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Empire State Building Shooting Leaves 2 Dead, 9 Wounded

Empire State Building Shooting Leaves 2 Dead, 9 Wounded

Nine people were wounded and two people were killed outside the Empire State Building in Midtown Manhattan Friday after a desperate designer for women’s accessories named Jeffrey Johnson shot his 41 year-old former boss, Steven Ercolino. The two dead include the gunman, who was shot and killed by the police near the tourist entrance of […]

Man Bites Snake to Death

Man Bites Snake to Death

In an interesting twist of event, a cobra, known for its poisonous bite, was bitten to death by a person. A Nepali man who was bitten by a cobra snake subsequently bit the snake to death, a local Nepali newspaper reported on Thursday, August 23. After being bitten by the snake, which was identified as cobra, while […]

Atheist Summer Camp: Heaven for Nonbelievers

Atheist Summer Camp: Heaven for Nonbelievers

Most summer camps host kayaking, arts and crafts classes and campfires, but what makes Camp Quest Northwest different is that it is literally “beyond belief.” Located just north of Seattle, Camp Quest Northwest is a summer camp for atheists or children of atheists, self-described “freethinkers” or people not otherwise traditionally religious. “We would encourage them to read, […]

Eleven-Year Old Christian Girl Accused Of Burning Quran Pages

Eleven-Year Old Christian Girl Accused Of Burning Quran Pages

Many of us know that in the course of the human history, religion is one of the reasons why people kill to gain power. Who can forget the holocaust happened in World War I? Six millions European Jews were killed by Adolf Hitler. Even in the ancient times, people kill in the name of religion. […]

Giant Earthquake Hits Indonesia Once Again

Giant Earthquake Hits Indonesia Once Again

6.6 magnitude earthquake hits Palu, a rural area located in northern Indonesia on Saturday leaving six people dead, four hundred seventy one houses severely damage and forty three people seriously injured. Indonesia’s disaster management officials continues to do search and rescue operations in the hope to find other casualties. Unfortunately, some villages in Palu were […]

Iraq Blasts and Shooting Kill More Than 70

Iraq Blasts and Shooting Kill More Than 70

More than 70 people were killed in Iraq after a series of shootings and bombings on Thursday. Blasts occurred from early morning up to evening that day. A car bomb exploded near a café in Baghdad’s Zafraniya district and caused the death of 27 people. Most victims were Iraqis that were walking in the street […]

China And Japan Fight Over East China Sea Island

China And Japan Fight Over East China Sea Island

Tension rises between China and Japan after more than a dozen of Chinese activists landed on the disputed island in the East China Sea and were arrested by Japanese authorities on Wednesday. The activists had set out from Hong Kong for the islands, which are called Diaoyu by the Chinese and Senkaku by Japan. Chinese […]

Storm “Kai-tak” Brings More Landslides and Floods to the Philippines

Storm “Kai-tak” Brings More Landslides and Floods to the Philippines

A tropical storm smashed the Philippines on Wednesday, bringing heavy rains resulting to the renewal of floods and landslides in the country that was hit by destructive monsoon weather. Bureau of state weather said, tropical storm Kai-tak brought landfalls to the northeast island of Luzon early in the morning together with powerful winds and heavy […]

Iran Government Criticized Due to Slow Earthquake Response

Iran Government Criticized Due to Slow Earthquake Response

After the earthquake that happened to Iran, the country is now facing criticisms about its response to and handling of relief goods to the public. Ali Larijani, Iran’s top lawmaker, said that the residents of the affected areas are complaining about the inadequacy of tents for the victims. The lawmaker said that larger steps must […]

BlackBerry 10: Ready to License

BlackBerry 10: Ready to License

On Monday, a report was released by Research In Motion Ltd, saying that it is ready to license its new operating system, BlackBerry 10, to other manufacturers. Thorsten Heins, Chief Executive Officer of RIM, claimed that they were in the last stages of testing the new operating system. Also, he added that the company considers […]

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