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India Flood kills 26, 200,000 Evacuated

India Flood kills 26, 200,000 Evacuated

India Flood – Massive flooding in the eastern part of India in the state of Orissa has killed at least 26 and 200,000 were dislodged from their homes and have to be evacuated, an Indian minister said Thursday. Torrential monsoon rains have triggered the floods across the state of Orissa where river banks have overflowed. […]

9/11 10th year Anniversary Remembered at NYC

9/11 10th year Anniversary Remembered at NYC

New York – 10 years after the deadly September 11 attack, New Yorkers realized how dangerous it is to live in a city formerly considered by many as vibrant and dynamic. As time goes by, they learned to live with all the dangers just waiting to strike back.  Despite the series of attacks 10 years […]

Real-life Angry Birds: Chinese Theme Park’s Newest Attraction

Real-life Angry Birds: Chinese Theme Park’s Newest Attraction

Real-life Angry Birds. If you think playing angry birds in your smartphones or any electronic gadgets has reached your saturation level and become quite boring already, how about playing the game in real-life? A theme park in China has something in store for Angry Birds fanatics and has made possible playing angry birds in real-life. […]

Early Infant Death Linked to Parent’s Death

Early Infant Death Linked to Parent’s Death

Early infant death study. A new study has been published Thursday linking the connection between parents dying prematurely because of losing a baby in the first year of the child.  The British study has used random samples from national death registrations between the years 1971 to 2006. They have made a thorough comparison between deaths […]

Facebook Faces Another Lewd Photo Scandal

Facebook Faces Another Lewd Photo Scandal

Facebook Scandal. A father from Northern Ireland has filed a lawsuit against social networking site Facebook, after his 12 year old daughter, a minor, was able to upload lewd and vulgar photos of herself, reported by the BBC. The lawsuit questions how Facebook could allow users under the age of 13 from becoming an official […]

Red Cross Gains Access to Syrian Prison Cells

Red Cross Gains Access to Syrian Prison Cells

Red Cross. Amman/Geneva – The situation of thousands of Syrian detainees will now be revealed to the public after the Syrian Government has opened its Damascus main prison cell to the Red Cross. Thousands of Syrians were detained since the beginning of the 5 month anti-government uprising. The official announcement came Monday when military forces […]

Elephant Survey Conducted by Sri Lanka Officials

Elephant Survey Conducted by Sri Lanka Officials

Elephant Survey. Colombo – Sri Lanka conducted its first national survey among wild elephants and surprisingly the result was more than what has been estimated. The result of the survey indicated a positive sign that the endangered species had been thriving and their healthy population has been growing tremendously in the island country located in […]

Israel To Provide South Korea Ammunition Support

Israel To Provide South Korea Ammunition Support

Seoul — An Israeli company was chosen by South Korea to provide the country advanced rockets in order to protect the country from future North Korean attacks. The $43 million deal was announced Tuesday by an unnamed South Korean official in an attempt of the country to level-up its military defense with its neighboring North […]

Famous Roman Statue Vandalized

Famous Roman Statue Vandalized

Roman Statue Vandalized. Rome — A man was detained after confessing he had knocked two marble chunks off in a statue in famous Piazza Navona of Rome and also had tried to inflict damage in nearby fountain of Trevi, police said Monday. During a routine police patrol late Sunday, the suspect was caught near Piazza […]

Man-Eating Crocodile Captured in Southern Philippines

Man-Eating Crocodile Captured in Southern Philippines

Man-Eating Crocodile. Manila, Philippines — A huge alive saltwater crocodile was captured by veteran hunters and villagers in a southern Philippines town, an official announced Monday. The crocodile weighs more than one ton and is considered one of the largest captured alive crocodiles in recent years. The crocodile will be placed in a planned ecotourism […]

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