Video of Balloon Crash in Egypt: 18 tourists and 1 Egyptian dead

As the ballon shuttles down in flames, those watching can only pray to God and cry, "Why?"; where do the 25 million in Saudi get thier food? Scuds killed 71 Aleppo children last week; and the quote abuse on the Internet has to stop.

Terror strikes in Luxor, Egypt as 18 tourists die in the worst hot air balloon accident in Egyptian history. (image courtesy of 2oceansvibe)

Egyptian Chronicles [3]

#Luxor Balloon Crash : How much sad news we need per day !!??

The photos on the wires are extremely sad especially when journalists spoke in the media about the smell of the burned flesh.

American Bedu [4]

Saudi Arabia’s food supply

Saudi Arabia has a very hot climate and very little arable land. Yet it is home to 16 million citizens and about 9 million ex-pat workers. Where do they get their food?

Arab Saga [5]

Scuds killed 71 Aleppo children last week -- HRW

The Syrian government launched at least four ballistic missiles that struck populated areas in the city of Aleppo during the week of February 17, 2013, Human Rights Watch said today. The attacks killed more than 141 people, including 71 children, and caused immense physical destruction.

NASRI ATALLAH. [6]

Quote While You’re Ahead.

Although the allegedly meaningful quote set against a Brannan-filtered backdrop has been a staple for years, it now seems to be working its way away from ‘art blogs’ and into the Facebook habits of my bored aunt.