Anderson Cooper beaten in Egypt by Pro-Mubarek Crowd

Journalists targeted, beaten, detained by Mubarak supporters

Anderson Cooper, the notorious reporter and anchor for CNN, told CNN colleagues that he was punched in the head while covering a demonstration.  He said that he was hit at least 10 times, and his crew was attacked as well. CNN’s Steve Brusk tweeted: “Anderson said he was punched 10 times in the head as pro-Mubarak mob surrounded him and his crew trying to cover demonstration.”

World's most bizarre natural wonders

 

Weird World Wonders

They say that truth is stranger than fiction — and you could argue just as strongly that Mother Nature comes up with much more bizarre stuff than we ever could. Here are just a few of Earth's weirder wonders.

Mono Lake, California

Pamukkale, Turkey

Devils Tower, Wyoming

The Giant's Causeway, Northern Ireland

White Desert, Egypt

Split Apple Rock, New Zealand

Racetrack Playa, California

Socotra, Yemen

The Chocolate Hills, Philippines

Great Blue Hole, Belize

Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah

Mud Volcanoes, Azerbaijan

Shilin, China

Baobab Trees, Madagascar

Cappadocia, Turkey

Moeraki Boulders, New Zealand

Hvitserkur, Iceland