By Anton on Nov 21, 2007 in Interesting Images | 0 Comments
Buzkashi, Kok-boru or Oglak Tartis (Persian: ????? bozkæš?, Tajik: ??????? buzkaš?: goat grabbing) (Uzbek, Tatar, Turkmen: kökbörü, kök “blue” + börü “wolf”, Kazakh: ??????, Kyrgyz: ????-??????) is a traditional Central Asian team sport played on horseback. The steppes‘ people were skilled riders who could grab a goat or calf from the ground while riding a […]
By Anton on Nov 21, 2007 in Interesting Images | 0 Comments
Spanish matador Miguel Abellan performs a pass as a bull does a somersault after getting its horns stuck in the sand during a bullfight in The Maestranza bull-ring in Seville.
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By Anton on Nov 21, 2007 in Interesting Images | 0 Comments
If Bush has done anything right, it is to at least meet with the Dalai Lama. His motivations may have been questionable, but hey, we’ll take it. The Chinese government really must come to terms with the issue of Tibetan autonomy and with the preservation of traditional Tibetan culture, in Tibet.
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By Anton on Nov 21, 2007 in Interesting Images | 0 Comments
Sumo has to be my favorite sport. I’d see it once in a while on television some time ago, but lately, never.
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Convicted Bali bomber Imam Samudera alias Abdul Aziz talks to his daughter during his last family visit in Batu prison, Nusa Kambangan Island, October 29, 2007. Three Indonesian militants on death row for their involvement in planning the Bali bombings five years ago said they were ready to die and would not seek a presidential […]
By Anton on Nov 4, 2007 in Interesting Images | 0 Comments
Apparently, cars in this town (I don’t know where this is.) have the capacity to split into three parts, or to be located in three places at the same time. Perhaps they are quantum cars? In any event, the powers that be feel that drivers must choose only one!
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By Anton on Nov 3, 2007 in News | 0 Comments
By LUCY LAING - Last updated at 01:09am on 3rd November 2007
They say twins share a strong bond - but the one between Gabriel and Ieuan Jones was unbreakable.
When doctors found that Gabriel was weaker than his brother, with an enlarged heart,and believed he was going to die in the womb, his mother Rebecca Jones had […]