Dubai, via Sheikh Zayed Rd.

One among the world's best places - hails to be Dubai among the emirates. The city has flourished to a great extent that the expats over here are a bit overwhelmed with the question: what next? The huge sky scrapers...

It's all child's play ... kids help build 30m Lego tower that's a record breaker

"Hundreds of children will help build the tallest record tower in history this week which will eventually stand 30m tall and weigh 1.5 tonnes.The tower, behind the city hall in Vienna, will beat the previous world...

Real life Spider-Man scales 24-storey French national library with his bare h...

"Like the nimble superhero, he scales skyscrapers with dazzling agility, with just his hands and legs to support him.And now the man they call Spider-Man has turned his attention to the National Library of...

Planes circle isle after controller overslept

" Two airplanes due to land on the Greek island of Lesbos had to circle above the Aegean sea for more than half an hour because an air traffic controller overslept, police said Monday. An Olympic Airlines...

Marine Wrongful Death Suit Won

" A Camp Pendleton Helicopter crash that killed three marines, initiated a wrongful death suit to be filed by the families in 2004. The wrongful death suit was won when the jury came back with the verdict that the San Diego Gas and Electric company was negligent for not...

Report: N. Korea preparing to restart reactor

"Report: N. Korea preparing to restart reactor" (CNN) -- North Korea is preparing to restart a reactor at the key Yongbyon nuclear complex, the South Korean news agency reported Thursday. ...

Risk-Taking Thieves Steal Scrap Metal

"WINDBER, Pa. -- Police in Somerset County are trying to figure out how a radio tower went missing in Windber. Police say a group of people had a very thorough plan to get all 120 feet of steel and copper down from the old Windber radio tower.Police believe the thieves threw...

Burj Dubai becomes the tallest building on earth

The desert city of Dubai is doing everything to attract tourist and maintain its position as the world's most modern & dynamic cities. The city has evolved  from a fishing settlement to a modern city with...

4 Years Old to Scale Eiffel Tower in Merdeka Spirit

It is charming story no doubt, yet what a daunting task for such a young child to be carrying the spirit of nation's independence (to be celebrated this Sunday on...

Boy who plunged from seventh floor flat was caught up in drugs turf war

"A boy of 16 who plunged 60ft to his death from a tower block while fleeing a knife-wielding gang was caught up in a drugs turf war and was not the intended target, it was claimed today. Friends said Ahmed Benyermak was being chased by a gang of violent hoodies because the...

Stamps mark Olympic Flag handover

"A special set of four stamps is being jointly issued by the Royal Mail and China Post to mark the handover of the Olympic Flag from Beijing to London. The 1st class stamps feature landmarks from the two cities, including Beijing's Bird's Nest Stadium where the track and...

9/11 Truth, Here is the Proof, WTC Building 7 imploded due to Fire and Heat

9/11 Truth, Here is the Proof,  WTC Building 7 imploded due to Fire and Heat National Institute of Standards Report Says."Fires in the 47-story office tower at the edge of the World Trade Center site undermined...

Barbara Bachman's Condition Improves Back in Minnesota after Chinese Suicide ...

Barbara Bachman, the stricken wife of tragic American tourist Todd Bachman who was stabbed to death by a Chinese knifeman in Beijing who then killed himself by hurling himself from the Drum Tower, has...

FAA Tapes Reveal Close Call of Obama Jet Incident

The difference between the initial FAA statement and the actual event as Barack Obama's plane briefly flew out of control is enormous--and frightening. "The incident involving Sen. Barack Obama's campaign plane last month was much more serious than the airline or the Federal...

Bush mixes sports and politics at Olympics

" In an Olympic medley of sports and politics, President Bush on Sunday called for more religious freedom in China, sought an end to an escalating conflict between Russia and Georgia and cheered...

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