Ultraconservative Muslims turned out in force Friday as tens of thousands filled Cairo’s central Tahrir Square in a rally marked by a growing rift in the protest movement. In one of the largest crowds to fill the square since the popular uprising that ousted President Hosni Mubarak in February, Salafis chanted for the implementation of [...]
The head of the Turkish armed forces General Isik Kosaner along with the heads of the ground, naval and air forces have resigned, broadcaster CNN Turk reported on Friday. The reason for their resignations was not immediately clear. Tensions between the military and the government of Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan have been high in recent [...]
A drought in the state of Texas, where 1.5 million bats are living under a bridge in the city of Austin, has fuelled a bat frenzy with locals gathering each night to view the nocturnal creatures. The drought has destroyed crops in Texas and killed delicious pests that the Mexican free-tailed bats eat. The lack of food means the [...]
Former New York Yankees pitcher Hideki Irabu was found dead of an apparent suicide in his suburban Los Angeles home on Wednesday, according to the Los Angeles County sheriff’s office. He was 42. The news was first reported by Japanese media outlets and later confirmed by the Yankees. The big right-hander was a star pitcher in Japan for [...]
A blogger who posts pictures of herself in a different outfit online every day for fashion fans has become an internet sensation. Poppy Dinsey sports everything from designer dresses to bikinis and pyjamas and now has so many clothes that her bedroom looks ‘more like a warehouse’. The 24-year-old started her ‘What I Wore [...]
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Hemlines are a little longer at this year’s annual online gaming fair in Shanghai, as companies take to heart a government directive against “vulgarity,” a Chinese newspaper reported on Friday. The ChinaJoy Expo, an annual online game showcase, is well-known for its “spicy girls” who dress up in hot pants and bras to dance and pose at [...]
ORLANDO, Florida (AP) — A former astronaut banished from NASA after she confronted a romantic rival in a bizarre episode is being expelled from the Navy, officials said Thursday. Capt. Lisa Nowak will retire with an “other than honorable” discharge and her pay grade will be knocked down one rank, Assistant Secretary of Navy Juan Garcia said in a [...]
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) – The police chief of a small South Carolina town will ask a jury to decide if a woman broke the state’s obscenity laws by driving a pickup truck with plastic testicles hanging from the back. Bonneau Police Chief Franco Fuda ticketed Virginia Tice, 65, in early July at a local convenience store after spying the adornment dangling from her [...]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – With four days remaining until the United States hits its debt limit, President Barack Obama on Friday told deeply divided Republicans and Democrats to stop bickering and find a way “out of this mess.” Obama said a deficit-reduction plan being advanced by the top Republican in Congress would be defeated in the Senate and was simply wasting time. [...]
She was escorted from the flamboyant Comic Con celebration at the weekend because her outfit was too revealing, and yesterday Adrianne Curry made yet another scene… this time at a Playboy TV party in L.A. The 28-year-old, who rose to fame as the first winner of America’s Next Top Model, was at least covered [...]
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