"HELSTON, Cornwall, UK (CNN) -- A huge cyclone struck Myanmar in May 2008. It was the largest recorded disaster in that country, killing more than 130,000 people and leaving millions homeless. ...
Testing shooting a video in public at the Beijing airport.. Does anyone care? Apparently not!
kk and I acting silly and talking while testing our luck and shooting a video in public at the Beijing airport inside...
When George Willig scaled the South Tower of the World Trade Center, he motivation was "because it's there". The motivation behind the man who climbed the side of the New York Times building seems to have been...
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I guess this is one way of guaranteeing coverage - climbing a building full of journalists and photographers. " Alain Robert, a French stuntman known for climbing tall buildings, scaled the north face of the New...
An American national David Hahn, 46, of Taos, New Mexico, have become the first non Nepalese climber to reach Mount Everest for tenth time. The record for largest number of climbs of the world's highest mountain is held by Appa, a Sherpa guide who earlier this month...
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"Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch has spent years thinking about the war in Iraq, both as a senior strategist in 2005 and now as a division commander. He has seen strategies, missions and buzzwords come and go, but he now believes U.S. commanders finally have a feel for the...
In the week leading up to the big screen release of Broadway favourite Sweeney Todd, director Tim Burton and star Johnny Depp are discussing the challenges (and potential backlash) of bringing a beloved musical to...
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" Sixties singer facing jail term
Wayne Fontana
The singer was told off for his 'fancy dress'
Sixties pop star Wayne Fontana has been remanded in custody after admitting setting fire to a debt collector's car.
The...
"WASHINGTON, April 27 — The Bush administration will not try to assess whether the troop increase in Iraq is producing signs of political progress or greater security until September, and many of Mr. Bush’s top advisers now anticipate that any gains by then will be...
A device that can burn thousands of disks at once has several legitimate uses; my first thought was that such a machine would help unsigned (and non-wealthy) musicians to get their music to the masses. No doubt, however, media pirates (for-profit copiers, not private...
This announcement--which reduces this year's quota for seal hunters by one quarter--will likely draw a lot of ire from environmentalists and activists, who were looking for the hunt to be canceled altogether. "The...
An interesting behind-the-scenes look into some of the popular "character driven videos" on YouTube, like LonelyGirl115's and Little Loca's. Videos that all feature characters that were made up by actors, either...