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    Are Penguin’s Ticklish

    Tickling a Penguin Video Written by Deena on Apr-20-11 7:42pm Have you ever seen a ticklish penguin!? Well, here’s your chance! There’s an adorable YouTube going around of a penguin being tickled, and it makes the cutest, funniest noise ever. It’s pretty much awesome and now Cookie is an internet sensation!  Cookie the ticklish penguin! (YouTube)Cookie looks like it’s having a blast as a hand comes and tickles its black and white body, then it scurries around like it’s laughing and trying to escape. Who knew the little animals were so ticklish! Cookie’s video has gotten about 600,000 views today, and everyone is so excited to see the waddling, laughing creature. The…

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    Controversial Confucius statue vanishes from Tiananmen

    Communist celebrates apparent snub to ‘slave-owning sorcerer’; blogger jokes grimly about ‘suspected economic crimes’ Jason Lee  /  Reuters A combination picture shows a Confucius statue outside the National Museum of China in Beijing on February 28 and a security officer standing guard near a fence after the removal of the statue Thursday. updated 4/22/2011 7:52:06 AM ET A 30-foot statue of ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius — controversially erected outside a Communist Party museum in central Beijing — has quietly been removed from its plinth following an online uproar about its location. The 17-ton statue had pride of place in front of the north gate of the recently renovated National Museum Of China, just…

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    People nailed to crosses in Good Friday ritual

    People nailed to crosses in Good Friday ritual AP reports: At least 24 Filipinos were nailed to wooden crosses to re-enact Jesus Christ’s suffering in a local Good Friday rite rejected by Catholic church leaders but witnessed by throngs of believers and thousands of tourists. Romeo Ranoco / Reuters Portraying Jesus Christ, Menandro Penafiel, 34, falls to the ground after being whipped and kicked by Roman soldiers to reenact Christ’s persecution and death during Good Friday in Boac town, Marinduque island, central Philippines, on Friday. Ruben Enaje, a 50-year-old sign painter, screamed in pain as villagers dressed as Roman centurions hammered four-inch, stainless steel nails through his palm and set…

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