World Vignettes

Sarah Palin in news again,this time for Twitter gaffe

Washington: Sarah Palin is in the news again this time,for trying to invent new words while tweeting about plans to build a mosque near the Ground Zero site in New York. Palin,who often uses Twitter to communicate her views,made three attempts before writing an error-free entry. In her first effort,she asked peaceful Muslims to pls refudiate the mosque. Having invented a word,in her second attempt she used 8220;refute8221; incorrectly,calling on peaceful New Yorkers to refute the Ground Zero mosque plan. Both those messages were removed from her page,though not before being salvaged by US news websites. The third attempt remains. She then posted a fourth tweet that said English is a living language. Shakespeare liked to coin new words too,the media reported.

Chelseas wedding close,Clintons nervous wrecks

Washington: With hardly a fortnight to go for the wedding of former first daughter Chelsea Clinton,her mother Secretary of State Hillary Clinton refuses to divulge the nuptial details,but said,the approaching marriage was making her and former President Bill Clinton nervous wrecks. If Bill makes it down the aisle in one piece,its going to be a major accomplishment, Hillary said in an interview to NBC in Islamabad,commenting that both she and her husband were very emotional over the ceremony. We are both so emotional and the wedding is making us nervous wrecks, she said.