Gun Accidents Each Year: Kills Around 500 Kids

In California, an 8-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed his 2-year-old sister. Sgt. Charlie Spruill from the Wacaville Police said "It's a tragic case of a sibling who picked up a firearm, thinking it was a...

Post 9/11: What is NATO doing in Afghanistan?

The world is remembering the eight anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, which killed nearly 3,000 people, but tens of thousands of others now mourn the deaths of those who unvoluntarily paid...

Most Wanted: British women to eat chocolate for a year

A healthy weight is crucial for a long and healthy life. Being overweight or obese increases your risk of heart disease. There are some myths that chocolate can increase your weight and also increase the risk of...

Natascha Kampusch returns to tidy the house that was her prison

" A girl who was imprisoned in a cellar for eight and-a-half years is coping with her ordeal - by returning to clean her captor’s house. Natascha Kampusch, who was kidnapped at the age of ten and held captive...

Volunteer Abroad Tanzania Dar Es Salaam Arusha Children Orphans

http://www.abroaderview.org Our programs allow you to take part in meaningful community service work, while discovering the people, sights, smells and tastes of Tanzania. Volunteering in Tanzania is a way to...

Sri Lanka: Buddhist Mobs Attack Churches

CWN.org - Buddhist mobs attacked several churches in Sri Lanka two weeks ago, threatening to kill a pastor in the southern province of Hambanthota and ransacking a 150-year-old Methodist church building in the...

Final episode of ER airs Thursday April 2nd

The final episode of hospital television drama ER will be broadcast Thursday April 2nd, and will end a 15 year run of one of the most popular television shows, which at one point drew in viewing figures of 32 million. ER had more Emmy nominations than any other drama in TV...

Newroz: From tradition to politics, why it is important to Kurds

Today in London, the Kurdish community gathered to celebrate Newroz, the Kurdish New Year, a tradition going across countries in Middle East and Central Asia. It coincides with the spring equinox of 21st of March...

Climate fears 'being realised''

The worst-case scenarios on climate change envisaged by the UN two years ago are already being realised, say scientists at an international meeting."In a statement in Copenhagen on their six key messages to...

Volunteer Abroad Zambia Orphanages Volunteering abroaderview.org

Our programs in Lusaka and the surrounding towns allow you to take part in meaningful community service work, while discovering the people, sights, smells and tastes of Zambia. Volunteering in Zambia is a way to...

The Chinese New Year Parade 2009 in San Francisco today

The 2009 Chinese New Year Parade takes place in San Francisco today and the parade will feature over 100 floats and and 201 foot dragon. This is the parade that is known as the oldest and largest Chinese New Year's parade outside of Asia and is starts at 5:15pm and lasts till...

Facebook clocks fifth birthday

With news of financial crisis,  Facebook,  which was founded in a colleage dorm and now ranks world's most popular social networking site,  has completed 5 years of its life. Questions about...

350,000 deer must be culled in UK each year to control numbers

An annual cull of about 350,000 deer will have to be done to keep the population under control, as the growing number are causing accidents and damaging the countryside. In the most recent years, the deer...

Twin Baby Boys Born on Different Days, Months and Years

Rochester, Michigan - They're twins, despite what their spanking new birth certificates say. "Tariq Griffin is a New Year's baby, having entered the world shortly after midnight at Crittenton Hospital in Rochester.  Twin brother Tarrance was born a bit earlier — 26...

Jan 1 Brings First Shooting of the Year in Bibb Co

"Around 4 pm this Thursday 51 year old Larry Quintyne and 34 year old Melody Lester were involved in an argument that became violent. A handgun was involved and Lester was shot in the neck. Quintyne attempted to drive Lester to the hospital but emergency personnel on the...

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