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74Plight of the Camel Jockey
A camel jockey is the rider on a camel, who competes in camel races. Camel racing is a thriving industry in the Gulf States. However, behind the excitement and glamour of the races, the plight of the camel...
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65Chess Genius, Bobby Fischer, or Political Renegade
Bobby Fischer, the chess legend and the first US world chess champion has died. He was aged 64. At age 15 he became a chess grand master. In 1972 he beat Spassky in Iceland and won the title of world chess champion.
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58How Did President Obama Win The Nobel Peace Prize?
I must say I was probably as deeply surprised as President Obama himself to learn that he has won the Nobel Peace Prize. I should say rather that I was deeply shocked. This is not to belittle President Obama....
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68The Navajo Code Talkers' Unbreakable Code
The Navajo language has mainly only been used on the reservation. It is a complicated unwritten language, which few outsiders were or are exposed to. In 1942, to assist in the war effort, the Navajo Code...
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47War Criminal Radovan Karadzic
Radovan Karadzic, the Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect, has been caught. Atrocities know no boundaries. In July 1995 Radovan Karadzic ran a campaign to terrorise and demoralise the Bosnian...
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63Ashley Dupre: A New Star is Born
What 22 year-old girl would ever dream that she would be shot into the limelight of the world's attention? Maybe Ashley Dupre has been dreaming that she would become famous as a singer, her chosen career (or...
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67The Carlyle Group Buys the Magna Carta
A rare copy of the Magna Carta has been sold for $21.3 million. The Magna Carta is the foundation of rule of law, human rights and democracy. The buyer is a founder of the Carlyle Group, a private firm that has been said to act subversively to influence American policy, because of its high-powered political and military connections.
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699/11 Mystery | BBC Reports WTC 7 Collapse Before It Happens
While our memories of the tragic events of September 11, 2001 begin to fade away with the passage of time, there in fact remain a number of unanswered, perhaps unanswerable, questions about that fateful day. ...
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