The prime minister of Thailand, Samak Sundaravej, called a state of emergency in Bangkok as thousands of protesters gathered at the capitol. While most of the anger goes towards what the protesters call a broken...
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"Accident investigators are to scour the wreckage of a plane that crashed at Madrid's Barajas airport, leaving 153 passengers dead. The cause of the air disaster, Spain's worst in 25 years, has not yet been identified but the black box flight recorder was retrieved from the...
This is certain to be a controversial program. Should governments target certain groups for fingerprinting and tracking?"Italian authorities have started fingerprinting tens of thousands of Gypsies living in nomad camps across the country — adults and children alike —...
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorTwo murder suicides in one week, lovers whose lives ended for no reason, as families come to grip and say why?Calgary's Murder Suicide of the Lall family by the husband who...
" BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan, April 28, 2008 – Several hundred citizens from a village near Tag Ab Valley in Afghanistan’s Kapisa province swarmed a makeshift hospital April 19 during a village medical outreach hosted by Task Force Gladiator servicemembers....
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Thousands of people converged on a Dallas street Saturday where U.S. president John F. Kennedy was assassinated exactly 40 years ago. Many left flowers, flags and messages of mourning near the site – one of several makeshift memorials across the country. The...
Tragic, we are just getting this in now. Many in Miami trying to find out about family members in the area. "At least 28 people were killed and 73 were injured in Cuba’s deadliest accident in years Saturday after a...
"An injured man is carried on a stretcher at a makeshift hospital in Bengkulu, Sumatra island, Indonesia, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2007. A second powerful earthquake in as many days jolted Southeast Asia and triggered a...
"Tied to a lamppost, he stands with his head and upper body covered in tar and feathers. A makeshift placard hung around his neck with a piece of string announces the reason for his treatment.
It is a very public...
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This news has not been made official by Police, but by the slain man's friends.August 22, 2007 Update on Paul Boyd, go to Story "Paul Boyd + Mental Illness+ Police= Tragedy""A group of friends who gathered at a...
"Hip-hop artists in Cuba are using makeshift studios to record music that goes to the heart of the country's troubles, overcoming the indifference of record companies and the media toward their efforts.
While the...
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Death Toll Rises in South Asia Floods
Aug 3 12:42 PM US/Eastern
By BISWAJEET BANERJEE
Associated Press Writer
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LUCKNOW, India (AP) - Torrents of water washed away homes,...
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I have reported several times (see the articles here and here) on the burgeoning refugee crisis in Nepal, where more than 100,000 Bhutanese of Nepali origin have been living in squalid refugee camps since the early 1990's. Now, it seems the few ethnic Nepalis still living in...
I first came across this story on NowPublic and now it's one of Yahoo's most popular stories..."COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Demolition crews started tearing down a graffiti-sprayed brick building Monday, prompting tears...
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