Unless you are a hard-news journalist, you may want to cross the following places off your ‘possible dream vacation’ list, following a poll which put them at the top of the World’s Most Dangerous Places register. Sudan, Uganda and the Congo have the dubious honour of being the top three on this tragic list....
read moreA reported $4.7 million is being invested into a cure for baldness by the British Government, according to Reuters. And the Cambridge-based company receiving the grant is certainly looking ‘ahead’ to finding a cure! Biosciences firm, Intercytex, is building a robot to help treat the predominantly male problem of...
read morePosted Oct 7, 2006 Compared with the same time period last year, research undertaken by the Royal Bank of Scotland reveals that visitors to South Africa will find the country a whopping 22% cheaper! With the current exchange rate, holidaymakers from the UK will find SA the most affordable vacation option this year, the bank...
read more An assistant professor at a university in the eastern Jiangsu province of China received a reprimand by a Chinese minister of culture after stripping during a lecture on ‘body art’. The 56-year-old man, Mo Xiaoxin, got a bit carried away when attempting to convey to his shocked students the ‘power’ of...
read more  1. MOUNT KILIMINJARO – TANZANIA The highest mountain on the African continent, ‘Kili’ measures an astounding 19,340 feet at her highest point. The challenge to climb this majestic mountain has lured many to scale her heights, a demanding but worthwhile ascent by most accounts. Kili, which has five...
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