A car bombing in a crowed residential street in the Syrian capital killed 17 people on Saturday.The blast smashed car windshields and shattered windows in nearby residential buildings and a large crater filled with water at the blast site.
He Pingping, the world's smallest man, 74.61 cm tall ( 2 ft. 5.37 in.) is from Mongolia and 20 years old. At the time of birth he was no bigger than his father's palm.
Russian Svetiana Pankratova has the longgest legs measuring at 132 cm. ( 4 ft. 3.9 in.).
The first US secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, to visit tripoli on September 6 in 55 years was a historic visit to Libya.
Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, swept to victory in a presidential election on Saturday September 9. Zardari, 53, will succeed Pervez Musharaf as president of Pakistan.
At least 31 people were killed and 23 injured in a rock slide which hit a slum area east of Cairo. Around 35 houses were crushed by massive rocks on Saturday morning, September 6, a shantytown at the foot of Al Moqattam Hills near a highway in the Egyptian capital.
The month of Ramadan is coming on September 1 and is welcome by all Muslims. Welcoming the advent of the holy month, the believers are to adhere strictly to the teachings of the Qur'an and the traditions of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) during this period.
Presiden Indonesia, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono di kurniakan cucu pertama dengan di beri nama Almira Tunggadewi Yudhoyono yang lahir tepat di Hari Kemerdekaan. Almira adalah putri kepada putra Presiden, Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono dan istrinya Annisa Pohan.
Almira artinya putri yang mulia dan Tunggadewi, tokoh wanita abad ke-14, Ratu Majapahit yang setia dan berani. Yudhoyono nama keluarga.
AN Egyptian woman gave birth to septuplets early Saturday in the coastal city of Alexandria after taking fertility drugs in effort to produce a son.The babies were delivered by Caesarean section, four boys and three girls, weigh between 1.45 kilograms and 2.8 kilograms are in stable condition. The Caesarean section had to be done during the woman's eight months of pregnancy due to the pressure on her kidneys. The woman is the wife of a farmer, is already the mother of three girls. In rural Egypt, sons are preffered to daughters.
Black and white twins was born to a German couple on July 11, 2008. The first baby that was born has light skin and blue eyes. His brother is darked-skinned with brown eyes. The father Stephen Gerth is German and white. His wife, Florence Addo Gerth, is from Ghana and has dark skin.
The glittering opening ceremony of Beijing 2008 Olympics, on Friday night, 080808, inside the new National Stadium or Bird's Nest in the capital, was witnessed by more than 100,000 in the stands and by billions in China and around the world as it was live broadcast.
Former Bosnian Serb leader, Radovan Karadzic, took a false name and changed his looks, allowing him to live unrecognized in the Serbian capital until arrest, Tuesday, July 22, 2008. Karadzic was captured in disguise near Belgrade after 11 years on the run and had been working as a doctor.
Spain finally ended their 44-year wait for a trophy when the first-half goal gave them 1-0 victory over Germany, Sunday 29/06/2008. The exquisite goal was delivered by Fernando Torres during the first half.
Friday, June 27 2008, North Korea, brought down a cooling tower at its Yongbyon nuclear reactor, a Soviet-era nuclear plant. The move was part of a process of dismantling the country's nuclear programme in return for easing its international isolation and creating a nuclear-free zone on the Korean peninsula.
Mona Al Jeddawi is the first Saudi female photojournalist to work for a local newspaper in Jeddah. She entered the field of press photography by pure chance. She had 34 years practical photography as a hobby and then take up the profession seriously through her husband.
Many vehicles, stranded in several feet of sea water at the Wakrah beach in Doha during a sudden surge of high tide. The vehicles belonging to picnickers, had been parked on the beach during low tide. Their owners were caught unawares by the high tide which whipped up by strong winds, engulfed their vehicles. They tried in vain to pull the vehicles away from the gushing tide but their vehicles drifted away.
A disturbed young Japanese auto worker who killed seven people on a stabbing spree in downtown Tokyo had posted dozens of warnings of what he was going to do on internet bulletin boards.
The assailant, 25-year-old Tomohiro Kato, is a graduate of a prestigious high school who went on to do manual work at an auto components factory. On Sunday he drove a rented two-tonne truck some 100 kilometers to Tokyo, swerving the vehicle into pedestrians before bursting out and stabbing at random with a survival knife. He wounded 17 people, seven of whom died before police overpowered him.
In Tanzania, albinos has a price for their pinkish skin. They are in danger of being hunted. Discrimination against albinos is a serious problem through out sub-Sahara Africa. Recently in Tanzania it has taken a wicked twist. At least 19 albinos including children, have been killed and mutilated in the past year being victims of a growing criminal trade in albinos body parts. As a matter of fact they believe albinos have magical powers. Officials from Tanzania say witch doctors are now marketing albinos skin, bones and hair as ingredients in portions that are promised to make people rich.
The killings go on and spread to neighbouring Kenya, where an albino woman was hacked to death, with her eyes, tounge and breasts gouged out. Witch doctors are also selling albino skin in Congo.
Huda Nonoo of Arab Jewish is Bahrain ambassador to the US. Her appointment as ambassador in Washington is still waiting for the approval of the US government.
Huda, 43, will be the third woman ambassador from Bahrain after Shaikha Haya Bint Rashed Al Khalifa who served in France Bibi Al Alawi, the current ambassador to China.
Bulan Mei lalu matan President RI Abdurrahman Wahid atau Gus Dur terima anugerah Medal of Valor dari Shimon Wresenthal Center (SWS) di US. Di samping itu beliau juga sama sama ikut merayakan hari kemerdekaan Israel ke 60. Dalam acara tersebut tokoh tokoh Zionis Amerika dan Israel juga turut serta termasuk Rabbi Marvin Hier ( dinobatkan oleh Newsweek sebagai Rabbi paling berpengaruh di US tahun 2007 ) dan Rabbi Abraham Cooper( Rabbi paling berpengaruh di US tahun 2008 )
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