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North Koreans are getting shorter from shortages in food. Lack of nutrition is causing poor growth during the period of growth, making North Koreans shorter and small. Due to this phenomenon, North Korea has changed the conscriptioin standards. In 2008, the limit was 150cm, and 48kg, but from...
First the Phillipine president endorses widespread murder of suspected drug dealers carried out by police and citizens. Now Indonesia wants to ban "casull sex" for all its citizens. Thats all sex outside of marriage. Im not sure if as in other muslim countries it would mean death or only...
I should never be left for hours in a room with an Internet connection, I may do something unexpected. An email arrived from Leeds this afternoon offering deeply discounted flights. That bit was my fault for joining their mailing list some years ago. One doesn't often see Marrakesh return...
Moscow, Russia Wednesday 14:00 Clear -14°C = 7°F I'm beginning to wonder whether my trip to Moscow at the end of the month is entirely wise, it is several years since I last knew 25 degrees of frost and from memory it requires a lot of wrapping up. My boots, for example. A hat. Advice sought...
"Don't be too kind to white farmers. Land is yours, not theirs," Mr Mugabe said at a rally in Mashonaland West province. .......Mr Mugabe, 90, has governed Zimbabwe since independence in 1980. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-28152477) Am I the only one that sees politicians of all...
Its a week on since the above devastated large sections of the Philippines. According to reports some half a million people have been displaced. The actual death toll is still being calculated. International aid to this archipelago of 7,107 islands appears at first glance to be on track with...
Cheers for Rajasthan! They have the right idea and I love the notion of planting the trees. I don't know the significance of the number 111 ... anyone? They even teach the families save for the girl's future. They should be proud of their progress and hopefully the villagers aren't simply...
South Africa’s president, Jacob Zuma, yesterday called on his counterparts on the continent to ditch economic models offshore and stick to home-grown economic ideas to pull Africa from the woods. Zuma’s call came on the heels of an earlier speech by former vice president Atiku Abubakar,...
I just wondered if anybody had been to Turkey for a holiday? We go twice a year to various parts and we absolutely adore the place! We have been to so many areas and they are all so beautiful. The people are fabulous, warm, friendly and always helpful. Some areas are overrun by Germans and...
Apparently nearly every country represented on the Island has lost folks or are missing folks as a result of this earthquake. Our reporters called the local Red Cross and they have no plans at this time to do organize anything. Leaving it to the National folks I suppose:thinking: Schools and...
Just wondering.....
I'm not putting this in the Australia forum, because they are NOT the same!! :wah: Anyway, is anyone else here from NZ?
From the BBC. The new Z$100bn (under $2, £1) note introduced last week is not enough to buy a loaf of bread. Inflation is officially running at more than 2,000,000%, but many analysts believe the true inflation figure is at least 9,000,000%. A BBC reporter in Harare said that on the day he...
I have a daughter, currently working in Ghana-anyone here from Ghana?
my friend has recently moved here from south africa & would love to talk with what i class (yer ain folk) im a scot (in case you never noticed) she's homesick & im keen for her to join a forum so she's not so lonely, so am wondering are there any s/africans in the garden?
Russian scientists developed a new pill that prolongs drunkenness. It's the scentific breakthrough of the century but watch out for moaning publicans and bar owners. "Doctor, doctor, I have a problem, I have been feeling a little sober lately". Don't worry I have a pill.
I wish to meet a lot of friends from all over the world even if it's just thru the cyberworld. Filipinos and non-filipinos are welcome! :):o
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/07/18/wetna18.xml&DCMP=EMC-new_18072006 Etna awakes with storm of fire and lava By Malcolm Moore, Rome Correspondent (Filed: 18/07/2006) Mount Etna, the largest active volcano in Europe, threw fire and rocks more than 800ft into...
Without offending anybody i would like to ask a question to any one who has ever been to Africa - well i got into a conversation with an old sea dog at the bus stop today (like yeh do)and he told me about some of his tales from the good old days as he put it - when he was stationed out in India and...
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