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Picasso’s Woman’s Head stolen from Athens National Gallery
Picasso's Woman's Head, given to the Athens National Gallery by the artist himself, was stolen on Monday along with two other valuable works of...
Novartis recalls Excedrin, Gas-X, NoDoz and Bufferin amid fears of potential mix-up with prescription painkillers
FDA is warning patients about a potential mix-up between powerful prescription pain drugs and common OTC medications like Excedrin and Gas-X manufactured by Swiss...
Falling is the latest internet fad
A footage showing shoppers laden with produce taking a tumble in the supermarket aisle is in fact the latest online fad. Falling involves participants dreaming...
Airbus A380 super-jumbo must be grounded, say Australian aircraft engineers
Australian engineers have called for Airbus A380 super-jumbo (the world's biggest passenger aircraft) to be grounded, after Singapore Airlines and Qantas found cracks in...
Mikolaj Przybyl, Polish military prosecutor, shot himself during a news conference
Colonel Mikolaj Przybyl, the Polish military prosecutor who investigates the case of the plane crash that killed Poland’s president, shot himself today in dramatic...
Barack Obama stripped off to play quarterback in Hawaii
President Barack Obama stripped off for some beach football to round off his Christmas holidays in Hawaii. While his Republican rivals were deep in preparation...
Malam Bacai Sanha, Guinea Bissau president, dies at 64 in hospital in Paris
Guinea-Bissau's leader Malam Bacai Sanha has died at 64 in hospital in Paris, national radio reports. President Malam Bacai Sanha had travelled to France for...
Erin Langworthy survived after the bungee jumping cord snapped at Victoria Falls in Zambia
Australian backpacker Erin Langworthy has miraculously survived following a fall into crocodile-infested waters after the cord snapped while she was bungee jumping in Zambia. Erin...
BA Airbus 321 forced to make emergency landing after both pilots almost “passed out” at the controls
A British Airways Airbus A321 was forced to make an emergency landing after both pilots almost “passed out” at the controls. The aircraft’s Captain and...
China: 30-storey hotel built from scratch in just 15 days
China could claim the title of the fastest builders on the planet after putting up a 30-storey 183,000-square-foot hotel in just 15 days, or...
No Pants Subway Ride 2012: people stripped to their underwear as part of a worldwide joke
The 11th edition of the annual No Pants Subway Ride event took place on Sunday in New York and other major cities and the males got the...
Sahar Gul, a teenage Afghan bride, was tortured by her in-laws for more than 5 months
Sahar Gul, a teenage bride from Afghanistan, who was tortured for months after her arranged marriage, has spoken out for the first time since...
US expelled Venezuela’s Miami consul over possible cyber-attacks
The US State Department has declared Livia Acosta Noguera, Venezuela's consul general in Miami, persona non grata and says she must leave the country...
Kim Jong-Un birthday documentary aired by North Korean television
North Korean television has aired a documentary to honor what is reported to be the birthday of its new leader, Kim Jong-Un. The footage shows...
Poet John Tottenham launches campaign against the word “awesome” in LA
John Tottenham, a British original poet, has launched a campaign to stamp out the word “awesome” claiming that it is “bogus”. John Tottenham has created...
7 Qantas passengers flying from London to Sydney injured, as the jet struck severe turbulence
Seven Qantas passengers flying from London to Sydney have been injured today when the A380 superjet struck severe turbulence over the Indian Ocean. Four of...
“Finding Martin” Facebook campaign UPDATES. Martin was found, but is not single.
Julia Cross’ attempt to use Twitter and Facebook to find the mysterious stranger with whom she enjoyed a brief but perfect flirtation beneath the...
Elder Efraim: ‘I am led into custody without any justification’
This is what Elder Efrem said to the monks who met him to take his blessing according to agioritikovima.gr. ‘I am a monk and I...
The Holy Community of the Holy Mountain at the side of Abbot Efraim
Monday, 26 December 2011 Aimilios Polygenis A few minutes ago, the members of the Holy Community of the Holy Mountain expressed their overwhelming support for Abbot...
12-year-old Jessica Joy Rees, the NEGU founder, lost her battle with brain cancer after 10 months
12-year-old Jessica Joy Rees lost her battle with brain cancer on Thursday, few days after her parents wrote on their blog about how they...
Two-hour birthday party spent out in Dubai’s Cavalli Club totals $108,357.80
A two-hour birthday party spent out in Dubai’s Cavalli Club managed to total a $108,357.80 bar tab (387,988 AED = Arab Emirates Dirham) according...
World’s tallest suspension bridge opened in Mexico
Baluarte Bicentennial Bridge, the world's tallest suspension bridge, was opened in Mexico Thursday, spanning a ravine higher than New York's Empire State building and...
“Bill Clinton had a scary appetite,” the former White House pastry chef remembers
Bill Clinton is known as a vegan now, though he was once a ravenous diner with an insatiable hunger, Roland Mesnier, the former White...
New Zealand: 11 people died in a hot-air balloon crash in Wairarapa region
Eleven people have died in a hot-air balloon crash in the Wairarapa region, about 80 km (50 miles) north-east of New Zealand’s capital Wellington. Police...
Pageant mother is doping her 6-year-old daughter for Toddlers&Tiaras show
The latest shocking revelation from TLC's controversial reality show Toddlers & Tiaras, which tracks the bizarre world of U.S. child beauty pageants, was aired...
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