Path of Devastation
A monstrous tornado tore through the outskirts of Oklahoma City on Monday killing at least 24 people — 10 of whom were children…
Posted by EPA, Reuters & AFP on 7:23 pm May 23, 2013
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Sharing the Sense of Sound
Slamet Pamuji, a 42-year-old music teacher, lost his eyesight when he was 15. He became interested in music, and what started as a…
Posted by Jakarta Globe on 10:03 pm May 22, 2013
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Salt of the Earth
The Danakil Depression in Ethiopia is one of the hottest and harshest environments on earth, with an average annual temperature of 34.4 degrees…
Posted by Reuters on 9:52 pm May 21, 2013
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Fighting Fit
The first batch of trainees enlisted with Libya’s “Thunderbolt” Special Forces unit graduated in Benghazi last week. Personnel rappeled down walls and showed…
Posted by Reuters on 9:56 pm May 20, 2013
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Barbie World
The life-sized Barbie Dreamhouse, Berlin’s latest tourist attraction, has attracted criticism from feminist groups who claim that it demeans modern women and provides…
Posted by AFP, EPA, Reuters on 5:00 pm May 19, 2013
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Short and Sweet
The ‘Dwarf Empire’ theme park in Yunnan, China, employs dwarves to create a show and bring to life fairy tale-like houses. The enterprise…
Posted by European Pressphoto Agency on 8:56 pm May 17, 2013
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Historic Flight
The US Navy made aviation history on Tuesday by catapulting an unmanned jet off an aircraft carrier, the USS George H.W. Bush, for…
Posted by Agence France-Presse on 8:01 pm May 16, 2013
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Gracious in Defeat
British entrepreneur Richard Branson shaved his legs and dressed up as a stewardess during an Air Asia flight from Australia to Malaysia on…
Posted by EPA, Reuters & AFP on 9:21 pm May 15, 2013
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Fowl Play
(Reuters Photo/Tyrone Siu) A deflated Rubber Duck by Dutch conceptual artist Florentijn Hofman floats on Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbor, with the island skyline…
Posted by Reuters on 3:34 pm May 15, 2013
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