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This Signature Shows What Torture Did To Guy Fawkes
Fawkes was the one guy in the plot unlucky enough to have been discovered late on November 5 with d…
Let's Face It, The Olympics Are Always Ridiculous And Usually Financially Disastrous
In hindsight, were early concerns about past games over the top? Perhaps, but, unfortunately, that …
The Bizarre Note Wendi Deng Allegedly Wrote About Tony Blair
Rumors about Deng and Blair first emerged last year, shortly after the announcement that Murdoch, t…
The Bizarre, Heartwarming Spectacle Of Pussy Riot On 'The Colbert Report'
All in all, the Colbert interview shows the strength of Tolokonnikova and Alyokhina, and why "Pussy…
Why The US Ambassador To Russia Announced His Resignation On LiveJournal
If you don't follow Russian politics, it might look like McFaul's choice of blogging platform is a …
The Terrible Reality Of Dining In The British House Of Lords
Even so, the Lords is still a remarkably fussy place, as evidenced by a recent investigation into t…
This Is What It Looks Like When The UK Decides Your Views Are So Extreme You Are Banned From The Country
The comedian had been planning on visiting the U.K. to show support for Anelka, his friend, but the…
A Warmer Earth May Destroy Putin's Plans For A Grand Sochi Legacy
Russia has pumped huge amounts of money into security at Sochi, so hopefully there won't be any ter…
Why A Picture Of Four Female European Politicians Went Viral This Weekend
The other two are not the first female Ministers of Defense for their respective countries - Sweden…
To Understand The Deep Relationship Between Chicken Wings And The Super Bowl, Look At This Chart
To understand just how important that relationship is, check out the Google Trends chart which we'v…
REPORT: Philip Seymour Hoffman Found Dead
The report, which cites law enforcement officials, does not name a cause of death for the 46-year-o…
Why Chinese Families Don't Say 'I Love You'
Still, that doesn't mean that love can't be expressed. In a separate article, China Daily spoke to …
Satellite Images Show What It Looks Like When A Syrian Neighborhood Is Flattened
The details of the report are striking: In just one year residential buildings that took up 145 hec…
Norwegian Politician Explains Why He Is Backing Edward Snowden For The Nobel Peace Prize
SV: First, because it has enabled the whole world to both educate itself in what our governments ar…
How Cows Can Make A Building Explode
Still, even if cow flatulence-related explosions are rare, the gas poses an even greater existentia…
Why Ukraine Is So Important
Ilkiv says that a peaceful protest against President Yanukovych's U-turn was violently broken up by…
The Badass Attitude Of Chinese Tennis Champ Li Na Summed Up In One Picture
But there may be another factor - that's government money, and Li is not a government athlete. She …
70 Years After The Siege Of Leningrad, Russia Looks Back With Horror
Artillery bombing of the city began in September 1941 and continued for 872 days. The destruction w…
A Guided Tour Of Sochi's Allegedly Colossal Corruption
It may well make for a depressing read for Russians, though they had likely heard about a lot of th…
Explosion Reported At Building In Gramercy Area Of New York City
NBC New York reports that officials are saying there may have been a "small explosion" in the lobby…
If There Are No Gays In Sochi, Then Who Goes To The Gay Cabaret Club?
It's worth remembering that Russia doesn't have the worst anti-gay laws in the world (not by a long…
A Map Of China's Impending Travel Hell
It's estimated that some 3.62 million trips will be made during Chunyun, which will last from aroun…
Is It Time For The West To Stop Calling It 'Kiev' And Start Calling It 'Kyiv'?
Given a history of Russian domination, both during the Soviet period and before, it's understandabl…
The British Are Furious Over A Politician's Handgun Proposal - But What's Really Crazy Is What That Says About America
Likewise, most mainstream media organizations say that while gun crime clearly still exists in the …
Ukrainian Government Apologizes After Video Of Humiliated Naked Protester Spreads Online
Interior Minister Vitaliy Zakharchenko reportedly called on police to "stick to the norms of the la…