Opera is celebrating their 10-year online anniversary and giving away a free Opera registration code to remove ads!

At least 648 people were killed in a stampede on a bridge Wednesday when panic engulfed a Shiite religious procession amid rumors that a suicide bomber was about to attack, officials said. It appeared to be the single biggest loss of life in Iraq since the March 2003 invasion.

Today is the DAY! Here is my the result of my quest in random order:

1. From Mauritian: The Carine’s Page, Life of a Mauritian girl residing in Singapore.

2. From South Africa: Cherryflava pics, a blog edited and photographed by Jonathan Cherry. Shot mainly on location in Cape Town.

3. From American Samoa: Stuck in [...]

Iraq’s Mesopotamian marshes are making a comeback after being ravaged during Saddam Hussein’s reign.

A Chinese researcher has warned of a new threat to public health and morality — naked internet chatting. Up to 20 000 Chinese log on to chat rooms each night in various states of undress and communicate using web cams, the Shanghai Daily newspaper said on Tuesday.

China has tightened policing of the web following alarms [...]

In the Royal Village of Swaziland - More than 50,000 bare-breasted virgins vied to become the King of Swaziland�s 13th wife on Monday in a ceremony which critics say ill befits a country with the world�s highest HIV/AIDS rate.

King Mswati III, sub-Saharan Africa�s last absolute monarch, arrived dressed in a leopard-skin loincloth to watch the [...]

How Long Will You Live? God knows… But here is a ‘Life Expectancy Calculator’ for you.

GM will launch an actual self-driving system in its 2008 Opel Vectra.

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As usual, daily Spam, but this one was interesting A couple of days ago, I received a spam email from Orville Records (I don’t know who the hell are they).

Subject: New Anthem for World Peace by Greg Jones garnering global accolades!

Here is an excerpt:

New Anthem for World Peace garnering accolades worldwide. FREE [...]