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Gigantic 100 metres deep hole appears in city. Amazing pictures!

pernellaj — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:45:56 +0000

A giant sinkhole swallowed several homes and at least one truck early Friday in Guatemala City. Unbelievable pictures of the gigantic hole!

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At least 250 DEAD and rising after coordinated car bombings in N. Iraq

pernellaj — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:30:51 +0000

Emergency workers and grieving relatives uncovered dozens of bodies in the wreckage of clay houses in northwest Iraq on Wednesday, sending the death toll from suicide truck bombings of a small Kurdish sect to at least 250 – the war’s deadliest attack on a single area.

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Failed suicide bomber turns on al Qaeda

pernellaj — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:20:18 +0000

Ahmad al Shayea is the rarest of truck bombers — he survived his suicide mission in Iraq even though the blast from his bomb was strong enough to kill 12 bystanders. He was disfigured during the attack and claims al Qaeda tricked him into becoming a bomber by asking him to deliver a tanker truck, which they had rigged with a bomb.

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Suicide truck bomb kills 100 in Iraq

pernellaj — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:10:09 +0000

A suicide bomber detonated a truck full of explosives in the market of a Shiite farm town on Saturday, killing more than 100 people and levelling nearby mud-brick buildings, police officials said.

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Israel did strike Syria: US official

pernellaj — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:06:10 +0000

Israel carried out an air strike well inside Syria last week, apparently to send Damascus a message not to rearm Hezbollah in Lebanon, a US defense official said Tuesday.

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Ex-CIA Man Exposes Hysteria Of Car “Bomb” Terror

pernellaj — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 13:09:09 +0000

Countering the frothing rabid hysteria that is being whipped up by a fervent media in response to three failed car “bomb” attacks in the last few days in the UK, ex-CIA agent Larry Johnson joined Keith Olbermann to underscore the truth behind the madness – that the so-called bombs were primitive at best and would not have killed anybody.

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Park Avenue – Before & After the Car

pernellaj — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:51:38 +0000

We need to rethink the way we operate our cities.

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Amsterdam’s Bike Culture

pernellaj — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:16:43 +0000

A fantastic series of pictures that illustrate the bike scene in Amsterdam – and how it differs from a U.S. city like San Francisco (the photographer’s home town). Suit-and-tie dressed bicyclists, multiple riders, no helmets (ever), dogs and kids on-board, and spectacular gigantic industrial security chains on every bike.

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PICTURES : Most Dangerous Roads in the World, Part 3

pernellaj — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:07:02 +0000

“Since our last installment in this highly popular series (Magnificient Tunnel Road, November 2006) we have received many tips and pictures of the roads that are no less intimidating, and in some cases just as dangerous.”

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Pictures of Moscow 24/7 Traffic Jam

pernellaj — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:52:29 +0000

“The accent of these photos is on enormous Moscow traffic. The situation on road like on this pictures was without any difference during all the day today – both in the daytime and late at night.”

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