Monday 16 July 2007

While foreign tourists deprived of their Caffé Vanilla Frappuccino® light blended Venti-sized coffee while visiting the Forbidden City in Beijing somehow make do with experiencing local history and culture, the brand new week starts in the UK. What could be making Really Huge News by the time Friday comes and another 30 Starbuck stores have opened? Possibly the following:

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The preview of Coleen McLoughlin's clothing range for Asda reveals a new market segment - the elderly look to attract young footballers.

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Amy Winehouse surprises the media and meets her commitment to play a concert at the Eden Project.

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Amy Winehouse surprises the media and fails to meet her commitment to play a concert at the Eden Project.

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Wills and Harry offer to give Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, the bumps on her 60th birthday is declined, as is their suggestion that she has dinner at the Ritz Hotel in Paris with chauffeur driven car laid on.

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The 38th anniversary of Apollo 11 landing on the moon and the 31st anniversary of Viking 1 landing on Mars are marked by NASA's chief making a celebratory trip to the staff restaurant at Kennedy Space Center - a few small steps for a man and some nice, new non-stick frying pans for the chefs at the restaurant.

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Surprise as the Pink Panther becomes Tony Blair's successor as Member of Parliament for Sedgefield.

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A medical alarm at the White House on US National Ice Cream Day when George W. Bush struggles with the new Ben and Jerry ice cream named in his honour - Choke Full O'Nuts.

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Vladimir Putin ignores the 89th anniversary of the execution of Family of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia in favour of confirming the decision not to extradite Andrei Lugovi to face trial for the murder of Alexander Litvinenko.

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International Justice Day marking the establishment of the International Criminal Court is noted by George W. Bush who confirms that the meaning of International in the USA is the world outside America and that he's ok defining justice in Guantanamo Bay.

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The Ryanair flight taking the expedition investigating Amelia Earhart's disappearance fails to arrive in Nikumaroro Island in the Pacific. The expedition finally arrives after a 40 hour water taxi journey.

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