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Village Moves to Escape Rats
A small village in Northeastern Iran tried to win the rat race, but the rats won. The villagers are moving. " The rats overran the village of Maskan in Khorasan province two years ago and have been leaving... Angelina Jolie poses at the premiere of the movie "The Curious Case of Benjam...
"Actress Angelina Jolie poses at the premiere of the movie "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" at the Mann's Village theatre in Westwood, California December 8, 2008. The movie opens in the U.S. on December 25." London 2012, Vancouver 2010 share similar financial woes
Concerns over the increasing cost of hosting the 2010 games in Vancouver include unknown security costs, a grossly overbudget convention/media centre and a $100 million bailout for the developer of athletes'... Alaska Villages Suffer Under New Mail Scheme
Alaska has a whole different delivery system of mail due to the remote villages. Mail delivery has always been rather slow and difficult, and now will be more complicated."The U.S. Postal Service says it is saving... Israeli Beduins claim link to Obama
Another Tribe claims President-Elect Obama has roots in the Midle-East. What next? "President-elect Barack Obama made history last week when he became the first African-American to be elected into the White House.... Reports now conflict over Syria's claim of US helicopter attack on Syrian vil...
At one least report now has the U.S denying its helicopters were involved in a raid on Syria Sunday. So far, the Pentagon and White House are silent. The Associated Press reports a U.S. military official in... 692 views | 48 recommendations | 28 comments
Indian author Aravind Adiga wins Man Booker Prize 2008
Beating predictions by bookies and others, debutant Indian novelist 33-year-old Aravind Adiga's book "The White Tiger" was on Wednesday declared the winner of the prestigious Man Booker Prize for Fiction for 2008.Adiga beat favourite Sebastian Barry to take the 50,000 pound...Husband Saws House in Half After Divorce
A couple who were married for more than 40 years have taken the literal route when it comes to splitting up their belongings: the husband cut the house in half. In a village in the Prey Veng province of Cambodia, people were pretty shocked to hear the strange news -...Divorce Cambodian style
And you think American divorces are weird!"(CNN) -- A Cambodian couple who separated after 40 years of marriage may have taken things too literally when it came to splitting their assets: ...Cause of 'Treeman's' barklike growths revealed
"(CNN) -- For 20 years, the warts studding Dede Kosawa's hands and feet multiplied and sprouted like gnarled roots. ...1130 views | 5 recommendations | 1 comment
The brighter side of French village life - it exists
A couple of weeks ago I reported here on how a young farmer in central France had faced a systematic hate campaign from someone in his village bent on trying to ruin his attempts to build a successful organic cheese...
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25 worshippers, 30 Taliban militants killed in Pakistan
Immediately after new President took over in Pakistan there is fresh round of violence reported from there. It has killed 25 worshippers and even 30 Taliban militants."In a fresh spate of killings in Pakistan, at least 25 civilians were killed and 50 injured in a...An Indigenous Perspective on Palin, Oil and Alaska
Today I came across a letter written by an indigenous Alaskan man, Evon Peter, former Chief of the Neetsaii Gwich’in tribe, in which he discusses Governor Sarah Palin's role in managing native and environmental...972 views | 7 recommendations | 11 comments
Georgia police officer slain near Russian checkpoint
Russian soldiers have shot and killed a Georgian police officer at a checkpoint, a day after they agreed to withdraw from Georgia proper in a treaty with the EU."A Georgian policeman was shot and killed on Wednesday near a Russian checkpoint in Georgia, Georgia's Interior... 146 views | 15 recommendations | 3 comments
U.S. Drones Hit Taliban Commander's Pakistan House
An article from Reuters says that United States drones fired at three people on Monday and killed them all. The villege is located in Pakistan near the Afghan border, where a friend of Osama Bin Laden had previously...
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