Nepal hit by 18-hour power cuts

From Sunday, in an unprecedented turn in Nepal’s history, the state-run Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has imposed what it calls a 18-hour power outage daily in a bid to cope with the power crisis. The...

'Weird' Facebook site shut

" A Facebook website called Where is Brandon Crisp? which attracted some 20,000 people from across the world was shut down recently after "trollers" began to infiltrate it."

Candlelight vigil for Calgary victims

Candlelight Vigil in Memory of The Tragic May 29th Massacre" CALGARY — Well over 100 people gathered at a candlelight vigil to share their pain in the wake of a killing spree that left five...

Venture to Light Africa with Dirt Power

"“For all the Pan-Africanism of the last four decades,” said Hugo Van Vuuren, “it is quite rare to have young students from South, East, and West Africa, in the same room without a soccer ball somehow...

Korean government cracking down on "Internet incitement"

South Korea is in an uproar over the government's plan to resume US beef imports.  Remarkably, Korean middle and high school students have taken a lead in protesting government policies.  Korean...

60 things to do during Earth Hour

I hope that everyone is going to take part in earth hour today, and for some of you, I hope that you did all take part. Here is a list of things to do if you're wondering how you will survive without tv or the...

Milwaukee Mourn Death of 4000 Soldiers

Vigil to Mourn 4,000 story by PatsPen/photos by Mikasi  “It is most important,” said Greg Martin, one of the organizers of a vigil to mourn the 4,000th casualty of the Iraq war, “to remember the men...

How good is campus security at University of Central Florida?

We'd like to hear from you about campus security at UCF. From the website, this is what we've got so far:"UCF notifies its students, staff and faculty of emergency situations through campus-wide e-mails and...

Tech Holds Candlelight Vigil

More than 10,000 people turned out at Virginia Tech last night for a vigil to memorialize the 33 killed in the April 16 shootings."Many left campus yesterday to be with family, draining the school of still more...

Ground Zero Candlelight Vigil - No Money for War

Tuesday March 20th, 2007 - Ground Zero - NYC A Candlelight Vigil was held This past Tuesday by moveon.org in an attempt to stop the bill that would add another $100 billion dollars to fund the war in Iraq. The...

"Brad Will Friend of the People"

We have seen the outpouring of support for Oaxaca and Brad Will across North America, South America, and throughout the world.  There were protests yesterday and today at Mexican consulates across the US, and...

May 4, 1970. Kent State University, Ohio

Ohio National Guard fired a total of 67 shots in 13 seconds. Students killed: Allison Krause, Jeffrey Miller, Sandra Scheuer, William Schroeder. Students wounded: Alan Canfora, John Cleary, Thomas Grace, Dean Kahler, Joseph Lewis, James Russell, Donald Scott Mackenzie, Robbie...

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