Bjork attacks photographer.LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. : Icelandic pop singer BJORK attacked a news photographer in New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. , ripping (1) Converting an audio CD from its native CD-DA format to MP3, AAC or some other compressed audio format. When the term was coined, it had a perverse meaning. Many loved the idea they were "ripping off" the music industry by making copyrighted works available in a compact format his shirt in half after he ignored a request not to snap any shots, the New Zealand Herald reported yesterday. The incident took place at Auckland International Airport Auckland International Airport (IATA: AKL, ICAO: NZAA) is the largest and busiest international airport in New Zealand serving over 12 million (some 7 million international and 6 million domestic) passengers a year, which is expected to more than double by 2025. on Sunday, after the musician had flown in for a concert later in the week, the paper said. It echoes an outburst at Bangkok's a irport in 1996, when Bjork unleashed her fury on a journalist. GLENN JEFFREY, a photographer with the Herald, told the paper Bjork was accompanied by a man who asked him not to take photographs. "I took a couple of pictures and I got about three or four frames of her ... and as I turned and walked away she came up behind me, grabbed the back of my black skivvy skivvy Chiefly Brit often disparaging Noun pl -vies 1. a female servant who does menial work; drudge 2. (sweatshirt) and tore Tore can refer to:
"As she did this, she fell over, she fell to the ground. At no stage did I touch her or speak with her." Bjork said nothing during the confrontation, but her companion pleaded with her to stop, Jeffrey said. The Herald's website reported later that neither the newspaper nor Jeffrey plans to file charges against Bjork, and an Auckland police spokesman said it was not investigating the incident. Auckland Airport police sergeant Rob Cabusao said police had been called to an incident involving Bjork and her companion in the arrival area. "Attending staff went to the arrival area ... where a male and a female were behind the counter of the coffee shop where they weren't supposed to be," he said. Copyright [c] 2008 Gulf Daily News Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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