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Haitians Eat Dirt Cookies to Survive

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The small island nation of Haiti relies heavily on food imports, but with prices soaring, some Haitians are resorting to eating mud. The cookies made of dirt, butter and salt hold little nutritional value, but manage to keep Haiti's poor alive. Worldfocus special correspondent Benno Schmidt and producer Ara Ayer report from Haiti, showing how far some people are going to fill their stomachs.

Facebook Offices

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Facebook, Inc. is a company that operates and privately owns social networking website, Facebook. Users can add friends and send them messages, and update their personal profiles to notify friends about themselves. Additionally, users can join networks organized by city, workplace, school, and region. The website’s name stems from the colloquial name of books given at the start of the academic year by university administrations with the intention of helping students to get to know each other better. Continue reading .

Nerd Weddings

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I wonder if people actually grow up dreaming of weddings like these. Nerds sanctifying their love for one another and for sci-fi/fantasy franchises. Related Posts: Wedding Photo Fails Funny Wedding Moments Funny Wedding Photography Best Star Wars Wedding Ever Zombie Wedding in Russia Non-Traditional Weddings The World's Most Unusual Weddings Steampunk Wedding

Arab Censorship

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There are some unusual prohibitions in advertising in the Muslim world. They are based on the national and religious peculiarities of Islamic countries. Any advertising including logos that appear in Arabic-speaking countries should be forcibly adapted to the local cultural values and the Arabic language. In order to achieve these goals, you need to understand what various animals and symbols mean and how different objects can be interpreted according to the Islamic traditions and customs. For example, dogs are believed to be “filthy animals” that is why you can rarely see puppies in the local ads. There are other traits as well. Fish symbolizes Christianity. A crow is a symbol of death and a chameleon means hypocrisy. The Crusades left a deep wound in the Arab psychology. Thus any form of a cross is considered to be a violation here. The Red Cross organization in the Muslim world is called Red Crescent. t is prohibited to demonstrate open eyes in the advertisements in the most conserv...