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And the Rudest Country in the World Is…
A new list of the rudest nations has been compiled and thankfully, America isn’t number one.
World News
World News
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Another Ship Takes the Titanic Route on Its 100th Anniversary and Hits a…Snag
The sinking of the RMS Titanic reached its 100th anniversary and one ship has dared to re-create its route.
But, like the maiden voyage of the ill-fated ship, things haven’t gone smoothly.
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Indian Couple Claims Daughter Isn’t Theirs, Insist on Receiving Boy Instead
India’s problematic and long-standing issue of discrimination against girls has lead to a legal mess in which the parents of an infant daughter are claiming she isn’t theirs. Instead, they say a boy born to another couple is actually their son.
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Canada Has Eliminated the Penny
Even stacked together in a jar, all those pennies you have are fairly worthless. However, they may soon become collectors’ items.
Canada, our neighbor to the North, has just eliminated the penny in their latest federal budget, following the example of nations like Australia and New Zealand. The Canadian national mint will stop producing the one-cent coin over the next six months, and businesses have been asked to return pennies to be melted down.
We thought it was a joke too, but apparently the Great White North is serious:
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US Soldier To Be Charged With 17 Counts of Murder In Afghan Massacre
Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, the soldier accused of being the lone shooter in the mass murder of Afghan villagers on March 11, will be officially charged today with 17 counts of murder.
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US Soldier Accused of Afghanistan Massacre Said “I Did It”, Flown Out Of Country
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US Soldier Kills 16 Afghan Civilians In Their Homes [UPDATE]
UPDATE: According to MSNBC, though no protests or demonstrations were seen Monday morning, the Afghan Taliban has pledged to take revenge against the “sick-minded American Savages”,
“The American ‘terrorists’ want to come up with an excuse for the perpetrator of this inhumane crime by claiming that this immoral culprit was mentally ill. If the perpetrators of this massacre were in fact mentally ill then this testifies to yet another moral transgression by the American militar
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What Is the Richest Country? Hint – It’s Not the US
The United States is often touted as being one of the richest countries in the world, but compared to many other nations, it seems we have some serious catching up to do. In fact, in a new Forbes list of the wealthiest lands on the globe, the US didn’t even place in the top five.