4 Mexican journalist held hostage in Mexico

Four Mexican journalist were abducted in the Laguna region which includes Durango and parts of the neighboring state of Coahuila – all in the northern part of the country where the fighting of the Zetas criminal group and the Sinaloa cartel has been happening. The four journalists were named through media reports as Jaime Canales, [...]

Japan hangs 2 convicted killers; 1st execution in year

Japan hanged two convicted killers on Wednesday which is said to be the first execution in a year of the said country, according to the government. This is the first executions in the country since the Democratic Party of Japan took power last September. The two death row inmate was Kazuo Shinozawa and Hidenori Ogata. [...]

Military plane crashes in Alaska base

A cargo plane crashed in Alaska with four people on board. The plane crash happened about 6:14 p.m. local time according to Capt. Uriah Orland. The Air Force C-17 plane, which is assigned to the 3rd Wing at the base, crashed at the Elmendorf air force base near downtown Anchorage while on a training run [...]

Grief grows as recovery of remains of victims in Pakistan’s worst plane crash ever continues

The Pakistani nation is stricken by the devastating airplane crash that killed 152 people on Wednesday. Rescuers continue to search the path of devastation strewn with body parts and twisted metal wreckage atop the Margalla Hills surrounding the capital of Pakistan, Islamabad. As the night grows, the increase in the death toll continues. The rescue workers [...]

Texas man guilty of starving 3 children, sentenced to 99 yrs. in prison

Alfred Santiago, 38, a Texas man is said to be guilty for starving three children and was sentenced to 99 years in prison. The man locked the three children for almost one year to a squalid hotel bathroom. He was convicted Tuesday of injury to a child and sexual abuse as well. He was sentenced [...]

Pakistani plane carrying 152 people crashed

A passenger jet is said to crashed into the hills that surrounds Pakistan’s capital. The plane that crashed Wednesday was carrying 152 people according to officials and there were at least twenty five people that were confirmed dead and another five injured people had survived that plane crash. There were still many more people that [...]

Pakistani plane carrying 152 passengers crashes

A passenger plane carrying 152 people crashed into the hills surrounding Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, amid rain and caught fire on Wednesday, officials said. Nearly 25 people were killed and five survived with injuries, but many more are feared dead. The reason for the Airblue jet crash is still unclear. The plane had left the southern city of [...]

Plane crashes into the hills of Islamabad, Pakistan!!!!

A plane flying from Karachi to Islamabad crashed in the Margalla hills of Islamabad earlier this morning. Monsoon rains have been continuously pouring down for the last two days in Islamabad and the weather has been unfavorable. The plane hovered over the aircraft but, when it did not get clearance for landing, decided to go [...]

China floods leads to landslide, 21 missing

Heavy rains and flooding in southern China lead to a landslide which left 21 people missing on Tuesday. This added to a growing death toll from China’s worst flood season in a decade, which is expected to worsen with heavy rains forecast across the country. The 21 people missing after a landslide in Hanyuan County [...]

Israeli helicopter crash kills 7

All seven people aboard an Israeli military helicopter were killed when it crashed into a mountain in central Romania, officials said Tuesday. The people onboard included one Romanian and six Israelis. The Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter crashed on Monday during a military exercise which was for the training of crews to fly at low altitudes. [...]

5 US troops die in blasts in southern Afghanistan

Saturday bombings in southern Afghanistan caused five US troops to die. Four of those five American troops died in a separate roadside bombs. The US military spokesman confirmed the deaths of the service members. The NATO -led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said that the five American soldiers died in two separate blasts but they [...]

Medical flight crash in Lake Michigan; four missing, 1 rescued

Four were missing and one has been rescued after a pilot volunteered to fly a man with cancer, his wife and a doctor to the Mayo Clinic on Friday. The pilot was rescued by boaters in Lake Michigan hours after his small plane crashed into the waters, said authorities. The pilot and survivor has identified [...]

Dell Inc. to pay $100 million in SEC deal

DELL Inc. is said to pay $100 million to settle civil charges and its founder who bears the same of the company, Michael Dell will also be personally paying $4m to settle charges that he misled investors by hiding the real source of Dell’s profits over several years in the last decade. The civil charges [...]

Northwest Airlines found to violate safety orders

Northwest Airlines was found to violate and repeatedly failed to follow federal safety orders. The said airlines has violated more than 1,000 Federal Aviation Administration safety directives but wasn’t held accountable according to a U.S. government’s report. Northwest has repeatedly violated safety orders for more than a decade now. Northwest Airlines, who has now merged [...]

Iraqi Minister: 4 al-Qaida Inmates Have Escaped From Jail

Iraq’s justice minister said on Thursday that four  al-Qaida-linked detainees have escaped from a Baghdad area prison that was handed over by the US to Iraqi authorities a week ago. The minister, Dara Noureddin, said the four were awaiting trial on terrorism charges and had escaped from the prison formerly known as Camp Cropper. The [...]

Afghan soldier kills two US civilian

Two U.S. civilians and an Afghan soldier by another Afghan soldier were among the dead in a shooting in the northern city of Mazar-e-Shariq Tuesday. The shooter also has died in the incident. The Defense Ministry said that an Afghan soldier opened fire on U.S. civilian trainers at any army base in northern Afghanistan that [...]

Key Pakistani counterterrorism official resigns amid turf battle

The head of a federal group who meant to coordinate with the fight against terrorism in Pakistan had resigned Tuesday. The counterterrorism official is said to resign amid bureaucratic turf battle that waged as the country continues to suffer militant attacks according to officials. Tariq Pervez a former police officer and head of the Federal [...]

UK astronomers discover gigantic star: R136a1!

Chile: A new and sizzling discovery has been made by the British astronomers here at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in Chile. Enormous telescopes located here made it possible for the astronomers to see something that was right there in front of them, but was clearly missed by everyone. The star was discovered in a [...]

Police arrested in child porn sweep

San Jose police had arrested eleven men and women suspected of downloading sexual images of children on to their computers after a South Bay cyber-sweep. The numbers of suspects include a registered sex offender. The suspects would be charged with felony possession of child pornography and could be possibly charged with additional drug charges if [...]

Gel helps prevent infection and reduced risk of HIV and Herpes in women

A vaginal gel has been shown to significantly reduce a woman’s risk of being infected with HIV and genital herpes according to researchers. Study in South Africa shows that a woman will have half a chance of getting HIV from an infected partner through this gel. The microbicide gel is still said to be confirmed [...]

Flood kills 701 in China’s worst flooding in the decade

The said worst flooding in China in the decade have caused several hundred people killed and missing and also thousand of people left without houses that lead China to a total damage of 142.2 billion yuan. The flood has killed 701 people and people of about 347 were reported missing. This is said to be [...]

Microneedles promise vaccine delivery breakthrough

A microneedles patch is said to boost protection and could allow persons without medical training to painlessly administer vaccines. The said microscopic needles that dissolves in the skin provides improved immunization against many diseases such as influenza. The microneedles is made of a polymer that dissolves in body tissues can be used to deliver vaccines [...]

Trains collide in east India killed 61 people

A speeding express train rammed in the back of another passenger train in eastern India Monday morning that have killed more than sixty people according to television reports. The express train that collided with another passenger train early Monday mangled the carriages and killed 61 people according to railway police. The crash happened about 2 [...]

Train collision in east India kills 56

An express train that was running at high speed collided with a stationary passenger train at a station in eastern India early Monday, leading to the deaths of 56 people, the railway police said. Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee said the crash could have been another case of sabotage, as two months ago Maoist rebels were [...]

43 killed by suicide attack in Iraq

A suicide bomber targeting army soldiers and members of a government-backed militia killed at least 43 people and wounded 46 on Sunday, Iraqi officials said. The bomber targeted the victims who were lining up to receive their paychecks. Although violence has decreased in Iraq in the past two years, members of the security forces remain [...]

Iran mosque bombing: death toll rises

The death toll of mosque bombing said to rise Friday leading to deaths of 27 people which includes the members of the elite Revolutionary Guard according to Iranian authorities Friday. Sunni insurgent group claim responsibility for the bombing and said that it carried out a double suicide bombing against a Shiite mosque in southeast Iran [...]

Tropical Storm Conson Moves Though Philippines Leaving 18 dead, 57 Missing

18 people were killed and 57 others remain missing after Tropical Storm Conson raked Philippines on Wednesday, the country’s National Disaster Coordinating Council reported. The storm, which is known as “Basyang” in Philippines, had weakened slightly, the council said. As of 4 p.m. Wednesday, its maximum sustained winds were at 53 mph  near its center and [...]

Series of attacks killed 6 US troops and 6 Afghans

A series of attacks caused to kill many people in Afghanistan which includes six U.S. troops and also include at least dozen civilians in Afghanistan’s volatile south and east. Attacks is said to be raining since American reinforcements moving into Taliban-dominated areas. On Saturday, there were two U.S. troops reported to die in the south [...]

Pakistan suicide bombing death toll raises

Two suicide bombers killed about 102 people in a village in Pakistan. This also wounded 168 people in the village of Yakaghund in Pakistani tribal area of Mohmand. A suicide bomber struck outside a government office in a tribal region where the army of Pakistan has fought over Taliban forces who had been a cause [...]

Passenger jet made an emergency landing in Brazil

A passenger jet made an emergency landing in northern Brazil due to a bomb threat. The Air France passenger jet which destination is to Paris from Rio made an emergency landing in Brazil. Air France Flight 443 departed from Rio de Janiero and the flight was headed to Paris, France according to a spokeswoman for [...]

Octopus Paul Predicts World Cup Winner!

The Germans hate him, but Spain loves him. And despite this international tug-of-war, Paul the Oracle Octopus continues with his predictions, he has picked the winners of both the third-place match and the World Cup final. So far, Paul’s predictions have been perfectly accurate – his predictions being made when he picks out  his food [...]

Germany takes Facebook to the Court

On Wednesday, a German data protection official said he launched legal proceedings against Facebook, as he accused the social-networking site for illegally accessing and saving personal data of people who do not use the website. Johannes Caspar, head of the Hamburg office for data protection, said in a statement that it had initiated legal steps [...]

NYC Subway Bomb Plot Linked With British Plotter

A failed plot to set off bombs in the New York subway station system last year was part of a larger al-Qaida terrorist conspiracy that planned a similar attack in London. The link was announced on Wednesday by US prosecutors in an indictment unsealed. The prosecutors added several al-Qaida figures to the case, which includes [...]

SKorea bus accident kills 12

A bus plunged of an elevated road while heading towards South Korea’s main airport on Saturday, killing 12 passengers and injuring another dozen people. The bus hit a guardrail as it tried to avoid a broken-down car and plummeted 30 feet down from the road in Incheon, police said. Among the dead was a Korean-American [...]

15 killed in Philippines bus crash

15 people were killed and 48 others were wounded on Saturday due to the brakes failing of a speeding bus packed with passengers. The vehicle slammed into a concrete barrier in the central Philippines, police said. The bus was carrying mostly homebound factory workers. It was  traveling at high speed in the Cebu province when [...]

Mexico and Texas coasts threatened by Hurricane Alex

The very first named storm of the 2010 Atlantic season, Hurricane Alex has reached land and made a landfall in northeastern Mexico Wednesday night that was said to strengthen to a Category 2 storm according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center. Hurricane Alex has maximum sustained winds of almost 100 mph (155 kph) that hit [...]

Suicide bombing in Chechen capital wounds 5

A suicide bomber detonated himself in the capital of Chechnya region in Russia on Wednesday, which wounded three police officers and two civilians, officials reported. The blast took place at 6 p.m. at the center of Gronzy, a city gingerly trying to come back to life after being devastated in two wars between separatists and [...]

6.2 magnitude earthquake hits Mexico

A strong 6.2-magnitude hit southern Mexico on Wednesday, but no casualties or damage was reported. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake struck near the town of Pinotepa Nacional around 80 miles southwest of the colonial city of Oaxaca early morning. They also said the quake was as strong as magnitude 6.5 but later revised [...]

Iraqi army general dies among eight others in bombings

Iraqi officials said on Tuesday that eight people have been killed, including four policemen and an Iraqi general in a series of attacks around the country. The policemen were killed when a car bomb detonated next to a patrol in the town of Beiji. A civilian nearby was also killed, and seven others were left [...]

Brain damage caused NFL player Chris Henry’s death, according to doctors

NFL’s Chris Henry of Cincinatti Bengals WR died probably due to brain damage caused by too many hits to the head, according to doctors at the Brain Injury Research Center at West Virginia University who examined Henry’s brain. Twenty-six years old Chris Henry, who died in December 2009 when he was separated from a moving [...]

Tropical Storm Alex Intensifies, Hurricane Watch Issued in South Texas and Northeastern Mexico

A hurricane watch has recently been issued for the coasts of south Texas and Northeastern Mexico as Tropical Storm Alex intensifies. The storm’s center was not projected to hit the area of the oil spill off Louisiana’s coast, according to Stacy Stewart, senior hurricane specialist at the National Hurricane Center in Miami. Except Alex’s outer [...]

Alex grows back into tropical storm: maximum sustained winds now at 75 kph

Tropical storm Ales was said to strengthen with a maximum sustained winds that was measured to be 45 miles per hour according to the National Hurricane Center reports. Tropical storm Alex is said to be the first named storm of the 2010 Atlantic Hurricane Center. It moves across the Gulf of Mexico late Sunday after [...]

American government clashes with army; General McChrystal fired!

US President Barack Obama fired the main man in charge of the Afghan war on terrorism, General McChrystal, after a thirty minute meeting at the White House. The person to replace McChrystal is another military man called General David Petraeus. This whole chain reaction was triggered off by some remarks that General McChrystal and his [...]

New concerns over methane loaded oil in the Gulf!!!

The oil spill that began in the Gulf of Mexico on the 20th of April was a catastrophe in itself. It cost lives, ruined marine life, destroyed businesses, created havoc in many states and damaged property. However, that’s not the end of it! There’s more bad news to follow. It turns out that the oil [...]

French Riviera Struck By The Worst Floods In Two Centuries, 25 Killed

After the worst floods in two centuries hit the French Riviera on Wednesday, 25 people were killed which included a 2-year-old, authorities said. Rescuers continued to search for bodies in wrecked cars and damaged homes the next day. Floodwaters engulfed streets in torrents of mud and drove people onto the roofs of their homes on [...]

Appalling truths about beauty products ingredients

Just when we thought beauty products are a blessing in doing quick fixes to our appearances, beware. Various creams, solutions, powders, soaps are being thrown our way but consumers are unaware or don’t pay much attention to what really consists these cosmetic products. You may want to read and check the label of the products [...]

Tornadoes hit Minnesota; dozens injured, killed 2

Series of tornadoes hit Minnesota on Thursday night and caused to injured dozens of people and has killed two. Tornadoes that hit particularly Rochester Minnesota comes with hail, torrential rain and straight-line winds of about 70 mph and higher.The National Weather Service said that the tornado struck around 5 p.m. The tornadoes that ripped across [...]

Lakers bags 16th NBA Finals title, wins over Celtics

The Los Angeles Lakers triumphed over Boston Celtics in Game 7 the NBA Finals. It was a game hard fought by both teams when they tied at 3-3 in Game 6. Kobe Bryant hopped on the scorer’s table, shook his fists and extended five fingers while purple and gold confetti rained down on Staples Center. [...]

Players find football and pitch faulty!!!

Six days and 15 games later, the world cup is still warming up. The excitement and thrill is Luke warm and not fiery like the past. The quality provided by FIFA is average and till now there is nothing in this World Cup that could term it as ‘extraordinary’. A mighty worrying aspect of the [...]

World Cup festivities paused to mourn with Mandela family

The World Cup festivities on Thursday took a momentary pause to join the Mandela family in mourning the passing of Nelson Mandela’s great granddaughter. Hundreds of people gathered at 13-year old Zenani Mandela’s school for the public funeral following a private burial. It is a rare public appearance of the 91-year old Mandela when he [...]

Killer flash flood in France leaves several dead

Rescuers were kept busy at France’s Cote d’Azur holiday playground on Thursday while digging through mud-filled cars searching for bodies drowned in one of the country’s worst floods in centuries. A new storm brewed and hit the region but this did not hinder the rescuers from continuing their search. Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux said the [...]

World Cup organizers in hot water

The current World Cup organizers are now in hot water facing hometown protests and international ridicule as the Netherlands denounce bizaare arrests over a marketing feat, while several South Africans went on to protest the tournament bill. Two Dutch women were charged with ambush marketing because of a stunt featuring dozens of fans wearing orange [...]

German train collision injures 16 people

BERLIN — About 16 people were injured, one of them seriously hurt, in a train collision in northern Germany late evening on Wednesday. Sixty-six people were on board a regional passenger train when it smashed head on with a derailed wagon of the freight train around 11:30pm (2130 GMT). According to Hanover police spokesman Uwe [...]

US strengthens sanctions on Iran’s nuclear program

Several Iranian personalities and companies were added anew by the Obama administration in its blacklist, in connection with the United States and Europe’s tight measures on Iran’s nuclear program a week after the United Nations announced its new sanctions. The new US sanctions are aimed at oil firms, insurance companies, and shipping lines which are [...]

BP sets aside $20 million in Escrow Fund

After immense pressure for compensation, BP has decided to put aside $20 million in an escrow fund. This money will be used for the damages and claims in the Gulf Oil crisis that took place in April this year. President Obama has appointed Attorney Kenneth Feinberg as in charge of the claims and compensations package. [...]

Obama to ensure that BP pays for the damages!!!

President Obama is expected to meet with the BP top officials today to discuss the current situation in the gulf and compensation plans for the victimized parties. Obama is very determined and firm that BP should compensate the people of the Gulf for their losses and inconvenience. Vice President Joe Biden and President Obama were [...]

A lull before the storm???

The eerie calm seen on the streets of Osh city, Kyrgyzstan reminds the locals of the old idiom, ‘lull before the storm’. After a week of violence and destruction in Kyrgyzstan, the situation seems to have normalized a bit. Although, the streets are as barren and dead as a graveyard, but it’s a sign of [...]

18 killed in Philippine tourist bus crash with Iranians

  A tourist bus having many Iranians went head-on into a ravine on Sunday in central Philippines, which killed nearly 18 people and injured over 30 others after it crashed. The bus was carrying dozens of Iranian medical students and doctors from Cebu – a bustling commercial and tourism center 350 miles southeast of Manila. [...]

String of bombs aimed at central bank kill 12 in Iraq

A series of bombs placed in cars along the roadside at Iraq’s central bank killed 12 people on Sunday. The recent attack in Baghdad is being said by officials to be an attack targeting the bank by militants who wanted to rob it. A string of six bombs exploded at the marketplace near the central [...]

South Africa World Cup Begins With a Sad Start

Africa’s first World Cup opened in a tragic loss of life. A beloved African icon stayed home in northern Johannesburg during the opening ceremony and game on Friday instead of cheering at the moment of triumph for Africa holding its first World Cup. Nelson Mandela was absent during the beginning of the awaited tournament to [...]

FIFA Football World Cup is here!!!

The FIFA Football World Cup 2010 is finally here today. Starting from June 11th, the world cup will carry on for exactly a month, and the sizzling final is all set for July 11th. FIFA World cup is the biggest organized football event in the world and the number of people that watch it is [...]

Suicide bomber kills 40 at Afghan Wedding

A suicide attack at a packed wedding party in southern Afghanistan killed at least 40 people and left 77 other injured, officials said on Thursday. “A suicide bomber went inside the party where hundreds of people were sitting and blew himself up,” a police official said of the blast. The blast he said took place [...]

China Continues to Block Online Content

BEIJING — China stays firm on its stand to keep a tight security on the Internet, saying in a report that it would persist in blocking anything it considers to be seditious and menacing to the “national unity.” This decision was brought forth by a public dispute involving censorship which prompted Google Inc. to close [...]

Israel navy kills 4 Palestinian militants

Four Palestinian militants were killed by Israel’s navy off the coast of Gaza Monday. This is said to be the first violence in the sea since a deadly raid against an international flotilla killed nine pro-Palestinian activists. Naval force has spotted Palestinians in the waters off Gaza and they opened fire according to the military. [...]

The Rippled Effects of the Gulf Oil Spill

Long after an oil spill is over; its footprints can be seen all around. It affects not only humans, but animals, birds and the entire marine life.  The oil mixes with water and turns into a sticky and gooey substance called ‘mousse’. This gets stuck to animals and birds and causes hypothermia. In other words, [...]

Gulf Oil Crisis!

On the 20th of April this year, a fire broke out on the oil rig, later causing an explosion and killing 11 people. A couple of days later, the rig sank and since then, 19,000 barrels of oil have been leaking every day, spilling into the Gulf of Mexico. BP, rig owner Transocean and other [...]

Rival of Facebook Launched in Pakistan

A few days back, Facebook published some “Blasphemous” images of Prophet Mohammad which outraged the feelings of Muslims. As a result, Court of Pakistan ordered to ban facebook all over Pakistan. Web developers in Pakistan have launched a website as a rival for Facebook which has attracted many users. This website is set up by [...]

India train blast, killed 65

A passenger train was derailed Friday in eastern India. It crashed with an oncoming cargo train and the collision has killed at least 65 people and injured 200 near Sardiha India according to officials. Maoist rebels are allegedly responsible for the said derailment. Helicopters quickly rushed in the scene to help evacuate the injured people [...]

73 killed in Jamaica hunt for drug lord

Four days of fighting in the streets has been dominating the streets of Jamaica in search of the alleged drug lord Christopher "Dudus" Coke. Jamaican security forces have arrested more than five hundred people Thursday and death toll was risen to 73. From Tivoli Gardens, gunfire could be heard in the neighboring town of Denham [...]

NYC community board votes in favor for ground zero mosque plans

The New York community board voted late on Tuesday to support a plan that has been under continuous debate and public comment – the construction of an Islamic mosque and religious center near ground zero, where 9 years ago, the World Trade Center collapsed due hijacked airplanes crashing into it by terrorists. Nearly 3,000 people [...]

7 arrests in 6 NATO troops death

Seven people were captured and taken into custody according t Saeed Ansari, spokesman for Afghanistan’s intelligence service and one of the seven included one school teacher. It is not known and intelligence service did not specify what specific roles each of the seven played in several attack and it was unclear what will be the [...]

Insurgents attack southern Afghan base of NATO

Insurgents launched a ground assault Saturday against NATO’s biggest base in southern Afghanistan. The said attack wounded several coalition troops and civilian employees. Insurgents fired rockets, mortars and automatic weapons but there were no reports of deaths according to officials. The attack was being claimed by Taliban. Qari Yousef Ahmadi spokesman of Taliban said that [...]

Ohio man and son, killed Arkansas officers

Jerry Kane Jr., 45 and son Joseph Kane 16, of Forest Ohio were identified by police Friday who attacked West Memphis police Sgt. Brandon Paudert, 39 years old, and Officer Bill Evans, 38 years old. The father and son  use AK-47 assault rifles to attack the officers. Jerry and Joseph Kane shot the two Arkansas [...]

India plane crashes killing at least 158

An Air India Express plane, with 166 on board, crashed on Saturday after it tried to land at a tricky hilltop airport in southern India. Only eight have survived the crash. The Boeing 737-800 overshot the runway when trying to land and crashed over a cliff and burst into flames. The plane was seen from Indian televisions with [...]

US cartoonist condemns ‘Draw Mohammed’ Facebook page & apologizes to Muslims

The U.S. cartoonist, who was the key in initiating the controversial “Everybody Draw Mohammed Page” on Facebook, has disavowed the effort and issued an apology to all Muslims. The cartoonist, Molly Norris, from Seattle, drew a cartoon in April as a protest to the decision made by U.S. television channel Comedy Central of cancelling an episode [...]

13 Year Old American Becomes the Youngest to Top Mount Everest

On Saturday, a 13 year old American becomes the youngest guy to reach to the top of Mount Everest, breaking the last record made by a 16 year old Nepalese. Jordan Romero made his mother a phone call from the world’s highest mountain through a satellite phone. He said “Mom! I am calling you from [...]

5 Masterpieces $123M stolen in Paris museum

A Picasso, a Matisse and three other masterpieces from Paris museum have been stolen Thursday. The paintings have stolen easily because the alarm system in Paris Museum of Modern Art was broken since March according to Bertrand Delano, the city mayor. A masked intruder dipped a padlock and smashed a window to stole the five [...]

Warrant Issued by Judge for Lindsay Lohan’s Arrest

A warrant was issued on Thursday for the arrest of Lindsay Lohan because actress missed a compulsory hearing. Lindsay was due in court for a progress report on her probation stemming from two arrests in 2007. Shawn Champan Holley, attorney of Lindsay said that her passport was stolen at Cannes film festival and that’s why [...]

Pakistan blocks another internet site

Just a day after Facebook was blocked across the country, Pakistan set a block on another website: YouTube. The Pakistani government announced on Thursday that it has blocked access to the popular video-sharing website YouTube, YouTube because of growing “sacrilegious” content on the video-sharing website. On Wednesday, just a day before the present announcement was made, [...]

North Korea fired torpedo that sank ship

Seoul investigators have found out that North Korea is responsible for firing a torpedo that sank Cheonan,  a South Korean warship. The investigation was released Thursday that the said torpedo that North Korea fired caused a massive underwater explosion that blew the ship apart that happened last March 26 where forty-six sailors from the 104-man [...]

Bangkok in its curfew force

8 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew was scheduled and enforced Wednesday in Bangkok following an army assault on the anti-government protesters. This is the first night curfew declared in the Thai capital since 1992. In 1992, the last curfew was declared when the army killed dozens of pro-democracy demonstrators who seek the ouster of a [...]

Facebook blocked by Pakistani courts due to blasphemous cartoons

On Wednesday morning, the Pakistani court ordered authorities to temporarily block social networking website Facebook following a controversy over a competition on blasphemous caricatures of Prophet Muhammad on the site which was to be held on May 20. Justice Ijaz Chaudhry of the Lahore High Court issued the order in response to a petition filed by [...]

11 people killed by suicide bombing in NW Pakistan

11 people were killed on Tuesday after a suicide bomber on a bicycle attacked a police patrol in an area of northwestern Pakistan, police said. 15 people were left wounded. The attack killed three police officers and eight civilians. Gul Afzal Khan, the police chief in the area, said that the attack occurred as the [...]

Former Prime Minister killer may be freed in France

Ali Vakili Rad was convicted in 1991 assassination of the Prime Minister Shahpour Bakhtiar, that was then 76. He was sentenced to life in prison. He will be freed from prison and sent home to Tehran according to the French prosecutor’s office Tuesday. He was found guilty in 1994 and during Vakili Rad’s trial, the [...]

Taliban bombing kills 18 NATO troops, including 5 U.S. troops in Afghanistan

A Taliban suicide car bomber blasted upon a NATO convoy in Kabul, leading to the deaths of six of its service members, out of which five were American, on Tuesday, officials said. Along with these six deaths, twelve Afghan civilians also died who were in a public bus in rush hour traffic. At least forty-seven people were [...]

NATO: 6 service members killed in Kabul attack

Six service members have been killed in suicide car bombing Tuesday in Afghan’s capital,Kabul. The said  suicide car bombing also killed at least 12 Afghan civilians and have injured 47 people according to Afghan officials. It also includes five foreigners. The military alliance did not give details on the nationalities of the dead but NATO [...]

Search for crashed Afghan plane resume at dawn

Rescuers searching for the wreckage of an Afghan plane was hindered by dense fog in the mountainous terrain on Monday. The plane was carrying 44 passengers on board and was traveling form Kunduz in northern Afghanistan going to Kabul International Airport. The Afghan plane is operated by Pamir Airways which is a private Afghan airline [...]

Scientists worry current would carry oil through Florida

Scientists worry that oil could get through the so-called loop current soon. Even though BP has finally gained control of the oil spewing in the Gulf of Mexico, scientists worried that the plumes have already spilled and get into the current which means oil would go all the way to the Florida Keys and even [...]

Mile-lone tube: to suck oil away from Gulf well

After three weeks of failures, oil company engineers finally succeeded on Sunday to keep some of the oil gushing from a blown well out of the Gulf of Mexico. They hook up a mile-long tube to funnel the crude into a tanker ship. BP PLC has failed in its various attempts in order to stop [...]

Cellphone recorded beating of student by a teacher

Teacher Sheri Lynn Davis, who was teaching at Jamie’s House Charter School apologizes Friday for beating her 13 year old student. Sheri Lynn Davis, 40, is a Science teacher who was recorded on cell phone video beating her student. She was fired by the Jamie’s house Charter School this week over the attack. Jamie’s House [...]

Battle in Bangkok: 16 dead in clashes and explosions

Anti-government protesters battled the soldiers with firebombs and homemade rockets on Friday and is fired by soldiers in its second straight day of violence. Troops tried to clear the rioters from the streets of downtown Bangkok. This clash of anti-government and soldiers have killed 16 people and wounded 157, including two soldiers. The Red Shirt [...]

Final voyage of space shuttle Atlantis

Space shuttle Atlantis soared away for its final voyage carrying six experienced crews on Friday. Crows of more than 40,000 people and guests gathered and eager to witness the launch in Kennedy Space Center. This is said to be the biggest launch-day crowd in years. Launch spectators which includes Defense Secretary Robert Gates and David [...]

Kyrgyzstan clashes, injured 60, killed 1

Clashes  between hundreds of interim government backers and supporters of deposed President Kurmanbek Bakiyev fought each other. Gunfire erupted in Kyrgyzstan on Friday as each want to control over regional government buildings. The clash killed at least one person but injured more than 60. This is recorded as the worst violence in Kyrgyzstan since last [...]

Six ‘Radioactive Hotspots’ detected in Delhi: Greenpeace

Greenpeace is a non-government environmental organization with offices in 42 countries and international co-coordinating body in Amsterdam, Netherlands. According to the news sources of green field, they had detected dangerously high levels of radioactivity near a Delhi salvage yard where radiation poisoning last month killed a worker and left seven more in hospital. Environmental group [...]

Facebook adds security tools, holds privacy meeting

Social networking site Facebook has added new security tools to prevent hacking and held a staff meeting at its California headquarters amid a growing storm over privacy at the social network. The new security features, unveiled Thursday, include giving members the ability to approve which devices they commonly use to log on to Facebook- a [...]

3 Pakistani men arrested in Times Square

Three Pakistani men were arrested by authorities Thursday in a series of raids across the Northeast. The three Pakistani men are said to supply funds to Times Square car-bomb suspect Faisal Shahzad.They are caught as the FBI followed the money trail in the failed attack and investigators said that it was not yet clear to [...]

Pro Red Shirts and Thai General shot in the head

Major General Khattiya Sawasdiphol, a rogue army general who was working with anti-government protesters known as Red Shirts was shot in the head Thursday. He was shot in the head while talking to a New York Times journalist in downtown Bangkok, near the Silom subway station on the edge of the occupation zone. Suspicions raised [...]

Libyan plane crash,boy survives

Afrigiyah Airways Airbus, a Libyan jetliner crashed Wednesday minutes before landing at Tripoli Airport. 103 were found dead but left a 10 year old miraculously the only survivor. Most of the victims or sixty-one of the victims were Dutch tourists including the Dutch boy survivor. These tourists are returning from vacation in South Africa according [...]

Pakistani held in Chile as bomb suspect

A Pakistani was detained in Chile on Monday when detectors at the U.S. Embassy found traces of an explosives material on him. Mohammed Saif-ur-Rehman Khan is being held under Chile’s anti-terrorism laws while being investigated for alleged explosives violations. The 28-year-old was summoned to the embassy because his U.S. visa had been revoked and security [...]

Libyan Plane Crashes in Tripoli, 104 on board

A Libyan plane with 104 passengers crashed while trying to land at Libya’s Tripoli International Airport on Wednesday. The head of the European Parliament said almost 100 people died, while an 8-year-old child survived. The head of the European Parliament, Jerzy Buzek, said he had been informed that at least 100 people on board died while an 8-year-old child [...]

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