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China’s Aizhai suspension bridge is now the world’s highest and longest tunnel-to-tunnel bridge

April 3, 2012

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Aizhai Extra Large Suspension Bridge is now the world’s highest and longest tunnel-to-tunnel bridge   Belle News China’s Aizhai Extra Large Suspension Bridge has opened today allowing motorists to cross over a canyon – at 1,102ft (335.89 m). Aizhai Extra Large Suspension Bridge is now the world’s highest and longest tunnel-to-tunnel bridge. Work started on […]

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Whitney Houston drowned accidentally; cocaine in her system

March 22, 2012

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Whitney Houston drowned accidentally; cocaine in her system Thursday, March 22, 2012  Los Angeles Times Whitney Houston died as the result of drowning in what the Los Angeles County coroner has ruled as an accidental death. The coroner said heart disease and cocaine use were also factors in her death on Feb. 11. Cocaine was […]

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Video: Europe without Christianity?

March 20, 2012

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Europe without Christianity __________ Video: BBC News- Europe’s Christian Exodus ___________ Video: BBC News- Does Christianity have a future in England ___________

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Video: Rabbi Dovid Feldman speaks about Jewish political movement against Zionism

December 29, 2011

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Rabbi Dovid Feldman speaks about Jewish political movement against Zionism Zionism is the national movement for the return of the European Jewish people to their homeland and the resumption of Jewish sovereignty in the Land of Israel ______________ Rabbi Dovid Feldman of Jews United Against Zionism _______________

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Video: Sudan’s Suakin Island in the Red Sea

December 29, 2011

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Sudan’s Suakin Island in the Red Sea

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White people in “Blackface” ‘Black Peter’ popular among Dutch at Christmas

December 25, 2011

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Blackface ‘Black Peter’ popular among Dutch at Christmas   By Ashley Michelle Williams The Grio  In the Netherlands, everyone is quite aware of the Christmas character known as Black Pete. He’s a little African slave who helps out Santa Claus. According to the Dutch tradition, Black Peter is responsible for carrying a book full of […]

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Video: Man touched by a wild mountain Gorilla in Uganda

December 24, 2011

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Video: Uganda- Bwindi Impenetrable Forest December 2011

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“Black Faced” European folk characters seen annually at Christmas holiday season- Is this actually a history lesson? The black African Moors of Spain and Portugal

November 17, 2011

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Zwarte Piet (Black Pete)   Many Americans have never seen these unusual Christmas celebrations that occur in some European countries. Many say it was Holland’s Sinterklaas who inspired America’s modern-day Santa. North America’s Santa Claus developed in the 19th and 20th century as a modern perception of Father Christmas, Sinterklaas and Saint Nicholas. Most Americans […]

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