Archive for the ‘Wiki World’ Category

Posted at May 15th, 2012
How’s this for a revelation: The Kodak Eastman Co. had a small nuclear research reactor in a little-known underground labyrinth at its Rochester, N.Y., facility. And, although locked down and under tight security, it also contained 3½ pounds of highly enriched uranium, reports the the Democrat and Chronicle in Rochester. The writer succinctly notes: That’s..


Natalia Juarez campaign poster controversy
Social networking sites are buzzing with debate over a Mexican congressional candidate who released a campaign poster showing herself topless. Candidate Natalia Juarez says the poster is intended to fight prejudices. Twitter user Camila Deborarte tweeted "I'd vote for her." But Itzel Garcia responded, "What a shame! Even this way, she has to call attention to herself." Juarez is running on the ticket of the leftist Democratic [more]
American Pie’s Jason Biggs and wife parody: TIME magazine’s breastfeeding cover
It's the magazine cover that sparked a worldwide debate, with politicians, historians and celebrities all taking time to voice their opinions. And the latest famous face to make his own unique comment on TIME magazine's image of a woman breastfeeding her three-year-old son is American Pie star Jason Biggs. The actor and his wife Jenny Mollen posed up for a picture to parody the shot, with Biggs sharing [more]
Easter Island archaeology project digs-up island's secrets
New photographs reveal what lies beneath the surface of Easter Island, one of the most remote places in the world -- the carved bodies of the island's 887 famous guardians. Most people think of the 63-square-mile Pacific island’s silent stone sentinels as simple heads. But the heads all have bodies -- and a backstory that's only now being pieced together, explained Jo Anne Van Tilburg, director of the Easter [more]
One Very Rare Sea Monster/Creature Captured
Video shot by underwater drillers of a jellyfish near their well at 5000+ feet. Some people who viewed the video were puzzled by the floating creature, with suggestions that it may be a deep sea monster or a more mundane plastic bag. Speculation was also rife that it may have been whale placenta or even the mythical creature Cthulhu. Experts have however confirmed that it is in [more]

Posted at May 7th, 2012
François Hollande won the French presidential election on Sunday, capturing more than 51 percent of the vote to defeat incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy and become France’s new president, according French television. Supporters of newly-elected French President Francois Hollande react after the announcement of Socialist candidate’s victory in the 2012 French presidential elections in a concert hall..


Posted at May 5th, 2012
Osama bin Laden was deeply worried about "unnecessary" Muslim casualties from Al-Qaeda attacks and called on his deputies to spare civilian lives to shore up his network’s image, according to letters from his compound published Thursday. A year after bin Laden was killed by US Navy SEALs at his Pakistani hideout, the White House released..


Posted at April 30th, 2012
Fine arts student Sooraya Graham, 24, took this photograph as a class assignment in hopes of humanizing women who wear the niqab. But it became the subject of controversy when some other students at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, B.C. took offence at the image and removed the artwork without Graham’s permission. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO..


Posted at April 29th, 2012
Egypt’s military council has pledged to secure Saudi diplomatic missions in the country, an effort to repair relations with the kingdom a day after it shut its embassy in Cairo. Saudi Arabia recalled its ambassador to Cairo for consultations after what it said were "unjustified" protests by Egyptians that violated the missions and threatened staff...
