Reports coming from Nepal says that in a bus accident 11 people died and more than 20 are missing.The tragedy took place 35 Km away from capital city Kathmandu. The rescue mission is still on, but rescuers are fighting hard because of rough weather."At least 11 persons were...
Update: From the Jerusalem Post
Eyewitnesses on Wednesday appeared to back reports that a race between two tour bus was to blame for one of the buses tumbling into a ravine near Eilat the previous day, killing...
This has been going on for over a week now. Israeli towns have been under seige near the Gaza border with only minutes notice of in coming rockets. "Rockets fired from northern Gaza land in western Negev; no injuries, damage reported; Gaza City plunges into darkness...
As the global recession continues, Nikkei Index expresses the mistrust in the volatile financial markets. It falls 20% to a 26 year low. "Elsewhere in Asia markets in Hong Kong, Australia and the...
More volatility in the stock market........" NEW YORK (AP) -- Investors agonizing over a faltering economy sent the stock market plunging all over again Wednesday after two disheartening reports convinced...
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Today it is Asia's turn to get battered in the markets. "TOKYO (Reuters) - The Nikkei average plunged 9.4 percent on Wednesday, its biggest one-day drop since the 1987 stock market crash, as fear spread of...
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Since Bush lifted the Oil Drilling Ban oil has dropped to 90 dollars a barrel"NEW YORK (AFP) — Crude oil nosedived below 90 dollars a barrel Monday as deepening global financial turmoil and plunging stock...
The inability of the EU to come up with a coordinated response to the credit crisis has caused the Euro to plunge today to record 13-month lows against the dollar. There is great uncertainty for what will happen...
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Some more wildlife animals are on the brink of extinction because of global warming. "Polar bears may not be the only Arctic wildlife threatened by global warming. Scientists have discovered that Arctic foxes also struggle as the ice disappears because they rely on the...
According to financial accounts published yesterday, the Vatican lost money last year. Luckily, the Holy See recently updated its list of mortal sins to include "accumulating excessive wealth," so the news is a...
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"Fancy a gentle paddle down the Thames? Or a splash about in the Norfolk Broads? Or maybe something a bit more bracing?Like a 120ft vertical drop, straight down the front of a churning, thundering, pounding...
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"A digger driver has died after his machine plunged more than 9m off a cliff and onto a major road in Bristol.The JCB digger was being driven along Bridge Valley Road at 4.20pm yesterday when, for unknown reasons, the front bucket of the machine was lowered and the vehicle...
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A 24-year-old British woman, from Kent and has not been named, slipped on a patch of black ice while scaling the 13,000 foot Tour Rond peak near Chamoix, has died in a climbing accident in the French Alps. She...
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In what seems to be a case of 'the lesser of two evils', Jacob Zuma became the ruler of the African National Congress, going toe to toe with rival Thabo Mbeki.You might remember Zuma from last year, when he was...
Another financial services group which specialises in buy-to-let mortgages has seen its shares tumble amid fears of the credit squeeze.........."Shares in Paragon Group plunged 45 per cent in early trading on Tuesday after the group, which specialises in buy-to-let mortgages,...
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