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Three-year Genghis Khan trek ends
Seeded on Sun Sep 23, 2007 2:05 PM EDT (BBC News)
An Australian man has completed a three-year journey from Mongolia to Hungary, following in the footsteps of the Mongolian leader Genghis Khan.
Turkey Censors Entire Wordpress Community
Seeded on Sat Aug 18, 2007 4:26 PM EDT ()
Whoaa! Can someone tell Turkish judges how Internet works? Apparently, some Wordpress blogger wrote something Turkish prosecutors did not like and a judge said 'bring it on'. As of this moment Turks can't access Wordpress from Turkey.
Hungary: Statutory Siesta?
Seeded on Wed Jul 25, 2007 5:44 AM EDT (The New York Times)
The Electoral Commission said a request to hold a referendum on whether there should be a national siesta law had won preliminary approval. Proponents now have to collect 200,000 signatures to put the question to the voters.
Protests at Iran fuel rationing
Seeded on Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:00 PM EDT (BBC News)
At least one petrol station has been set on fire in the Iranian capital, Tehran, after the government announced fuel rationing for private motorists. Iranians were given only two hours' notice of the move that limits private drivers to 100 litres of fuel a month.
Iran to ration petrol for motorists
Seeded on Tue Jun 26, 2007 5:30 PM EDT (AL JAZEERA)
Iran, the second largest crude producer among the Opec members, will introduce petrol rationing for motorists from Wednesday. Despite its huge energy reserves, Iran lacks refining capacity and has to import about 40 per cent of its petrol needs...
China's school children take stock
Seeded on Sat Jun 23, 2007 6:17 PM EDT (AL JAZEERA)
Students at an elementary school in Shenyang are being taught how to play the stock market. A new programme is designed to teach them how to be a stockbroker.
Wife fakes bomb to stop plane
Seeded on Wed Jun 20, 2007 4:57 PM EDT (CNN)
ANKARA, Turkey (Reuters) -- A woman falsely claimed there was a bomb on board a Turkish airliner to try to delay the flight so her husband could catch it, Turkey's Onur Air says. Both of them were arrested.
Just another day in Iraq
Seeded on Fri Jun 8, 2007 1:26 PM EDT (BBC News)
Hundreds of people die every month in attacks which have brought Iraq to the ¨brink¨ of civil war.
Eggs and the City
Seeded on Sat Mar 31, 2007 6:57 PM EDT (BBC News)
Urban dwellers across the land are being encouraged to get in touch with nature by keeping hens in their back gardens. But does it make sense - and what do the chickens think about it?
Switzerland invades Liechtenstein!
Seeded on Sun Mar 4, 2007 3:15 AM EST (BBC News)
The traditionally neutral Swiss army has staged an unplanned invasion after troops blundered into Liechtenstein. A 171-strong Swiss company got two kilometres into its neighbour before realising the mistake and heading back.
Turkish-Armenian Journalist Shot Dead
Seeded on Fri Jan 19, 2007 11:22 AM EST (CNN)
ISTANBUL, Turkey (CNN) -- A prominent Turkish-Armenian journalist was shot to death Friday. Hrant Dink, 53, editor of the Armenian-Turkish language weekly Agos newspaper, was shot dead in front of the Istanbul publication as he was leaving.
Turkish-Armenian Journalist Shot Dead in Istanbul
Seeded on Fri Jan 19, 2007 11:19 AM EST (International Herald Tribune)
ISTANBUL, Turkey: Journalist Hrant Dink, one of the most prominent voices of Turkey's shrinking Armenian community, was killed by a gunman Friday at the entrance to his newspaper's offices, police said.
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