Showing posts with label birthday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label birthday. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Obama sends Mandela birthday greetings - 92 years old.
Her Royal Highness Zenani Dlamini (L) lights the candles on the cake to celebrate Mr Nelson Mandela's 92nd Birthday
US President Barack Obama on Sunday extended birthday wishes to Nelson Mandela, hailing the former South African leader's "extraordinary vision, leadership, and spirit."
"On behalf of the United States, I wish Nelson Mandela a very happy 92nd birthday. We are grateful to continue to be blessed with his extraordinary vision, leadership, and spirit," the US president said in a statement.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Bulgarian girl, 11, gives birth to her daughter... on her wedding day
My new toy: Korteza Zhelyazkova, 11, shows off her baby Violeta - the 19-year-old father is facing six years in jail for having sex with a minor
An 11-year-old girl became one of the world's youngest mothers - and went into labour on the way to her wedding.
Kordeza Zhelyazkova, from Sliven in Bulgaria, was still wearing her wedding dress and tiara as she was rushed to hospital, where she gave birth to 5lb 8oz Violeta.
Proudly displaying her baby, she told reporters: 'I'm not going to play with toys any more - I have a new toy now.'
Kordeza - who fell pregnant within two weeks of her 11th birthday - spent the night in hospital with Violeta and then headed back to church for her wedding with 19-year-old Jeliazko Dimitrov.
Kordeza told the News of the World: 'It feels strange to be a mum and have a baby.
'I used to play with my toys but now she is my new toy.
'She is so beautiful, I love her. Violeta is the child and I must grow up. I am not going back to school - I am a mother now.'
The couple met when Jeliazko rescued Kordeza from bullies in the playground.
However he now faces six years in jail for having sex with a minor, telling the paper his fears when he found out Kordeza was pregnant.
He said: 'I was really scared.
'We didn't plan to have sex or a baby although I fell in love with Kordeza the moment I saw her.
He added: 'I was walking past the school when I saw some boys mocking her and I told them to leave her alone.
'Then she arranged to meet me and asked me out on our first date. I thought she was 15. She didn't tell me she was 11.'
Kordeza added: 'I didn't want to say in case he wouldn't fancy me.'
Their daughter was conceived within a week of their meeting.
Kordeza said: 'I didn't know I was pregnant until my grandmother saw I had put on weight. I just thought I'd eaten too many burgers.'
Her grandmother Dida, 55, said: 'It's normal for our girls to have babies young. It's our tradition. But I didn't want it for my Kordeza - I felt she was too young.'
The family planned a three-day Roma wedding for October 22 - so Kordeza and Jeliazko could be married before the baby was born.
But Kordeza went into labour a week early, on the second day of the ceremony.
She said: 'I had been having pain in the morning and a couple of hours into the wedding it got worse.'
She was rushed to hospital and gave birth 20 minutes later.
Kordeza said: 'It was quite easy but painful too. I was very happy when I saw her. She has a nose like me and hair like Jeliazko.'
Both grandmothers will be guardians of baby Violeta, and Kordeza and her daughter will receive £70 a month in state benefits.
The age of consent in Bulgaria is 14.
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Happy Birthday Mr Obama - President of USA
Barack Obama turned 48 today, bringing to an end a huge year for the commander in chief, one in which he accepted his party's nomination, handily won the general election, and took office as the nation's first African-American president. Click through this gallery for a look back on Obama-the-47-year-old.
On Aug. 28, Senator Obama, the just-christened Democratic presidential nominee, prepared to deliver his speech during the Democratic National Convention at Invesco Field in Denver.
On April 14, Obama did something completely normal, and not necessarily presidential: He showed off his new dog, Bo, a Portuguese water dog puppy. Bo, and the process by which the First Dog was selected, made headlines for months.
On June 4, Obama took a break from a diplomacy mission to check out the relics of ancient Egypt, including the pyramids and Sphinx (pictured).
Being president isn't all meetings and hard work. There are some pretty fun photo ops, too.
To wrap up being 47, Obama got tangled in a controversial issue, saying in a prime-time press conference that Cambridge Police Sergeant James Crowley "acted stupidly" in arresting Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr.
To cool down the furor, Obama invited both men, and Vice President Biden, to the White House for a beer on July 16.
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On Aug. 28, Senator Obama, the just-christened Democratic presidential nominee, prepared to deliver his speech during the Democratic National Convention at Invesco Field in Denver.
After a hard autumn of campaigning, Obama emerged victorious on Nov. 4, winning the presidential election by a electoral vote tally of 365 to 173. Late on election night, the president-elect delivered an acceptance speech to tens of thousands of supporters at Chicago's Grant Park.
Obama's family, wife Michelle and daughters Sasha (left) and Malia were on hand to share the occasion.
Obama's family, wife Michelle and daughters Sasha (left) and Malia were on hand to share the occasion.
On Jan. 5, Obama played the part of supportive dad, easing Sasha, 7 (right), and Malia, 10, into their new school, the prestigious, private Sidwell Friends School.
This Aug. 25 photo shows the two girls with mom at the Democratic National Convention in Denver.
This Aug. 25 photo shows the two girls with mom at the Democratic National Convention in Denver.
On Jan. 20, Obama was sworn in as president. On that day, the White House -- and Washington -- became his domain.
President Obama and Michelle and Vice President Joe Biden and wife Jill Biden waved goodbye to former president George W. Bush and wife Laura as they departed from the Capitol by helicopter, taking an era of American politics with them.
President Obama and Michelle and Vice President Joe Biden and wife Jill Biden waved goodbye to former president George W. Bush and wife Laura as they departed from the Capitol by helicopter, taking an era of American politics with them.
On April 14, Obama did something completely normal, and not necessarily presidential: He showed off his new dog, Bo, a Portuguese water dog puppy. Bo, and the process by which the First Dog was selected, made headlines for months.
On June 4, Obama took a break from a diplomacy mission to check out the relics of ancient Egypt, including the pyramids and Sphinx (pictured).
Being president isn't all meetings and hard work. There are some pretty fun photo ops, too.
After his swing through the Middle East, Obama met his family (Malia is pictured) in Paris, where they visited the Centre Pompidou, a renowned modern-art museum.
The family also visited the Notre Dame cathedral and dined in a traditional bistro.
The family also visited the Notre Dame cathedral and dined in a traditional bistro.
To wrap up being 47, Obama got tangled in a controversial issue, saying in a prime-time press conference that Cambridge Police Sergeant James Crowley "acted stupidly" in arresting Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr.
To cool down the furor, Obama invited both men, and Vice President Biden, to the White House for a beer on July 16.
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