World War II PoW camp in Britain up for sale at eBay
Posted on 30. Sep, 2009 by Turbo in Buzz
The WWII prison camp goes for sale on Tuesday (September 29, 2009) at online auction store eBay. Lately, strange things for sale pop up at eBay but when Britain’s World War II prison camp came up as a listing at eBay, it was more than a shocker for many.
The owners of the Harperley PoW camp, James and Lisa McLeod, an elderly couple; however, justify their intent. They seem to be running out of money as they try to make the wartime memorial or the Harperley PoW camp into an education retreat.
The Harperley PoW camp is a 17-acre property and is located near Crook in the Durham County, and has about 50 homes, in the backdrop of lush green meadows, a chapel, a theater, and an eatery. The owners James and Lisa McLeod share that they have been running it as a tourist attraction for 5 years now and admitted to have spent around £1m to make the prison camp as an education center.
The PoW camp has been listed in eBay as a unique leisure attraction with an asking price of £900k (approximately $1.4m). This Prisoner of War camp has a history of housing several German as well as Italian prisoners during the WWII that spread between 1939 and 1945. Until 1944 Italian PoWs stayed in the houses here and then Germans have been transported to the camp.
The listing about the PoW reads, “A unique opportunity to buy a piece of history” and it’s been placed on Tuesday at eBay. It further reads, “strictly no viewing without an appointment.”
Enrique Iglesias and Anna Kournikova engaged?
Posted on 25. Sep, 2009 by Turbo in Buzz
Latin singer Enrique Iglesias and tennis super babe Anna Kournikova are finally getting engaged; looks like.
The couple has been dating each other for over 8 years now, and has fanned all rumors that they will soon marry; especially after being spotted in Paris at a boutique; the Cartier Champs-Elysees.
It was on Thursday that the duo; the singer and the tennis diva were spotted spending around an hour in a high-end jewelry store. Well we know what’s going on in your minds now. Is it for engagement rings? We are not too sure if they came there to order for a new bauble for Anna Kournikova, but cannot rule it out either.
Although Iglesias voiced his intent to marry Kournikova back in 2008, Kournikova replied in negative to PEOPLE, saying she was never getting married.
Rumors were rife way back in 2004 that the couple entered wedlock in a secret ceremony in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Images of Kournikova sporting a wedding band on her ring finger also surfaced but it was only sometime later people came to know there is no truth in the reports.
Gypsy leaders applaud Madonna for coming in support of Roma community
Posted on 03. Sep, 2009 by Turbo in Entertainment
Roma leaders in Romania have come up in praise for the pop singer Madonna for condemning the indiscrimination shown towards the Gypsies in Romania and in general throughout the Eastern Europe.
The Gypsy leaders said that a star like Madonna coming in support of the Romas mean a lot to the Gypsy community.
The pop star was jeered by 60k plus crowd as she spoke in support of Romas during a concert at Bucharest.
Madonna’s comments received applause by a few religious gurus and even the Gypsies couldn’t conceal their grateful feeling for the star.
Florin Cioaba, the King of the Gypsies (unofficial though) was quoted of saying “Madonna is the only international personality to have raised the problem of discrimination against the Romas in Europe.”
Japanese pop star and actress Noriko Sakai faces drug charges
Posted on 08. Aug, 2009 by Turbo in Entertainment
The actress and pop star Noriko Sakai on Saturday was charged with possession of drugs.
Police searched her apartment in Tokyo on Friday only to find drugs. They later provided an arrest warrant and the actress surrendered on Saturday night.
Sakai avers, ”I don’t remember stimulants being in my room, but if they were there, it must be true.”
The 38-year-old pop star who is also popular as Nori-P, first came in a TV show 2 decades back but became instantly popular. She featured in several TV commercials.
It’s known that Sakai’s husband 40-year-old Yuichi Takaso had been taken into custody by police on Monday after police found drugs hidden in his underwear; the couple are staying separately though.
Toyota officials released a statement that Toyota was considering to drop the actress from their commercials.
Even Sun Music Production Corporation urged the pop star to render cooperation to the police.
