This reporter is mistaken on the numbers recorded dead, the actual figure is 57 but the rest of the report seemly is correct. Forensic's are never that good in the Philippines as the sites get contaminated....
" THE 51-year-old Norwegian slain in Consolacion after allegedly holding four persons hostage had been convicted of rape and drugs charges and served time in jail in Norway. Nils Frode Steen Aksnes had been jailed for a string of cases in his hometown, according to the...
Amidst the tight security thousands of people attended the last rites of killed Sri Lankan editor Lasantha Wickramatunga in capital Colombo. The dead editor was a fierce critic of Sri Lankan government...
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Slain Pakistani leader and former Premier, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto has been conferred upon United Nations award of Human Rights for her services rendered for the poor human beings and in recognition of her...
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William Balfour has been arrested." William Balfour, a suspect in the deaths, was arrested Friday but has not been charged, The Chicago Tribune and The Chicago Sun-Times reported, citing law enforcement...
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Carol DeDelley, mother of Tim McLean, 22, publicly and callously butchered on a Greyhound bus on its way to Manitoba, allegedly by drifter Vincent Li, 40. Li was found fit to stand trial last week, accused...
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Russian soldiers have shot and killed a Georgian police officer at a checkpoint, a day after they agreed to withdraw from Georgia proper in a treaty with the EU."A Georgian policeman was shot and killed on Wednesday near a Russian checkpoint in Georgia, Georgia's Interior...
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NATO forces in their quest to route out the Taliban have now invaded Pakistan. One can only wonder what the ramifications will be when Pakistan a US ally will do next at this firing on their soil."KABUL --...
The will of slain Benazir Bhutto was in her own handwriting and it had three parts: First she paid tribute to her colleagues, then she mentioned her spouse Asif Zardari whom she described as a courageous and the one who fulfils promises while in the third part she advised the...
Pakistan - Pakistani officials commemorated Benazir Bhutto's birthday Saturday with plans to rename an airport after the slain former prime minister, build a monument on the site of her assassination and grant clemency to thousands of death row inmates. Prime Minister Yousuf...
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A leading Somali journalist was gunned down today in what was described as a 'targeted assassination', making him the 10th journalist to be killed in the African country." Nasteh Dahir Farah, 36, who freelanced...
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A funeral for two anti-al Qaeda Sunni men turned from tragedy to devastation on Thursday when a suicide bomber attacked.At least 50 people were killed and 55 were wounded in the blast, which occurred north of Baghdad."A suicide bomber struck the funeral of two anti-al Qaeda...
"SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Yellow police tape and wooden barricades no longer block the entrance to Northern Illinois University's Cole Hall, but it remains empty nearly two months after a gunman killed...
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A roadside bomb killed four Shiite pilgrims and wounded 15 as they traveled to a religious gathering near Baghdad.The Associated Press is working with NowPublic to help get coverage from people affected by this...
This is from editor and publisher.com but I like Steve Yelvington's take on the issue of blogger vs. reporter. I got the tip about what Steve wrote via my Twitter client, snitter, as an interesting side note. Those 140 character "tweets" are especially useful in snitter...
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