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India on Alert: Simultaneous multi-city terror attacks possible

After vehemently rejecting the earlier alarm raised by security agencies of probably multi-location attack on India, the central government went on to put five states on a probably terror alert. The urgency of...

Marines-Coast Guard Plane Crash at San Clemente Island

A Marine helicopter and Coast Guard plane crashed near San Clemente Island, off the coast of Southern California. Nine people are missing after the AH-1 Super Cobra helicopter collided with the C-130 plane. Rescue...

Oil Spill in Gulf of Mexico off Texas Releases 18,000 Gallons

An oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Texas has released 18,000 gallons of oil in to the ocean due to a tanker collision; thankfully the leak has been secured now. An 820 foot Liberian ship called the Krymsk collided with an offshore supply vessel, but the ship...

Coast Guard Fired on Potomac River near DC: a Training Exercise

It was reported that Coast Guard fired 10 rounds in the restricted area on a suspicious boat in Potomac River near Washington DC, which turned out to be a training exercise. Security is heightened today, the 8th...

Coast Guard Exercise-secure zone on Potomac River causes panic

President Obama was at an event at the Pentagon commemorating the September 11, 2001 attacks.  The Coast Guard tried to prevent a boat from entering the Pentagon Security Zone on teh Potomac River,...

Migrants flock into Greece - and sneak out to Italy UPDATES

UPDATE 1:"ATHENS, 12 July (Reuters) - Greek police raided an illegal immigrants' camp in the port city of Patras on Sunday, moving out 150 people and levelling shacks with bulldozers. Hundreds of immigrants, mostly Afghans, had lived in squalid conditions at the camp...

Staten Island Ferry Crash Shakes Passengers, 14 Injured

The Staten Island ferry that runs between Staten Island and Lower Manhattan hit a pier while docking today, injuring 14 people, which were shaken up, but relatively unharmed. " The Coast Guard spokesman compared the ferry's loss of power as it neared the pier to a car losing...

"Together We Served" website helps Military people find friends.

I just found a great website were current and ex-military people get together with old friends and make new friends. All branches of the services are there. It's a well run site and I hope run into a couple of old...

10 Haitian Boat People Killed off Boyton Beach on Florida Coast

At least 10 would be illegal immigrants fleeing Haiti to the United States were killed May 13, 2009 when the boat they were on capsized off the Florida coast.  The boat was carrying 28 Haitian refugees when it flipped over in the waters outside of Boyton Beach, 100 kms...

Missing NFL Football Players: Coast Guard Calls Off Search

Update: The Coast Guard has now called off the search for the three men missing off the Florida coast. Officials said that they were sure that they would have found any survivors, had there been any. Previously: The...

Missing NFL Players: Capsized Boat, One Person Found

The US Coast Guard has found a capsized boat with one person clinging to it during its search off the Florida coast for four people, including two NFL players.  Oakland Raiders linebacker Marquis Cooper and NFL free agent Corey Smith, who had played for the Detroit...

Rescue under way for scores stuck on ice floe

This is developing.I will update."The ice floe, 8 miles long, was created when a large piece of ice broke off from land near Locust Point, Ohio, east of Toledo, said U.S. Coast Guard spokesman Robert Lanier. At...

Search for Jennifer Seitz Lost at Sea Suspended

The U.S Coast Guard and Mexican authorities have suspended the search for Jennifer Seitz from United States of America after combing more than 4,600 square miles off the coast of Cancun Mexico.There are...

Discredible India

"These 10 young men had the Indian Police, Black Cat Team and army by their necks for three days. Stupidity is one vice which should not be attributed to them. Take one look at the terrorist caught on camera; he could pass for a south Indian low budget film hero, clean shaven...

Mumbai Tragedy: Wake Up, Indians, It’s A Cover Up

"Do you really believe these cock and bull stories? This is not a James Bond thriller, unless living in ‘Bollywood’ has made you all live in a make-believe world. Tell me: is this not the height of incompetence or is there a massive cover up going on by your government? ...

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