Who will be attending Prince William and Kate Middleton's big day

St James's Palace has released many of the names of the 1,900 guests invited to the royal wedding at Westminster Abbey on April 29 which is expected to be watched by a worldwide television audience of billions.

Members of the British Royal Family
The Queen
The Duke of Edinburgh
The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall
Prince Henry of Wales
The Duke of York
Princess Beatrice of York
Princess Eugenie of York
The Earl and Countess of Wessex
The Princess Royal and Vice Admiral Timothy Laurence
Mr and Mrs Peter Phillips
Miss Zara Phillips with Mr Mike Tindall
Viscount Linley and Viscountess Linley
And The Hon. Charles Armstrong-Jones
The Lady Sarah Chatto and Mr Daniel Chatto
And Master Samuel Chatto
And Master Arthur Chatto
The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester
The Earl and Countess of Ulster
The Lady Davina and Mr Gary Lewis
Lady Rose and Mr George Gilman
The Duke and Duchess of Kent
Earl and Countess of St Andrews
Lord Downpatrick
The Lady Marina-Charlotte Windsor
The Lady Amelia Windsor
The Lord and Lady Nicholas Windsor
The Lady Helen Taylor and Mr Timothy Taylor
Prince and Princess Michael of Kent
The Lord and Lady Frederick Windsor
The Lady Gabriella Windsor
Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
Mr and Mrs James Ogilvy
Miss Marina Ogilvy
The Lady Saltoun

Members of Foreign Royal Families
The Prince and Princess of the Asturias
The Crown Prince of Bahrain
Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde of Belgium
The Sultan of Brunei and Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Hajah Saleha
King Simeon II and Queen Margarita of the Bulgarian
The Queen of Denmark
King Constantine and Queen Anne-Marie of the Hellenes
Crown Prince Pavlos and Crown Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece and Prince Constantine of Greece
Sheikh Ahmad Hmoud Al-Sabah of Kuwait
Prince Seeiso Bereng Seeiso and Princess Mabereng Seeiso of Lesotho
The Grand Duke and Duchess of Luxembourg
The Yang di-Pertuan Agong and Raja Permaisuri Agong of Malaysia
Prince Albert II of Monaco and Miss Charlene Wittstock
Princess Lalla Salma of Morocco
The Crown Prince and Princess of The Netherlands
The King and Queen of Norway
Sayyid Haitham bin Tariq Al Said of Oman
The Emir of The State of Qatar and Sheika Mozah bint Nasser Al Missned
King Michael I of Romania and Crown Princess Margarita
Prince Mohamed bin Nawaf bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia and Princess Fadwa bint
Khalid bin Abdullah bin Abdulrahman
The Queen of Spain
The King of Swaziland
The Crown Princess of Sweden and The Duke of Västergötland
Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand
The King of Tonga
The Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi
Crown Prince Alexander and Crown Princess Katherine of Yugoslavia
The Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia

Dignitaries
The Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda
The Governor-General of Australia and His Excellency Mr Michael Bryce
The Governor-General of The Bahamas and Lady Foulkes
The Governor-General of Barbados
The Governor-General of Belize and Lady Young
The Governor-General of Canada and Mrs. David Jonhnston
The Governor-General of Jamaica
The Governor-General of New Zealand and Lady Satyanand
The Governor-General of Papua New Guinea and Mrs Michael Ogio
The Governor-General of the Solomon Islands and Lady Kabui
The Governor-General of St Christopher and Nevis
The Governor-General of St Lucia
The Governor-General of St Vincent and the Grenadines and Lady Ballantyne
The Prime Minister of Australia and Mr Tim Mathieson
The Prime Minister of The Bahamas and Ms Delores Miller
The Prime Minister of Barbados
The Prime Minster of New Zealand and Mrs. John Key
The Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea and Lade Somare
The Prime Minister of Saint Lucia and Mrs. Rosalia Nestor King
The Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and The Grenadines and Mrs Ralph Gonsalves
The Premier of Bermuda and Mr. Germain Nkeuleu
The Premier of The British Virgin Islands and Mrs Ralph O’Neal
The Premier of the Cayman Islands and Mrs Kerry Bush
The Hon Sharon and Mr. Rodney Halford (Falkland Islands)
The Chief Minister of Gibraltar and Mrs. Peter Caruana
The Chief Minister of Montserrat and the Reverend Doctor Joan Delsol Meade
The Hon John and Mrs. Vilma Cranfield (St Helena)

Members of Government, Parliament and Devolved Administrations
The Prime Minister and Mrs David Cameron
The Deputy Prime Minister and Ms Miriam Gonzalez Duantez
First Secretary of State, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Mrs William Hague
The Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Hon Mrs Osborne
The Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor and Mrs Kenneth Clarke
The Secretary of State for the Home Department and Minister for Women and Equalities, and Mr Philip May
The Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport and Mrs Jeremy Hunt
The Rt Hon Ed Miliband, MP and Ms Justine Thornton
The Speaker of the House of Commons and Mrs John Bercow
The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly for Wales and the Lady Elis-Thomas
The Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament and Mrs Alex Fergusson
The Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly and Mrs William Hay
The Lord Speaker and Mr Martin Hayman
First Minister of Wales and Mrs Carwyn Jones
First Minister of Northern Ireland and Mrs Peter Robinson
First Minister of Scotland and Mrs Alex Salmond
The Mayor of London and Mrs. Boris Johnson
The Rt Hon The Lord Mayor and The Lady Mayoress
Sir Gus and Lady O’Donnell
The Rt Hon The Lord Mayor of Westminster and Count Paolo Filo della Torre
Mr and Mrs Simon Fraser

Representatives from the Church and other Faiths 
The Most Reverend Gregorious, Archbishop of the Greek Archdiocese of Thysteira and Great Britain
The Archbishop of Canterbury and Mrs. Rowan Williams
Rabbi Anthony Bayfield
Mr Anil Bhanot
The Archbishop of Armagh, Cardinal Archbishop Sean Brady
Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, The Most Reverend David Chillingworth
The Right Reverend John Christie, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
Mr. Malcolm Deboo President, Zoroastrian Trust Funds of Europe
The Rt Reverend Doctor Norman Hamilton
The Archbishop of Armagh, The Most Reverend Alan Edwin Harper
Monsignor Philip Kerr, The Convener, Action of Churches Together in Scotland
Commissioner Elizabeth Matear, Salvation Army
The Archbishop of Wales, The Most Reverend Doctor Barry Morgan
The Reverend Gareth Morgan Jones, President of the Free Church Council of Wales
Cardinal Cormac Murphy-Connor
The Archbishop of Westminster, The Most Reverend Vincent Nichols
Cardinal Keith Patrick O’Brien, Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh
Rabbi Alan Plancey
Imam Mohammad Raza
The Chief Rabbi (Lord Sacks)
The Venerable Bogoda Seelawimala, Acting Head Monk, The London Buddhist Vihara
Maulana Syed Raza Shabbarm, Muhammadi Trust
Mr Natubhai Shah, President, the Jain Academy
Dr Indarjit Singh, Director, Network Sikh Organisations (UK)
Canon Chirstopher Tuckwell
The Reverend Martin Turner
The Archbishop of York and Mrs John Sentamu

Senior Members of the Defence Services 
Major General and Mrs William Cubitt, Major General Commanding Household Division and GOC London District
Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen and Lady Dalton, Chief of the Air Staff General Sir Nicholas and Lady Houghton
Air Vice-Marshal the Hon. David and Mrs Murray, Defence Services Secretary
General Sir David and Lady Richards, Chief of the Defence Staff
Admiral Sir Mark and Lady Stanhope, First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff
General Sir Peter and Lady Wall, Chief of the General Staff

Among the guests at The Wedding Service are all Heads of Mission in London representing countries with which the United Kingdom has normal diplomatic relations and Her Majesty’s Lord Lieutenants for the United Kingdom. These individuals will not be accompanied by their spouses or partners.

Other guests to look out for, include the following names, all of whom have have been invited with their spouses or partners if married or in a civil partnership:

Mr David Allan

David Allan is the Chairman of Mountain Rescue, England and Wales. Prince

William has been Patron of the organisation since 2007.

Major Tom Archer-Burton

Major Archer Burton was Prince William and Prince Harry’s Commanding Officer in the Household Cavalry. He also led the Burnaby Blue expedition to southern Africa – an African community project supported by Sentebale, in which Prince Harry was involved.

Mr Charlie Mayhew

Charlie Mayhew is Chief Executive of the Conservation Charity, Tusk Trust. Prince William and Prince Harry visited Tusk-funded projects in Botswana last year. The visit to Africa was the first oversees Royal tour that Princes William and Harry undertook together.

Mrs Alison Moore-Gwyn

Alison Moore Gwyn is Chief Executive of Fields in Trust. In 2010, Prince William became Patron of The Queen Elizabeth II Fields, an initiative to protect and create hundreds of playing fields throughout the UK in honour of The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. The project is run by Fields in Trust.

Mr Seyi Obakin

Seyi Obakin is Chief Executive of Centrepoint. Centrepoint became Prince William’s first Patronage in 2005. His mother, Diana, Princess of Wales was also Patron of the Charity. Seyi slept rough with Prince William in London to highlight the issue of homelessness.

Mr Peter Cross

Peter Cross is Chief Executive of the charity SkillForce, of which Prince William has been Patron since 2009. Earlier this month, Prince William officially launched the SkillForce Prince’s Award, in recognition of the contribution that young people make to their communities.

Miss Amanda Berry

Amanda Berry is Chief Executive of Bafta. Prince William has been President of Bafta since 2010.

Mrs Ann Chalmers

Ann Chalmers is Chief Executive of the Child Bereavement Charity. Prince William has been Patron of the Charity since 2009. The Child Bereavement Charity educates professionals and supports families both when a child dies and when a child is bereaved.

Mrs Julia Samuel

Julia Samuel is Chair of the Child Bereavement Charity and also a family friend of Prince William. Prince William has been Patron of the Charity since 2009. The Child Bereavement Charity educates professionals and supports families both when a child dies and when a child is bereaved.

Mrs Tessa Green

Tessa Green is former Chairman of The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust. Prince William became President of The Royal Marsden in May 2007 having undertaken two days of work experience there in 2005. The Prince helped out in a variety of departments, including medical research, catering and fundraising.

Mr Simon Johnson

Simon Johnson worked closely with Prince William as Chief Operating Officer of the FA’s 2018 World Cup bid.

Sir Trevor Brooking

Sir Trevor is the Football Association’s Director of Football Development and is responsible for youth-coaching standards in England. Prince William has been President of the FA since 2006 and has met Sir Trevor on several occasions at FA events.

Sir Clive Woodward

Sir Clive Woodward is a former Coach of the England Rugby Team and the British and Irish Lions. Prince William was invited by Sir Clive to join the British and Irish Lions rugby team on their tour to New Zealand in 2005.

Mr Gareth Thomas

Prince William met Welsh Rugby player Gareth Thomas several times in his role as Vice Patron of the Welsh Rugby Union.

Mr Ian Thorpe

Australian Prince William met the Olympic swimmer, Ian Thorpe, on a visit to Australia in 2010. The Prince has since supported Mr Thorpe’s charitable organisation Ian Thorpe’s Fountain for Youth, which focuses on improving health and education for children.

Mr Barty Pleydell-Bouverie

Barty Pleydell-Bouverie led the Cycle of Life charity bike ride across Africa in 2008, which raised money for the Tusk Trust.

Rear Admiral Ian Corder

Rear Admiral Ian Corder is Rear Admiral of Submarines. Prince William was appointed Commodore-in-Chief of Submarines by The Queen in 2006.

Brigadier Ed Smyth-Osbourne

Brigadier Smyth-Osbourne was Prince William and Prince Harry’s Commanding Officer in the Household Regiment and acted as their military mentor. He was also Prince Harry’s Commanding Officer when The Prince undertook active service in Afghanistan.

Major William Bartle-Jones

Major Bartle-Jones was Prince William’s Squadron Leader in the Household Cavalry Regiment based at Windsor.

Wing Commander Steven Bentley

Wg Cdr Steve Bentley is Prince William’s Search and Rescue Force Squadron Leader at RAF Valley, Anglesey.

Sergeant Keith Best

Sgt Keith Best is a colleague of Prince William’s at RAF Valley, in Anglesey, North Wales. The Winchman was awarded the Queen’s Commendation for Bravery in the Air after playing a major role in the rescue efforts in the Cumbrian floods in 2009.

Squadron Leader Paul Bolton

Sqn Ldr Paul Bolton is a colleague of Prince William’s at RAF Valley in Anglesey, North Wales.

Wing Commander Kevin Marsh

Wing Commander Kevin Marsh met Prince William through his service in the RAF. He will be one of the Path Liners outside Westminster Abbey on the wedding day.

Lance-Corporal Martyn Compton

Martyn is a Lance-Corporal in the Household Cavalry. He was injured in an ambush in Afghanistan in 2006, which put him in a coma for three months and left him with 75 per cent burns.

Miss Holly Dyer

Holly is sister to 2nd Lieutenant Joanna Dyer, who was killed by a bomb in Iraq in 2007. Joanna was a close friend of Prince William’s at Sandhurst. In a statement released by Clarence House at the time, Prince William said he was “deeply saddened to hear the tragic news and he is very much thinking of her family and friends right now and they will remain in his thoughts and prayers”.

Mrs Susie Roberts

Susie Roberts is the widow of Major Alexis Roberts, who was killed in Afghanistan in 2007. Major Alexis Roberts was Prince William’s Platoon Commander at Sandhurst. In a statement released at the time, Prince William said he was deeply saddened to learn of Major Robert’s Death. The Prince remembers him with “great fondness and respect”.

Mr and Mrs Bryn Parry

Former soldier Bryn Parry and his wife Emma founded the charity Help for Heroes to assist wounded service men and women. Both Princes William and Harry are supporters of the charity and Prince William previously opened a new swimming pool at Headley Court in 2010, which had been funded by Help for Heroes.

Mr Edward Gould

Mr Edward Gould was Master of Marlborough College whilst Miss Middleton was a student.

Dr Andrew Gailey

Dr Andrew Gailey is the Vice-Provost of Eton College and was Prince William’s Housemaster.

The Hon Edward Dawson-Damer

Australian Ed Dawson-Damer is an ex-Irish Guards officer, who was equerry to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother in the 1980s. He hosted Prince William for a section of his visit to Australia in January 2010.

Mr Sam Stevenson

New Zealander Sam Stevenson was Prince William’s New Zealand equerry during his visit to the country in July 2005. At the time, Sam was a Captain within the New Zealand Defence Forces. During the visit, Prince William undertook official engagements representing The Queen in Wellington and Auckland at events to commemorate the end of the Second World War.

Sir John Major

Following the death of Diana, Princess of Wales in 1997, Sir John Major was appointed a guardian to Prince William and Prince Harry with responsibility for legal and administrative matters.

Mr Rowan Atkinson

Actor Rowan Atkinson is a close friend of The Prince of Wales.

Mr Tom Bradby

The journalist and news reporter Tom Bradby has known both Prince William and Miss Middleton for some time. He conducted their first joint interview together on the day their engagement was announced.

Mr Ben Fogle

Ben Fogle is best known as a travel writer, television presenter and adventurer and has met Prince William on a number of occasions.

Sir Elton John

Sir Elton John is a singer-songwriter, composer and pianist. He performed at the funeral of the late Diana, Princess of Wales.

Mr and Mrs David Beckham

Prince William, as President of the Football Association, has met footballer David Beckham on a number of occasions. They recently worked together as Ambassadors of England’s 2018 World Cup Bid.

Mr Guy Ritchie

Guy Ritchie is a friend of Prince William and Miss Middleton. He is a well-established filmmaker, who directed Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch and Revolver.

Miss Joss Stone

Joss Stone is best known as an English Soul singer and songwriter. She performed at the Concert for Diana at Wembley in 2007 and at City Salute in 2008.

Mr Mario Testino

Photographer Mario Testino took Prince William and Miss Middleton’s official portrait photographs to mark their engagement.

Miss Tara Palmer-Tomkinson

Tara Palmer-Tomkinson is a friend of The Prince of Wales and his family.

Mr Sam Waley-Cohen

Amateur jockey Sam Waley-Cohen is a friend of Prince William and Miss Middleton.

Mr Galen Weston

Canadians Galen and Hilary Weston are friends of The Prince of Wales and his family.

William on giving his mother's old ring to Kate

"It was my way of making sure my mother didn't miss out on today and the excitement, and the fact that we're going to spend the rest of our lives together."

The Secret to Kate Middleton's Cover Star Appeal

She was already one of the most talked about women in the world, but when Kate Middleton finally marries Prince William on Friday, the interest in the English rose will only bloom. Video courtesy Sky News

The Real Lessons of Kosovo

Huffington Post

None of the comparisons between the NATO/U.S. war in Kosovo and the war in Libya recognize the importance of the 1999 airstrikes on Belgrade in our winning that war. It was not until U.S. and other NATO aircraft bombed and destroyed much of Belgrade's infrastructure that hostilities in Kosovo ended. We showed no mercy to the Serbian people; according to Wikipedia, we destroyed their "bridges, military facilities, official government facilities and factories". We leveled power plants, water plants and the government broadcasting TV tower as part of Operation Noble Anvil--a typical DOD code-name for "let's hit these guys where they live". Sixteen months later, Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic resigned.

No one wants to wait sixteen months for Muammar Gaddafi to get out, but it sure doesn't look like he's considering it now. He won't leave until his followers desert him, and they won't desert him until they begin to feel the same pain that Serbians did after Nobel Anvil. I admit that I am feeling angry as I write this because two Western journalists were killed in embattled Misrata yesterday. As someone who sent cameramen into wars and revolutions for 20 years, I take their deaths as almost a personal insult. They were there to show the world Misrata's misery. The city has been pounded by Gaddafi's forces for over a month; its poorly armed civilian population battle house to house with Gaddafi's professional army. The army seems to be winning and what happens next may well be a massacre. The journalists, Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros, were there to bear witness, now they are victims.

Meanwhile, NATO advances a timid strategy. Its airstrikes have been aimed at carefully selected targets in order to avoid "civilian" casualties. Tripoli is largely unscathed, while Misrata is in ruins.
If we learned anything from the war in Kosovo it is that he who suffers the most -- he who is in ruins -- loses the war. I believe it is about time that NATO, with the full participation of the U.S. Air Force, inflict pain upon those who support Gaddafi, civilian or not. In order to win, we must make Gaddafi's people suffer for his misdeeds. Then and only then will they throw him out, then and only then will the war end.

Two months ago we went into a war convinced that halfway measures would ensure our success. That hasn't worked. It's about time (and too late for the journalists who were killed yesterday) that we remember the real lessons learned in Kosovo--get all the way in or give it up. Use Tripoli as Belgrade was used or let Libya work out its own problems. We're not doing much good now.

Finally into sing of things

New York Post

To be blunt about it, it took James Blunt most of his Beacon Theatre set to finally turn his outing into a sharp-edged show that engaged the crowd. The 37-year-old former British army captain, who served with NATO in Kosovo a decade ago, still has boyish good looks, loads of charm, incredibly good posture and a don't-give-up-the-fight attitude. After a shaky start that relied on a series of mid-tempo rock ballads, the singer, who was strapped into an acoustic guitar, offered a sarcastic plea to the crowd to get up and get moving: "I have a s - - - load of miserable songs -- you can sit then."

Then Blunt launched into his upbeat "Carry You Home," giving NYC a huge shout-out as the capital of the world. Still, only a handful of fans actually stood, briefly, before plopping down.

James Blunt - KFOR Kosova

Undaunted, Blunt pushed harder as he sang in his reedy tenor, which is inspired by the distinctive style of R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe. Blunt's performance was consistently passionate, even during the slower material. His emotions rang loudest when delivering the heartbreak in "Goodbye My Lover," a tune for which he dismissed his five-piece band and performed solo, playing a shiny black upright piano.

And while the fans didn't follow Capt. Blunt's orders to stand, the sold-out house did deliver some outrageously beautiful, choirlike vocals during a number of tunes. Finally, 14 songs into his set, Blunt connected with the fans, getting them to shake as he laid down his lusty funk 'n' roll song "Turn Me On."

That was the night's turning point. There were no more "miserable" songs, and no more questions about how he has managed to sell more than 20 million albums. His energy and the quality of his songwriting explained everything.

Warm-up act Christina Perri, whose debut record is out next month, was surprisingly confident, considering how green she is -- it was her second show on her first tour, she said. Perri's a singer/songwriter with an earthy voice and a few very pretty love songs. She's perky, attractive and grateful to have given up waitressing a year ago after her song "Jar of Hearts" made the charts when it was featured on "So You Think You Can Dance."

Expect to hear more from her in upcoming months.

Nuclear problem of Japan

Nuclear Power has its nuclear problems. This was seen in the powerful country as Japan too. It is becoming an endless disaster for the Japan and the whole world. The Fukushima nuclear power station number three (3) is still spilling. Officials say it could take up to nine months to finally bring a runaway nuclear plant back under control - or even longer if anything else goes wrong.

The hope is to bring radiation levels down significantly within three months and then shutdown the core in another six, but government spokesman Yukio Edano said Monday that can only happen if "everything goes smoothly."

The crippled Fukushima-Dai-ichi reactors have been leaking radiation since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that left 27,000 dead or missing and devastated a vast stretch of Japan's coast. Robots sent in to two of the damaged reactors Monday discovered radiation levels far higher than is safe for humans to enter.

Workers are continuing to inject water into the reactors to keep fuel rods cool, while simultaneously creating an outside system for dealing with the contaminated water when it comes back out. "There are many unknowns," said Kyushu University professor Kazuhiko Kudo, a nuclear specialist. "We are talking about people working in highly contaminated areas. It's not going to be easy."

EULEX under fire – suspends high ranking staff member and transfers others

The wheel of EULEX is turning. Now EULEX (EU Law Mission in Kosova) is facing misconduct and investigation. Fatmir Limja ex-Minister of Transport and Telecommunication and now member of the Kosova Parliament did announce that a European investigation team is investigating EULEX. The team recently has spoken to him and questioned him about the practices of conduct of EULEX during the investigation that they did on him.

Xavier Bout de Marnhac

EULEX is the EU’s biggest mission ever to have been launched in to Kosova when the country declared its independence. EULEX’s mission in 2008 was to oversee the Judiciary, Police and Customs services in the new country. EULEX has a staff of 3000 people and is led by the French General Xavier Bout de Marnhac.

One day after this was made public, EULEX released a press release stating that they have suspended a staff member and transferred others – without mentioning names.

"An international staff member working for the EULEX Rule of Law Mission has been suspended from his duties, and a number of other staff members temporarily transferred to other duties within the Mission, because of security concerns.

All the individuals worked as part of the Close Protection Team to the Head of Mission, with responsibility for his physical security. The suspension and transfers are taken as a protective measure because the team’s ability to carry out their duties has been compromised".

A separate internal investigation into allegations of abuse of authority and misconduct, which is nearing its completion, is unaffected and continues. The outcome of this investigation is expected before the end of this month.

Kosova Newspapers state that 1.6 million people registered so far in Kosova – census on the final days

My cousin Peter (Peter Rip) still bachelor didn’t want to register this time. Nor did my other cousin Frrok (Frrok Kosova) couldn’t register because him and his family of six where not in Kosova. But, they all are registered in our municipality of Klina and they have Kosova’s ID cards and passports.

Like them there are others who didn’t want or couldn’t register. But this is not a problem or an issue since most are officially registered in their municipalities. The census was not and should not be compulsory. Therefore, the 1.6 million inhabitants registered for two weeks it is a very, very good start. The last census was in 1981 and results were 1.8 million inhabitants including Serbs.

Reason why Serbs in the north didn’t want to register

There are two main factors why Serbs in the north of Kosova don’t want to register. 1. Is that the Serbian claim of having 230 thousand Serbs inhabiting the territory of Kosova will result fake, and 2. The average age of Serbs living in Kosova will result 56 years old.

What this will show is that for 10-15 more years majority of Serbs will face the natural death and there will be now need for any political settlement - what so ever.  

The registration of the Serb population in the Northern Kosova will start on the 20^th of April. This time for real the world will know the real number of Albanians, Serbs, Turks, Romas and other ethnic groups living in the territory of Kosova.

Census in Kosovo extended until Tuesday

Census has been extended until Tuesday 19^th of April. Rifat Blaku, chief of the Central Census Committee, told reporters today that the process has been extended in some municipalities of Kosova. Blaku did not disclose numbers of those registered so far. Blaku decided to extend the process on the basis of national interests and citing insufficient coverage in the field. In Prishtina only 200 thousand people have registered, Kosova media state.

The representative of the Office European Commission, Kjartan Bjornson, said the extension of the census is a result of the complexity of the process and said the deadline extension was understandable given the mistakes that could have been made, despite preparations that were made since 2005. Commenting on census in the northern part of Kosovo, Bjornson said preparations have been made and there are positive moves despite political problems which exist there. “We have seen participation in Serb-inhabited areas in the southern part of the country. It is clear that there are problems in the north, because it is a complicated political environment. There are plans for a special census and we are trying to find a solution with UNOPS”.

Publication of the results of the Kosova census in June 2011

The preliminary results of census in Kosovo are expected to be published in June this year, while final results are expected to be published in May 2012. While Lumir Abdixhiku an analyst in a daily newspaper Koha Ditore writes about the importance of the population census but claims that the high hopes he had for the process disappeared when he was saw the census questionnaire which, according to him, lacks many vital parameters for a country. He says that according to European practices, citizens are not able to declare their ethnic background because the basis for their counting is their citizenship. However, this is not the case in the Kosovo census. Furthermore, the possibility to count people not present at the time of census is also a shortcoming, writes Abdixhiku as this can lead to adding or reducing the number of members in a family. 

Obama’s Debt Plan Sets Stage for Long Battle Over Spending

President Obama made the case Wednesday for slowing the rapid growth of the national debt while retaining core Democratic values, proposing a mix of long-term spending cuts, tax increases and changes to social welfare programs as his opening position in a fierce partisan budget battle over the nation’s fiscal challenges.

After spending months on the sidelines as Republicans laid out their plans, Mr. Obama jumped in to present an alternative and a philosophical rebuttal to the conservative approach that will reach the House floor on Friday. Republican leaders were working Wednesday to round up votes for that measure and one to finance the government for the rest of the fiscal year.

President Obama

Mr. Obama said his proposal would cut federal budget deficits by a cumulative $4 trillion over 12 years, compared with a deficit reduction of $4.4 trillion over 10 years in the Republican plan. But the president said he would use starkly different means, rejecting the fundamental changes to Medicare and Medicaid proposed by Republicans and relying in part on tax increases on affluent Americans.

The president framed his proposal as a balanced alternative to the Republican plan, setting the stage for a debate that will consume Washington in coming weeks, as the administration faces off with Congress over raising the national debt ceiling, and into next year, as the president runs for re-election.

Mr. Obama named Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. to lead the negotiations with Congress, which the administration hopes will produce the outlines of a deal by the end of June, though a detailed agreement might have to await the outcome of the 2012 election. Mr. Biden played a similar role in talks that averted a government shutdown at the 11th hour, over issues far less thorny than those on the table now.

In a 44-minute speech to an audience at George Washington University that included Representative Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin, the author of the Republican plan, Mr. Obama was often combative and partisan, saying the Republican approach would hurt the elderly by driving up the cost of medical care, deprive millions of health insurance and starve the nation of investments in its future.

“These are the kind of cuts that tells us we can’t afford the America that I believe in,” he said. “I believe it paints a vision of our future that’s deeply pessimistic.”

“There’s nothing serious about a plan that claims to reduce the deficit by spending a trillion dollars on tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires,” the president continued, as Mr. Ryan sat stone faced. “There’s nothing courageous about asking for sacrifice from those who can least afford it and don’t have any clout on Capitol Hill.” 

Yet Mr. Obama acknowledged that the rising medical costs and the mounting debt required action. And he warned Democrats that his administration would have to cut cherished programs and strictly limit the growth of Medicare and Medicaid. “If we truly believe in a progressive vision of our society,” he said, “we have the obligation to prove that we can afford our commitments.”

Mr. Obama said he would meet his $4 trillion deficit-reduction target by cutting spending across a range of government programs, from farm subsidies to federal pension insurance.

He called for cutting $400 billion more in military spending — twice what his defense secretary, Robert M. Gates, told Congress was the largest cut he could recommend.

In a sign of the tensions the plan may cause within the administration, officials at the Pentagon said Mr. Gates was not told of Mr. Obama’s proposal until Tuesday. In a statement, a Pentagon spokesman, Geoff Morrell, said that “further significant defense cuts” would reduce the military’s capability. “It is important that any reduction in funding be shaped by strategy and policy choices, and not be a budget math exercise,” Mr. Morrell said. Republicans criticized the plan, both for the cuts in military spending and for what they said was an overall lack of detail. 

“Republicans, led by Chairman Ryan, have set the bar with a jobs budget that puts us on a path to paying down the debt and preserves Medicare and Medicaid for the future,” Speaker John A. Boehner said in a statement. “This afternoon, I didn’t hear a plan to match it from the president.” Mr. Boehner repeated a threat to refuse to raise the $14.3 trillion ceiling on the national debt, which the government is likely to breach in early July, unless the administration agrees to rein in spending and deficits. The administration has sought to keep the debt ceiling issue separate from the broader budget debate, and Mr. Obama addressed it only indirectly on Wednesday.

“If our creditors start worrying that we may be unable to pay back our debts,” Mr. Obama said, “that could drive up interest rates for everyone.” Still, in what some analysts said was a gesture to Republicans, Mr. Obama said his plan would contain a trigger to require across-the-board spending cuts if, by 2014, the federal debt was still projected to be rising as a percentage of the total economy.

The trigger would apply not only to spending but also to what the administration calls “tax expenditures” — essentially payments to taxpayers for deductions for charitable donations or home mortgages.

The use of the phrase “tax expenditures” allows the administration to lump tax-related issues into the spending category. Mr. Obama was more direct in his call for allowing the Bush-era tax cuts for higher-income Americans to expire in 2012.The president agreed to extend the cuts last December, as part of a budget deal with the newly elected Republican majority in the House. Now, with the economy getting back on its feet, Mr. Obama attacked the demand by Republicans to make the lower tax rates permanent as emblematic of their plan to enrich the wealthy on the backs of the elderly and poor.

“They want to give people like me a $200,000 tax cut that’s paid for by asking 30 seniors to each pay $6,000 more in health costs? That’s not right, and it’s not going to happen as long as I am president,” Mr. Obama said, his only line that drew applause. While Mr. Obama’s plan does not detail specific cuts, analysts said it offered enough detail to set off a substantive debate with Republicans. Some said the proposal for capping the annual cost increase in Medicare and Medicaid to just above the economic growth rate was surprisingly conservative. Others said they were pleased that Mr. Obama had called for overhauling Social Security, even if he was vague and said it was not a leading culprit for the deficit.

“It looks like Ryan smoked him out, so to speak,” said Rudolph G. Penner, a senior fellow at the Urban Institute.

Mr. Penner said Mr. Obama’s plan hewed closely to the recommendations of his commission on deficit reduction. Mr. Obama did not explicitly endorse those recommendations when the commission submitted its report in December — a decision that fueled criticism from Republicans and some Democrats that he was not facing up to the tough choices in the budget debate.

The co-chairmen of that commission — Erskine B. Bowles, who was a chief of a staff to President Bill Clinton, and former Senator Alan K. Simpson — were in the audience Wednesday, along with Mr. Biden. At one point, Mr. Biden appeared to nod off, closing his eyes for 30 seconds.

50 Cent Loved his trip to Kosovo and appreciates his fame after this trip

Rap superstar 50 Cent has been humbled by a recent trip to war-torn Kosovo, because witnessing the country's extreme poverty first-hand has made him more appreciative of his good fortune. He was surprised with the level of local talent Rap bands.

The In Da Club hit-maker admits he was surprised by the reaction of fans in Kosovo as the new nation in Eastern Europe as they were happy just to see a star in their presence, and the experience has left a lasting impression on the rapper.

50 Cent tells Vibe magazine, "There were people saying, 'I feel free.' I'm like, 'What'd he say?' ...They just want to touch you and say, 'I feel free'.

"In that environment, they struggle for things that were within the lifestyle of America. So to have an American artist at that point, it gave them a feeling of freedom. Get Rich Or Die Tryin

"The experience of being in different places and identifying with people's struggles on different levels starts to shape you in a different way. When you are in third world countries, it makes what you thought was hard in the 'hood look like you should shut up. It indicates that you should be thankful. You shouldn't complain as much. Because what you think is bad isn’t as bad as it can be."

A dreamlike wave found in an Indonesian river is stunning surf world

What makes this latest wave discovery so fascinating is that it was made not on a coastline or island shore, but on a remote jungle river that gets pounded by a powerful tidal bore. But unlike other tidal bores that produce relatively small, mushy waves, this remarkable phenomenon pushes swells upstream in dream-like fashion at heights of 8 to 10 feet.

As discoveries of secret surf spots go, the incredible find by Rip Curl team members during a recent "Search" expedition in the jungles of Indonesia may be unrivaled. 
"This was our biggest score in twenty years of exploring," says Tom Curren, a former three-time world surfing champion who has been roaming the World's coastlines scouring for the proverbial perfect wave ever since winning his last world title in 1990.

Because the soft-spoken champ has never been one to boast, his stories of this new spot called Seven Ghosts (named after the nearest jungle village) has his fans reeling. Interest surrounding the expedition is hitting a fever pitch as rumors of their score leaked out.

What's so stunning about this find is the wave's coffee-colored walls break from top to bottom, similar to the hollow powerful waves that peel over coral reefs. But the riverbank refraction of the primary wave sends rebound wedges perpendicular across the river, carving the secondary wave into a line of spinning peaks with cookie-cutter perfection. These mirror-reflection spinners appear choreographed, with all the symmetry of a Rockettes' leg kick, the likes of which has never be found in the ocean...at least not yet. 

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Mr Pacolli You lost the Presidency!

Recent released information regarding the election of Atifete Jahjaga as the President of Kosova has push the US ambassador to Kosovo Christopher Dell to react. Hi called to Mr. Pacolli “ Sir, you lost the Presidency”!

U.S. Ambassador of Kosovo, Christopher Dell, is interested for the details that former President Pacolli has revealed, about the election of Atifete Jahjaga as the President of Kosovo. Dell has commented in the link with the news of Indeksonline that was posted up from one of the portal readers in Koosova.

 "I believe that Mr. Pacolli is confusing the piont. He lost the Presidency of Kosovo, not the Oscar for the best role”, said ambassador Dell. After few minutes the comment was deleted, but it reveals the hunger of Mr. Pacolli for power while acting as the good actor – praising his role in this process.

Acording to Mr. Pacolli the name of Atifete Jahjaga for Kosovo′s president emerged from the envelope of Ambassador Dell and left without words Prime Minister Thaçi and head of Democratic League of Kosovo and Major of Pristina Mr. Isa Mustafa.