Ravi Nessman, the Associated Press burea chief in Sri Lanka was denied permission to remain in Sri Lanka. Associated Press had reported extensively on the heavy civilian casualities this year. Nessman also...
A Japanese female has the highest life expactancy according to a new report by the World Health Organisation, with Canadian females living to an average of 83 and Canadian males living to an average of 78. San Marino however, also has a high expectancy as men there live till...
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Sad news as Italy wakes up, officials report that the death toll has now peaked to 250. 1,000 people remain hurt, about 100 seriously, and around 50 are still missing. The first funeral of a victim will take place...
The key investor behind the public-private partnership building and operating the new ten-lane Port Mann toll bridge today reported a loss of over $1 billion (CAD). Macquarie Group's infrastructure arm took the...
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"Four weeks after the cessation of Operation Cast Lead, the IDF finally opened its dossier on Palestinian fatalities on Sunday for the first time, and presented to The Jerusalem Post an overview utterly at odds with the Palestinian figures that have hitherto formed the basis...
A female suicide bomber has blown herself up at a camp which had been set up for civilians fleeing the war zone in the northeast of Sri Lanka, killing 24 people. News coming from Sri Lankan military says the...
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Kentucky remained encased in ice today after their recent ice storms, and now about 607,000 people are without power throughout the state. Crews are still clearing off major roads, and are working to get cell phone...
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"The number of Palestinians killed by Israeli security forces in the West Bank and Gaza Strip tripled this year, according to an Israeli human rights organisation. B'Tselem said 660 Palestinians had been killed during 2006, including 141 minors. The report claimed that at...
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"What really is behind the numbers reported on the number of civilian casualties in the Gaza Strip? Italian newspaper Corriere Della Sera reported Thursday that a doctor working in Gaza's Shifa Hospital claimed that Hamas has intentionally inflated the number of casualties...
The temperature is not so low that it can cause anyone to die, then what it can be? It is just lack of resources , that kills this these poor heart.Everybody is destined to cover the journey from womb to tomb ,...
Cold weather in Europe has claimed up to 13 more lives as the icy winter weather hit the continent, closing schools, roads, airports, and forcing people to go yet another day without heat and power. The gas cuts in...
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Truckers in India continued their strike on the third day demanding for lower diesel prices. More than 4 million truckers have gone on strike from Monday for their long pending demands. More than 70 per cent of...
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We all read this morning about Tracey, the homeless woman who burned to death last night when trying to warm herself over a candle. I am now posting this via David Eby's blog, about the fact that there was another...
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As the death toll in three days of violence in the port city of Karachi reached 43 on Monday, a Pakistani security agency has informed the government in Islamabad that external forces are suspected to be...