Deadly Nepal flood river diverted

In a major relief and hope for millions of victims in the Nepal and bordering areas of India, the deadly river Kosi has been diverted back to its original course. The river caused massive flash floods that...

Sri Lankaan Army closing on rebel headquarter

Sri Lankan army has intensified their attacks on the rebel Tamil tigers first time seems to having an edge in war against tamil tigers. Tamil tigers have been fighting their 25-year campaign for a separate homeland for the island's ethnic minority Tamils, who have suffered...

Kosi river inundates Indian state of Bihar; 2 million homeless;gravest devast...

" Kosi river inundates Bihar; 2 million homeless"This is India's Katrina, only the challenges could be bigger. Like the Mississippi breached the levee to drown an unsuspecting New Orleans in the US,...

Early-morning bus crash kills 13 in Texas

A bus crash in the early hours of the morning in Texas, north of Dallas, has killed 13 people. 55 people were on the bus, which was going from Houston to Missouri."A bus crash in northern Texas killed at least 12 people Friday, a police spokesman said. The bus was going north...

Eight years for driver, 19, who killed girl in crash while racing

"A teenager who killed a 17-year-old girl while racing his car at up to 100mph was jailed for eight years yesterday. Luke Grimes, 19, from Harrogate, North Yorkshire, was racing with friends when his car "cartwheeled" over an embankment and into a tree, killing passenger...

Sea's Rise in India Buries Islands and a Way of Life

"GHORAMARA ISLAND, India — Shyamal Mandal lives at the edge of ruin. In front of his small mud house lies the wreckage of what was once his village on this fragile delta island near the Bay of Bengal. Half of it...

Lord Mayor's Show

This annual event has been taking over the streets of London for nearly 800 years now. The parade involves over 6,000 people, bands, over 140 decorated floats, costumed performers and a gilded State Coach that the Lord Mayor travels in. If you aren't sick of fireworks by this...

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