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George Clooney Contracted Malaria in Sudan, Announces Details on CNN

George Clooney Contracted Malaria in Sudan, Announces Details on CNN

George Clooney contracted Malaria while in Sudan in early January and is expected to announce the details during a CNN interview with Piers Morgan on January 21, 2011. The forty nine year old actor stated to Morgan: "I guess the mosquito in Juba looked at me and thought I was the bar." Clooney...

The 13 Most Brutal and Inhumane Judicial Punishments Still Used Today

The 13 Most Brutal and Inhumane Judicial Punishments Still Used Today

Public StoningIranian courts still order public stonings, and those sentenced are often severely whipped before they are stoned. Women are buried up to their necks before a stoning. If convicted of adultery, Iranian law requires the stones not be too big or too small so that the probable death is...

10 Most Evil Dictators on Earth

10 Most Evil Dictators on Earth

Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it” - William Pitt the Elder, British Prime Minister from 1766 to 1778. Our nations’ leaders are supposed to be paragons of virtue and strength, ever striving to better the populace’s lot in life and aid their country’s economic,...

10 Color Photographs That Changed the World Forever

10 Color Photographs That Changed the World Forever

While it is something of a trite cliché to say that a picture paints a thousand words, since the invention of the camera, photographs have brought the realities of the world to the eyes of ordinary people.

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What Is Medicinal Aloe?

Medicinal aloe is a succulent plant that falls under the genus Aloe. It is believed to have originally been from Sudan, although it now grows in places such as India, Asia, and other parts of Africa. It is also known as aloe vera or true aloe. As the name implies, medicinal aloe has traditionally...