Images of the Cruise Ship Sinking

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BBC has some good pictures of the cruise ship that ran aground and is sinking in Italy. Check them out [Here]



Prince Alwaleed Invests $300M in Twitter

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Interesting. [Link]



Guy loses it on air

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This guy is hardcore! [YouTube]



Nyan Cop

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[Link]

Related [Video]



RIP Heavy D

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Haven’t listened to him in years but he played a role in my life growing up in Kuwait right after the 1990 invasion. [Link]



Purse snatchers drag woman

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This happened in Lebanon. It’s appalling… [YouTube]

Thanks Omar



Ground Zero: September 11, 2001 – September 11, 2011

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The Big Picture have a new photo set up showing the progression of Ground Zero from day 1 up to September 11, 2011. [Link]



Terrifying Video of the Deadly Indiana State Fair Stage Collapse

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[YouTube]

That’s messed up. Here is a news article on what happened [Link]

via Gizmodo



Identify the London Rioters

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A website was setup asking people to upload photos of the rioters and looters as well as asking for help in identifying them. Here’s hoping it works. [Link]



London riots: terrified woman jumps from burning building

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It’s really sad what’s happening there. [Link]



Burj Khalifa residents told to fast longer during Ramadan

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Muslims residing above the 80th floor in Dubai’s Burj Khalifa must delay their iftar meal during Ramadan by two to three minutes as they see the sunset later, according to the Dubai Islamic Affairs Department.

[Link]



Zahi Hawass Fired

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Although a celebrity because of the Discovery Channel, I had previously read about some dodgy things he did and it seems his actions finally caught up to him because he just got fired as Egypt’s antiquities minister. [Link]



Narcotics submarine discovered in Colombia

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I heard about this on radio but I didn’t think the sub was this huge. [Link]



A hurdle

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According to the article a 4’10 runner got disqualified for using a potted plant as a step to climb over one of the hurdles. Whats stranger is he had finished 9th out of 13th which makes you wonder how slow the other runners were. Very weird. [Link]