Pakistan – the UK aid effort intended for the victims of the latest devastating floods in Pakistan has been blocked by the country’s intelligence agency as the British most senior coalition minister, Nick Clegg is due to arrive in the country. The Pakistani government has recently been annoyed by the British Prime Ministers remarks suggesting [...]
Kabul, Afghanistan – Wednesday has seen the death of a US soldier killed in fighting in volatile southern Afghanistan and also a religious Muslim leader died after a bomb exploded, reported officials. In the northeastern Province of Badakhshan, Oxfam have halted aid efforts after two of its employees and a local volunteer were killed after [...]
Space, 220 miles altitude above Earth – an amazing image of the enormous category 4 Hurricane Earl was captured on a camera by one of the Astronauts onboard the International Space Station as the storm directs itself towards the west-northwest. It has a recorded maximum wind speed of 135mph (217kph). NASA’s American Astronaut, Douglas Wheelock, [...]
President Obama has launched what has been called a ‘full scale attack’ to try and save the dwindling economy. He has been pressing for lawmakers to pass an aid package for smaller businesses in the November election. “We have to do more, holding this bill hostage is directly detrimental to our economic growth. I ask [...]
Mogadishu, Somalia – at least six people have been killed and a further 16 have been wounded in fighting that broke out in Somalia, officials revealed on Monday. The trouble was between both government officials and Islamic radicals. “Six are confirmed dead and 16 others were wounded on Monday,” said the head of Mogadishu ambulance [...]
Mexico City, Mexico – A major drug baron has been caught in the surrounding area of Mexico City, say Mexican officials. The American-born Edgar Valdez Villarreal has been dubbed as ‘La Barbie’ and was caught on Monday by Mexican forces. The arrest has been part of an ongoing investigation and operation initiated by the Mexican [...]
Sumatra, Indonesia – for the first time in over four hundred years, a volcano on the island of Sumatra has erupted, sparking fear among local villagers. Plumes of smoke have risen to more than 1,500 meters in the sky above, which has led to the evacuation of thousands of residents. Flights have not yet been [...]
UK, England – The father of Raoul Moat has said that he feel’s he is to blame for his son’s terrible acts of violence, which led to a massive manhunt after he shot his ex-girlfriend and killed her boyfriend. Raoul’s father, Peter Blake had never met his son but while the manhunt was on, he [...]
Statesville, North Carolina – a 29-year-old ghost hunter was killed after being fatally hit on Friday at 2:45 am. Christopher Kaiser and around twelve others were waiting for a legendary ghost train on the Statesville Bridge when a real train with three engines and one wagon came around the corner heading for the ghost hunters. [...]
UK – After sinking into the red last year with debts totalling £1.5b ($2.42b) the globes leading foreign exchange bureau, ‘Travelex’ are in a major hurry to try and take control by refinancing their debts. The company is owned by Apax Partners, the private equity group. The company has to come up with a way [...]
Washington – senior officials in the US have viewed evidence, which has linked Pakistani terrorist groups and their so called affiliate charities who have been focusing and strengthening their involvement in the food-relief effort for the victims of the recent flooding, aiming to gain popular support, commented an official who wishes to remain anonymous. The [...]
Canada – A doctor who appeared on the television show ‘Canadian Idol’ has recently been arrested by authorities over suspected terrorism plots. The 28-year-old Dr Khurram Syed Sher and father of three has been the fourth latest arrest in connection with an alleged plot to construct bombs. He appeared in court on Friday. The police [...]
Pakistan – aid workers working together with flood victims have been warned that they could become a target themselves by Taliban militant’s, in recent claims made by the Pakistan Taliban spokesman, Azam Tariq. A large number of aid agencies have flown into the country, which has seen flooding and widespread evacuation of tens of thousands [...]
Google has launched a separate search engine, which intends to only produce real time results. The company had signed a number of deals towards the end of last year with the sole purpose of making its service more real-time. Twitter, Myspace and Facebook have signed deals with the Internet giant in order to allow anyone [...]
Australia – after twenty minutes of trying to resuscitate premature newborn baby twin Jamie Ogg, doctors stopped in their efforts to revive him and declared him dead. The premature baby was born at 27 weeks and after doctors thought that the baby hadn’t survived, they broke the devastating news to the parents that their baby [...]
Cambridge University, England – researchers have revealed how terminally ill patients who are in need of a transplant will possibly be able to ‘grow their own’, as early as five years from now. A groundbreaking study has seen scientists being able to create liver cells from tiny slivers of skin. The skin comes from an [...]
The mystery of murdered MI6 agent Gareth Williams continues as his parents flew back to England to formally identify his body. The decomposing body of the agent was discovered in a sports bag in the bath of his flat in Pimlico, South London on Monday. The post mortem failed to uncover the exact cause of [...]
Nepal – a plane, which crashed due to bad weather killing all six tourists and leaving no survivors, was seen in a premonition by one of the victim’s fathers. Trevor Taylor, the father of Jeremy Taylor, had begged his son not to go on the flight due to his forewarning vision. “He was living his [...]
Matamoros, close to the US state border in Mexico has been the site of a mass grave after a gun battle between the nations military and suspected rival cartel members. A total of 72 bodies were reported dead including 58 men and 14 women. The bodies were located at a ranch near to the town [...]
San Jose mine, Copiapo, Chile. – Authorities believe that the miners trapped down the collapsed mine shaft may be too ‘fat’ to fit through the 26 inch escape shaft at Christmas. Before the men were located, they had survived seventeen days on food rations, which were distributed by their foreman Luis Urzua. According to the [...]
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