UK anti-knife crime strategy fails - deaths rise

Knife crime in the UK has been a hot topic for the last year with the government running a high-profile campaign to reduce the carrying of knives and deaths caused by stabbings. Figures released today by the Home...

Record-Breaking Monsoons Cause at least 30 Deaths in Karachi

At least 30 people died this weekend due to torrential rainfall in Karachi. The decrepit drainage system has once again caused havoc in the city during the monsoon season. The downpour began on Saturday and...

Whistleblower speaks out on KBR-Halliburton electrocutions VIDEO

Defense contractor Kellogg Brown & Root knowingly performed substandard electrical work in Iraq and threatened workers who “made a lot of noise” about shoddy construction and maintenance, according to...

Altimeter in Fatal Amsterdam Plane Crash Known to be Faulty

The investigation into the Amsterdam plane crash at Schiphol airport has yielded startling information that the altimeter on the Turkish Airlines craft was known to be faulty.  Dutch Safety Board chairman...

China tycoon’s mistress contest ends in tragedy

This is very funny but serious story from China. Due to ecobnomic downturn a married Chinese tycoon who could no longer afford to support his five mistresses so he held a contest to decide which one to keep. But the event took an unexpected finish. "THE loser of a bizarre...

2 children killed after van jumps curb in Chinatown New York

Two children have now died and another is in serious condition in hopsital. About 11 people have been injured.A van jumped the curb at 11:31am this morning in Chinatown, New York, killing one child and injuring four or five others. The accident happened in front of 38 East...

LTTE fires at escaping civilians; 7 civilians killed -Kilinochchi

"Seven innocent Tamil civilians including two children, on their way to cleared areas seeking protection for their lives, were gunned down by the LTTE terrorists this morning, 10 January. According to the military sources, the civilians from Murusamoddai and...

10-Pound Hairball Pulled From Girl's Stomach

"An 11-year-old girl in Mumbai, India, was hospitalized with pain in her stomach, and surgeons were forced to operate. What they found was a foot-long hairball. The mass of hair -- known as a trichobozear - -is a...

Cancer Treatment Shrinks Pancreatic Tumor

A new cancer treatment shrinks pancreatic tumours.Although not curing the cancer it could add a number of months of quality life for patients.The anti-cholesterol drug Lovastatin is a key element of the new...

Father appalled by audience to son's live suicide

The father of the boy who committed suicide live on the Internet has said how appalled he is at the audience reaction to his son's death. Some of the audience egged him on, and Abraham Biggs Sr says those who...

Meteora, the Holy Rocks in Greece

"Meteora, the Holy Rocks in Greece By Tushar Mathur | Nov 13, 2008 Somewhere between Pindos and Hasiya, where the plain of Thessaly landscape lost the first roll of the magnificent mountains in central Greece, is the Meteora. Huge dark rocks, which rise in the...

Burbank Motorcycle Accident Injures One and Fatal For One Rider

Just another reminder why we all need to look out for riders and that riders need to be aware of potholes and other things that case solo motorcycle collisions."November 12, 2008 (by Otto Smyth) According to reports a motorcycle accident that occurred in the vicinity of the...

Indiana Lawyer Killed in Motorcycle Accident

Here is a very sad story of a provider who looked after his family, killed in a motorcyle accident.  A moment of silence."November 3, 2008 (by Otto Smyth) According to California motorcycle accident lawyers, Madison County Sheriff Ron Richardson a motorcycle accident...

Sunday Morning Crash Kills Four at Salton Sea

In a freak accident, four more people are killed in a car crash near Salton Sea.  Make sure and wear your seatbelts people.  Some A hole with a Caddillac CTS thought he would act like a moron."According to reports by car accident lawyers, an accident that occurred...

'Too fat to die' murderer is executed

Another execution. Lethal injection. Ohio.Richard Cooey a murderer and rapist who claimed he was too fat to be killed humanely by injection. He was wrong. still undigestedbear claw pastriesa lawn of red leaves"A...

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