14 September 2000, a Komatsu D375A-2 pulled an abandoned tank from its archival tomb under the bottom of a lake near Johvi, Estonia. The Soviet-built T34/76A tank had been resting at the bottom of the lake for 56 years. According to its specifications, it’s a 27-tonne machine with a top speed of 53km/h.

Come Monday, the court appointed joint receivers/managers of the Cash Plus investment scheme will present their findings on the assets of the company to the Supreme Court.

YANGON, Myanmar - A Red Cross boat carrying rice and drinking water for cyclone victims sank Sunday, while the death toll jumped to more than 28,000 and aid groups warned of a humanitarian catastrophe.

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oversized bags are in vogue big time in Naija!

Boobs. They surround us. They bind us. They hold a near mystical power over us (men).

On February 15, 2008, a group of Africans who had arrived in Barbados via a Ghana International Airlines charter became stranded when their aircraft failed to return for them.

lol

Will Smith is at it again

comming summer and will most likely suck

I got an e-mail from a pal of mine and they didn't know if to be shocked or laugh themselves sick. It's about Rihanna, it's about Devil worship, it's about coded messages and all in the same breath - from a Bajan who touts Christianity and of course has a massive dollop of a desire to Save The World From Evil!

Foreigners are often startled when they hear me talk. The unmistakable lilt brands me as Jamaican, but my appearance does not fit their racial profile. "Where are you from?" is nearly always followed by, "You don't look Jamaican."

As this News-Blog is about Barbados and set in the Caribbean, is only natural every now and again to look at things Bajan/C'bean... Such as the time I pondered about a soft drink flavoured like a roti, but better yet, a look at the roti in Barbados itself.

This is Merricks, St. Philip, as it is today, May 4th, 2008. Apparently, there is to be a huge development (hotel or condos) in this area very soon. As you can see, there was a huge bush fire there, and most of the beautiful casuarina trees, bush and grass were destroyed.

In 1958, Mildred and Richard Loving Killed Virginia’s “Racial Integrity Act” Shona and I often get “the look” when we hold hands in public - and when the rest of the family is with us we sometimes get “the stare”. That is just reality for a mixed marriage like ours. We know that some folks are more curious or surprised than anything and their stares are not unkindly.