Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Nicole Kidman's swimsuit = Nine cows

A swimsuit left at a Swedish pool by Australian movie star Nicole Kidman has been sold at auction to buy cows for poor families in India.

More here. I wonder why this momentous news has not found its rightful place in this blog.

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In other news, the fifth Asian Esperanto Congress started yesterday in Bangalore. Abdul Salam, president of the Indian Esperanto Federation, spoke these stirring words:

The number of Esperantists is increasing. A day will come when the entire world will speak one language — Esperanto.

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3 comments:

  1. Ludwig11:51 PM, February 13, 2008

    > spoke these stirring words:

    In English?! :)

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  2. Remush4:56 AM, February 14, 2008

    It depends who he was speaking to.
    If he addressed a monolingual ignorant, he did not have much choice, did he?

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  3. Anonymous7:55 AM, June 21, 2009

    VIDEO of the stunt gone wrong on the set of 'Invasion' that sent Nicole Kidman to the hospital. Check Out

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