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 for an apology and the medal ceremony was later rerun.The - Read More -
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 22: Police have arrested three girls — a Kuwaiti and - Read More -
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 story can be read at the Sky news website by - Read More -
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 put on leave after her attempts at being an underground - Read More -
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 him no other woman would marry him. The Saudi woman - Read More -
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 every successive year. If you’re on the 2011 red carpet - Read More -
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 intensive force-feeding. Here a caretaker will force feed girls goats - Read More -
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 mobile home was stopped by good samaritan Phil Newton who - Read More -
With occupy wall street sweeping the world and media, I couldn’t help but go and check out the HK edition while I was visiting. Camped out for days and weeks at the bottom of the HSBC building these guys were holding on strong. The vibe was great, speakers enthusiastic, and honestly, it felt like I was - Read More -
Today’s news highlight comes from across they way in the US of A. A brooklyn based performance artist is to give birth in front of an audience in a gallery as part of a piece examining childbirth called “The Birth of Baby X”. This is no joke, as Marni Kotak (the performance artist in question) - Read More -