Pakistan library named 'Bin Laden' in Islamic school

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by Skybird

Rumour says Kim Jong-Un wants the Unesco to declare his haircut a world cultural heritage.

Speaking of which:
http://news.sky.com/story/1243853/n-...air-poster-row

[Jimbuna]

I'm only sorry the poster has been taken down

[Dread Knot]

Originally Posted by Oberon

Stalin had a whole city named after him, can't really top that.

Stalin managed to top himself on many occasions. Here's a list of all the cities and towns that were named after him. Some not even in the Soviet Union. I knew dictators were egotistical, but he took the cake.


Imeni Stalina, – Sovkhoz Nomer Shest, Armenia
Oraşul Stalin, 1950–1960 – Braşov, Romania
Qyteti Stalin, 1950–1990 – Kuçovë, Albania
Stalin, 1949–1956 – Varna, Bulgaria
Stalinabad, 1929–1961 – Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Stalingrad, 1925–1961 – Volgograd, Russia
Staliniri, 1934–1961 – Tskhinvali, South Ossetia, Georgia
Stalinisi, 1931–1934 – Khashuri, Shida Kartli, Georgia
Stalino, 1924–1961 – Donetsk, Ukraine
Stalino, – Çaylı, Tartar, Azerbaijan
Stalino, – Stalino, Azerbaijan
Stalinogorsk, 1934–1961 – Novomoskovsk, Russia
Stalinogród, 1953–1956 – Katowice, Poland
Stalinsk, 1932–1961 – Novokuznetsk, Russia
Stalinstadt, 1953–1961 – Eisenhüttenstadt, East Germany
Sztálinváros, 1951–1961 – Dunaújváros, Hungary

[Dread Knot]

Interestingly, there was once a mountain in northern British Columbia named Mount Stalin to honor him as a Second World War ally, but in the 1980s Ukrainian Canadians voiced their objection to honouring a man whom they viewed as a war criminal. In 1987, the B.C. government changed it to Mount Peck, after Don Peck, a widely respected trapper, guide and outfitter from the area.

[Jimbuna]

Looks like common sense eventually sorted out a more appropriate 'pecking' order

[Cybermat47]

Originally Posted by Dread Knot

Interestingly, there was once a mountain in northern British Columbia named Mount Stalin to honor him as a Second World War ally, but in the 1980s Ukrainian Canadians voiced their objection to honouring a man whom they viewed as a war criminal. In 1987, the B.C. government changed it to Mount Peck, after Don Peck, a widely respected trapper, guide and outfitter from the area.

One would think they'd change it's nam shortly after he started pointing Nukes at them