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| Night Shift Miners Welcomed New Year with Belly Dancing Kastamonu, Wed 31 Dec 2008, 22:00 GMT A group miners welcomed the New Year hundreds of meters under the earth in northern Turkey while some other people protested Israel for its recent attacks in Gaza that killed hundreds of people. Working at a mine hundreds of meters under the ground in the northern province of Kastamonu did not stop the night shift employees from celebrating the arrival of new year. Following the dinner, they counted down from 10 to zero altogether and cheered up. Having had the delicious cake, which... | ||
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| Kyrgyz President Dances during New Year Celebrations Bishkek, Wed 31 Dec 2008, 22:03 GMT Kyrgyzstan’s president danced during New Year celebrations in the country’s capital city of Bishkek on Wednesday. | ||
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| Crazy Seniors Swim in Creek on Freeze Weather Kayseri, Tue 30 Dec 2008, 03:36 GMT A group of people who call themselves “The Snow Tigers of Erciyes” swam in an icy cold creek and had snow-bath on Tuesday in central Turkish province of Kayseri. The members of The Snow Tigers of Erciyes Society, which had their name from the highest mountain in central Turkey, took of their clothes during freezing weather and had a snow-bath half naked. The tigers, whose ages range between 45 and 69, swam while they were singing happily. “We are not... | ||
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| Central Asia’s Biggest Christmas Tree Lit Up in Tashkent Tashkent, Tue 30 Dec 2008, 03:35 GMT The highest Christmas tree of Central Asia was placed in a main square in Uzbekistan’s capital city of Tashkent on Monday. The 25-meter high tree was carried by a group of workers to the Independence Square in Tashkent. Bells, bunches of grapes, colored balls and strips, flickering lights and Christmas notes have been used in the decoration of the tree, which is as high as a 9 storey-building. \"This Christmas... | ||
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| Huge eggs-and-flour fight in Spain Madrid, Mon 29 Dec 2008, 10:51 GMT The in the district of Alicante,Ibi, celebrates it's traditional "Els Enfarinats" feast. 1000kg of flour and 640 dozens of eggs were used in this fight... | ||
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| “Mad Britons” Swim in Sea as Fun for Christmas Time Istanbul, Sat 27 Dec 2008, 03:33 GMT A group of British people who live in Turkey and call themselves “Mad Brits” continued their annual Christmas celebration on Thursday with swimming in the freezing sea and drinking. Several members of the British community living in southwestern province of Mugla gathered at a beach of Fethiye, a world-famous tourist resort of the country, to continue celebrations during Christmas. The Britons counted backwards from 10 before they began swimming. Most of them have different... | ||
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| Environmentalists Cycle to Enlighten New Year Lightings in Moscow Moscow = Moskva, Sat 27 Dec 2008, 03:27 GMT Russian environmentalists use pedals and their own feet to generate power for the new year lightening in Moscow. A huge artificial pine tree was also placed in the Red Square, the most famous and largest square of the Russian capital. Environmentalists cycle to produce electricity for the lightings. Darya Kudryavceva, Representative of World Wide Fund for Nature, said that they tried to take people’s... | ||
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| Hundreds of Barbies strut their stuff in Hunan Hunan, Thu 25 Dec 2008, 16:00 GMT STORYLINE: The Barbie doll has enjoyed a worldwide reputation for nearly 50 years. On Dec. 23, more than 1,700 Barbies were presented at the Museum of Hunan Province. A creation of the U.S.-based Mattel Toy Company, Barbie was born on March 9, 1959. For half a century, she's looked gorgeous,... | ||
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| Teddy the donkey delivers xmas presents United Kingdom, Wed 24 Dec 2008, 10:41 GMT Teddy the donkey and Anna Usborne provide a Christmas present delivery in Chalford, Gloucestershire. | ||
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| Turkish Shoemaker Employs 100 Workers to Meet Overwhelming 'Bush Shoe' Demands Istanbul, Tue 23 Dec 2008, 03:26 GMT ISTANBUL (Cihan) - The world's most notorious pair of shoes have rocketed the sales of a Turkish shoemaker, which says it was the producer of the shoes hurled by an Iraqi journalist at US President George Bush. | ||
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| 44 Sheep Sacrificed for US President-Elect Obama Van, Fri 07 Nov 2008, 00:00 GMT A total of 44 sheep were sacrificed on Friday for the newly elected US president Barack Obama, who happens to be the 44th president, in eastern Turkish province of Van. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama won the Nov. 4 elections with 52 percent of votes and thousands of people around the world were delighted with the result of the vote, celebrating it in different way. People living in the Cavustepe village of Van province were so happy with... | ||
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| Young Lovers Jump from the Roof of Police Station Adana, Sat 20 Dec 2008, 03:25 GMT Two young lovers from southeast Turkey jumped down from the roof of a police station in Adana on Saturday. Sehmuz Mutlu (boy) and Seyhan Sahin (girl), both 16 years old, together run away from their families after they did not allow two young lovers to marry. They came from Mardin, a province in southeast Turkey, to the Adana, biggest city in southern Turkey. Police found and detained them due to... | ||
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| EXCLUSIVE: Mum-of-three Tabitha Mullings became a quadruple amputee afterallegedly being misdiagnosed California, Fri 19 Dec 2008, 00:00 GMT Mum-of-three Tabitha Mullings became a quadruple amputee after allegedly being misdiagnosed during an emergency room visit to a Brooklyn Hospital. In August 2008 the New Yorker went to the ER complaining of abdominal pain but alleges she was sent home with painkillers. Two days later the... | ||
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| 22,000 plastic bags made into giant Christmas tree Cornwall, Fri 19 Dec 2008, 10:04 GMT Giant recycled Christmas tree at the Eden Project in Cornwall A giant "Christmas tree" made from thousands of recycled plastic bags is set to light up the world's biggest greenhouse. The 10-metre high tree was built at the Eden Project in Cornwall using 22,500 plastic bags and recycled bottles. | ||
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| The gates to Neverland ranch are to up for sale among other Michael Jackson treasures California, Tue 13 May 2008, 00:00 GMT The gates to Neverland ranch are to up for sale among other Michael Jackson treasures. A newly announced auction of Michael Jackson's personal memorabilia is to be held in Beverly Hills next April, described as a five-day "Once in a lifetime event" at which the lots include his iconic... | ||
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| EXCLUSIVE Boy Thanks Firefighters for Freeing Him from Locked Safe Istanbul, Tue 16 Dec 2008, 00:00 GMT Boy Thanks Firefighters for Freeing Him from Locked Safe [EXCLUSIVE] An 8-year-old boy along with his father on Wednesday paid a visit to firefighters, and the kid thanked the officials for the efforts on free him from the locked safe on Sunday in Istanbul. Cihan Sevinc and his friends had found the discarded vault while playing in a walkway in the city, and he... | ||
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| Toilet paper protest driver World, Wed 17 Dec 2008, 15:22 GMT Richard Roper, 63, of Long Melford, Suffolk, holds up a cheque he wrote out on a piece of toilet paper to pay for a $30 parking fine A retired managing director who wrote a cheque to pay a parking fine on toilet paper was ordered to spend a day in court as a punishment. Richard Roper, 63, of Long Melford, Suffolk, was issued with a summons when Suffolk Police refused to cash the cheque because it would cost £15. Mr Roper... | ||
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| Labor Union Wants to Send Shoes to Al-Zaidi Ankara, Wed 17 Dec 2008, 01:10 GMT A labor union in Turkey wanted to send a pair of shoes to the Iraqi journalist Muntazer Al-Zaidi on Wednesday. Union leader Mustafa Kir said that Al-Zaidi’s action is the beginning of an end for the American invasion in Iraq. He tried to send shoes care of Iraqi Embassy in Ankara, but workers in embassy did not except the package. He will try to send the shoes via a private cargo company to... | ||
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| EXCLUSIVE: Britney fan gets her arm TATTOOED with the star's signature. California, Wed 17 Dec 2008, 00:00 GMT Britney fan gets her arm TATTOOED with the star's signature. Britney Spears left Japan last night (Wed) but not before leaving a lasting impression on one fan. Airi, 22, was the lone super fan waiting for Britney in Tokyo's Narita airport when she arrived last week to promote her new album... | ||
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| Christmas tree through the roof Bournemouth, Wed 17 Dec 2008, 10:35 GMT A father in Bournemouth has made his sons Christmas by putting up a 10.6metre (35ft) Christmas tree. | ||
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