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Suicide Bomber destroys Police building in Pakistan

Officials said a police building was destroyed by a bomb early Wednesday killing two people and at least 22 were wounded in the latest attack since the United States raid that killed Osama bin Laden.   No groups claimed the responsibility of the bombing. It will be a bloody summer as the Pakistani Taliban and […]

Doomsday clock rescheduled by Harold Camping after blunder

Doomsday

Doomsday was supposed to happen last Saturday according to Harold Camping but the apocalypse never came to pass. Now, the Christian radio preacher says a merciful God and a slight miscalculation on his part was the reason. Family Radio evangelist Harold Camping now says doomsday really happened on May 21, 2011, albeit a spiritual one. […]

Missouri Tornado: Deadliest Tornado since 1950

According to National Weather Service, the deadliest twister in the past 60 years was the tornado that killed 117 people in Missouri. Tuesday morning, Sam Murphey, Gov. Jay Nixon’s spokesman said that the amount of deaths in Joplin had risen to 117. In the past six years, the single deadliest tornado on record with the […]

Tripoli, Libya under siege by NATO forces as Gadhafi regime crumbles

Tripoli

Tripoli, Libya has been hit by at least 20 successive airstrikes by NATO aircraft on Tuesday, the heaviest aerial attack so far mounted against Libyan President Moammar Gadhafi’s stronghold. Col. Gadhafi’s compound in Tripoli, Libya was not directly targeted but areas close to it were hit and fire and smoke were seen shortly after the […]

Tropical storm Songda may transform into super typhoon in Philippines

Tropical Storm

Tropical storm Songda is likely to gather strength into a super typhoon as it headed for landfall in the eastern Philippines. Named by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) as “Chedeng” as it entered the Philippine area of responsibility, the tropical storm was spotted 540 kilometers east of Borongan, Samar island. Songda/Chedeng […]

Seeking for Tornado Survivors in Missouri

A massive tornado tore down residents’ homes in a small town of United States which killed at least 89 people. Weather officials say the tornado hit the town of Joplin, Missouri at dinnertime on Sunday (local time). It left a path of destruction nearly 1 kilometre wide through the heart of the town, which has […]

Baghdad: Struck by Series of Bombs

13 people were killed and 74 people were wounded in Baghdad this Sunday (May 22, 2011) by explosions, including a suicide bombing targeting Iraqi troops in the North capital, security officials said. Violence in Iraq dropped since the height of Secretarian conflict four years ago, but bombings, assassinations and other attacks are carried out daily […]

Iceland: Volcanic Eruption caused closure of Airspace

On Sunday, a spokeswoman for Keflavik International Airport said a volcanic eruption in Iceland forced the closure of airspace over and around the country’s main airport. “The airport itself is not closed, but no planes will be taking off or landing,” Hjordis Gudmunsdottir told CNN, saying officials would reassess the situation later on Sunday. According […]

Malaysia Landslide: 24 People Buried Alive

Malaysian National news agency said that two dozen of people, which are mainly children, were buried alive when a landslide took down an orphanage in Malaysia on May 21,2010. The victims were mostly orphans and staff of the orphanage in Hulu Langat, Southeast of the capital, Kuala Lumpur.Bernama news agency said that the landslide was […]

End of the world today, doomsday sect says, but we’re still here

End of the World

End of the world predictions are nothing new but seemed especially worrisome in times of crisis – like right now. Christian preacher Harold Camping has been saying that the Rapture, a biblical event that triggers the end of the world, will actually happen this Saturday according to his interpretation of the Bible. Having “astounding proofs” […]

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