Daily Archives: Dec 31, 2011
Orthodox Archimandrite Ephraim, imprisoned on Christmas Eve without trial
The abbot of the prestigious Vatopedi monastery in Mount Athos, Greece has been imprisoned pending trial for alleged fraud and embezzlement. Archimandrite Ephraim, 56, is...
Internet sensation: Sarah and her dancing eyebrows have 3.9 million viewers on YouTube
A girl whose video is trending on YouTube has incredible control over her facial features – and in particular, her eyebrows. Though unsuspecting at first,...China: man dies after he was dignosed with bird flu more than one year ago
A Chinese man, who was the first case of bird flu in the country in more than a year, has died in the southern...
Rochelle Wiseman and Marvin Humes are engaged
Rochelle Wiseman and Marvin Humes announce that they got engaged during their holiday in the Caribbean. The Saturdays singer, Rochelle Wiseman, 22, took to Twitter...2012 List of Banished Words
Michigan's Lake Superior State University has released the 2012 List of Words Banished from the Queen's English for Misuse, Overuse and General Uselessness. The 37th...
The controversial photo of an 8ft giant soldier attending Kim Jong-Il’s funerals
Footages from Kim Jong-Il’s funerals showed an 8ft member of the North Korean armed forces towering beside his fellow soldiers in the driving snow. Observers...New Year celebrations. Pacific Island of Samoa the first to see in 2012
The Pacific island of Samoa has moved 24 hours into the future, making its nation the first to see in 2012. People began celebrating as...
Dinosaurs could be recreated from birds DNA
Jack Horner, the technical adviser on Jurassic Park and professor of palaeontology at Montana State University, is hoping to use living birds to hatch...