Pakistan Angry as Strike by U.S. Kills 11 Soldiers

Killing of Pakistani soldiers by America led Nato forces have angered  residents of  frontier town of Pakistan bordering Afghnistan.Dead soldiers include a major were belonging to the Mohmand Rifles. The incident has infuriated the Pakistani government and they...

Japan police probe stab 'warning'

Japanese Police have started investigating Tomohiro Kato, a factory employee from Shizuoka prefecture, stabbing spree. Sleuths are also looking into the allegation that several messages sent by mobile phone to a website that appeared to foretell the...

Thousands mourn New Brunswick basketball players

The public funeral for the seven teenaged basketball players who died in New Brunswick over the weekend was on Wednesday.  Our condolences."Students held hands and sang songs in front of a packed arena in Bathurst, N.B., where thousands of mourners gathered to remember...

Japan mourns dead Burma reporter

"Hundreds of people have attended the funeral of a Japanese journalist killed during protests in Burma. Kenji Nagai, 50, who was shot as he filmed demonstrations in Rangoon on 27 September, was buried in Tokyo. Burmese authorities said he was hit by a stray bullet, but...

Wedding goes ahead despite tragedy

Mugabe Targets Zimbabwe Mines

Apparently not grasping the concept of inflation, Zimbabwe's president threatened the mining industry:"Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe threatened on Wednesday to seize mining firms and other companies if they persist with "dirty tricks" and keep raising prices in the face of...

Bronx fire victims buried in Mali

A few weeks ago, NowPublic reported on a tragic fire in New York borough the Bronx in which nine people were killed. Today, the father and husband of some of the victims buried his family in Mali. He plans to return to the United States in a few months and hopes to bring...

Anti-Apartheid Hero Adelaide Tampo Dies in South Africa

We all remember Nelson Mandela, as well we should, but he is the very first to say he did not work alone. Ms. Tambo was a national hero."South African political activist Adelaide Tambo, who died last month aged 77, has been buried in her home town east of...

Funeral for Italian Cop Killed in Football Riot

"Thousands of Italians have attended a funeral in the Sicilian town of Catania for a policeman killed during a violent riot between football fans on Friday. Mourners clapped as Filippo Raciti's flag-draped coffin was taken into the cathedral square and across the country...