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“We’ve Heard It All Before” – Obama’s New Attack On Mitt Romney [VIDEO]
04 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
On the back of the release of new and depressing US job data, Barack Obama has timed an attack on Mitt Romney to perfection. Obama wants Americans to pay attention to Romney Economics, and “remember, we’ve seen it all before.”
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Leopard Mauls 13 People On 24-Hour Rampage In India [PICS]
04 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
A wild leopard was shot dead yesterday at the Oil India Limited field headquarters campus at Duliajan, India. The leopard injured 13 people during a day-long rampage. See photos of the animal attacking a security guard after he tried to rescue his colleague – after the jump.
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North Korea Issues “Open Ultimatum” To Blow Up Seoul Media Outlets
04 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It’s been a while since we’ve heard from the Kim family, apart from a failure to launch. In an unusually detailed statement from the North Korean military, a new threat has been issued against the south following its coverage of a mass children’s event in North Korea, which was highly critical of the unitary-party state.
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R40 Million Worth Of Rhino Horn Seized In Huge Sting
04 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
More than R40 million worth of rhino horn, as well as elephant tusks and leopard skins were seized in two operations in Gauteng last week. Both operations are linked to a 40-year-old KwaZulu-Natal man, who was arrested, along with six foreigners, during the operations.
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Outrage Over Prankster’s Fake Zombie Attacks In Miami [VIDEO]
04 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
Last month we reported on the horrific cannibal attack that happened in Miami. Preying on the communities fears, a prankster has started staging fake “zombie attacks”. An accomplice then films these incidents from a distance. The Miami community is outraged, and so are we! Even though it is difficult – no, impossible – to watch this video with a straight face.
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Are You A Lucid Dreamer?
01 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
By definition, lucid dreaming refers to any occasion when a sleeping person is aware that they are dreaming. But, it’s also used to describe the idea of being able to control those dreams. Think: Inception. Today, lucid dreaming has evolved into an industry worthy of a discussion.
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Finally, We’re Mainstream – “Generations” Makes International Headlines
01 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Generations recently caught the attention of some of our friends across the drink who were fascinated, and somewhat bewildered, not only by the riveting story-line, but also by the plethora of languages used simultaneously without any warning.
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Spain Reveals €100 Billion Cash Exodus
01 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If you thought things were tight in Greece, they certainly don’t look too much better in Spain. In the first three months of this year, nearly €100 billion in capital has left the country. Put differently: about 10% of the country’s GDP.
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Russian Millionaire Taunts Passersby With Paper Money Planes [PIC]
31 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Russia’s Mark Zuckerberg, 27-year-old internet entrepeneur Pavel Durov, created a mini street riot in St. Petersburg recently when he and the vice-president of his popular Facebook-alike social networking site VKontakte were snapped throwing paper planes made out of 5000 ruble notes into the street below their head office. Picture of this cruel foolery, after the jump.
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Premier League Wage Payouts At Their Highest Ever
31 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
English football is no stranger to big money, but a recent report by Deloitte shines a light on the financial successes and failures of England’s Premier clubs on and off the pitch. Long story short: debt is down, but salaries are way, way up.
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Mitt Romney Clinches Republican Candidacy, Can’t Spell “America”
30 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
It’s been both a good and bad week for US Republican candidate Mitt Romney as the States edges ever closer to a November Presidential election. He bagged a victory in Texas, but suffered an iPhone Mittastrophe. Read what happened, after the jump!
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UN Appoints Robert Mugabe As International Ambassador For Tourism (No Spice)
30 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Well this is awfully troubling. Robert Mugabe, and his buddy, and political ally, Zambian president Michael Sata, have been honoured as “leaders for tourism” by the UN’s World Tourism Organisation. They join the likes of Drew Barrymore, David Beckham, Orlando Bloom, and Ricky Martin.
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10% Of The World’s Population Supports Manchester United, Apparently
30 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Following a recent survey, the chances that someone is a Manchester United supporter are now as great as one in ten. That’s almost 660 million people around the world.
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Gruesome Photos Of Miami Cannibal Emerge Online
30 May 2012 by Seth Rotherham / 5 Comments
Stories of the cannibal who was shot dead by police in Miami, have dominated headlines in the United States. Here is the latest from CNN: A naked man who chewed off the face of another man in what is being called a zombie-like attack may have been under the influence of “bath salts,” a drug […]
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Charles Taylor Sentenced To 50 Years For War Crimes
30 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The 64-year-old warlord-turned-president is the first former head of state to be convicted by an international war crimes court since the Second World War. He was found guilty last month of 11 counts of aiding and abetting war crimes, and crimes against humanity by supporting rebels between 1996 and 2002 in return for conflict diamonds.
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Head Of International Monetary Fund Doesn’t Pay Tax On Her Salary
30 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Remember that Dylan lyric: “Steal a little and they throw you in jail/Steal a lot and they make you king”? That’s kind of how I feel when I read that Christine Lagarde, the head of the International Monetary Fund, earns a R4,6m salary annually – without paying tax on it. This is the very same person who very recently attacked the Greeks for failing to pay their taxes.
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The Sharks’ Beast Is Making Headlines Around The World! [VIDEO]
29 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Sharks player Tendai Mtawarira is well-known in the rugby world as “Beast”, for obvious reasons. However, the marvelous brute is quickly earning international cult status for an immense feat of strength following a weekend clash with the Stormers. Click through for the details and amazing video.
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China’s Twitter To Introduce Points System To Crackdown On Misuse
28 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Chinese users of online Twitter-alike Weibo can expect extra restrictions to the service in the wake of complaints from several authorities that users were publishing “false rumours” on the site, namely a “points system” to track and punish offensive posts.
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Germany Eclipses Solar Power World Record
28 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This will surprise you. On Friday and Saturday, German solar power plants produced a record 22 gigawatts of energy – the equivalent output of 20 nuclear plants running at full capacity. The country is already a world-leader in solar power, and hopes to be free of nuclear energy by 2022. After the Fukushima nuclear disaster last year, Germany decided to abandon nuclear power, and immediately closed eight plants.
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Sepp Blatter Wants To End Penalties
25 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Sepp Blatter is at it again. The FIFA president said today that penalty shoot-outs are “a tragedy”. He challenged Franz Beckenbauer, honorary president of Bayern Munich, and head of the Football Task Force 2014 – a panel that will recommend rule changes to football – to come up with an alternative.
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Violent Brawl Breaks Out In Ukrainian Parliament [GALLERY & VIDEO]
25 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Violence broke out yesterday in the Ukrainian parliament, with fists flying all over the place. The cause? Disagreements over a bill that would allow the use of the Russian language in courts, hospitals and other institutions in the Russian-speaking regions of Ukraine. Check out all the huffing and puffing after the jump.
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Finally – Plane Seats For Fat People!
25 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Fat people take up a lot of space on the plane. I mean, how many times have you had to fold your arms so they can merely fit into their space, and yours. For a long time, we’ve all wanted them to have their own fat seats when they fly. Finally! This is a reality. Thank you, Airbus.
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John Travolta’s Wife Walks Out – Reports
25 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Reports emerged last night that Kelly Preston, wife of scandal-embattled actor John Travolta has finally had enough of the controversies surrounding the star, and left their home, and possibly their marriage.
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Iran Claims This Book Will Cause The Collapse Of Christianity And Shake World Politics
25 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
An alleged ancient religious text, which was confiscated in 2000 by Turkish authorities, has since resurfaced following a request by the Vatican to view it. An Iranian report claims that the book’s contents will “trigger Christianity’s downfall by proving that Islam is the final and righteous religion.”
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EU Cookie Privacy Law Will Heavily Impact Digital
24 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
On Saturday, the EU Cookie Directive goes into effect. It’s a European Union law governing the opting in and out of website cookies. The law was ratified in the name of privacy, but, the impact on the digital industry will be immense and, possibly, damaging.
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Yahoo Shakes Up Search, Web Browsing
24 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
All of the major search engines are experimenting with new formats intended to make it easier for users to find information without clicking through to page after page of results. It’s Yahoo’s turn, and they’ve decided on a new browser enhancement they call “Axis.” It alters browsers made by other companies to display search results in a more convenient and visual format.
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Marvel Gears Up For Their First Gay Wedding
24 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Marvel is having a pretty good year this year, given the kajillions their Avengers film is making, not to mention all the glorious tie-ins, but another important event is set to drop in the pages of Astonishing X-Men this June – the long-awaited marriage of mutant Northstar (aka Jean-Paul Beaubier) and his human fiancé, Kyle in what will be a first for the comics giant.
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Man Survives 700m Helicopter Jump, Without Parachute [VIDEO]
24 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Yesterday, a British man made history by becoming the first person to jump from a helicopter at 2 400ft, without a parachute, and survive.
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Stream Video Straight To Your iDevice With TiVo
23 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
As the number of series and TV shows we watch grows, so do the ways in which we do so. The good old days of sitting down in front of your TV to enjoy an episode Friends are steadily on their way out as we make room for the next upgrade in mobile technology – streaming recorded footage straight to your iOS device.
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Voyage For Cleaner Energy 2041 Yacht Docks In Cape Town Tomorrow
23 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The Robert Swan Voyage for Cleaner Energy yacht, 2041, is due to dock in Cape Town tomorrow at 16h00. The eco-friendly yacht is en-route to the 2012 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, which takes place next month. Robert Swan, 2041’s founder, was the first person to walk to both the North and South Poles.
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