Category | World News

Eight Year Old in Indonesia to Kick Smoking Habit

Posted on 18 March 2012

A young boy, who is just eight years old, smokes a more than twenty-five cigarettes each day. To kick his habit, he will undergo thirty days of therapy. This habit that he is kicking is a four year old habit. Yes, he has been smoking since he was four years old. The boy, only identified [...]

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Strong Earthquake Shakes Northern Japan

Posted on 14 March 2012

On Wednesday evening northern Japan was shook by a strong earthquake that only caused little tidal changes on the Pacific coastline. There were no other injuries or damage reported. Many towns near the coast issued evacuation advisories or orders for the residents. Approximately one hour after the quake hit, in the port of Hachinohe reported [...]

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Special Forces Soldier Sentenced to Prison

Posted on 13 March 2012

Pedro Pimentel, age fifty-five has been sentenced to six thousand sixty years in prison for his part in the Las Dos Erres massacre that claimed two hundred one lives in 1982. The number of years is only symbolic because the maximum numbers of years inmates are allowed to serve are fifty according to Guatemala’s laws, [...]

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Foods in Poland Suspected of Having Road Salt

Posted on 09 March 2012

In Warsaw, Poland the health authorities have given the order to withdraw more than five hundred thousand pounds of bread, pickles, and other food that are suspected of containing industrial salt.  Authorities have been prompted to open a criminal investigation when these revelations came to light.  So far there have been five people arrested.  They [...]

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New Theory On Why the Titanic Sank

Posted on 07 March 2012

In April, it will be one hundred years since the Titanic sank and the cause of this horrific disaster has always been that the ocean liner hit an iceberg but that may be only part of what caused it to sink.  Scientists now believe that they have found an unexpected culprit that was partially to [...]

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McCain Says U.S.-Led Air-Strikes Is Needed In Syria

Posted on 05 March 2012

Republican senator John McCain has called on the United States government to conduct an immediate air-strikes in Syria to protect the civilians that are being slaughtered by Syrian president Bashar al-Assad. McCain said the US need to assert its military power with air-strikes to strategic places in Syria to protect the civilians who are dying [...]

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Interpol Bust 23 Alleged Anonymous Hackers

Posted on 29 February 2012

The International Police made a huge headway on its quest to arrest the members of the deadly Anonymous hacker movement which hacked several well-established websites around the world. The Interpol revealed they recently arrested 25 members of the group in an intensified crackdown across Europe and South America. In a statement, the Interpol said they [...]

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Japan Tsunami Debris Spreading Across the Pacific Ocean

Posted on 29 February 2012

Debris from the 2011 Japan tsunami has spread across the northern Pacific Ocean for some three thousand miles.  The debris includes boats, lumber and other debris that was ripped from the costal towns during the tsunamis last year.  All of this debris could be washed up on the west coast of the United States sometime [...]

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Nighclub Blast Injures 17 In Romania

Posted on 21 February 2012

Seventeen people were reported injured when two blasts hit a nightclub in Romania. According to reports, the initial blast happened in the early hours of Sunday in the northern Romanian town of Sighetu Marmatiei. The first blast wounded seven people. The second explosion happened several hours after and injured 10 other people. The injured victims [...]

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Angelina Jolie Backs Move For UN Intervention In Syria

Posted on 21 February 2012

Hollywood superstar actress Angelina Jolie has joined thousand of voices for the armed intervention to stop the ongoing crackdown in Syria which killed many civilians in the area. In a recent media interview, Jolie said the United Nations should now intervene in the conflict by conducting a military offensive against the leaders of Syria. Jolie, [...]

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