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ConCourt dismisses rhino trade appeal

Via: community • World News • 4 Comments • 9 years ago

The ConCourt finding has massive implications for the future of the ungulate. Buying and selling rhino horn is now legal in South Africa following the department of environmental affairs’...

Church of England, PM Theresa May, lash out after ‘Easter’ dropped from annual egg hunt

Via: buzz-of-the-orient • World News • 7 Comments • 9 years ago

Church of England, PM Theresa May, lash out after ‘Easter’ dropped from annual egg hunt By Susan Hogan, The Washington Post, Reported by National Post, April 5, 2017 "This marketing campaign ....

The Doomsday Vault: Humanity’s salvation?

Via: johnrussell • World News • 3 Comments • 9 years ago

http://cbshw.com/news/the-doomsday-vault-svalbard-global-seed-vault/ Spring is the season home gardeners plant seeds for the vegetables they hope to harvest in the fall. Unbeknownst to...

Metro installs men-only 'sexist seats' featuring a 'PENIS' as part of sexual harassment campaign

Via: johnrussell • World News • 4 Comments • 9 years ago

The chair - complete with a bare chest and penis - is "exclusive for men," with the aim of making them feel as uncomfortable as women who have been sexual assaulted on the transport system...

Naked demonstrators kill sheep under Auschwitz gates

Via: randy • World News • 7 Comments • 9 years ago

Police in Poland have detained at least 11 people after a naked demonstration at the Auschwitz museum, on the site of the former Nazi death camp. The museum said "a group of people killed a...

Trump Jr. called a ‘disgrace’ for criticizing London mayor after attacks

Via: johnrussell • World News • 8 Comments • 9 years ago

http://www.pjstar.com/news/20170323/trump-jr-called-disgrace-for-criticizing-london-mayor-after-attacks By The Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Donald Trump Jr. is facing criticism for a...

BREAKING NEWS: Reports of shots outside UK Parliament

Via: krishna • World News • 8 Comments • 9 years ago

Shots are reported to have been fired close to the Houses of Parliament in central London. Politicians and journalists have tweeted about hearing loud crashes outside the buildings,...

Teacher from Canadian Arctic wins global prize in Dubai

Via: buzz-of-the-orient • World News • 2 Comments • 9 years ago

Teacher from Canadian Arctic wins global prize in Dubai AFP (Reported by Yahoo News) March 20, 2017 Canadian teacher Maggie MacDonnell delivers a speech after receiving the Global Teacher Prize...

Happiness report: Norway is the happiest place on earth

Via: randy • World News • 7 Comments • 9 years ago

Happy Norwegian fans at an international football game in 2009 Norway is the happiest place on earth, according to a United Nations agency report - toppling neighbour Denmark from the...

Israel to mute mosques' call to prayer over loudspeakers to 'help locals who have been losing sleep'

Via: johnrussell • World News • 19 Comments • 9 years ago

Protesters have criticised controversial and radical new bills which limit calls to prayers from mosques, including one prohibiting the use of loudspeakers. The bills, which today won...

History of Israel-Palestine Conflict Explained In 12 Minutes

Via: johnrussell • World News • 62 Comments • 9 years ago

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German police bring McDonald's meals to custody cells

Via: randy • World News • 5 Comments • 9 years ago

Police in a German town are heading to McDonald's to collect fast food for people in their custody cells after a catering contract fell through. Those being held at the police station in...

The American Dream has moved to Canada

Via: buzz-of-the-orient • World News • 10 Comments • 9 years ago

The American Dream has moved to Canada Those of you who live south of the Canada/US border might be interested in this article posted on the Canada, the True North Strong and Free group...

Eek! Mouse delays London-to-San Francisco flight for 4 hours

Via: buzz-of-the-orient • World News • 8 Comments • 9 years ago

Eek! Mouse delays London-to-San Francisco flight for 4 hours SFgate, Thursday, March 2, 2017 Photo: Getty Images SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — How he squeaked through security is anyone's guess. A...

'It's rubbish': Translators are struggling to interpret Trump's unforgivably bad English

Via: johnrussell • World News • 7 Comments • 9 years ago

'It's rubbish': Translators are struggling to interpret Trump's unforgivably bad English...

The Offer that Turns the Gaza Strip into Singapore

Via: buzz-of-the-orient • World News • 132 Comments • 9 years ago

The Offer that Turns the Gaza Strip into Singapore by Bassam Tawil, Gatestone Institute, February 21 2017 The Palestinian Islamic movement Hamas has once again demonstrated its priorities:...

Why are there still famines?

Via: community • World News • 6 Comments • 9 years ago

The United Nations has declared a famine in parts of South Sudan, the first to be announced anywhere in the world in six years. There have also been warnings of famine in north-east Nigeria,...

Israeli soldier gets 18-month jail term for killing wounded Palestinian attacker

Via: johnrussell • World News • 12 Comments • 9 years ago

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-soldier-idUSKBN16013W A young Israeli soldier who killed a wounded and incapacitated Palestinian assailant was sentenced to 18...

Putting a pet in this blazon of Automotive V Belts

Via: aimeesmith • World News • 0 Comments • 9 years ago

Millions of pet owners put their dogs in their car and acquisition that they accelerate around, get scared, or wish to always adhere alfresco of the window. Putting a pet in this blazon of...

Hundreds Of Whales Die Stranded On A Remote New Zealand Beach

Via: community • World News • 6 Comments • 9 years ago

By the time Ceree Morrison found hundreds of pilot whales washed ashore on a remote beach in New Zealand 250 to 300 of them were already dead. The rest remained alive on Farewell Spit, a...

Relax and don’t attack to avenue the Home Lift

Via: danaesmith • World News • 0 Comments • 9 years ago

While it can be harder to appear to acceding with the actuality that our parents are accepting older, demography adapted accomplish today helps to assure their abundance through their aureate...

Fake news has German election in crosshairs

Via: hal-a-lujah • World News • 1 Comments • 9 years ago

Source BERLIN — On New Year's Eve, an angry mob of Muslim men in the German city Dortmund set fire to the country's oldest church while chanting "Allahu Akbar."...

Syria Peace Talks: Why Were Some Nations Invited and Others Not?

Via: spikegary • World News • 1 Comments • 9 years ago

Source ASTANA, Kazakhstan — The latest attempt to end the six-year war in Syria kicked off in Kazakhstan on Monday, though the enemies still couldn't bring themselves to talk to each other...

Thank you, Jane Fonda

Via: buzz-of-the-orient • World News • 1 Comments • 9 years ago

For a break from Trump, why not drop by the Canada, the True North Strong and Free group and check out why Canadians are "thanking" Jane Fonda?...

Did Someone Say "Wrong on Russia?"

Via: jonathan-p • World News • 5 Comments • 9 years ago

I love reminiscing, don't you? Here's President Obama attempting to school us on foreign policy. What a maroon...

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