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The twentieth anniversary of one of the U.S. military's greatest botched missions, "Black Hawk Down," was yesterday. In celebration, the US government recently released the classi...

Weird Toxic Lake in Tanzania Turns Animals Into Statues

The New Scientist reports that a bizarre lake in...

Mali Explosion Caused by Suicide Bombers in Kidal

The AP reported this morning that an explosion rocke...

Slate: Your Smartphone is Built with Blood

Slate published a story this...

Egyptian Court: Muslim Brotherhood is Banned

USA Today reported this morning that an Egyptian Court has banned the...

Nairobi Westgate Mall: Islamists Kill 25

Islamists around the world are staging coordinated attacks with increasing regularity....

King Mswati III of Swaziland Takes 14th Wife

Mswati III, polygynist king of Swaziland, has...

Crocodile Under Bed: Nightmare Comes True For Man

A crocodile found a nice warm spot to curl up in recently after getting out of the chil...

Water Is Life Ad Hits Hard With Kid’s Bucket List

A new ad from Water Is Life, an organization dedicated to getting fresh water to underprivileged countries, is getting some attention for...

Singer Warda Al-Jazairia Gets A Google Doodle

In countries in the Middle East and North Africa, Google is showing a doodle celebrating what would have been the 74th birthday of Algerian-Lebanese singer Warda Al-Jazairia today....

Boko Haram Insurgents Kill 42, Including Schoolkids

Gunmen killed dozens at a school in the northeast Nigerian to...

Charlize Theron Tweets Support for Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela is reportedly still in critical condition in Pretoria, South Africa. The South African civil rights leader and former president is 94 and has been battling a severe...

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