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Begging is banned in Bangladesh

The government of Bangladesh passed a law that would ban begging within five years. The streets of Bangladesh are filled with beggars. Some of our bloggers found themselves face to face with extreme p… more →

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Begging is banned in Bangladesh

starlagurl wrote 3 months ago: The government of Bangladesh passed a law that would ban begging within five years. The streets of B … more →

Tags: Bangladesh, beggar, Beggars, Begging, Dhaka, Sylhet, Sylhet Division

S-21 and Tuol Sleng prison torturer expresses sorrow at trial — 1 comment

starlagurl wrote 3 months ago: Kaing Guek Eav, a former Khmer Rouge prison commander in Cambodia is apologizing for war crimes comm … more →

Tags: Phnom Penh, Cambodia, s-21, Tuol Sleng, Battambang, genocide, Kaing Guek Eav, khmer Rouge

Komodo dragon kills man in Indonesia

starlagurl wrote 3 months ago: A fruit picker was mauled to death by lizards on Komodo island in Indonesia. A sobering reminder for … more →

Tags: Indonesia, Komodo, Komodo Dragon, rinca

Baby tuataras found in the wild

starlagurl wrote 3 months ago: Back in January, I brought you news of a birth of the endangered reptile, tuatara in a New Zealand z … more →

Tags: Childrens Day, karori, Karori Wildlife Sanctuary, New Zealand, rivendell, tuatara

10 most dangerous cities in the world — 29 comments

starlagurl wrote 3 months ago: RealClearWorld.com recently released their list of the most dangerous cities in the world. Let … more →

Tags: Big Ben, Brazil, Canada, Caracas, China, Ciudad Juarez, Detroit, grain elevator, johannesburg

Mount Redoubt eruption imminent? — 2 comments

starlagurl wrote 3 months ago: Geologists are raising the alert level for Mount Redoubt, a volcano in Alaska that has caused proble … more →

Tags: Alaska, ANCHORAGE, eruption, KLM, Mount Redoubt, Ninilchik, VOLCANIC ASH, volcano

The Best Chili in America: Ben's Chili Bowl, Washington, D.C. — 2 comments

starlagurl wrote 4 months ago: Bon Appetit magazine has just announced the top ten chili houses in America. This year, Ben’s … more →

Tags: Ben's Chili Bowl, bill cosby, Chili, Chili Bowl, DC, Golden Gate Boys Choir, Golden Gate Boys Choir and Bellringers, hillary clinton, Washington

Fishing in Florida, the safe way

starlagurl wrote 4 months ago: The search has been called off for the missing NFL players Marquis Cooper, Corey Smith William Bleak … more →

Tags: Florida, fishing in florida, missing nfl players, gulf coast of florida, clearwater, Cocoa Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Barracuda, Shark

Cricket team attack in Lahore, Pakistan — 2 comments

starlagurl wrote 4 months ago: Six police officers and a bus driver was killed in an attack on a Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore, … more →

Tags: Cricket, cricket team, cricket team attack, eID, Karachi, lahore, Pakistan, Sri Lankan cricket team, Sufi

Bird flu strikes Java, Indonesia once again

starlagurl wrote 4 months ago: If you are planning on going to Indonesia, please don’t touch the chickens. Bird flu has claim … more →

Tags: Indonesia, Java, bird flu, Avian Influenza, Avian Flu, Surabaya, Java Island, Bogor

Guinea-Bissau's president, Joao Bernardo Vieira killed

starlagurl wrote 4 months ago: Well, it’s sad but I must be honest. I had never heard of the tiny West African country … more →

Madagascar robbery ends in murder

starlagurl wrote 4 months ago: Seems a lot of Canadians are finding themselves in terrible trouble overseas. The latest tragedy inv … more →

Tags: Antananarivo, madagascar, Robbery, murder, Mark Alessio, alessio

Tibet travel now closed for business

starlagurl wrote 4 months ago: I know I’m a little late on this one, but I had to let you all know that Tibet is closed for b … more →

Tags: China, Lhasa, tibet, Everest, BASE CAMP, Everest Base Camp, tourism ban, foreigner ban, foreigner ban in Tibet

Cairo bombing victim was on highschool trip

starlagurl wrote 4 months ago: One of the unfortunate victims of the latest bombings in the Middle East was a teenager on a school … more →

Tags: Egypt, Bombing, cairo, middle east, Cairo bombing, Khan el-Khalili, Market, Marketplace, exploreamerica

Patong beach murder: another Canadian dead in Thailand — 2 comments

starlagurl wrote 4 months ago: I’m sad to report that there has been another Canadian killed in Thailand. Francis Alex Degioa … more →

Tags: Thailand, Phuket, Francis Alex Degioanni, Francis Degioanni, Patong, loy krathong, Laos

The credit crunch and the "irresponsible" traveler... — 3 comments

starlagurl wrote 4 months ago: Well the global economic crisis have caused quite a few people to go on the hunt for a new job. But … more →

Tags: London, Southeast Asia, Seattle, credit crunch, jobless, unemployed, Unemployment, irresponsible traveling

Protesters clash with whalers in the Antarctic Sea — 3 comments

starlagurl wrote 4 months ago: Most of the world seems to have gotten the idea. Most whales species are endangered, and are not to … more →

Tags: Aitcho Island, Antarctica, Cuverville Island, deception island, Foyn Harbour, Governoren, Japanese whalers, Japanese whaling boats, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society

Giant prehistoric snake found in Colombia — 1 comment

starlagurl wrote 4 months ago: Colombian scientists have found the remains of the biggest snake to have ever lived on earth. It wou … more →

Tags: Ecuador, Anaconda, COBRA, Colombia, snake, prehistoric snake, Cuyabeno, Bolivia, Rurrenabaque

Space shuttle launch delayed at the Kennedy Space Center

starlagurl wrote 5 months ago: NASA has delayed their February space shuttle launch because of some concerns with a newly installed … more →

Tags: Florida, NASA, Shuttle Launch, Endeavour, Discovery, Cape Canaveral, Titusville, kennedy space centre, Kennedy Space Center


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