A group of Southern California surfer boys from advocacy group “Invisible Children” got more than 30 million viewers to a 30-minute video on a two-decade conflict in Central Africa — in just three days. The downside is that the video has been receiving some tough criticisms accusing that the group is “waking up” awareness about […]
The Vatican is included for the first time on the State Department’s list of money-laundering centers though the tiny city-state is not rated as a high-risk country. The 2012 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report was made public on Wednesday and Washington’s list of 190 countries classifies them in three categories: of primary concern, of concern […]
Wacky futuristic pole-dancing robots caught the spectators’ attention at this year’s CeBIT, the world’s biggest high-tech fair. The sleek, white, life-sized humanoids “danced” suggestively to the music, provided by a third “DJ” robot, who dances around the stage in time to the beat. The unique display was already proving one of the most popular at […]
Vladimir Putin followed the footsteps of Russia’s tsars when he paused in his presidential election campaign to seek the blessing of the Byzantine icon which believers say works miracles, the Virgin of Tikhvin. Legends say that all the tsars except one sought the Virgin’s blessing before ascending the throne. The only one, who did not, […]
The United States announced a new diplomatic engagement with North Korea Wednesday. Based on the agreement with the U.S. in Beijing last week, North Korea has an agreement with the U.S. to allow the nuclear inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency to return. Furthermore, they also agreed to the group’s implementing a moratorium on […]
More than a thousand passengers are “trapped” in the Costa Allegra cruise ship and are waiting for rescue after a fire broke out on board causing the luxury liner to lose power. The ship went adrift in the Indian Ocean more than 200 miles from the Seychelles island nation off mainland Africa, an area that […]
Thousands of Russians joined hands forming a human barricade around the city center in Moscow on Sunday to protest against the possibility that Vladimir Putin’s returns as president in next week’s election. The protesters stood side by side around the 10-mile Moscow Garden Ring Road despite of the gently falling snow. Many of the protesters […]
Leading economies told Europe to put up extra money in order to fight against its debt crisis if it targets to generate more assistance from the rest of the world. Countries within the Euro zone pledged on Sunday at a Group 20 meeting of finance leaders to reconsider the strength of their bailout fund in […]
The Australian Antarctic Division team of researchers revealed on Thursday that they had filmed an extremely rare Shepherd’s beaked whales for the first time ever while tracking blue whales off the coast of Victoria state last month. Voyage leader Michael Double said the black and cream-coloured mammals with prominent dolphin-like beaks had been rarely spotted […]
A train packed with passengers crashed into the barrier at a Buenos Aires train station amid Wednesday morning rush hour, killing at least 49 people, including one child and injuring more than 600. The accident is deemed as Argentina’s worst rail crash in three decades. The force of the impact thrust the second train car inside the first carriage, […]
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