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POPSTop 15 Most Amazing Houses in the World Little boxes on the hillside aren’t for everyone. While some people might be content with a cookie-cutter home in a bland suburban neighborhood, others create truly one-of-a-kind homes with incredibly imaginative shapes and materials.
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POPSSuch were the "unthinkable numbers", an apology & further inquiry
Source: Under Cover of Racist Myth, A New Land Grab in Australia: Claims of child abuse are proving a fertile pretext to menace the Aboriginal communities lying in the way of uranium mining - John Pilger December 20, 2008. In May, barely reported government statistics revealed that of the 7,433 Aboriginal children examined by doctors as part of the "national emergency", 39 had been referred to the authorities for suspected abuse. Of those, a maximum of just four possible cases of abuse were identified. Such were the "unthinkable numbers". They were little different from those of child abuse in white Australia. Foreign governments, especially the US, want the Northern Territory as a toxic dump. "The land grab of Aboriginal tribal land has nothing to do with child sexual abuse," says the Australian scientist Helen Caldicott, "but all to do with open slather uranium mining and converting the Northern Territory to a global nuclear dump."
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POPSThe Population of China’s Provinces Compared # Zhejiang (47 million) South Africa # Yunnan (44 million) Colombia # Jiangxi (43 million) Tanzania # Liaoning (42 million) Argentina # Guizhou (39 million) Sudan # Heilongjiang (38 million) Poland # Shaanxi (37 million) Kenya # Fujian (35 million) Algeria # Shanxi (33 million) Canada # Chongqing (31 million) Morocco # Jilin (27 million) Afghanistan # Gansu (26 million) Saudi Arabia # Inner Mongolia (24 million) North Korea # Taiwan (23 million) Yemen # Xinjiang (20 million) Madagascar # Shanghai (18 million) Cameroon # Beijing (16 million) Angola # Tianjin (12 million) Cuba # Hainan (8 million) Austria # Hong Kong (7 million) El Salvador # Ningxia (6 million) Sierra Leone # Qinghai (5 million) Slovakia # Tibet (3 million) Jamaica # Macau (0,5 million) Cape Verde
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POPSCane rat Haven't eaten one, but my mother was raised on them and she said they were delicious. Yikes!
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POPSWelcome to the new corrupt South Africa Oh, and add to that our future president, Jacob Zuma, who is still facing bribery and corruption charges and was found not guilty of raping an AIDS-infected lesbian. (he assured all South Africans that he was in no danger of contracting HIV because he had immediately afterwards taken a shower) Life in South Africa is about as surreal as it gets.
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POPSThe hippo who ditched his muddy waters to catch some sun and surf
'Hippos don't take well to darting' Mr van Schoor explains, 'they die of stress and this one would drown if we darted her in the water, and if we tried to dart her on the beach, she would run into the water for safety and again drown when the drug takes effect.' Hippos are usually captured using passive methods such as monitoring paths that they use regularly and setting up enclosures to lure them into. But Mr Van Schoor says that this hippo's only hope is to stop moving South. He added: 'If the hippo moves any further south there is huge risk, he is moving into residential areas and towards Durban where food for the hippo will become a problem'. Hippos are considered to be one of the most dangerous and aggressive of all animals and with this one coming into contact with humans and domestic animals, it could soon become a problem. Sadly If the hippo does not retrace his own steps and move back north, KZN says there is little hope for him.
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POPSArmy on standby as South Africa waits on Mbeki "He did, however, confirm that the acting president would have the authority to call in the army if necessary. The meeting between police and the SANDF in Johannesburg on Tuesday came after police commanders had apparently pleaded with the defence force for help since the beginning of the week. According to Beeld sources, police have not had enough resources - such as vehicles, weapons and patrols - at their disposal since the attacks began. The deployment of the army could have begun on Wednesday, had the order been approved by the president. Only the president, according to Article 201 of the Constitution, can authorise the army to work together with the police. Show of force Army units whose soldiers are deployed must get their orders from the defence force's joint operations centre. According to informed sources, the army's planned actions will revolve around a show of force and military presence to make combating the violence easier for the police. The poli
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POPSBirds - Indian Mynahs "From time to time I am asked (in what capacity I am never sure) how to humanely get rid of Indian mynahs. This alien species is slowly invading South Africa's eastern side. Town after town is falling to these raucous, aggressive birds that behave like Liverpool soccer fans. The first mynahs in South Africa were released in Durban in the 1890s from the top of a bus. A sailor had captured them in India and had tried in vain to sell them. They have since multiplied with biblical enthusiasm."
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POPSHundreds Fleeing as Anti-Immigrant Mobs Ravage South African "Eric Goemaere, the head of Medecins Sans Frontieres in South Africa, said his staff was helping to treat people with bullet wounds and back injuries from being thrown out of windows. The humanitarian group is also known as Doctors Without Borders. He said Johannesburg's Central Methodist Church, home to hundreds of Zimbabweans, was under siege overnight and that police had told people they should be prepared to defend themselves. "It's a crisis," he said. He called on the South African government to declare Zimbabweans — there are believed to be up to 3 million in South Africa — as refugees and give them proper protection". All this goes to highlight the dismal failure that is our president, Thabo Mbeki and his corrupt government.
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POPSXenophobia riots in South Africa The police are out and there are calls for military intervention in the wake of the riots taking place throughout the country. The riots and attacks on foreigners is spreading. This does not bode well for all the illegal Zimbabwean refugees who are pouring into our country. And this could so easily turn into a black/white issue as well.
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