Posted on June 29th, 2008 by Meg
Christopher Street Day is an annual European LGBT festival in Berlin, Germany. Most countries have adopted Gay Pride or Pride Parade as the name of their festivities. New York held its first Gay Pride event in 1970.
The parades, held worldwide, feature food, vendor booths, floats and walking groups dressed in costumes. […]
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Filed under: Across the Nation, World News
Posted on June 24th, 2008 by Andrea
Richard Gere, president of the Gere Foundation, International Campaign for Tibet, attends the hearing ‘The Crisis in Tibet: Finding a Path to Peace’ at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. 4/23/08
Italian car company Fiat has issued an apology to China over a television ad featuring actor Richard Gere and a reference to Tibet.
China […]
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Filed under: Celebrities, Video, World News
Posted on June 16th, 2008 by Meg
Setting a new Guinness World Record, 1,202 bikini clad women joined together to form the Olympic rings logo at Xiangjiang Water park in Guangzhou, China.
Guinness World Records, previously known as The Guinness Book of Records is a reference book published annually, containing an internationally recognized collection of world records, both human achievements and the […]
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Filed under: World News
Posted on June 5th, 2008 by Andrea
A cubicle worker at the offices of an official Moscow newspaper goes ballistic on his coworkers, even throwing a computer monitor at one of them.
I have no idea what the dude picking up papers on the floor said to tick this guy off, but the video is extremely violent, so be forewarned.
Additional video with audio […]
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Filed under: Odd Stuff, World News
Posted on May 29th, 2008 by Andrea
Comcast.net and Comcast webmail accounts have been compromised after the site was hacked earlier this evening.
The site is currently displaying a message saying “This Site is Under Construction,” however, it is being widely reported that the page earlier showed messages from the hackers.
There is no information available at this time as to what damage was […]
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Posted on May 27th, 2008 by Andrea
Animal rights activists in Vienna are fighting to have a 26-year-old chimpanzee named Matthew declared human.
36-year-old British teacher Paula Stibbe wants to be appointed Matthew’s legal guardian in case the animal shelter he lives in shuts down, however, under Austrian law, legal guardianship is limited to humans.
Matthew, along with another chimpanzee and a crocodile, […]
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Posted on April 18th, 2008 by Meg
The Danes have always been considered a progressive lot. In keeping with that mind set, Kildegaarden nursing home director Inger Marie Kristensen has instructed her nursing staff to call in the prostitutes when their male residents exhibit behavior that suggests a need for such services.
When indecent sexual proposals are bestowed upon staff members and […]
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