Fire pushes 3,000 people out of homes near Halifax

New Update, Halifax: 3,000 Nova Scotia residents evacuated their homes as 6 major fires are currently underway in Nova Scotia. Power outage affecting another 8,100 homes where the blaze damaged a transmission...

Unmanned helicopter rescue service for Mount Everest

"Unmanned helicopter rescue service for Mount Everest February 7, 2007 One of the many problems of climbing a mountain as tall as Mount Everest, is that once you’re up there, there’s not much help available if things go wrong. Most helicopters are not designed to operate...

Sherpas to carry Olympic torch atop Mt Everest

"Sherpas to carry Olympic torch atop Mt Everest Surendra Sharma Sunday, January 14, 2007 22:57 IST KATHMANDU: The unveiling of a plan this week by Beijing to do a rehearsal this Spring for next year’s Olympic...

This photograph has a story within a story: Does yours?

A new member sent in this great photograph in order to contribute to a news story, but the photograph was telling a story within a story, which only became realized when I was sent a link to the travel blog which...

Terrorist Bomb Kills 91 & Wounds 45

No event can be classified as "ancient history" while there are people ancient enough to remember it happening.

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