Bill
Gates:
Founder of Microsoft Corporation and a philanthropist,Bill
Gates was made a Knight Commander of the Most Excellent
Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth in March
for his charity work and for his astute skills as a businessman.
Bill
Gates
Tony
Blair : Prime
minister of the United Kingdom, became the first Labour
party leader to win a third term.
Tony
Blair
Pope
Benedict XVI: Benedict
XVI,formerly Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was named pope
by the conclave of cardinals in April. He was born in
Bavaria in 1927. Pope Benedict XVI is known as an accomplished
scholar of theology and is considered an archconservative
in his religious views.
Management
Guru, Dies at 95 : Peter
Drucker, who was considered the greatest management guru and
coined such terms as ``management by objective'' and ``knowledge
workers,'' died on November 11. He was 95. The Austria-born
journalist and intellectual taught, wrote and advised companies
on management techniques for seven decades, completing his
35th book at the age of 94.
Peter
Drucker
Mahinda
Rajpakse : Sri Lankan Prime Minister,Mahinda Rajpakse,is
declared elected President defeating Ranil Wickremesinghe
of the United National Party.
Mahinda
Rajpakse
Earthquake
Devastates Pakistan : A
devastating earthquake, measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale,
hit the northern part of Pakistan on the morning of 8th October,
2005.