Air France Passenger Dies On Board, Prompts Emergency Stop

Air France flight heading for Paris, France, from Montreal, Canada, had to make an emergency stop late at night today in St. John, Newfoundland, Canada after one of the passengers on board passed away. The body of the man was unloaded from the plane at the airport. It is not...

Oklahoma Highway Trooper faulted for ambulance incident and fight

Update: June 16th 2009Maurice White Jr., the ambulance driver who confronted an Oklahoma Highway Trooper for stopping his ambulance on the way to the hospital had this to say on the The Early Show this morning."White...

American Teen's Wild Night on Australian Ghan Train

An American visitor to the Australian Outback has experienced the ride of his life and lived to tell of it. Chad Vance, aged 19, of Alaska, was about to miss the Ghan, their trans-continental train, and clung onto...

Popular Indian Chief Minister creates controversy

  An already popular Chief Minister of Indian eastern state of Bihar seems to have generated a storm by announcing sops for those who participated in the country’s biggest movement since its...

14,200 people evacuated from New South Wales due to flooding

14,200 people have been evacuated from coastal New South Wales due to severe flooding as wild weather continues to batter the area and it has also disrupted the world's largest coal-export harbor located in the...

US administration makes urgent aid plea for IDPs in Pakistan

As reported by Dawn, US administration on Tuesday made urgent aid plea for IDPs (Internally displaced persons) in Pakistan. As a consequence of recent Swat operation against Taliban, more than a million people have...

Paradise under attack, Or the Human Cancer.

 by, Uwe Paschen. Japan is a Paradise of sorts, yet one that is under attack due in part to natural phenomenon’s such as Earthquakes and Typhoons, as well as Tides and Tsunamis yet the greatest damage is due to...

Myrtle Beach wildfires cause state of emergency in South Carolina

The Myrtle Beach wildfires in Horry County, South Carolina has caused a state of emergency as the bush fire has destroyed thousands of hectares of land - in the state's busiest tourist area. Much of the damage is...

Emergency, constitution supsended in Fiji. No elections till 2014

Fiji’s President enforced state emergency on Friday with immediate effect. The first causality of this development will be the media because as per the Presidential decree any news that "destabilizes" law and...

Glenn Beck FINALLY admits "FEMA Concentration Camps Do Not Exist"

" On his Fox show, Glenn Beck enlisted the help of Popular Mechanics to debunk an internet rumor (which Beck helped spread) that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) operates concentration camps in the...

Flash flooding in Manitoba: ice jam dislodged for now

The ice jam that caused the Flash Flooding in Manitoba and a state of emergency has been dislodged now but officials say the damage is not over yet. The Red River is flowing rapidly but people living upstream could...

Making the most of 90 days

"CAMP STRIKER, Iraq - Col. Lionel M. Nelson is a man of many hats. A former Air Force Reservist, and a retired Army Reservist, Nelson came out of a five-year retirement and shut down his private practice in San...

China declares drought emergency due to water shortages

China has now officially declared an emergency in eight of their drought-hit regions, as four million people are suffering from water shortages and almost half of their winter crop is under threat. President Hu...

Emergency measures for severe drought in China

Severe drought in China is threatening a fifth of their annual wheat harvest and leaving 3.7 million people across eight provinces with water shortage problems. 43% of the country's farmland has been damaged as...

Maoists shut down Manipal hospital in Nepal

Supporters of Nepal Maoists, who have often been accused of resorting to violence and intimidation, have now targetted a medical college set up as a joint venture between India's Manipal Group and the Nepal government in the Himalayan nation. Demanding salary hike and other...

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