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7.2 quake hits South Pacific nation of Vanuatu
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.2 rattled the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu early Friday, briefly triggering a tsunami watch for the region, officials said. There were no immediate reports of damage.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake struck just after 4 a.m. local time and was centered [...]
Air India Crash
Air India Crash, Mangalore Plane Crash: An Air India plane crash in Mangalore, India killed more than 150 passengers early Saturday morning, when the plane burst into flames while attempting to land on the Mangalore’s Bajpe International airport runway.
V.S. Acharya, the home minister of India’s Karnataka state in which the plane [...]
CHINESE TEEN GIRLS LOCKED AWAY IN A DUNGEON FOR A YEAR
Here is a fascinating and quite disturbing story about two Chinese girls, ages 16 and 19 whom were locked away from China’s society for around a year. During that year the girls were trying to be rescued by tucking emergency notes into garbage bags with high hopes that someone would finally [...]
7 Taliban killed in attack on Bagram air base
Reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan — Insurgents early Wednesday launched a bold attack on the largest U.S. installation in Afghanistan, leaving at least seven of the attackers dead.
The fighting at the sprawling, heavily fortified Bagram air base, about 30 miles north of Kabul, began at dawn when Taliban fighters attacked with rockets, [...]
Thai troops, protesters clash in capital; 8 killed
BANGKOK – Thai troops fired bullets at anti-government protesters, and explosions thundered in the heart of Bangkok on Friday as an army push to clear the streets and end a two-month political standoff sparked clashes that have killed eight and wounded 101.
As night fell, booming explosions and the sound of gunfire [...]
