NEWS LITE : ROCKER, ALI AIM FOR DEBT FORGIVENESS.Muhammad Ali Muhammad Ali, pasha of Egypt Muhammad Ali, 1769?–1849, pasha of Egypt after 1805. He was a common soldier who rose to leadership by his military skill and political acumen. joined U2 singer Bono Tuesday night in boosting a plan to convince Western countries to cancel the debts of the world's poorest nations. The proposal, formulated by a coalition of more than 70 volunteer groups known as Jubilee 2000, got the high-profile push from pop stars and others at Tuesday's Brit Awards For Brits, a South African town, see Brits, North West The BRIT Awards, often simply called The BRITs, are the annual United Kingdom pop music awards founded by the British Phonographic Industry. in London, a yearly event recognizing musical accomplishments. Bono received a special award recognizing the coalition's efforts to lobby the richest nations to write off the debts of the poorest countries by next year. He passed on the award to former world heavyweight boxing champion Ali, an ambassador for the campaign, who was standing in the crowd. Pre-Lent revelers parade all day in New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded Merry makers danced in the streets, bartered for beads and cheered the gaudy parades as angels, cowboys and clowns marched the streets from dawn to dusk in New Orleans' Mardi Gras Mardi Gras (mär`dē grä), last day before the fasting season of Lent. It is the French name for Shrove Tuesday. Literally translated, the term means "fat Tuesday" and was so called because it represented the last opportunity for celebration. The bash is the final fling before Lent, which many Christians observe from Ash Wednesday Ash Wednesday, in the Western Church, the first day of Lent, being the seventh Wednesday before Easter. On this day ashes are placed on the foreheads of the faithful to remind them of death, of the sorrow they should feel for their sins, and of the necessity of to Easter by fasting or by giving up something, like meat or sweets. More than a dozen parades rolled from early morning until dark, and there also were small marches by societies like clarinetist Pete Fountain's Half-Fast Marching Club. ``We've got everybody here from Grandma on down,'' said Mike Broud, one of 32 family members dressed as white rabbits White Rabbits was the name given to a group of women sculptors who worked with Lorado Taft at the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893. As the date of the opening grew closer Taft realized that he would not be able to complete the decorations and discovering that all the male along the parade route for Zulu and Rex, two of the large parades. ``We're here every year. It's a combination family reunion Often an annual event, a family reunion takes place on a specified day each year for the purpose of keeping an extended family closer together. Some reunions may be held less often. and party. There's nothing else like it in the world.'' With sunshine and temperature in the 70s, crowds quickly grew. Police believed the combination of good weather and a three-day weekend to get to News Orleans by Tuesday, thanks to Presidents Day on Monday, would boost the throng to a record size. ``They're huge crowds, much bigger than last year,'' police spokesman Marlon Defillo said before the throngs peaked. ``We had 1.5 million people then. We'll have over 2 million this year.'' Satin-clad angels rubbed elbows with clowns and cowboys along St. Charles Avenue St. Charles Avenue is a thoroughfare in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is the home of the world famous St. Charles Streetcar Line. It is also famous for the hundreds of mansions that adorn the tree-lined boulevard for much of the Uptown section of the route. , the mansion-lined parade route where floats rolled for more than eight hours. People on balconies in the French Quarter tossed beads to those below. Although it is illegal, many below flashed flesh in exchange for the long strings of plastic beads. ``It's just good clean fun. Why would they arrest you for that?'' asked Judy Hudson, 26, of Los Angeles. Clinton goes golfing at end of trying time With the impeachment impeachment, formal accusation issued by a legislature against a public official charged with crime or other serious misconduct. In a looser sense the term is sometimes applied also to the trial by the legislature that may follow. trial behind him, President Clinton played golf Tuesday for the first time this year. The president played 18 holes at Army Navy Country Club in Arlington, Va., with brother-in-law Tony Rodham and Democratic fund-raiser Terence McAuliffe. Clinton resisted golf during the Senate impeachment trial, maybe to avoid irritating senators confined to the Capitol for five weeks of legal arguments. Last November, Republicans said they were angered by seeing Clinton on television playing golf near Camp David, Md., while they waited three weeks for his answers to 81 questions posed by the House Judiciary Committee. Tuesday was sunny and unseasonably warm, and Clinton appeared relaxed in a short-sleeve shirt and baseball hat. The last time he played golf was on New Year's Eve at Hilton Head Island Hilton Head Island An island off the southern coast of South Carolina in the Sea Islands of the Atlantic Ocean. It is a popular tourist resort. The town of Hilton Head Island, on the northeast coast, has a population of 35,200. , S.C. Ringo Starr taking show on the road Ringo's All-Starr Band is on the road again, and the boys on the bus include Todd Rundgren. Ringo Starr first trotted out an All-Starr band 10 years ago. The former Beatle's lineup of musicians this year also includes Timmy Cappello, Gary Brooker, Jack Bruce and Simon Kirke. The band already has performed three dates in Atlantic City, N.J., and will play two nights in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . The U.S. tour will finish in Orlando, Fla., on March 29. Ex-`The Body'guard rolls with Stones The Rolling Stones got a grand welcome from their former bodyguard, who happens to be the new governor of Minnesota The Governor of Minnesota is the chief executive of the U.S. state of Minnesota, leading the state's executive branch. Thirty-eight different people have been governors of the state, though historically there were also three governors of Minnesota Territory. . ``He's done us proud, hasn't he?'' a chuckling Mick Jagger said of Gov. Jesse Ventura. ``He's been fantastic.'' Jagger jag 1 n. 1. A sharp projection; a barb. 2. a. A hanging flap along the edge of a garment. b. A slash or slit in a garment exposing material of a different color. tr.v. also liked Ventura's proclamation declaring Monday as Rolling Stones Day in Minnesota, even Ventura's congratulations to 55-year-old Keith Richards for being ``still alive.'' ``He's done it very funny and been very lighthearted about the whole thing but it's obviously very nice for us,'' Jagger said. He was asked whether the governor might be invited to sing. Jagger laughed and said, ``I hope he doesn't want to wrestle, that's all.'' Ventura, a former professional wrestler, was a bodyguard for the Stones in the late 1970s and '80s. News Lite is compiled by Karen Duffy from Daily News staff and wire reports CAPTION(S): 3 photos PHOTO (1) U2s Bono and Muhammad Ali accept an award for their drive to get Third World debt forgiven. (2) President Clinton, right, walks with brother-in-law Tony Rodham and mother-in-law Dorothy Rodham Rodham is an English surname which may refer to a number of persons or places. People Family of Hillary Rodham Clinton
(3) The Mardi Gras king in style Tuesday in News Orleans. Associated Press |
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