

    Geology

    Los Angeles is subject to earthquakes due to its location in the Pacific Ring of Fire. The geologic instability produces numerous fault lines both above and below ground, which altogether cause approximately 10,000 earthquakes every year.[25] One of the major fault lines is the San Andreas Fault. Located at the boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate, it is predicted to be the source of Southern California's next big earthquake.[26] Major earthquakes to have hit the Los Angeles area include the 2008 Chino Hills earthquake, 1994 Northridge earthquake, the 1987 Whittier Narrows earthquake, the 1971 San Fernando earthquake near Sylmar, and the 1933 Long Beach earthquake. Nevertheless, all but a few quakes are of low intensity and are not felt.[25] The most recent earthquake felt was the 5.4 Chino Hills earthquake on July 29th 2008. Parts of the city are also vulnerable to Pacific Ocean tsunamis; harbor areas were damaged by waves from the Valdivia earthquake in 1960.[27] The Los Angeles basin and metropolitan area are also at risk from blind thrust earthquakes.[28]


    UK protests over Gaza air strikes


    A series of demonstrations is taking place across the UK to try and stop the Israeli air strikes on Gaza.

    The protests are being held at 18 locations including Portsmouth, Manchester, Hull, London and Glasgow.

    They come after several days of smaller demonstrations around the country, including outside the Israeli Embassy in Kensington, west London.

    Israel's government has said it is defending its citizens from Palestinian rocket attacks.

    'No defence'

    The government launched the offensive after Palestinian rockets were fired into Israel's southern regions, breaking a six-month truce.

    But Lyndsey German, of the Stop the War Coalition, said Israel's actions were not "a defence measure".

    She said there would be "tens of thousands" of people in London alone and this "is just the start of the campaign".

    "If there is an invasion of Gaza, as looks likely, by the Israeli army, if the blockade continues with people suffering from shortages of food and medicine, then I think this will grow.

    "This is Israel being aggressive, this is Israel attacking one and a half million people who already live in great poverty, in great difficulty."

    More than 30 organisations, including the British Muslim Initiative and the Stop the War Coalition, have worked together to organise the series of protests.

    The BBC's Barnie Choudhury estimated there were 7,000 to 10,000 people marching along the Embankment in central London towards Trafalgar Square. Some chanted "Free, free Palestine" and "Israel terrorists".

    On Whitehall, hundreds of shoes were thrown at the gates of Downing Street, echoing the protest of an Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at US President George W Bush. A firework was also reportedly thrown at police.

    Elsewhere, an estimated 2,000 people marched through Manchester and in Portsmouth, nearly 500 people took to the streets. Police said there were about 500 demonstrators in Glasgow and 600 in Edinburgh.

    Former model Bianca Jagger and singer Annie Lennox have supported the action, and have also called on American president-elect Barack Obama to speak up against the bombardment.

    Ms Lennox told the BBC that both sides were "wrong" and a total ceasefire was the only sensible solution.

    She said the intervention of President George W Bush, who has described Hamas's rocket attacks as an "act of terror", was not helping the situation.

    She said: "The problem is, from my perspective, they are pouring petrol onto the fire.

    "They have to sit down. This is a small window of opportunity just before things kick off.

    "For every one person killed in Gaza, they are creating 100 suicide bombers. It's not just about Gaza, it's about all of us.

    Actor Paul Kaye, whose mother-in-law was killed in a Hamas rocket attack, told the BBC he had experienced the situation from an Israeli point of view.

    "It's terrifying," he said. "My wife was trapped in a supermarket in a rocket attack. I was with my sons in Ashkelon station, holding them, waiting for a rocket to land and shutting my eyes thinking 'is this it?'

    "So I think it's important to remember that mothers fleeing rocket attacks holding their children have the same fear on both sides of the border."

    Ceasefire calls

    The UN has reported that some 2,000 Palestinians have been wounded since the airstrikes began last Saturday.

    More than 400 people have been killed including 60 civilians - 34 of them children.

    Four Israelis - three civilians and one soldier - have been killed by rockets fired into Israel from Gaza, which have hit towns up to 25 miles (40km) from the narrow coastal strip.

    Both sides have so far resisted international calls for a ceasefire.

    'Self-defeating'

    Foreign Office Minister Bill Rammell said the British government was "forcefully and strongly arguing" for an immediate end to the violence.

    "Israel has a right to respond proportionately, but we've been very, very clear that there has been a massive loss of innocent life... and that is unacceptable."

    Mr Rammell said Hamas rocket attacks on Israel were also "unacceptable", but stressed that "a reinvigorated political process" was the only route to a long-term solution.

    Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg branded Israel's strategy of bombing Gaza "self-defeating".

    "One of the great victims of the Israeli action is... moderate public opinion in the Arab world, upon whom Israeli long-term security interests depend," he said.

    He said the reaction of the EU had been "weak" and said member states should have threatened to sever trade links with Israel if the bombardment continued.

    Chairwoman of the Jewish Labour Movement, MP Louise Ellman, defended Israel's actions.

    She told the BBC: "The scale of human suffering of the people in Gaza is deeply distressing but the responsibility lies with Hamas."

    She described the militant group as an "organisation that does not accept the existence of Israel" and one that "refuses to be involved in negotiations" that would result in a two-state solution in the region.

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    Photos of Israeli troops invade Gaza
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    Relatives of a Palestinian killed during Israel's offensive ...Reuters Sun Jan 11, 3:22 PM ET Relatives of a Palestinian killed during Israel's offensive react at Shifa hospital in Gaza January 11, 2009. (Suhaib Salem/Reuters)

    An Israeli tank moves towards the border with the northern Gaza ...Reuters Sun Jan 11, 12:36 PM ET' An Israeli tank moves towards the border with the northern Gaza Strip January 11, 2009. (Yannis Behrakis/Reuters)
    Israeli soldiers stand together at a military staging area before ...Reuters Sun Jan 11, 3:22 PM ET
    Prev 4 of 531 Israeli soldiers stand together at a military staging area before moving towards the northern Gaza Strip January 11, 2009.
    (Baz Ratner/Reuters)
    A Palestinian collects pages of the Koran from the ruins of ...Reiters Sun Jan 11, 12:36 PM ET A Palestinian collects pages of the Koran from the ruins of the al-Fadilah mosque destroyed after an Israeli air strike in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip January 11, 2009. (Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters)

    A member of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) stands among ...Reiters Sun Jan 11, 12:36 PM ET A member of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) stands among Indonesian and Palestine flags during a rally in Jakarta January 11, 2009 against the Israeli attacks on Gaza. (Supri/Reuters)
    A member of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) holds a poster ...Reuters Sun Jan 11, 12:36 PM ETA member of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) holds a poster during a rally in Jakarta January 11, 2009 against the Israeli attacks on Gaza. (Supri/Reuters)
    Protesters break down a mock Israel camp during a street rally ...Reuters Sun Jan 11, 2:49 PM ET Protesters break down a mock Israel camp during a street rally against the Israeli military attacks in the Gaza Strip, in Jakarta January 11, 2008. (Dadang Tri/Reuters)
    A relative of a Palestinian killed during Israel's offensive ...Reuters Sun Jan 11, 3:22 PM ET
    A relative of a Palestinian killed during Israel's offensive reacts at Shifa hospital in Gaza January 11, 2009.     (Suhaib Salem/Reuters)
    An Israeli tank returns to Israel from the northern Gaza Strip, ...Reuters Sun Jan 11, 3:22 PM ET An Israeli tank returns to Israel from the northern Gaza Strip, seen in background, January 11, 2009. (Yannis Behrakis/Reuters)
    Israeli soldiers stand atop a tank before moving towards the ...ReutersSun Jan 11, 3:22 PM ET- Israeli soldiers stand atop a tank before moving towards the northern Gaza Strip January 11, 2009. (Baz Ratner/Reuters)

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