" Post-genocide, Rwandan women raise the children of their attackers. The militias came in the evening and locked us in a house. Then they said they were going to rape us, but they used the word "marry." They said they were going to marry us until we stopped breathing. Every...
"By JOEL MCNALLY Tuesday, June 3, 2008As someone who opposed the Vietnam War and didn’t spit on a single soldier, I have never believed those stories about servicemen in uniform encountering a tsunami...
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Military mental health initiatives currently being considered by the Pentagon have at least one writer seriously worried.The oddly named "Psychological Kevlar Act of 2007" and the desensitizing drug propranalol...
created by Rob Peters | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 1132 views | 14 recommendations | 2 comments
Leave to the PETA provocateurs to use web 2.0 guerrila tactics for a hilariously subversive purpose. The latest iteration of their anti-fur-wearing-celebrity campaigns employs social media and networking sites to...
created by Jarrett Martineau | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 1313 views | 0 recommendations | 3 comments
"A rare Mexican plant which flowers once in its lifetime has blossomed, smashing a glasshouse roof in the process.
Scientists at Bangor University waited 28 years to see the Century plant, from which tequila can be made, bloom.
A curator, who had planted the seed as a student...
"BERLIN (AFP) - German rabbi Leo Trepp has seen his share of the horrors and glories of modern history in his 94 years. But he reserves the word "miracle" for the reopening of Germany's biggest synagogue...
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You just can't make this stuff up:"EDINBURGH (AFP) - A dwarf performer at the Edinburgh fringe festival had to be rushed to hospital after his penis got stuck to a vacuum cleaner during an act that went horribly awry.
Daniel Blackner, or "Captain Dan the Demon Dwarf", was...
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The Palme d'Or, Cannes' top prize, has gone to a low-budget film with prickly subject matter, fending off some of the biggest names in the industry. "Romanian director Cristian Mungiu won the Cannes Film...
created by Jordan Yerman | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 472 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
This historic move is set to unite two sides which have, for decades, divided Ireland. One needs only to view Irish films or read Irish literature, or listen to Irish music, to see the deep scars that a divided...
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"Virgil Butler, the former slaughterhouse worker from Arkansas who dedicated his life to educating others about the horrors of factory farming, died last night in his sleep at the age of 41. Virgil spent 9 years working in Tyson slaughterhouses, killing as many as 80,000...
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"The Port Talbot and District Amateur Operatic Society's Youth Theatre Is set to put on a production of Little Shop of Horrors.
The show, staring local youngsters, is set to run at the end of October at the Princess Royal Theatre in Port Talbot."
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