NEW YORK: Royal wedding fans braved an early morning in New York on Friday to celebrate the marriage of Britain”s Prince William and Kate Middleton with street celebrations and to watch three couples tie the knot in Times Square. About 200 people gathered in Manhattan”s Greenwich Village to watch the wedding on TV and to munch on a British breakfast in a restaurant bedecked with the Union Jack flag. Others watched the ceremony on a giant projection from Brooklyn, some dressed up in tiaras and frilly hats. Cable TV station TLC sought to boost ratings by organizing the wedding of three couples on a stage set-up just above Manhattan”s busy Times Square intersection. “It”s amazing it”s the same day, it feels a little bit for them,” said groom Hector Abreu, 27. “No it”s for us,” butted in his future bride Candice Chapman. The weddings were timed to happen roughly 30 minutes after the Westminster Abbey ceremony, and were cheered on by the applause of a live audience listening to the presenters through ear phones. “This is better than London any day, right guys?” said host Randy Fenoli. The audience, perhaps unconvinced, clapped halfheartedly. (Reuters)
CNews Karachi. July 05: A Pakistani Scientist in Britain has invented a new chemical for processing plastic (polythene) bags which has the quality of dissolution after its use in 105 days.A manufacturing unit for these plastic bags was being set up in Turkey while interest has been shown in the setting up of a big unit and manufacturing firm’s head quarter in Karachi which will be used to supply such dissolvable polythene bags to Asian countries. The Director of UK based firm Bio Plast Biodegradable Plastics GL Punn while leading a 15 member delegation called on EDO Municipal Services City Government Masood Alam. The Executive Director of Bio Plast Pakistan Muhammad Hanif Awan and M. Sultan Mehmood Awan was also present on this occasion. The Director of Bio Plast informed the EDO Municipal Services about the characteristics of new chemical. He said that the firm was going to set up its first plant in Turkey which will be operative in next two months. The delegation also praised the vi