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'car bomb' blast kills 17 in Syria

" At least 17 people been killed by a car bomb in the Syrian capital Damascus, according to state television. A further 14 people, all of them civilians, are reported to have been wounded in the blast. A...

Largest Islamabad mosque cleared after bomb hoax

"Bomb disposal squad after strict scanning cleared Shah Faisal Mosque for the public; security officials got bomb threat in Shah Faisal Mosque after which Mosque has been evacuated for scanning. According to the details, the phone call was received to American embassy in...

Youth, 18 Appears in Court Charged with the "Get Him!" Gang Murder of Teenager

An 18 year-old youth has appeared in court charged with the murder of 17 year-old Courtney Eaton who was stabbed four times in a petrol station forecourt in Salford last week.  The youth was remanded in...

Body Dumped on Toronto Highway After Deadly High Speed Shootout

A man was shot dead and his body dumped on one of Canada's busiest highway after a high speed carchase Tuesday afternoon. Someone driving a gold lexus drove off after the shooting, and dozens of police and emergency personnel have blocked off the eastbound side of the...

Dead baby thrown out with the trash

A recycling plant in Fengate, UK came across a gruesome discovery yesterday, finding a dead newborn baby coming down the trash-sorting conveyor belt. The baby has not yet been identified, so far they can't even tell if it's a boy or a girl."A newborn baby girl's body was...

Police Marksmen Shoot "Aggressive Cow"

A cow vaulted its fence and crossed a major road into a nearby garden. After residents were unable to contain the cow, police marksmen shot it. Were animal tranquilizers really out of the question? Since this took place in farmland, it's probably safe to assume some sort of...

Policeman Shot Dead During Training Exercise in Manchester

" A policeman who died during a training exercise in Manchester has been named as Ian James Terry.The 32-year-old police constable was killed by a single shot from a colleague's gun. Investigations under way...

Stuntman scales New York Times Building

I guess this is one way of guaranteeing coverage - climbing a building full of journalists and photographers. " Alain Robert, a French stuntman known for climbing tall buildings, scaled the north face of the...

Suicide attack kills 2 Afghan children

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorPerhaps a large scale House to House sweep is in order to KILL these Rat Bastards on Sight, No Mercy, No Jail, No Trial!  Nato should do everything they can to...

Bomb Blast in Northern Spain

Following an anonymous warning, a bomb exploded at a construction company in northern Spain. Nobody was killed, though there were a few injuries resulting from the blast in Zarautz." Two police officers suffered...

Over 300 arrested in student demonstrations in Chile

The Earth Times Wed, 28 May 2008 Reports." Santiago - More than 300 students were arrested by elite police forces Wednesday in Chile during crowded protests against proposed legislation on education. At least 100 protestors were arrested near the...

Children find human head on Scottish beach

Some children playing on a beach in Angus, Scotland made a grim discovery this morning. They found a plastic bag containing a woman's head."A human hand was later discovered by police officers, who had cordoned off the area near South Street, Arbroath.The head was discovered...

16 Killed in Pakistan Air Strike

Rockets believed to have been fired from an unmanned US drone, has killed sixteen people, in Pakistan's tribal area, seven of whom were militants. The US considers Pakistan an ally in the "war on terror", but also launches attacks on its territory from within neighboring...

Suicide car bomb kills Afghan civilian

Another explosion in Afghanistan, which continues to rattle daily life." KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, March 12 (Reuters) - A suicide car bomber hit a NATO-led convoy on Wednesday in Afghanistan's southern city of Kandahar, killing one Afghan civilian, but causing no casualties...

Pipeline Fire Burnt 42 People to Dead in Nigeria

What a sad end?"Forty-two victims of the pipeline explosion, which occurred at Ilagbo Village, a riverine community near Ibagbo-Iru, Victoria Island, Lagos, have been buried in mass graves. The remains of the victims of the Christmas Day tragedy, who were scooping fuel from...

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