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A Ukranian ship carrying tanks and weapons was seized by pirates off the coast of Africa. The pirates originally demanded $35 million ransom to return the vessel. The pirates have lowered their demands to $5 million after reassessing their situation. The ship was carrying second hand merchandise which...

Putin told the US that his defense officials informed him that the war in Georgia was orchestrated by the United States in order to help one of the presidential candidates to win the upcoming election. He failed to give any evidence for this accusation or even explain why he believes this. He said, "U...

It is reasonably common for a publication to write drafts of obituaries for famous people so they have a story ready in the event of their death. I can see where this could be a good thing... as long as it doesn't get published. The Bloomberg Financial Wire did just that this afternoon. They were...

You were there?! That's awesome! How close did you get to the burglar? Were you one of the people heckling at him? Most importantly, how did he get stuck like that in the first place?

Crowds gathered to publicly mock John Pearce as he hung helplessly in the window of an apartment he attempted to rob on August 22nd. The man had smashed a window and somehow gotten tangled in it on his way through. It is unclear how exactly he managed to get stuck, or why he was upside down in the first...

Most of the hard facts are very unclear in reports on blogger arrests, but studies show that at least three times more bloggers were arrested in 2007 than in previous years. Most of these arrests are done in oppressive governments where protests and political messages can be met with swift retribution...

We have all heard so many hoaxes about the legendary Bigfoot that supposedly roams the wilds of Northern America and Canada. But this time we have solid evidence. Two men in Georgia found the body of a huge apelike creature that perfectly fits the description of the elusive Sasquatch. What makes this...

The parents of five children were midway through their flight from Israel to Paris when they were informed they had forgotten something at the airport terminal. They had remembered their 18 bags and four of their children, but forgotten about their three-year-old child. She was found wandering the terminal...

The President of Sudan, Omar al-Bashir, was charged with genocide by an International Criminal Court. Prosecutors claim he has killed over 300,000 people and driven about 2.5 million from their homes. Without shelter, food, or water, these refugees have been left to starve to death, adding to the deaths...