Haiti’s electoral commission disqualified former Fugees singer Wyclef Jean from running as president of the earthquake-ravaged nation. Jean announced earlier this month on Larry King Live his intention to run for president. “Though I disagree with the ruling, I respectfully accept the committee’s final decision, and I urge my supporters to do the same,” Jean [...]
The Pakistan floods affected more than 13 million people and claimed 1,500 lives already since the disaster started two weeks ago. Pakistan’s prime minister said that the recents floods is the worst in the history of the country. Due to the wide scale of the crisis, the government has not been able to entirely cope [...]
The Melbourne man who drove away the $355,000 Ferrari of millionaire poker player Van Marcus will not be spending time in jail for his crime. Adam Ramsay, 32, was in Crown Casino and on his way to his car at 1.30am on May 14 this year when he saw the red Ferrari F430 Spider. He [...]
Torrential rain caused rivers and creek banks to burst in areas of Poland, Germany and the Czech Republic, killing at least 10 and causing structures, bridges and dams to collapse. In Germany, the City of Zittau in Goerlitz County was hit the hardest. Potable water is being distributed for residents via water tanker trucks. The [...]
The landslides that hit China on 12 am Sunday morning had reported at least 80 confirmed dead and 2,000 missing. This latest disaster that hit Gansu province was caused by heavy rains and widespread flooding in the country. It could not be determined how many of the missing persons were actually in danger or just [...]
A Frenchwoman was charged with the murder of her own children numbering eight in all. The investigation on this case started when the French police got a call from a couple who found two bodies of babies while digging in their backyard in Northern part of Villers-au-Tertre in France. Police spoke to Dominique Cottrez and [...]
A stampede in Duisburg, Germany claimed the lives of 18 people and injured more than 80 during the annual techno music festival Love Parade. Festival-goers panicked at the overcrowded entrance tunnel leading to the event venue causing the stampede. According to authorities, about 1.4 million people attended the festival. They could not immediately stop the festival fearing [...]
North Korea declared a “sacred war” against South Korea and the United States in retaliation for the allied countries’ “reckless” military exercises. “The army and people of the DPRK will start a retaliatory sacred war of their own style based on nuclear deterrent any time necessary in order to counter the U.S. imperialists and the [...]
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