Archive for: March, 2012

South Korea Warns to Shoot Down North Korean Rocket

South Korea Warns to Shoot Down North Korean Rocket

Seoul warned Monday that it would bring down parts of a North Korean rocket that violate South Korean territory, as worries about a long-range missile test regressing an international nuclear security summit escalates. North Korea has gained the attention of Northeast Asia since its previous announcement that it would send a satellite into space aboard […]

“Titanic” Director James Cameron Reaches Deepest Spot on Earth, Without Cuts

“Titanic” Director James Cameron Reaches Deepest Spot on Earth, Without Cuts

Hollywood director James Cameron has made it to Earth’s deepest point, breaking his own records successfully. The maker of remarkable films like “Titanic,” and ”Avatar” used, in his seven-mile dive, his 12-ton, lime-green specially designed submarine called “Deepsea Challenger” to complete his journey towards the deepest part on earth a little before 8 a.m. Monday, […]

U.S. Focused On Faster Economic Growth

U.S. Focused On Faster Economic Growth

It is imperative that the U.S. economy grows more quickly to address the growing unemployment problem of the country, Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve Chairman, said on Monday. Bernanke said the staggering decline of the country’s employment rate, which dropped rock bottom to 8.3 percent in February from 9.1 percent last summer, was “somewhat out of […]

Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) of the Middle East and North Africa

Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) of the Middle East and North Africa

The neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are highly endemic but patchily distributed among the 20 countries and almost 400 million people of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, and disproportionately affect an estimated 65 million people living on less than US$2 per day. Great strides have been made towards elimination of several endemic NTDs, […]

Mike Tyson Set to Tell Life Story in Las Vegas

Mike Tyson Set to Tell Life Story in Las Vegas

Mike Tyson, the former heavyweight boxing champion, behaved like a “Neanderthal” for most of his life, he himself said. However, he promises to become a “controlled artist, a disciplined artist” by next month when he goes to Las Vegas to talk about his tainted life as “a childhood thief, an ear-biting fighter, an addict and […]

“Hunger Games” Has $214M Global Debut

"Hunger Games" Has $214M Global Debut

The much-awaited action movie “The Hunger Games” got a staggering $155 million at its opening at Lions Gate Entertainment, going beyond expectations and marking the history as the third-highest domestic film opening. The Lions Gate Entertainment drama based on the best-selling young-adults novel which portrays an oppressive society’s teen death match added $59.3 million from […]

US Soldier Who Killed 17 Afghans Charged with Murder

US Soldier Who Killed 17 Afghans Charged with Murder

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales was charged on Friday with 17 counts of premeditated murder, a capital offense that could lead to death penalty in the massacre of Afghan civilians, the U.S. military said. The 38-year-old soldier is accused of walking out of the U.S. military base with his 9mm pistol and M-4 rifle, […]

Kim Kardashian “Flour Bombed” on Red Carpet

Kim Kardashian "Flour Bombed" on Red Carpet

Talk about hate mail?  This time, let’s talk about real “hate act.” Kim Kardashian, the celebrated reality star, was flour bombed Thursday night on the red carpet in West Hollywood. After the photo shoots for her new fragrance, True Reflection, Kim was talking to the house crew on the red carpet at around 8PM at […]

US Senator Calls Hearing to Examine Bounties in NFL

US Senator Calls Hearing to Examine Bounties in NFL

Sen. Dick Durbin calls for a Judiciary Committee hearing about bounties in NFL and other major sports as an offshoot to the news that New Orleans Saints players are receiving extra cash for hits that hurt opponents. Durbin, assistant Senate majority leader, announced Thursday he would like to examine whether federal law should qualify such […]

Pangolin Seizure Reveals Malaysia — Thailand Smuggling Route

Pangolin Seizure Reveals Malaysia – Thailand Smuggling Route

Wildlife authorities arrested two men and seized 18 pangolins from a vehicle near a protected area in the northern state of Perak in Peninsular Malaysia on Saturday. The seizure and arrests were made along the East-West highway that divides the Belum Royal State Park from the Temengor Forest Reserve and is the second to take […]

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