Youssou Ndour running for president
Source: The Daily Telegraph
Dakar :: Senegal | updated 2012-03-03 09:29:55 -0800 | political-news
Senegalese singer Youssou Ndour has announced he is running for president against incumbent Abdoulaye Wade in February 26 elections. "I am a candidate," the country's most famous export declared last night on his privately-owned television station after weeks of speculation about...
One man sparks changes in Tunisia
Source: NY Daily News
Cairo :: Egypt | updated 2012-03-02 23:25:44 -0800 | political-news
Last December, a poor Tunisian street peddler named Mohammed Bouazizi became fed up with the way corrupt police in his country kept harassing him and confiscating his wares...Bouazizi walked in front of a government office in his hometown, poured gasoline...
The Gods must be crazy: Metal ‘Teletubby head’ falls near Namibian village
Source: Russia Today
Windhoek :: Namibia | updated 2012-02-23 11:14:33 -0800 | technology-news
AFP Photo / National Forensic Science Institute) Mystery surrounds a 13-pound unidentified flying object which fell from the skies in northern Namibia. Despite efforts by researchers to identify its composition and origins, nobody has been able to establish where the...
Nun Who Kissed Elvis Now Praying for Miracle
Source: Fox
Bethlehem :: South Africa | updated 2012-02-23 11:14:32 -0800 | political-news
Conn. In the little town of Bethlehem, a cloistered nun whose luminous blue eyes entranced Elvis Presley in his first on-screen movie kiss is praying for a Christmas miracle. Dolores Hart, who walked away from Hollywood stardom in 1963...
The first trailer for The Hobbit available.(Video)
Posted by: Vicky247
Cape Town :: South Africa | updated 2012-11-02 15:45:43 -0700 | entertainment-news
"We have available the first trailer for The Hobbit movie based on the book by Tolkien, Peter Jackson in which we narrate the events that give rise to the story of The Lord of the Rings. We hope you enjoy...
The famous singer Cesaria Evora Dead
Posted by: amagda
Mindelo :: Cape Verde | updated 2012-07-27 05:34:51 -0700 | entertainment-news
The famous fado singer Cesaria Evora, known as the "barefoot diva", died in Cape Verde aged 70 - said the local Minister of Culture, Mario Lucio Sousa. In September of this year, Evora today announced the completion of a music...
Saeed Jaffrey
Posted by: WaqarRaja1989
Obe :: Nigeria | updated 2011-12-17 22:05:09 -0800 | entertainment-news
Saeed Jaffrey OBE (Punjabi: ਸਈਦ ਜਾਫ਼ਰੀ, سعید جعفری; Hindi: सईद जाफ़री) (born 8 January 1929) is an Indian-born British actor, who has done numerous British movies. He was born in Malerkotla, Punjab. His film credits include The Man Who Would...
Anti-Gay Amendments Dropped from Defense Bill; Sodomy Ban Stays
Source: Towleroad
Doma :: Nigeria | updated 2012-02-13 19:51:21 -0800 | political-news
It includes language introduced by Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) related to chaplains. Meanwhile, it does not include repeal of Article 125 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice related to sodomy...Its adoption would have rolled back Pentagon guidance issued on...
Flawed, yes, but not wrong, DRC's Kabila says of vote
Source: Mail and Guardian
Brazzaville :: Congo | updated 2012-02-15 17:09:26 -0800 | travel-news
Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) President Joseph Kabila admitted on Monday there were flaws in the elections that handed him a new five-year term but rejected a report finding they lacked credibility. The assessment was Kabila's first public statement since...
The 'Prince of Persia: Sands of Time' Movie Starring Gemma Atherton
Posted by: dlark
Casablanca :: Morocco | updated 2012-02-27 18:05:03 -0800 | entertainment-news
"The Prince of Persia: Sands of Time" is a fantasy adventure film. It is an action packed movie with superb effects and it has a good storyline. The Storyline The film starts off with Dastan, an orphan who is taken...
Sofitel security men danced after maid told them Dominique Strauss-Kahn tried to rape her Episode ...
Source: NY Daily News
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2012-04-07 02:40:12 -0700 | political-news
Hotel surveillance footage surfaced Thursday that is likely to fuel suspicion that French philanderer Dominique Strauss-Kahn was set up on a bogus sex-assault charge. The video shows the pervy politician calmly paying his bill and leaving the swanky Sofitel in...
Daring Couple Is Letting Facebook Name Their Baby
Posted by: Florenceheat82
Sibiti :: Congo | updated 2012-01-18 16:43:11 -0800 | entertainment-news
Dave and Lindsey Meske are stuck. They're expecting their second daughter in January and just can't agree on what to name her, so they're taking to the web and asking Facebook to decide. She wants McKenna; he thinks it sounds...
Egypt awaits poll results, Tahrir protest starts
Source: Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles
Cairo :: Egypt | updated 2012-03-01 01:58:33 -0800 | travel-news
Without Tahrir, we wouldn't have had these elections, said Mohamed Gad, in the Cairo square that was the hub of the revolt that ousted Hosni Mubarak in February. God willing, the elections will succeed and the revolution will triumph. But...
Horrible Hicks Ban Interracial Couples from Church [Video]
Source: Gawker
Louisville :: KY :: USA | updated 2012-02-01 07:52:51 -0800 | political-news
Horrible Hicks Ban Interracial Couples from Church Just when you think America has achieved a modicum of race-related civility, the dumb fucks of the Pike County Ministerial Association of Pike County, Kentucky vote to ban interracial couples from their church....
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