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Couple Faces 6 Years in Prison for Sex on the Beach in Dubai
latimesblogs.latimes.com — A Muslim emirate is not the best place to mix champagne and beach romance. A British couple is facing up to six years in prison for allegedly having public sex near the surf in Dubai, a split-personality emirate that toys with Western permissiveness but is ruled by Islamic tenets.More… (World News)
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Disney Promises To Pay for Ride Injuries, Then Declines
consumerist.com — Disney, inventors of childhood itself, told Daniel they would foot the bill after he got injured on their California Adventure ride. Then when Daniel and his wife Jane tried to collect, they got strung along for months by Garth Steever in guest claims. By this time, the medical bills had already been sent to collectionsMore… (World News)
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L.A. Council Offers $500,000 Reward to Catch Serial Killer
latimes.com — The Los Angeles City Council today approved a $500,000 reward to help catch a serial killer believed responsible for 10 slayings in South Los Angeles and Inglewood over the last two decades. The first known killing occurred in 1985, when Debra Jackson, 29, was shot three times in the chest; her body was found in an alley near West Gage Avenue.More… (World News)
badwithcomputerScenes from Iraq [PICS] view!
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U.S. Troops Reportedly Strike In Pakistan
cbsnews.com — Pakistan's top security officials on Wednesday were searching for clues that a "moderately important terrorist target" may have been hit when U.S. and/or NATO forces attacked three houses in a remote part of the country's border region with Afghanistan. More… (World News)
DorothyLaudieThe Mysterious Mr. White: a Spy Tale from Russia
businessweek.com — Ever heard of Michael Lee White? Chances are that you haven’t. Unless, that is, you happen to watch the Russian TV news, where Michael Lee White has recently played a starring role. Or more specifically his passport has, in a mysterious case that seems to come straight out of the Cold War.More… (World News)
msaleemBritish engineer swims jungle river in escape from Gambia
telegraph.co.uk — With the help of an ex-Army captain, Charlie Northfield, 48, fled the capital Banjul and then evaded a series of police check points as he made an audacious dash through the West African jungle for the Senegalese border. He shaved off his hair and beard to evade authorities and hid in a series of vehicles on the 125-mile journey...More… (World News)
vick3iiNorth Korea Reassembling nuclear center
foxnews.com — The motive isn't clear but sources say North Koreans likely are reassembling nuclear facilities at Yongbyon partly to protest the United States' delay in taking the country off its list of terrorist-sponsoring nations. More… (World News)
DiggChairmanStalin's mass murders were 'entirely rational'...
dailymail.co.uk — Stalin acted ‘entirely rationally’ in executing and imprisoning millions of people in the Gulags, a controversial new Russian teaching manual claims.More… (World News)
LakiTheGreatestCourt smacks down judge for relying on Wikipedia
arstechnica.com — References to information at Wikipedia have shown up in various inappropriate places, from homework assignments to college term papers. But there's one place that it seems everyone can agree that it doesn't belong: the US court system.More… (World News)
Top World's 100 Most Powerful And Influential People
telegraph.co.uk — Vanity Fair has unveiled its annual list of the world's 100 most powerful and influential people, what the magazine calls "the New Establishment", and topping the table for the first time is Vladimir Putin, according to reports. More… (World News)
MediaSight1 of Most Heartbreaking & Harrowing War Shots You'll See view!
openthinkTHOUSANDS gather to show support for RON PAUL!
reuters.com — "It's a continuation of something we started in the campaign," Paul told a news conference. "It was more or less something to satisfy the enthusiasm that had been built for the message."More… (World News)
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Bare-breasted Virgins Compete and Dance for Swaziland King
reuters.com — Tens of thousands of bare-breasted virgins competed for Swaziland King Mswati III's eye on Monday in a traditional Reed Dance. Walking through the dense crowds in a leopard skin loin cloth, Sub-Saharan Africa's last absolute monarch was expected to choose his 14th wife.More… (World News)
Women Jailed For 'Indecent' Beach Acts
news.com.au — TWO foreign women have been jailed for a month for kissing and fondling each other and engaging in "indecent acts" on a public beach in Dubai.More… (World News)
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