“The diplomatic and political minefield that is the fate of Julian Assange is expected to come a step closer to being traversed when Ecuador’s president, Rafael Correa, gives his decision on whether his country will grant the WikiLeaks’ founder asylum around lunchtime on Thursday. The decision — if it comes …

“The folks at Fox & Friends took a look both at Joe Biden’s recent comment, aimed at an audience in Virginia, that Republicans and Wall Street would “put y’all back in chains,” as well as the Obama’s campaign response to it…”.* How did Mitt Romney, Sarah Palin, and other Republicans …

Did these two witnesses capture alien ships in flight? Chasing UFOs: http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/chasing-ufos/ ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world’s premium destination for science, exploration, and adventure. Through their world-class scientists, photographers, journalists, and filmmakers, Nat Geo gets you closer to the stories that matter and past …

“Vice President Joe Biden touched off an uproar when he said Tuesday Republicans would put Americans “back in chains” — a remark that drew immediate criticism from the GOP and prompted Mitt Romney to tell President Barack Obama to take his campaign of “division and anger and hate back to …

“Paul Ryan, the budget plan-toting and P90Xing representative from Wisconsin, was recently chosen by Mitt Romney as his running mate on the Republican ticket, yet a hatred for big government and love of washboard abs aren’t the only things he feels strongly about. Ryan has had a life-long fascination and …

“A pet chimpanzee escaped from her enclosure for the second time in a month, prompting officials to remove her from her Las Vegas neighborhood home. Animal Control officers used tranquilizer darts to sedate CJ the chimp, but they didn’t return her to her owners. First, she was transported to a …

Huge EPL news breaks on Wednesday, as Arsenal has reportedly agreed to sell captain and reigning player of the year, Robin van Persie to Manchester United. The addition of van Persie gives Man United the league’s two leading goal scorers from a year ago in van Persie (37) and Wayne …

Muhammad Mustafa al Ogape spends time with his friends beat boxing and break-dancing in Sanaa. Half of Yemen’s population is under age 18, and young people there face limited opportunities for employment. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world’s premium destination for science, exploration, and adventure. …

World maps usually center on the land, with the Pacific Ocean divided as bookends. To show each ocean as a whole with the least distortion for our “Beneath the Oceans” supplement map, we used a map projection called an interrupted Mollweide centered on the Pacific. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National …

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