After a week which saw the BCS number 1 and number 2 teams put up over 50 points each over quality opponents, it was anyone’s guess what the BCS formula was going to deliver on Sunday afternoon. Recall that going into this afternoon, Auburn held the BCS top spot despite Oregon’s dominance on the human [...]
Istanbul, Turkey – A suspected car-bomb has been detonated in Istanbul’s main Taksim Square and has injured a total of 32 people. According to the city’s governor, Huseyin Avni Mutlu, 15 civilians have been hurt and 17 of the local police officers were also injured. The area is popular with tourists and has several eateries [...]
With a trio of market moving events scheduled for this week, Wall Street is bracing for what could be a short term disappointed, especially given the recent bull market. Fireworks begin on Tuesday with the midterm elections, followed by action on Wednesday when the Federal Reserve hashes out its plans for the economy and finally [...]
UK – Halloween analysts have revealed how business is booming over the period as over half of the population will buy something related to Halloween including sweets, chocolates and fancy dress accessories. Sales are expected to top £10million which will see more money spent at this time of the year than what is spent on [...]
Haiti – UN officials fear the worst as Hurricane Thomas approaches the island threatening to add to the death toll and help the spread of cholera which has already claimed 330 lives. Towards the west of the island, a further 200 cases are suspected. Thursday should see the arrival of the category 3 hurricane, according [...]
Authorities admit that the man suspected to be the mastermind of the plot to send bombs from Yemen to the United States is a Saudi national. It is believed that this individual has been living in Yemen for the past threee years, and has been in the middle of numerous terrorist plots. The man in [...]
East Midlands Airport, UK – The two parcel bombs that have been uncovered on aeroplanes in Britain and Dubai have led to the arrest of a woman. A further 24 packages have also been recovered and are believed to be linked. According to authorities, the woman that has been detained is also a suspect relating [...]
Indonesia – Tens of thousands of residents have had to be evacuated even further away from their temporary accommodation as Mount Merapi erupted again, this time for more than twenty minutes as it started to spew hot ash clouds and also a flow of lava started to come from the active volcano. Suruno, who is [...]
Argentina – After lying in state for 48 hours and attracting a huge crowd of over a thousand supporters and mourners to the government palace, former president Nestor Kirchner was finally buried. As the coffin was transported, the onlookers threw flowers on to the vehicle as it drove past them. The funeral was held in [...]
Japan – Electronics giant Sony Corp has recorded a huge jump in its profits mainly due to the rising amount of sales of Vaio laptops and Playstations. Despite a 26.3bn loss from a three month period leading to September last year, for the same time period this, year the company boasted a profit of 31bn [...]
France – Only 24 hours after the French launched their W3B spacecraft, which was carried onboard an Ariane rocket, the satellite failed and the Eutelsat company lost contact with it. According to the manufacturing team of experts, the propellant system had suffered a leak and was unable to lift itself into the necessary orbit. The [...]
Europe – To save the euro from a crisis almost brought on by the Greek debts situation, leaders from the European Union have made a deal on tough new budget rules. According to the European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, the Union “sealed a solid pact to strengthen the Euro.” It will give the EU [...]
California, US – As scientists look towards the heavens, the future of space travel and a trip to mars to eventually colonise the red planet is being investigated by Nasa with a possible manned-mission to take place within the next two decades, but the volunteer candidates will likely to be given just a one-way ticket. [...]
Mount Merapi, Indonesia – A 1,500 metre high cloud of smoke and ash was blasted up into the sky as the huge Indonesian volcano called Mount Merapi erupted again on Friday morning. Many people had only just returned to the houses after the last warning from the volcano and now people have evacuated again in [...]
Paris, France – In a bid to hamper the latest pension reform changes by raising the retirement age from 60 to 62, approximately 500,000 protesters filled the French streets to voice their opinions. The latest proposals have been accepted and approved by parliament after successfully passing through the Senate. According to French law, lawmakers may [...]
At exactly 10:21 am local time, alarms sounded across the state and the Providence School schoolchildren dived under their desks, following the so-called “Drop, Cover, Hold On” quake response mantra.
US – According to US lead researcher Dr Moran Cerf, together with a team of researchers, they claim that they plan to actually record dreams and be able to understand and read dreams. They say that they have developed a device which is able to record higher brain level activity. “We would like to read [...]
Indonesia – The 7.7 magnitude earthquake which struck Sumatra and resulted in a huge tsunami has left 311 dead and a further 410 are reported to still be missing. West Sumatra’s disaster management agency confirmed the news on Wednesday. Due to the severe remoteness of some of the locations, rescue teams and aid efforts are [...]
World – A team of scientists who are currently undertaking the task of mapping the human genome claim that they have now successfully managed to catalogued 95% of the variations in the DNA. Scientist from across the globe have been involved in the 1000 Genomes Project have compared the DNA from 2,500 volunteers from around [...]
Port au Prince, Haiti – According to UN officials, the outbreak of cholera could be far worse than previously thought and is likely to spread across the Island and infect tens of thousands of people. After the earthquake that struck in January, approximately 1.3 million were left homeless and put into makeshift accommodation with the [...]
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