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LOUD NOISES! Africa Bike Week Is Back – Get All The Details Here
24 Apr 2013 by Aramat Broccoly / No Comments
From 26 to 29 April ,the roar of Harleys will course through Margate for the annual Africa Bike Week. Expect to see leather, saddled on leather, ready for the biggest free bike rally on the continent. All event details, after the jump
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Google Chairman, Eric Schmidt Makes 6 Predictions About Our Digital Future
24 Apr 2013 by Gabi October / 1 Comment
Eric Schmidt, chairman of Google released a new book on Tuesday, which he co-authored with a former US State Department terrorism adviser. “The New Digital Age: Reshaping the Future of People, Nations and Business,” offers compelling arguments for a few interesting predictions.
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Argentina’s Sky Lit Up By Meteorite [VIDEO]
23 Apr 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
In a an event usually reserved for Russian YouTube, night turned to day in Santiago del Estero, Argentina on Saturday evening. The video shows footage taken at a concert when the sky suddenly illuminates, so much so that it looks like day for a split second.
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TIME Magazine Releases Top 100 List [PICS]
19 Apr 2013 by Gabi October / 1 Comment
TIME magazine is celebrating its tenth year of the TIME Top 100 List. This year, to do something a little special, they’re presenting seven cover portraits of the TIME 100 honourees who, “Reflect the breadth and depth of our list, each one profiled inside – as in our tradition – by an equally luminary voice.”
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App That Prevents “Accidental Incest” Proves To Be A Hit In Iceland
19 Apr 2013 by Gabi October / 1 Comment
Scared of going to bed with your aunt? It sounds ridiculous, but if you’re from Iceland, it’s a valid fear. Luckily for them an app has been launched to prevent this from happening
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Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect Shot Dead By Police – Accomplice On The Run [MAP]
19 Apr 2013 by silverstreak / No Comments
The shooting of a campus policeman at Boston university, MIT and the subsequent chase and shootout with suspects at Watertown, some fifteen minutes away, has lead to the death of an official Boston Marathon bombing suspect, pictured above. A second bombing suspect, known as the “white hat man” was also engaged in the shootout with [...]
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Yes, Hobbits Did Actually Once Exist
18 Apr 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
In 2003, on the remote island of Flores in Indonesia, an 18,000 year-old fossil was discovered of Homo Floresiensis, a humanoid, one metre high. The discovery of the fossil led researchers to believe that they were a unique species of human, and not in fact deformed.
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[UPDATED] Monster Texas Explosion Kills 60 To 70 People [VIDEO]
18 Apr 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
A fire at a fertilizer plant in West Texas resulted in a massive explosion, producing multiple injuries and a death toll reported to be between 60 and 70 people.
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French Gangster Blasts Out Of Prison, Hollywood Style [PIC]
15 Apr 2013 by Aramat Broccoly / No Comments
France got their own taste of an epic, Hollywood-style Prison Break this last Saturday, when one of their most notorious gangsters, Redoine Faid escaped from prison. Faid has claimed that his crimes are inspired by Scarface and Heat
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Couple Poses For Google Street View Car – Having Sex And Boozing On The Side Of The Road
12 Apr 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
This is just hilarious. An Australian couple, who were spotted on Google Street view a few miles before, drove ahead and reappeared on Google street view – simulating ‘bonnet-sex’ as the man swigs on a bottle. You need to see this.
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Former North Korean Spy Who Blew Up South Korean Jet In 1987 Opens Up About Kim Jong Un [VIDEO]
11 Apr 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
Former North Korean spy, Kim Hyun-hee gave unprecedented insight into the leadership regime of North Korea in an exclusive interview, early this week. As a spy operating for the North Korean regime, Hyun-hee blew up a civilian South Korean jet, killing all 115 passengers in 1987.
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This Is The Woman Behind The Margaret Thatcher “Death Parties”
11 Apr 2013 by Gabi October / 3 Comments
Since the passing of the former British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher scores of parties have been seen popping up around Britain. Romany Blythe was the lady behind some of the ‘death parties.’
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Kim Jong-Un Acted In A Production Of Grease In High School [PICS]
09 Apr 2013 by Gabi October / 1 Comment
North Korean leader, Kim Jung-Un played an all American villain in a high school production, of Grease. And he looked totally awesome.
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Japan Is Mobilising Ground To Air Missile Defence Systems In Anticipation Of Attack
09 Apr 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
Early on Tuesday Japan, deployed missile-defence systems at three of their sites around Tokyo. The deployment follows North Korea’s threat to launch nuclear missiles, said Yoshihide Suga, Chief Cabinet Secretary of Japan.
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Go On A South African Ski Trip This Winter: The ALL NEW Tiffindell Is Ready And Open For The Winter Season [PICS]
08 Apr 2013 by Aramat Broccoly / No Comments
New Tiffindell Is Ready To Open For The Winter Season
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Anti-Kidnap Bracelets Send Distress Signals To Twitter And Facebook
08 Apr 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
This hi-tech bracelet has mobile phone technology built in which can send prepared messages when the bracelet is triggered, using phone and sat-nav technology to warn of the wearer being in danger, and pinpoint their exact location. Distress alerts are sent as posts to Facebook and Twitter.
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Obama Administration Offers R46 Million Bounty For Joseph Kony
04 Apr 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
A R46 million bounty has been place on Joseph Kony, Lord’s Resistance Army Chief for any information relating to his where abouts and leading to his capture. Kony 2013, anyone?
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North Korea Mobilises Missile – Threatens “Imminent” Nuclear War
04 Apr 2013 by Gabi October / 1 Comment
The global community watches with a growing level of unease as North Korea issued fresh threats on Thursday morning of nuclear war, saying “the moment of explosion is approaching fast.”
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North Korea Blocks South Korean Workers From Entering Industrial Zone As War Tensions Mount [VIDEO]
03 Apr 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
North Korea is blocking South Korean workers from passing through the joint industrial zone, Kaesong. This is a move by the North to further distance itself from the South ahead of possible war between the two states. Over 800 South Koreans were in the complex when the ban was announced. South Korean workers are being [...]
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South African Troops Are Being Withdrawn From The Central African Republic
02 Apr 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
In January of this year, 200 South African National Defence Force (SANDF) troops were deployed to the Central African Republic (CAR). Those 200 soliders faught over 3,000 rebels. Hundreds were killed, including 13 SANDF soldiers, before a truce was met. The killing of South African solidiers has been met with intense anger from citizens and political parties, alike. [...]
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Just When You Thought You’d Seen It All, North Korea Make THIS Video
02 Apr 2013 by Aramat Broccoly / 1 Comment
If the threats weren’t enough to convince the US and South Korean armed forces to back down, we now have a video showing the crazy skills of the North Korean army. It is almost surreal to watch a human can move, shoot and live like the men and women in this video. The average leopard-crawling under barbed-wire military vibe [...]
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Google Street View Takes A Tour Of The Japanese Tsunami-Ravaged Province [PICS]
28 Mar 2013 by Aramat Broccoly / No Comments
Nami is a ghost town. Having played host to a nuclear power plant, the town became the icon of suffering in the wake of the 2011 Japanese Tsunami, which destroyed much of Japan’s North Eastern coastline. Shortly thereafter, the nuclear power plant melted down, having sustained critical damage in the wave. Google Street View has [...]
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North Korea Photoshops Images Of Army Going In To Battle [VIDEO]
28 Mar 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
North Korea has been caught releasing doctored photographs of military personel heading into battle, by doubling the number of hovercrafts in a military exercise. North Korean military propaganda has been ratcheted up as tensions with South Korea reach breaking point. The picture above shows multiple vessels, but all have a distinctive shine on the front, with each [...]
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BRICS Nations Give The Middle Finger To The World Bank – Plan To Start New Development Bank
27 Mar 2013 by Gabi October / No Comments
The Brics nations of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa are aiming to establish a new development bank during the annual conference which began yesterday in Durban. The leaders of each of the five developing countries will discuss bringing together foreign currency reserves to ward off balance of payments or currency crises. Martyn Davies, [...]
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