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Turkish ‘zombies’ raise funds for earthquake
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More than 250 Turks dressed as zombies filled Istanbul’s Ortaköy Square to raise money for earthquake victims. They gathered in the Turkish capital to celebrate Halloween, commemorate the late famous pop singer Michael Jackson in what they described as a worldwide event called “Thrill the World” and to raise funds for earthquake victims in Turkey’s…
Burma tries to regulate fasting and prayer
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In what would appear to be an astonishing attempt to regulate what citizens do in private, the government of Burma’s Kachin province has issued tough new regulations on fasting and prayer. The chairman of Maw Wan Ward in Phakant Township of Burma’s Kachin State has delivered a letter to local churches, titled “Concerning Christians conducting…
Berlin restaurant caters to cavemen
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There’s no cheese, no bread, no sugar served at Berlin’s Sauvage Restaurant. You see, the trendy eatery only caters to cavemen. According to its chalkboard menu, “Real Food Revolution: Peolithic cuisine!” What that means is that it only serves what Fred Flinstone would have eaten two million years ago. Pterodactyl drumsticks? No, writes Alison Killian…
World’s 7 billionth baby born Monday
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In the Philippines, newborn Danica May Camacho was greeted with cheers and an explosion of photographers’ flashbulbs at Manila’s Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital. She arrived two minutes before midnight Sunday at 5 pounds, 8 ounces and was declared by the United Nations to be the world’s 7 billionth citizen. However, other countries around the world marked…
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