The XB

BREAKING NEWS FROM SRI LANKA Tiger leader Velupillai Prabhakaran said the Tamil people had "lost patience [and] hope". "This is our final appeal," he said, threatening to "intensify the [rebel] struggle for self government" in 2006 if no plan was advanced. "In terms of policy, the distance between him [Mr Rajapakse] and us is vast," Mr Prabhakaran said in an annual speech to mark the rebels' war dead. Mr Prabhakaran said the rebels had decided to resume a "liberation struggle" last year and were "charting our action plan" when the tsunami struck the island and killed thousands of people along the eastern coast. "In these circumstances, our liberation movement was geared to confront the crisis," he said. Mr Rajapakse has said the country needed a new peace process that would not tolerate "terrorism" - but added that he was ready for talks. He has also dismissed a long-standing Tigers' demand for the recognition of their homeland in the northern part of the island. (BBC World News, 2005) LINK Tamil Tiger rebels give ultimatum

SRI LANKA On November 17th, Sri Lankans all across the island went to the polls to vote for their new President where the two presidential candidates were Ranil Wickramasinghe and Mahinda Rajapakse. Mr. Rajapakse won the presidential elections ending the Presidential term for Chandrika Kumaratunge. The new President, Mr. Rajapakse appeared on headlines of world news today after demanding to see a review of a ceasefire deal with Tamil Tiger rebels. For more on this story and the situation in Sri Lanka, visit: S Lanka leader urges truce review - BBC World News CHINA An explosion at a petrochemical plant in Jilin City on the 13th of November has caused extreme pollution of one of China's main River - The Songhua. The town of Harbin is been evacuated as water was cut off to the city on 21st November after authorities found dangerous levels of benzene in the water. The Benzene limit is said to be in dangerous levels to humans which is a carcinogenic. It is reported that 100 tonnes on benzene are believed to have entered the river. Russia has expressed its concerns about this as the river also flows alongside the country and the Russian name for the river is Amur. Currently people are been evacuated from the suburbs of Harbin as 3.8 million people in the city centre endured a third day without mains water. The water supply is not expected to be back on atleast until Sunday. For more on this story and the situation in China, visit: Evacuations follow China spillage - BBC World News ISS - International Space Station On 22nd November, 2005, the 2 astronauts aboard the ISS, McArthur and Russian cosmonaut Valery Tokarev watched Harry Potter's newest release - The Goblet of Fire. The screening made into space on request by the Commander McArthur was enjoyed by the 2 crew members. Earlier this same month, Paul McCartney performed 2 songs for the 2 crew which was probably the world's first musical performance beamed into space. The crew is said to enjoy the US Thanksgiving holiday with irradiated smoked turkey, dehydrated green beans and a thermo-stabilised cranberry-apple dessert! (Bon Apetit!) For more on this story, visit: Space screening for Potter movie - BBC World News All articles were referred to from the BBC World News site. All images used are from the articles and copyright their respectful publisher[s]

Hello everyone, For all who has visited my site and found no new updates, well, you're seen correct. I have been busy with Uni due to assignments and projects and presentations and today I finished with my final report, so here I am. Well lots have been happening around the world. Although I maybe busy to post and write about stuff, I am always updated with the news and there are some real intense happenings and some wierd ones too which I will briefly headline and would be posted above this post. I am also working on an idea of bringing an online magazine into reality. The idea is still under consideration and I have been talking to a few people about it. More about this online mag will be posted on this site sometime soon, so if you're interested, keep checking. Well I guess thats it from me for now, Thanks for taking the time to visit this site, Best Regards, Keith for The XSYKO Blog.

ANNOUNCEMENT / ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The XSYKO Blog gets a new look with the all new banner/logo. Lets have a look at the changes in the logos brought about over the time The XSYKO Blog has been online: Earlier this year we saw the simple and basic XSYKO Blog Banner featuring the KL Towers on the right side. The KL towers because the XSYKO Blog operates and is based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia since its launch. However, after many months of it been online, and without anyone ever noticing it until the creator did so - which was that what was actually supposed to be XSYKO Blog was incorrectly spelt "XYSKO Blog". This was immediately dealt with by creating a temporary banner. The Temporary banner/logo for The XSYKO Blog corrected the error, but like I mentioned earlier this was a temporary banner. The banner was almost the same as the first banner with a different font, and additional text which describes the sites features. Within few weeks of the upload of the temporary banner, the new, all improved XSYKO Blog banner/logo was ready. The new logo/banner has a more "news-ish" look, a more proffesional, and smart look. It sends out a vibe of the serious-ness of the site meanwhile expressing what the site is about. The XSYKO Blog NEW Logo is launched on the everning of 2nd November 2005 (Wednesday) also made and designed by the creator of the previous banner/logo. With the brief look back at the changes in the logos, I would like to extend my greatest thanks to my cousin brother Nouhad, who made these changes possible. He is the master mind behind the logo designs and creation. Without him, the XSYKO Blog logo would definitely not look this good! Thank you very much. Nouhad is 15 years old and comes from the Islands of the Maldives although he is currently based in Sri Lanka. He loves gaming, internet and movies. He's a little freak at gaming I tell you. I think he has the best consoles and games and best PC games any one can get their hands on. Doesnt stop there. He also does coding for internet stuff and is a movie buff. The software he used to create the logos and th one thats his favorite - Adobe PhotoShop CS2. He has a site that runs on coolness which is called Nouhad's Blog. Check it out! Once again I would like to thank Nouhad and for the people who visit this site and give their support for all success it has achieved so far. Keith for The XSYKO Blog