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News Highlight: Kuwait Effs Up

Oh Kuwait, can you get nothing right? During a medal ceremony for the Kazakh shooting team in Kuwait the comedy national anthem from the film Borat was played at a medal ceremony instead of the real one. Needless to say they were offended.”The team asked... [+]

News Highlight: Three Girls In ‘Fun’ Mode Caught Naked Under ‘Abaya’

This is why I love the Arab Times, that is the actual news article title. Though, after reading the article I still don’t quite know what ‘fun’ mode means. Story via Arab Times “Three Girls In ‘Fun’ Mode Caught Naked Under ‘Abaya’ KUWAIT CITY, Jan... [+]

News Highlight: Samurai Stranger Saves Cops

We are used to watching masked vigilantes wiping out crime, and saving innocent people in movies. This time it’s happened for real. A Samurai sword wielding hero saved two cops during a burglary at a flat in Laygate, South Shields, and then disappeared. The full... [+]

Real Life Breaking Bad

Real Life Breaking Bad

According to the Boston Globe a 74-year-old university mathematics professor Irina Kristy and her 29-year-old son Grigory Genkin are being charged with cooking meth in their Somerville, Massachusetts home. Kristy is an adjunct instructor at Boston University, and Suffolk University, and believe it or not was... [+]

Gov. Rick Perry Plays Texas Hold’em with New Iowa Strategy

After suffering double digit poll drops among Republican primary enthusiasts, Texas Governor Rick Perry double downs on evangelical value voters by putting the chips all-in on Iowa conservative Christians. Rick Perry, the third term Texas Governor, born again Christian and former college cheerleader has launched... [+]

Cheap Shot

Cheap Shot

American Republican presidential primary candidate and former Speaker of the House (1995-1999) Newt Gingrich (R-GA) set off a firestorm on the international stage last Friday after firing off incendiary remarks concerning the struggle of Palestinians during a Republican debate. A Senior Arab League official swiftly... [+]

News highlight: Man marries 4 women to prove ex-wife wrong

This man is the embodiment of the “Challenge Accepted” meme, also only in freaking Saudi. Story below is excerpted from the original Emirates 24/7 article. “A Saudi man married four women at the same time just to prove his ex-wife was wrong when she told... [+]

DIFF 2011

DIFF 2011

Film buffs! It is that time of year again, tomorrow will see the kick off of this regions biggest film festival  for its 8th consecutive year. Having established itself as a major international festival the Dubai International Film Festival just gets bigger and better with... [+]

the fatter you are the better In Mauritania

In the West African country of Mauritania big women are coveted, and stretch marks are sexy. Fat women are in such demand  that brides are sent away before their weddings and force fed 16,000 calories a day in preparation. These “wife-fattening” farms practice leblouh —the act of... [+]

News Highlight: Dog caught driving in Australia

In Darwin Australia a Woodley, a 2-year-old German Koolie was seen driving his owners mobile home down the street. Supposedly Woodly took the mobile home for a joy ride after having learned how to drive so from watching his owner Richard McCormack at the wheel. The... [+]