Global Top 6 Absurd News Stories of 2011 -- WEBSITESWORLD

1, UN Security Council Approved ‘no-fly zone’ over Libya to protect civilians (Under the no-fly zone, only military aircraft are

    forbidden to fly in Libyan airspace), but NATO warplanes repeatedly flew in the no-fly zone to bomb Libya indiscriminately.

2, Nato units left 61 African migrants to die of hunger and thirst after 16 days drifting in the Mediterranean sea.

3, Nato helicopters attacked two army checkpoints in northwest Pakistan, killing dozens of Pakistan soldiers.

4, DC Mayor Vincent Gray was arrested during budget protest on Capitol Hill.

5, US oil giant ConocoPhillips claimed oil spills in the Bohai Bay caused "minimal lasting impact to the environment."

6, IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was arrested in NY over alleged sex attack on Manhattan hotel maid.                                                                                                                         Global Top 3 Absurd News Stories of 2010