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World
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The World’s Biggest Food Fight: Tomatina Fest 2012 [GALLERY]
30 Aug 2012 by Steyn du Toit / No Comments
This year Spain is celebrating its 64th Tomatina Fest. The event brings together over 40 000 tomato enthusiasts – armed with 100 tons of the red fruit – for an epic battle taking place in the small village of Buñol.
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Tony Blair Brushes Off SA Muslim Citizen Arrest Threats, Says They Must Focus On Those Doing The Killing
30 Aug 2012 by Bearded Wiseman / 1 Comment
Tony Blair has challenged South African Muslims protesting against his visit to SA to rather protest against the Muslims he says are doing most of the killing in Iraq and elsewhere.
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President Putin’s Lavish Luxury Lifestyle
29 Aug 2012 by Albi P / 1 Comment
Russian President Vladmir Putin once famously compared his life in office to that of a “galley slave”. A recent report however, paints a very different picture, claiming that he lives in opulence enjoying the finest luxuries, not least of which is a R625 000 toilet!
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Undetonated 250Kg WWII Bomb Discovered And Destroyed In Munich [VIDEO]
29 Aug 2012 by Simon Gerber / No Comments
Imagine working on a construction site right in the heart of one of Germany’s largest cities, and suddenly coming across a large, rusty, unidentified object. Trying to figure out what the large, 250kg object is, you ask your foreman. You learn that it’s a bomb, left over from when the Allies bombed the shit out of you, 70 years ago.
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Muslim Groups Stoked With Tutu
29 Aug 2012 by Bearded Wiseman / 5 Comments
Muslim groups have this week called for the arrest of visiting ex British Prime Minister Tony Blair for his role in the 2003 Iraq invasion. Yesterday, Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu dramatically pulled out of the Discovery Invest Leadership Summit because of fellow speaker Blair, and Muslims were stoked.
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SA Adventurer In Peru Ran 5Km To Safety After Being Shot Three Times
28 Aug 2012 by Albi P / 2 Comments
While on a kayak trip down the Amazon River, a young South African adventurer was ambushed by a pair of youths. His attackers shot him three times and left him for dead but, despite his serious wounds, he got up and ran 5km to the nearest village to receive help.
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Latest UK Racist Public Transport Rant Sees Black Passenger Take On Whites [VIDEO]
27 Aug 2012 by Steyn du Toit / 2 Comments
Last year saw a lot of incidents where UK public transport users were being racially abused by fellow commuters. Some of these moments even got caught on camera and went viral. The one thing all the offenders had in common was the fact that they were white, British, and clearly had no love for anyone else trying to live in “their country.” But the tables are turned in this latest video. Police officers are currently investigating claims of a black woman making racist comments about white people on a London bus. Check out her take on Caucasian folk, below.
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BREAKING: Norwegian Mass Murderer Gets 21 Years
24 Aug 2012 by Steyn du Toit / 4 Comments
This is a sad, tragic day for humanity. Anders Behring Breivik – the guy who massacred 77 people (the majority of them teenagers) in Norway last year – is busy being sentenced as we speak. The court has found him to be sane and sentenced him to a mere 21 years in prison, MINUS the 445 days he already spent in custody. Upon hearing his fate, he smiled as this is exactly what he was hoping for.
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US And Turkey Meet To Plot Assad’s End
23 Aug 2012 by Harry Haddon / No Comments
The US and Turkey seem to have had enough of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime and have begun their first “operational planning” meeting aimed at bringing about its demise. They are plotting for all eventualities, even a chemical attack in Damascus which Washington has called a “red line”.
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‘Downistie’ – Controversial Dutch TV Soap Uses Only Down’s Syndrome Actors
20 Aug 2012 by Seth Rotherham / 2 Comments
With a name that plays on the famous TV soap ‘Dynasty,’ Downistie is pulling in a daily audience of one million people, as the Netherlands can’t seem to get enough of the cast which is made of actors with Down’s syndrome. Have a look at this short 3 minute episode.
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Even The Washington Post Is Talking About Tomorrow’s R2.5 Billion Powerball Jackpot
14 Aug 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
There is another mad scramble for tickets online, as Wednesday’s Powerball lottery sits on a jackpot prize of R2.5 Billion ($305 million). It’s so big that even high-brow publications like the Washington Post are talking about it! This is what they had to say: The Powerball jackpot has grown to $305 million for Wednesday’s drawing. The [...]
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The Most Over-Excited Trainspotter In The World [HILARIOUS VIDEO]
13 Aug 2012 by Seth Rotherham / 2 Comments
Out filming a heritage train at North Creek, New York, this trainspotter has truly earned the title “foamer” – a term for people excessively enthusiastic about trains. His joyful video of a 1953 EA train has become a YouTube hit and led to many dubbing him “the world’s most excited trainspotter”. Very special..
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India Down For A Second Day Following Massive Blackouts
31 Jul 2012 by Simon Gerber / No Comments
The world’s second most populous country has had more than half of its territory left in darkness after a massive failure by three of its major power grids, one failing for the second time in as many days.
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World’s Most Powerful Dam Opens In China [PICS]
26 Jul 2012 by Albi P / No Comments
Just as it’s hitting its annual flood peak, China has officially launched the last 32 generators at the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River, making it the most powerful hydropower station in the world. Earlier in the week, waterflow through the dame peaked at 70 000 cubic metres per second.
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Syria: We’ll Only Use Chemical Weapons Against “External Aggression”
23 Jul 2012 by Harry Haddon / 1 Comment
Though Syria claimed yesterday that they would never use chemical or bilogical weapons against their own, they did acknowledge they have a bunch of chemical and biological weapons, and would use them against external forces if they have to.
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CCTV Footage Emerges Of Bulgaria Bus Suicide Bomber
20 Jul 2012 by Steyn du Toit / 1 Comment
The Bulgarian government has released CCTV images of a man suspected of targeting Israeli tourists in a bus bomb attack. At least seven people were killed and 30 injured in the explosion outside the airport in the Black Sea resort of Burgas. Bulgarian officials suspect the attack was carried out by this suicide bomber with fake US documents.
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New Frontline Photos Show Syria’s Scary Descent Into Terror [GALLERY]
17 Jul 2012 by Steyn du Toit / No Comments
Last month we showed you surfaced images of Syria’s steroid-mad “ghost killers”. Their goal is to terrorise women and children and to conduct ethnic cleansing. New images from the country show the effects of the civil war and predict a very dark future for its citizens.
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Unnoticed, Al-Qaeda Has Taken Over Vast Areas Of Mali
12 Jul 2012 by Harry Haddon / 1 Comment
The West have unintentionally cleared the path for al-Qaeda to take control over 300 000 square miles of African terrain. “Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb” (AQIM) and its allies have taken over an area of the Sahara more than three times the size of Britain, complete with airports, military bases, arms dumps and training camps.
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Awesome Mystery Man Gives £1 000 To Strangers To Do Good
10 Jul 2012 by Albi P / No Comments
Generally speaking, most people would doing something stupidly extravangant if they suddenly came into a ridiculous amount of money. Not this guy though, instead he chose to share his good fortune and travel the world, giving random people £1000 at a time requesting only that they “do something positive” with the cash.
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Taliban’s Public Execution Of Afghan Woman Heavily Condemned [VIDEO]
09 Jul 2012 by Albi P / No Comments
The Afghan government and human rights campaigners have heavily condemned the public execution of a young woman accused of adultery following the release of amateur footage depicting the incident. Click through for further details and the video, which does not show the actual killing but may upset sensitive viewers.
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Japanese Parliamentary Panel: “Fukushima A Man Made Disaster”
05 Jul 2012 by Bearded Wiseman / No Comments
A Japanese parliamentary panel has said in a report that the crisis at the Fukushima nuclear plant was “a profoundly man-made disaster”, and that the disaster “could and should have been foreseen and prevented”. The report also blamed cultural conventions and a reluctance to question authority.
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Iran Broadcasts Missile Tests On State TV [VIDEO]
05 Jul 2012 by Harry Haddon / No Comments
In news that is not very positive for Middle-East peace prospects, IRINN, the state broadcaster in Iran has broadcasted images of ballistic missiles being tested that it claims could easily reach US military bases in the region.
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US Agency Has To Confirm Mermaids Are A Myth [VIDEO]
04 Jul 2012 by Harry Haddon / No Comments
Incredibly, the US National Ocean Service of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) had to issue a statement in the last week confirming the non-existence of mermaids after Animal Planet aired “Mermaids: The Body Found” and a whole bunch of Americans thought it was real.
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Supersonic Jets Destroy Famous Architect’s Building [VIDEO]
03 Jul 2012 by Albi P / 3 Comments
This weekend, as part the ceremony of exchange of the national flag in Brasíla, Brazil’s capital, two Mirage 2000 jets performed a very low altitude flyover. So low in fact that their supersonic boom shattered almost all of the windows of the Supreme Court and Congressional buildings! Click through for the awesome video.
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