Cyclists Extreme Killer Sport
Posted on April 15, 2009 by admin in Travel
Beginning high in the Bolivian Alps, lies the world’s most dangerous road, known as the Road of Death (El Camino de la Muerta), built in the 1930’s. The locals say, the condition of your vehicle doesn’t matter, “Prayer is the only way to traverse it safely”. The road plunges almost 3.600 metres, on its narrow [...]
Woman Tries To End It In Hungry Polar Bears Enclosure
Posted on April 15, 2009 by admin in General
It is nothing short of a tragedy when the quality of life becomes so diminished, it is preferable to end it all in a wild bear’s enclosure in a zoo. Sandy K, 32 year old German woman was apparently suicidal when she leapt into an enclosure with bears, during their feeding time, at the German [...]
Camping Trip For The Italian Earthquake Victims?
Posted on April 12, 2009 by admin in General
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has once again been outspoken in his heavy handed humour, when he described the tent cities, the thousands of homeless residents of L’Aquila, have been forced to flee to after Italy’s deadliest earthquake for thirty years. A thirty second 6.3 magnitude earthquake, devastated the area before dawn on April 6th. [...]
What Happens When A Plane Decides To Take A Rest?
Posted on April 11, 2009 by admin in Society, Travel
“15th November 2007, an Airbus pushed itself up a sloped concrete wall, at Toulouse Blagnac, International Airport”, reports Wikpedia. Only now are photos of the incident being leaked out. Five people on board were injured, three of them seriously. There has been a news blackout in the major media in France and elsewhere concerning this [...]
Samali Pirates Threaten Revenge
Posted on April 11, 2009 by admin in Society
With the death of up to five pirates over the weekend in clashes between the Somali pirates, Americans and French patrols, in two separate incidents. The American attack was sanctioned by President Barak Obama, as they sought to rescue an American captain held captive in a life boat. A pirate speaking from Eyl village, the [...]
The Worst Of The Worst Human Rights Abusers
Posted on April 10, 2009 by admin in Society
Freedom House, has released its 2009 annual report. In it they name the world’s worst of the worst human rights abusers. Freedom House a New York based, non-profit NGO, has been monitoring threats to human rights since 1980. Its recent released annual report reveals that at the beginning of 2009, 47% of the world’s population [...]
Fiji Newspaper Threatened
Posted on April 8, 2009 by admin in Politics
Fiji’s constitutional right of freedom of speech for the media is once again under serious threat, with the military-led government attempting to shut down the largest newspaper in the country, for its ‘un-cooperative’ reporting. Fiji’s Military Forces’ Land Force Commander Pita Driti issued a statement saying the Times was biased and did not give an [...]
Do They Really Mean No Swimming?
Posted on April 8, 2009 by admin in Humour
Do signs always mean what they say, or is it just a ploy to keep people out of private property? Or did they mean… We have to laugh at life or we would all go crazy!
Names Were Meant To Make Life Easy?
Posted on April 8, 2009 by admin in Humour
The longest place name in the world is in North Wales: “Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll-llantysiliogogogoch”. Translated the name means “The Church of St Mary in the hollow of white hazel trees near the rapid whirlpools by St Tysilio’s of the red cave.” However there is a hill in New Zealand named: “Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu” This translates as “The place where [...]
Violence, Disease, Starvation and Blood Diamonds
Posted on April 7, 2009 by admin in Politics
Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai lost another family member, following the tragic drowning of his two-year-old grandson in the prime minister’s home in cholera stricken, Harare. 91,164 cases of cholera, with 4037 deaths have been reported since the current outbreak began in August 2008. Tsvangirai was injured in March, in a suspect car crash, that [...]
