Ouch.....the pain must be beyond words "These stomach-churning pictures capture what could be the most painful event of the Beijing Olympics so far.Hungarian weightlifter Janos Baranyai's first Olympics ended in...
"Fancy a gentle paddle down the Thames? Or a splash about in the Norfolk Broads? Or maybe something a bit more bracing?Like a 120ft vertical drop, straight down the front of a churning, thundering, pounding waterfall...
The potential for the 'quake lake' - a lake in China whose dam was threatened by the earthquake there - to flood has been removed, according to the Chinese government."Evacuees headed down from temporary camps Wednesday after Chinese authorities declared the flood threat over...
The armed man who died in Chelsea, London, was a high-flying lawyer, who had a bright future and a beautiful wife.He tried to send a message to his wife Elizabeth, just before he was killed. He threw a white box into...
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RED ZONE ROVING
The 'dirty thieves' of Sadr City
By Pepe Escobar
BAGHDAD - This was once the pinnacle of world culture. Al-Mustansariya University is older than the Sorbonne. During Saddam Hussein's time, even with United Nations sanctions, it was still churning out the...
"This week saw a small and telling controversy involving a mural on the walls of Roosevelt High School in Los Angeles. The mural is big--400 feet long, 18 feet high at its peak--and eye-catching, as would be anything that "presents a colorful depiction of the rape, slaughter...
"The Sherpas (and sherpas) of Everest
It's that time of year again - another Everest season has begun, and the presses are churning. (Be sure to visit Explorer's Web for coverage and information.) For me, I am...
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"ARE YOU A CONNOISSEUR of generic products? If not, you should be â at least when it comes to some items.
While some brand-name products may taste better than their store-label counterparts, others are premium only in price. According to a 2005 study by Consumer Reports,...
The mainstream media censored the vast majority of the evidence of fraud, so that most Americans to this day, have never heard a fraction of what was amiss.