"Netherlands hardliner Integration minister Rita Verdonk, who is called the Iron Lady for her series of anti-immigration measures, announced that she was going to investigate where and when the Burqa should be banned.

Sources said the ban would be applicable in shops, public buildings, cinemas, trains, bus stops and airlines, which means almost everywhere except the streets. " picked by gammerus 2 years ago

PET shops in a city in southwest China are offering fish tattooed with patterns and lucky characters intended to bring their owners good fortune and happiness. picked by kakana 4 months ago

If you're a parent, you know how challenging raising kids can be. Now, imagine having played a role in raising one hundred different children! picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Sign of the times, I tell ya. picked by JoshSF49 12 months ago

Two Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot their destination by 150 miles before turning back should have had numerous warnings as they approached and passed Minneapolis: cockpit displays, controllers trying repeatedly to reach, the city lights twinkling below. Yet the pilots didn't discover their mistake until a flight attendant in the cabin contacted them by intercom, said a source close to the... read full post picked by cecilberman 1 month ago

Country in southwest Asia on the southeast coast of the Arabian Peninsula. Below are some real photos of huge storm that hit Oman and the consequence of it from June 4th to June 6th in 2009. The storm looks merciless and very scary. picked by evadiva 5 months ago

Igbo-Ora, a sleepy farming community in southwest Nigeria, welcomes visitors with a sign proclaiming "The Land of Twins". "There is hardly a family here without a set of twins," said community leader Olayide Akinyemi. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Continental Airlines diverted a Twin-Cities-bound plane to Rochester due to a storm, and then locked the entire planeload of passengers in the plane overnight for nine hours. picked by Bornbad 4 months ago

On Wednesday afternoon, a young female Pit Bull was found in Southwest Baltimore doused with gasoline and left to burn to death. A Baltimore City police Officer was quickly on the scene and risked her own life putting out the fire with her sweatshirt.

And people think Pit Bulls are the monsters. picked by horsefeathers 6 months ago

Flight attendants on a Frontier Airlines plane traveling from San Francisco to Denver nearly used a roll of duct tape to restrain an unruly passenger. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

With few clouds, the American Southwest sun pours more than eight kilowatt-hours per square meter of its energy onto the landscape. Physicist David Mills says that by concentrating the sun's power, we could provide all of the electricity needs of the U.S., including a switch to electric cars feeding off the grid. picked by cactushair 1 year ago

A 28-year-old man has been sentenced to three weeks in jail for urinating on a 66-year-old woman during a Continental Airlines flight last month from Los Angeles to Honolulu. picked by muppet 8 months ago

"The FBI agents actually cleared our names," Inayet Sahin, one of the family members kicked off the flight, told CNN. "They went on our behalf and spoke to the airlines and said, 'There is no suspicious activity here. They are clear. Please let them get on a flight so they can go on their vacation,' and they still refused." picked by muppet 11 months ago

If you're driving through the high desert of the Southwest — or sitting at home, watching an old episode of Bonanza — you can't miss the Ponderosa pine. It's the signature tree of the mountain West. picked by nateebiinature 4 months ago

“People reading news for free on the Web, that’s got to change,” Mr. Murdoch said.Some industries have pulled it off. Coca-Cola took tap water, filtered it and called it Dasani, and makes millions of dollars a year. People who used to ask why anyone would pay for television now subscribe to cable and TiVo. Airlines charge for luggage, meals, even pillows. And some music fans who... read full post picked by DerAlt 8 months ago

The FBI says it has released new information it hopes will jog someone's memory and help them determine who the legendary skyjacker Dan Cooper, who bailed out of a commercial jet over southwest Washington in 1971, really was picked by craziesean 2 years ago

United Airlines' annual Fantasy Flight takes children with life-threatening conditions and terminal illnesses on a flight to visit Santa on his home turf. picked by tigertony 12 months ago

Irish scientists monitoring dolphins living in a river estuary in the southwest of the country believe they may have developed a unique dialect to communicate with each other, they said Monday. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

South by Southwest (SXSW) is an interactive, film and music festival and conference that has taken place every spring in Austin, Texas since 1987. The music festival is one of the biggest in the United States, with over a thousand performers playing in dozens of venues around downtown Austin for a week in March. Can't make it? No worries, they are seeding a torrent of 739 MP3s by 739 a... read full post picked by 2manyusernames 3 years ago

A 17-year-old gang member who authorities believe intentionally shot and killed a 3-year-old girl at point-blank range in Southwest Los Angeles last month was arrested Tuesday in San Bernardino. picked by tlovesd 3 years ago