Penguin turns up in South Africa Posted: 3 years ago by AutumnLotus
Animal rehabilitation officials are trying to find a home for a king penguin that turned up in Cape St. Francis, South Africa.
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South Africa deny part in Plot. Posted: 2 years ago by thenegativeone
South Africa has rejected "with contempt" claims by jailed British mercenary Simon Mann that it backed his plot to overthrow the government of Equatorial Guinea.
Background here
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Nuclear Facility in South Africa attacked Posted: 2 years ago by 2manyusernames
Nuclear Facility in South Africa attacked. Four armed men broke into the control room of the Pelindaba Nuclear Research Center, shooting "a senior emergency officer" in the process. The government nuclear agency Necsa insisted the paper not run this story.
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King Penguins hatch some eggs. Posted: 2 years ago by muppetmaker
As the helicopter hovered above the herd, one swore he heard a penguin ask.... "Does this place seem crowded to you?"
The babies hatch and the king penguins begin caring for their young.
Awesome images.
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Daughter of Martin Luther King Jr dies at 51 Posted: 3 years ago by thephrog
She collapsed Tuesday, most likely due to heart trouble.
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Oprah opens school in South Africa Posted: 3 years ago by LatueOfStiberty
US talk show queen Oprah Winfrey has opened a $US40 million school for disadvantaged South African girls
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Transvestite lizard discovered Posted: 9 months ago by AutumnLotus
Young male lizards in South Africa imitate females to fool aggressive older males into leaving them alone, in an example of transvestism in the natural world, researchers have found.
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Corrective Rape Posted: 3 months ago by pocksucket
Two words that do not belong together. Their very juxtaposition in the headline should give you shudders. In South Africa the "cure" for lesbians is rape.
Further information here
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Pepper-spray defence means South Africa robbers face loss of balance at cash machines Posted: 4 months ago by nateebiinature
Cash machines offer an ever-growing menu of services beyond merely dispensing money. For tampering criminals, this now includes a squirt of pepper spray in the face .
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Cloned dogs sniff out contraband in South Korea Posted: 4 months ago by Bornbad
Six cloned Labrador retrievers are now using their olfactory prowess to help officials find drugs and explosives at airports and harbors across South Korea. The dogs—which all share the name “Toppy,” a combination of “tomorrow” and “puppy”—became the world’s first working cloned sniffer dogs when they reported for duty last Thursday, according to BBC News.
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Earthwatch scientists discover 18 new species Posted: 3 months ago by AutumnLotus
Earthwatch scientists in South Africa have discovered 18 new species of invertebrate including spiders, snails, millipedes, earthworms, centipedes and true bugs.
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Living with Really Big Cats: Cheetahs, Lions, and Tigers Posted: 5 months ago by bingo
If you think having to "share" your bed with your pet cat is bad, that’s nothing compared to what Riana Van Nieuwenhuizen has to do: the sanctuary worker shares her South African home with really, really big cats: four cheetahs, five lions, and two tigers!
Imagine the size of their litterbox!
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New Zealand hosts penguin sports tournament Posted: 7 months ago by kakana
New Zealand is the penguin capital of the world, home to nine of the 16 species of living penguins, so it was fitting that it should host the world’s first ‘Penguathlon’.
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HIV drugs turned street drugs in South Africa Posted: 8 months ago by Bornbad
Teens in South Africa have found a new use for Efavirenz, an antiretroviral drug that prevents HIV from making copies of itself in the body. Instead of using Efavirenz as it was intended – to keep the AIDS virus at bay – kids are crushing the pills and smoking the powder to get high
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Swazi King threatens to marry innocent bystanders as Obama lands in Africa Posted: 4 months ago by Bornbad
As US President Barack Obama arrives in Ghana for his first official visit to Africa, King Mswati of Swaziland has threatened to marry any Swazi woman who tries to scream for help.
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The Exciting World of South Korean Protests Posted: 2 years ago by ogri2003
For a country of about 50 million people, there are a lot of protests in South Korea. With a national average of 11,000 public protests a year, the average South Korean riot policeman is mobilized to contain 85 demonstrations a year.
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Rapist Asks For Forgiveness Decades Later Posted: 5 months ago by 2manyusernames
Dumisani Rebombo, 49 had participated in a gang rape when he was a teenager. Rapes in South Africa have become epidemic with 1 in 4 males admitting that have raped someone. Rebombo is working on changing that. He also went to the woman he raped so many years ago and sought forgiveness.
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Make a Penguin Message Posted: 2 years ago by ogri2003
Type a message for the sliding penguin to make.
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Fish with human faces spotted in South Korea Posted: 9 months ago by AutumnLotus
Fish with human faces are making waves in South Korea.
The "humanoid" carp are attracting attention in the town of Chongju in the centre of the country where they live in a small pond.
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Spaced Penguin Posted: 2 years ago by johnnytitan
Fun Penguin Game in Space... Mershaulk's Particles flash game reminded me of it.
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South Park - Create a Character version 2 Posted: 3 years ago by BrightonCub
This isn't the official one from the South Park website, it's better!
Dozens of options for recreating yourself as a South Park character...
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