Pakistan deported Osama bin Laden's three widows and children to Saudi Arabia which is the home of two of the three women.This happened less than a week before the first anniversary of the U.S. raid that killed the al Qaeda leader in his secret compound in Pakistan. The other widow is from Yemen.
The sinking of the RMS Titanic reached its 100th anniversary and one ship has dared to re-create its route.
But, like the maiden voyage of the ill-fated ship, things haven’t gone smoothly.
European budget airline Ryanair has vowed to avoid the fuel surcharges many of its competitors are now passing on to passengers, so it’s instituted a variety of measures to reduce the gas required for each trip. Among them? Asking flight attendants to lose weight.
March 21, 2012 The Pacific Island nation of Kiribati may be the key to finally settling the 75-year-old mystery of what happened to aviatrix Amelia Earhart.
Virgin CEO Richard Branson announced that Ashton Kutcher has signed up to be the 500th "astronaut customer" who will travel into outer space with Virgin Galactic.
Branson announced on his blog post "I gave Ashton a quick call to congratulate and welcome him. He is as thrilled as we are at the prospect of being among the first to cross the final frontier (and back!) with us and to experience the magic of space for himself."
March 7, 2012 Ugandan War Criminal Joseph Kony and the people he's displaced is the subject of a viral video documentary 'Invisible Children.'
February 22, 2012 As we continue to enjoy/bemoan - depending on your outlook - this 'winter that wasn't,' you're bound to wonder, where is this winter's snow that's not in Upstate New York? It's in a place you wouldn't expect: Africa.
In what’s being seen by many as an incredulous move, Carnival Corp., the parent company of the downed Costa Concordia cruise ship, is offering survivors of the disaster 30 percent off future cruise vacations.
January 23, 2012 The Lunar New Year has begun. Welcome to the Year of the Dragon.
January 19, 2012 The Telegraph newspaper in London has released this footage taken by a diver inside the Costa Concordia.
January 19, 2012 Multiple news outlets, including the BBC, are reporting that there is a mystery woman who may in some way be involved in the wreck of the cruise ship Costa Concordia.
At least two Americans are among the estimated 16 people missing after a cruise ship hit a reef on Friday night and capsized off the west coast of Italy with 4,200 passengers and crew aboard.
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