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Reports: American soldier kills at least 16 civilians in Afghanistan
March 11, 2012 Leave a Comment
An American soldier opened fire on civilians in southern Afghanistan shortly before dawn on Sunday, killing at least 16 people according to an Associated Press photographer who counted the bodies. At least five people were wounded as well in the attack on two villages near the US base in Kandahar. President Hamid Karzai, the Afghan [...]
Rome’s Colosseum damaged by snow, frost
Feb. 16, 2012 Leave a Comment
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — AccuWeather.com — Historical snow and cold in Rome have not only tried the patience of its residents but have also taken a toll on one of its architectural wonders, the Colosseum. The Colosseum had to shut its doors to tourists after bits of the massive structure crumbled and fell, CNN said [...]
Special Report: Cambodia’s elusive justice — How the Khmer Rouge Tribunal found itself in a mine field
Dec. 26, 2011 Leave a Comment
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Like those lush green pastures with roaming cows and floating pink water lilies in rural Cambodia, where children still lose limbs every year by taking just one wrong step, this little country’s road to justice has been marred by big mine bombs. Those judicial bombs have exploded almost annually since the [...]
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il dead
Dec. 18, 2011 Leave a Comment
North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il has died at age 69. The mysterious, often erratic leader of the north, which has maintained a perpetual state of still war with the south, was believed to be in ill health for a number of years, though accurate reports are all but impossible to obtain in the closed [...]
Iran captures American unmanned drone
Dec. 9, 2011 2 Comments
On Sunday, Iranian news network Fars News Agency announced that an Iranian electronic warfare unit had downed and captured a American RQ-170 Sentinel, an unmanned aerial drone manufactured by American defense and aeronautics company Lockheed Martin. According to a statement from the Iranian government, the drone was in violation of Iran airspace and was brought [...]
Large disease researcher makes major cutbacks until 2014
Nov. 27, 2011 Leave a Comment
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria hit by economy
Moammar Khadafy dead (warning, graphic image)
Oct. 20, 2011 Leave a Comment
Libya’s transitional government claims that deposed dictator Moammar Khadafy has been killed in the attack and fall of Sirte, his hometown. Interim Libyan Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril told reporters in Tripoli that Khadafy was killed in the attack and fall of Sirte, his hometown. An unnamed US official also confirmed Khadafy’s death to the Associated [...]
Retaliation may follow Anwar al-Awlaki killing
Oct. 1, 2011 Leave a Comment
The government warned that the killing of an American-born terror leader in Yemen has raised the risk of anti-American violence around the globe. The State Department said Saturday that the death of Anwar al-Awlaki could motivate terrorists or terror groups to retaliate against American interests or individual U.S. citizens. The State warning says that al-Awlaki [...]
Leila Lopes of Angola wins Miss Universe crown
Sept. 14, 2011 Leave a Comment
Leila Lopes from Angola was crowned Miss Universe on Monday night, marking Angola’s first winner. The contestant cinched the crown when she answered an interview question about what physical trait she would change if she could by replying that she is satisfied with her inner beauty. “Thank God I’m very satisfied with the way God [...]
Wikileaks reveals new Apple security plan
Aug. 31, 2011 Leave a Comment
The crew that helped put an end to counterfeit Viagra pills from China is now on board with Apple, helping to stop the rampant underground market overseas, according to CNN. CNN’s report was based off of a memo that Wikileaks exposed last Wednesday and promoted via Twitter. According to the memo, counterfeit Apple problems are [...]
Irish presidential election eroding reputation
Aug. 22, 2011 Leave a Comment
The largely diplomatic (and often ignored) position has whipped up nasty competition.
Another stage collapse kills five in Belgium
Aug. 19, 2011 Leave a Comment
Three stages collapsed at the Pukkelpop Music Festival in Belgium
Sony Distribution Warehouse Destroyed in London Riots
Aug. 10, 2011 Leave a Comment
A Sony distribution warehouse in North London was destroyed by a fire as a result of the third night of riots in Great Britain. The fire will impede the deliveries of CDs and DVDs throughout the United Kingdom, since it was the only place storing Sony products in the country, a Sony representative told Rolling [...]
Darkest Day of the War: 22 members of SEAL Team 6 killed
Aug. 8, 2011 Leave a Comment
A helicopter transporting 30 American servicemen, including Navy Seals, was shot down by insurgents over Afghanistan on Saturday, marking the single deadliest day for American forces in the war in Afghanistan. American and Afghan officials confirmed that 30 Americans and 8 Afghans were killed in the attack, according to the New York Times. The 22 [...]
Nuclear jellyfish close power plant
July 1, 2011 Leave a Comment
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — AccuWeather.com — Nuclear facilities have become a target of Mother Nature this year, from the tsunami in Japan to recent flooding in Nebraska and the wildfire threatening Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. Now jellyfish have prompted the shut-down of two reactors at a nuclear power plant in Scotland. Higher-than-average [...]
International Criminal Court issues warrant for Gadhafi
June 27, 2011 1 Comment
The Hague-based International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and his son and intelligence chief. The court charges the men committed crimes during the popular rebellion that has been going on in Libya for months. The charges indicate that Gadhafi arranged for the killing, maiming and jailing of civilians [...]
Journalist James Foley recalls murder in cold blood in Libya
May 28, 2011 Leave a Comment
James Foley recounted his time as a prisoner of war under Libyan Leader Moammar Khadafy’s regime, and revealed a secret that he and his three colleagues had to keep throughout their 44 days of imprisonment. Foley, a correspondent for the Boston-based GlobalPost, revealed that he and the three others kept their knowledge of an unarmed [...]
The Queen in ireland
May 23, 2011 Leave a Comment
CORK, Ireland — It was a surreal week in many respects. When Queen Elizabeth’s BAE 146 Whisperjet touched down in the Casement Aerodrome in Baldonnel, the nation seemed to take in one long, measured breath. For four days thereafter, the weight of history made everything else shrink into insignificance. We scarcely blinked at the thought [...]
