http://fe9.org/ A forum for all topics! en Sat, 19 May 2012 15:16:05 GMT vBulletin 60 http://fe9.org/images/misc/rss.png http://fe9.org/ http://fe9.org/showthread.php?42419-China-dissident-at-Beijing-airport&goto=newpost Sat, 19 May 2012 09:20:46 GMT Lawyer Chen Guangcheng tells reporters he believes he could be on his way to New York but is still without his passport. More...... Lawyer Chen Guangcheng tells reporters he believes he could be on his way to New York but is still without his passport.

More... ]]> News fe9bot http://fe9.org/showthread.php?42419-China-dissident-at-Beijing-airport http://fe9.org/showthread.php?42418-Car-bomb-blast-near-Syrian-military-complex&goto=newpost Sat, 19 May 2012 09:20:46 GMT State media and activists report explosion in car park outside military intelligence facility in city of Deir Ezzor. More...... State media and activists report explosion in car park outside military intelligence facility in city of Deir Ezzor.

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More... ]]> News fe9bot http://fe9.org/showthread.php?42416-Eurozone-woes-to-dominate-G8-summit http://fe9.org/showthread.php?42415-Thousands-flee-DR-Congo-violence&goto=newpost Sat, 19 May 2012 05:02:09 GMT Border refugee camps "over-stretched and over-congested", UN officials say, as numbers swell daily in Uganda and Rwanda.

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More... ]]> News fe9bot http://fe9.org/showthread.php?42408-Facebook-floats-IPO-on-Nasdaq http://fe9.org/showthread.php?42407-pip-Dictionary.com-Word-of-the-Day&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 22:59:15 GMT pip: to peep or chirp. More... (http://www.dictionary.com/wordoftheday/archive/2012/05/18.html?src=rss) pip: to peep or chirp.

More... ]]> Language fe9bot http://fe9.org/showthread.php?42407-pip-Dictionary.com-Word-of-the-Day http://fe9.org/showthread.php?42406-Psychic-pig-to-make-Euro-tips&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 22:59:15 GMT KIEV (Reuters) - A psychic pig is set to take over where Paul the Octopus left off at the 2010 World Cup by predicting the results of matches at the... KIEV (Reuters) - A psychic pig is set to take over where Paul the Octopus left off at the 2010 World Cup by predicting the results of matches at the European championships in Ukraine and Poland. Kiev's city government said on Friday it would wheel out the porky tipster to give daily forecasts once the tournament kicks off next month. "A unique oracle hog, a real Ukrainian pig and a psychic which knows the mysteries of football," a statement said. "Every day at 16.00 it will predict the result of the upcoming match. ...

More... ]]> Odd News fe9bot http://fe9.org/showthread.php?42406-Psychic-pig-to-make-Euro-tips http://fe9.org/showthread.php?42405-Presidential-*****-portrait-riles-S.Africa-s-ANC&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 22:59:15 GMT Image:... JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's ruling ANC threatened to take legal action against a Johannesburg gallery for displaying art which lampoons President Jacob Zuma and accuses the party of corruption. The African National Congress wants the Goodman Gallery to remove a painting of Zuma called "The Spear", which depicts the president with his genitals exposed, and another work that has a "For Sale" sign superimposed over the party logo. The picture of Zuma is a facsimile of a famous poster of communist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin. ...




More... ]]> Odd News fe9bot http://fe9.org/showthread.php?42405-Presidential-*****-portrait-riles-S.Africa-s-ANC http://fe9.org/showthread.php?42404-Man-who-fathered-30-kids-says-he-needs-a-break—on-child-support&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 22:59:15 GMT And you thought Octomom had her hands full—a Tennessee man who has fathered 30 children is asking the courts for a break on child support. Desmond... And you thought Octomom had her hands full—a Tennessee man who has fathered 30 children is asking the courts for a break on child support. Desmond Hatchett, 33, of Knoxville has children with 11 different women, reports WREG-TV. The state already takes half his paycheck and divides it up, which doesn't amount to much when [...]

More... ]]> Odd News fe9bot http://fe9.org/showthread.php?42404-Man-who-fathered-30-kids-says-he-needs-a-break—on-child-support http://fe9.org/showthread.php?42403-Cloak-and-dagger-world-of-spies-exposed-in-NYC-show&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 22:59:15 GMT NEW YORK (Reuters) - The mysterious cloak and dagger world of international espionage and its real-life heros and villains are exposed in a new... NEW YORK (Reuters) - The mysterious cloak and dagger world of international espionage and its real-life heros and villains are exposed in a new exhibition, the first to be sanctioned by U.S. intelligence agencies. "Spy, the Secret World of Espionage," which opens at the Discovery Times Square on Friday, includes hundreds of artifacts, some from the vaults of the CIA and FBI and the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). ...

More... ]]> Odd News fe9bot http://fe9.org/showthread.php?42403-Cloak-and-dagger-world-of-spies-exposed-in-NYC-show http://fe9.org/showthread.php?42402-Postal-employee-on-workers’-comp-caught-running-Boston-Marathon&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 22:59:15 GMT A U.S. District Court in Florida convicted a former Florida postal worker of health care fraud after she was caught participating in more than 80... A U.S. District Court in Florida convicted a former Florida postal worker of health care fraud after she was caught participating in more than 80 long-distance races, including the Boston Marathon, all while taking workers' compensation for a back injury. Jacquelyn V. Myers, 55, was also convicted of making false statements and faces up to [...]

More... ]]> Odd News fe9bot http://fe9.org/showthread.php?42402-Postal-employee-on-workers’-comp-caught-running-Boston-Marathon http://fe9.org/showthread.php?42401-Italy-quot-dog-and-cat-tax-quot-muzzled-after-uproar&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 22:59:15 GMT ROME (Reuters) - A proposal to levy a tax on cats and dogs that stunned Italy on Friday turned out to be all bark and no bite after a wave of popular... ROME (Reuters) - A proposal to levy a tax on cats and dogs that stunned Italy on Friday turned out to be all bark and no bite after a wave of popular anger saw it withdrawn on the same day it was made public. Italy was abuzz for hours after local media reported that a parliamentary commission had proposed a tax on domestic "animals of affection" to raise revenue for debt-strapped cities and towns. ...

More... ]]> Odd News fe9bot http://fe9.org/showthread.php?42401-Italy-quot-dog-and-cat-tax-quot-muzzled-after-uproar http://fe9.org/showthread.php?42400-Photographer-“blows-away”-subjects&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 22:59:15 GMT Click image to see more photos. (Tadas Cerniauskas) An eye-popping photo series shows that perhaps there is no "good side" when your face is getting blasted by powerful gusts of wind. Lithuanian photographer Tadas Cerniauskas from the Tadao Cern studio created the work entitled "Blow Job."* He took the photos during a design exhibition in [...]

More... ]]> Odd News fe9bot http://fe9.org/showthread.php?42400-Photographer-“blows-away”-subjects http://fe9.org/showthread.php?42399-Man-with-record-breaking-14-foot-mustache-has-some-grooming-tips&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 22:59:15 GMT Ram Singh Chauhan of India has the world's longest mustache, 14 feet, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. Chauhan had received attention long before entering the world record books. According to the London Telegraph, his famous facial hair was featured in the 1983 James Bond film "Octo*****" and he has made cameos in [...]

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