What happens when you get professional drivers Marc Webber, Jamie Whincup, and Casey Stoner together for a race? Since they’re using an F1 car, a supercar, and a superbike respectively, you’re going to have an amazing show of speed and precision. Read More »
Iranian men’s national volleyball team has been defeated by host Poland in the second round of the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship. On Saturday, the Poles hit the Iranian squad 3-2 in a neck-to-neck Pool E match at Atlas Arena in the central city of Lódz, the third-largest in Poland. The Iranian volleyball team lost the first two sets ... Read More »
Louis-François Cartier founded Cartier in Paris in 1847 when he took over the workshop of his master. Twenty-seven years later his son Alfred Cartier took over the company, but it was Louis’ grandsons who were responsible for establishing the brand name worldwide. Cartier is well known for its elegant jewelry and wrist watches. Cartier has a long history of sales ... Read More »
The march toward modernity coincided with Ayatollah Khomeini’s exile to Najaf in 1964, and the assassination of the secular prime minister Hassan Ali Mansour just a few months later. Meanwhile foreign firms, especially American ones, poured into the country. And for a period until the beginning of the revolution in 1978, the old and new coexisted in seeming harmon. [See ... Read More »
The UK Daily mail reported today that a Chinese medical student died of heart attack as he looked at ‘sexy magazine’ when he made fourth donation to sperm bank in a week. Zheng Gang, 23, he was found dead in private booth of clinic at Wuhan UniversityNurses entered after realising he had spent two hours producing sample. Death came to ... Read More »
Above photo is a still photo from Iranian television news, claiming recently overhauled F-14A type “Tomcat” now again operational with IRIAF after 14 years in storage. Location is Isfahan/Shahid Baba’ie TAB 8. Plus below, you can see the Iranian television news media clip covering the subject: Read More »
Lady Gaga flounced into the United Arab Emirates this past Monday dressed rather regally as she arrived ahead of her first ever performance in the Middle East. The 28-year-old certainly made quite the impression as she landed in Dubai, dressed in a stunning sheer gold gown that was covered in gorgeous sequin and jewelled embellishments. The words ‘censor’ and ‘Gaga’ ... Read More »
Artist Mehdi Ghadyanloo transforms the sides of city buildings with his mind-bending murals. CNN’s Reza Sayah reports. Mehdi Ghadyanloo, is a street artist who has brought over 100 whimsical murals to the walls of the capital. He began began decorating Tehran’s high-rises and office buildings about eight years ago. Read More »
An African lion has been filmed ’embracing’ the woman who nursed him back to health in an animal shelter in Colombia. Ana Julia Torres runs the Villa Lorena shelter for abandoned and maltreated animals. While Ms. Torres receives help from Cali’s environmental police, who deliver rescued animals to her doorstep, she shuns government financing and other involvement with the authorities. ... Read More »
This home is located in Hillsboro Beach, Fla. The property is currently the most expensive home for sale in the United States priced at $139 million. This mansion is called Le Palais Royal, a “Beaux Arts masterpiece” covering more than 60,000 square feet with 11 bedrooms, 17 bathrooms and an IMAX Theatre. It has a 4,500-square-foot infinity-edge pool with an LED-lit ... Read More »