Posts from ‘July, 2009’

We’re not sure how we feel about this pic above — a recent pregnant bikini contest where the winner got a chance to score a $1,000 prize. While we support the body-positive endeavor, we can’t help but feeling the contest is just a drop pervy. What do you think, dear reader? Confidence-boosting or just plain [...]

With its small-scale skyscrapers and up-and-coming arts fair, Sharjah is often called Dubai-lite. But this Emirate — a short drive from Dubai itself — is making even its notoriously conservative bigger neighbor seem open-minded following a recent police crackdown on young boys wearing bling. Turns out there is a little-known “decency” law in Sharjah that [...]

A deeply ambitious — though not entirely illogical — scheme has just been announced by the appropriately-named Manhattan Airport Foundation to transform Central Park into New York City’s most ideally-located airport. Unsurprisingly, the plan would require the city to basically bulldoze Central Park as it exists now — and replace it with the new runway, [...]

Outed Turkish Gay soccer referee Halil Ibrahim Dincdag is making it clear he is not going anywhere soon without a fight – a legal fight that is. If you may recall, two months back Dincdag — a soccer referee from the small Black Sea town of Trabzon — outed himself on television, becoming the first [...]

Besides sun, sand, oil and sheer ambiton, those crafty kids over in Dubai don’t got much to work with — except camels! So it’s not entirely surprisingy to find out about Al Nassma, the world’s first brand of camel-milk chocolate. Although based in the desert Emirate, Al Nassma has global ambitions — and is expanding [...]

The Indian government clearly takes honor and protocol seriously and has filed criminal charges against Continental Airlines after air crew frisked former Indian President APJ Abdul Kalam (above). Kalam — who served between 2002 and 2007 — was boarding a flight from New Delhi to Newark in April; though the incident has only been revealed [...]

Remember last month when NBC’s Ann Curry took on CNN’s Rick Sanchez at Twitter’s two-day 140 Characters Conference in NYC? We do — since we were there. The first-of-its-kind event may have been all about Twitter, but it managed to lure those sexy anchors as well as capture the attention of most of Gotham’s media. [...]

The folks over at legal blog Above The Law are on the Henry Louis Gates arrest case hard-core — and are covering it from every angle. Our favorite element of their reportage — their coining of the world “Gatesgate” to describe the whole debacle. So simple, so clever — so spot on!

Hong Kong officials have announced plans to transform the one-time private home of Kung Fu legend Bruce Lee into a museum honoring his legacy. Located in the Kowloon district of Hong Kong, the new museum will replace a by-the-hour love motel currently occupying the site. The museum is not yet designed — and the site’s [...]

We’re totally digging this new French advertisement for Durex condoms — which pairs a magical purple rubber with a happy ABBA soundtrack and lots of even happier couples across (we think) Paris. What’s nice about the ad is its sense of inclusiveness — from a lovely elderly couple to cute teens, potential threesomes to even [...]