12 Nato supplies containers torched, driver killed in Pakistan

At least 12 more containers of Nato supplies were torched while a driver was shot dead and two cleaners injured when armed men attacked two parking lots on Ring Road near Peshawar, the capital city of Pakistan's troubled North West Frontier Province, in an attack by...

Jenin music center torched

  Jenin, is a town in the northern part of the West Bank of which Fatah has full control and jurisdiction over with the blessings of Israel. There is a struggle going on in this area between the...

Nato trucks torched in Pakistan

" Peshawar - Pakistani police say suspected militants have killed a policeman and torched 62 trucks at a terminal used to supply Nato and US troops in Afghanistan. Police official Kashif Alam says about 30...

California: Fires Burn 30 Homes

" Fires that ignited along Interstate 5 in Stockton swept through a neighborhood and torched at least 30 homes, said a city spokeswoman, Connie Cochran. Two firefighters suffered minor injuries, she said, but...

New Testaments torched in Israeli City

Turns out that this happened last week, but I'm just learning about it now. The deputy mayor, Uzi Aharon, is in damage control, as book burnings rarely lead to happy outcomes." Investigators plan to review photographs and footage showing "a fairly large" number of New...

Disabled pregnant woman used as target practice

This story is so shocking that it's hard to believe it is even real. A 29-year-old pregnant and disabled woman was forced to live in the basement and was subjected to torture and humiliation at the hands of her...

Egypt workers protest, torch offices in UAE-Agency

"About 1,500 Egyptian workers striking over pay in the United Arab Emirates torched offices and vehicles on Tuesday, the official WAM news agency reported."They destroyed office documents, broke windows and torched the first floor of the management building and a number of...

Up to 50 people killed in Kenya church attack

"Up to 50 people have been killed in Eldoret, western Kenya, when a mob torched a church Tuesday where hundreds had sought refuge after violence erupted over a disputed presidential election, the Associated Press...

Youth Riots in France Continue; Is Sharia Law Out to Lunch.

"Youth Riots in France Continue 28 November 2007, Wednesday Click to enlarge the photo More than 1 000 police officers were deployed in the poor Paris suburb of Villiers-le-Bel to stop rioting youths. Photo by BGNES Riots have broken out for a third night in the poor French...

France: 21 police officers injured in clashes with rampaging youth in Paris s...

Two youth on motorcycle ignoring traffic rules, died after driving into the side of a Police car.  The neighbourhood erupting into  a war zone in this predominately poor neighbourhood resulted in the...

Premature Immolation: Burning Man Torched Early

The giant figure dominating the Black Rock Desert during the annual art/music/maker/bacchanal that is Burning Man festival is supposed to burn... just not so soon. I'm a little surprised that this hasn't...

Thailand - Insurgents Torching Schools

Teachers in North America have to deal with gang violence, ruffians, bullying, and pubescent woes. In Southern Thailand, add on top of those risking your very life to educate young minds into young adults. The...

Indian state goes "on strike" to protest killings

The strike in Kolkata today in response to these killings is part of a strong tradition of protest strikes (called Bandh) common in South Asian countries like India and Nepal. Bandh have been outlawed by the...

Unrest threatens to derail Nepali peace

"Unrest threatens to derail Nepali peace """A Nepalese driver steers an agricultural vehicle being used as a makeshift form of public transport along a street in Kathmandu yesterday on the second day of a transportation strike. PHOTO: AFP"PM holds emergency meet as protester...

Mosques torched after worst Iraq bombing

"BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Gunmen bent on revenge burned mosques and homes in a Sunni enclave of Baghdad on Friday as Iraq's leaders pleaded for calm, a day after the worst bomb attack since the U.S. invasion raised the specter of civil war. Some 30 people were killed, police...

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