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'Nigerian men are better than South African men" South African woman declares after Nigerian man gifts her a car

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"Nigerian men are better than South African men" South African woman declares after Nigerian man gifts her a car A South African woman has declared that Nigerian men are better than South African men and she advised her fellow South African women to get themselves Nigerian men. The lady made this declaration on Twitter after she got a car from her Nigerian husband. She said that in spite of the hatred and Xenophobia Nigerians suffer in the hands of South Africans, Nigerian men are still the preferable option. See her tweets below.

Russia President Putin announces visa-free entrance

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RUSSIA President Putin announces visa-free entrance Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has said that Russia will provide visa-free entrance for football fans with fan IDs until the end of 2018. Putin was present in Moscow Luzhniki Stadium during the World Cup final between France and Croatia yesterday. France won the match 4-2 and lifted the trophy for the second time in history. Putin told reporters yesterday, “I think that we will provide visa-free entrance to Russia for foreign fans, who currently have fan IDs, until the end of 2018. This will be a multiple entry visa-free regime.” The Russian leader expressed hope that fans will take advantage of this opportunity and “come to Russia more than once with friends and members of their families.” Russia crashed out of the competition earlier after they lost to eventual finalists, Croatia in the quarterfinals.

World’s Tallest Hotel Opens In Dubai (Photos

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World’s Tallest Hotel Opens In Dubai (Photos) The Gevora Hotel in Dubai is a 356 meter high hotel and currently holds the record as the tallest hotel with single building in the world. The hotel which was opened yesterday by guests is barely a metre taller than the previous tallest hotel, the 355m, 77-floor JW Marriott Marquis. The Gevora Hotel is a 528-room hotel situated at 101 Sheikh Zayed Road, next the 333-metre Rose Rayhaan by Rotana, a previous holder of the record. The measurements are taken from ground level to the top of a hotel’s mast. The Gevora is a gold-coloured 75-storey tower with hotel rooms all the way to the top. It will also have four restaurants, an open-air pool deck, a luxury spa on the 71st floor, plus a health club and Jacuzzi. The Gevora’s first guests are expected on Monday, according to Emirati daily The National. Dubai is also home to the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, which pierces the city skyline at 828 metres (half a mile) high. No

uincy Jones, 84, says he has 22 girlfriends and they all know about each other

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Quincy Jones, 84, says he has 22 girlfriends and they all know about each other Quincy Jones said in a recent GQ interview that he has 22 girlfriends and they all know each other. But what is an 84-year-old man doing with 22 girlfriends though? The record producer said he was serious and further revealed he has women in different countries.  He said: "I got 22 girlfriends...Hell yeah. Everywhere. Cape Town. Cairo. Stockholm - she's coming in next week. Brazil -Belo Horizonte, São Paulo, and Rio. Shanghai - got a great girl over there from Shanghai, man. Cairo, whew." Asked if the women know about one another, he added: "Yeah, I don't lie. And it's amazing - women get it, man. Don't you ever forget they're 13 years smarter than we are. Don't you ever forget it." The 'Thriller' producer who has 6 daughters and 1 son said he would never date anyone his own age and wishes he could keep the "fat and old" away from his hous

Censorship of Facebook

article:  Internet censorship   Several countries have interfered with or banned access to the  social networking website   Facebook , including China , Iran ,and  North Korea . Use of the website has also been restricted in other ways in other countries. As of May 2016, the only countries to ban access around the clock to the social networking site are China, Iran, and North Korea. However, since the vast majority of North Korean residents do not have access to the internet, China and Iran are the only countries where access to Facebook is actively restricted in a wholesale manner. Contents Censorship by country Bangladesh See also: list of blocked websites in China  Bangladesh (like Iran, China and North Korea) had banned Facebook before - the Bangladeshi ban operated for a short period of timeThe  Awami League -led  government of Bangladesh  announced a countrywide ban on Facebook and other social-network websites. Prime Minister  Sheikh Hasina  (in office from 2009) pr

The list of blocked websites in China

You probably already know that sites such as Facebook, Youtube or Google.com are blocked in China and that the only way to access them is with a VPN . But what about the other hundreds of web sites that we normally use? Are we sure that they’ll work in China? One of the most frequent questions we receive is if a certain website or app, such as Dropbox Google Play, is blocked in China. Related news: Censorship of facebook In this article we’ll list all web sites, which at the moment, don’t work beyond the Great Firewall of China, or the system developed by the Ministry of Public Security, (MPS) to control access to websites considered “dangerous” for Chinese citizens. Which websites are blocked in China? Here’s a list of the most popular websites which, at the moment, are blocked in China: Social Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Tumblr, Snapchat, Picasa, WordPress.com, Blogspot, Blogger, Flickr, SoundCloud, Google+, Google Hangouts, Hootsuite. Apps Google P