This & That, Ceci et Cela

Voodoo dolls of presidential election candidates have gone on sale in Mexico. Manufacturer Alberto Nava is selling the Vuducratas dolls (top) for £6 each, reports UOL Noticias Populares. The dolls have the politicians' faces and come with ...

TORONTO (Reuters) - A group of Canadian residents arrested for "terrorism related offenses" were inspired by al Qaeda, had amassed enough explosives to build huge bombs and were planning to blow up targets in densely populated Ontario, police said on Saturday. Mike McDonell, assistant commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, said the group had acquired three metric tons of ammonium nitrate -- or three times the amount used ...

Quel prix pour ces diamants (What price for these diamonds)? A self-explanatory, distubingly powerful visual from Amnesty International, France. However, I think there also needs to be more attention drawn to something discussed before; the fact that there are now equally beautiful, 100% conflict-free synthetic/cultured diamonds available (with equal or better clarity ...

As reported before, the air must be a bit different in Romania. This certainly bolsters the notion: Police in Romania say they have caught a thief who stole money from a priest's car while he was in a strip club. The 43-year-old priest was allegedly spotted by the thief in a club called No Problem in Suceava town, reports Evenimentul Zilei newspaper. Witnesses say ...

Everyone in Germany is über excited about the upcoming soccer world cup even the hos. Ja; prostitution is legal in Germany, so brothels are in a festive mood. One of the newer ones was launched in September to capitalize on the event at a cost of £4.5 million ...

Some candy for all infographic/datagraphy pimps out there. Also for those with the ignorant habit of referring to Africa as one country rather than as a continent containing 61 specific countries/territories; school yourself with this comparative map via Hash: And while you're at ...

Half of the world's prison population of about nine million is held in the US, China or Russia. Prison rates in the US are the world's highest, at 724 people per 100,000. In Russia the rate is 581. At 145 per 100,000, the imprisonment rate of England and Wales is at about the midpoint worldwide. Many of the lowest rates are in developing countries, but overcrowding can be a serious problem. Kenyan prisons ...

5 fed-up Saudi Arabian women from Riyadh have undergone sex changes in response to their stifling male dominated society: Tired of playing second fiddle to men in the conservative, five women decided that if you can't beat them, join them. Al Watan newspaper said the five women underwent sex change surgery abroad over the past 12 months after they developed a "psychological complex" due to male domination. Women in ...

Pamela Anderson, who admitted that she has never spoken with anyone involved in the sealing industry is the newest twat on the seal crusade-wanking block. And she's threatening to cry us a river at theJunos (Canada's main music awards show) today especially after the Canuck Prime Minister refused her earlier requests for a meeting. The Juno producers probably ...

Dumb is as dumb does; another crusade-wanker joins the seal fray. Brigitte Bardot came over to shed some vintage (71 years old) crocodile tears on the seal hunt protest. Equating ...