Freetown, Sierra Leone's capital, had a tough enough time as it was, after years of poverty and civil war. Now parts of the city are beneath more than three feet of water following heavy rains""It is probably the heaviest downpour since the start of the rainy season" in May,...
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"An industrial accident at a mushroom farm in British Columbia's Langley Township has left three people dead and two others in serious condition.Dozens of firefighters and three air ambulances were called to the farm...
Scott Kalitta, a National Hot Rot Association driver died today when his Funny Car burst into flames and crashed in a tragic accident during the final round of qualifying for the Lucas Oil NHRA SuperNationals in...
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For the first time since the apartheid era, South African soldiers have been deployed to stop the ongoing anti-immigrant violence. One person was killed in East Rand.""We unfortunately had an incident where a member...
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"AN EASTERN Cape student is suing his father and traditional leaders in a landmark court case after he was abducted and violently circumcised last year.
In court papers filed at the Bhisho High Court Division of the...
I suppose this is a bit different to almost strangling your partner to increase arousal.Begs the one-liner "Baby, you turn me on""The York Record reports on a 37-year-old Lower Windsor Township man being charged with...
Four and a half to seven years for murder? Seems pretty small to me."In a shocking case for the academic community, former University of Penn. Economics professor Rafael Robb has entered a guilty plea in the murder of his wife, Ellen, shortly before Christmas. Ellen Robb, 49,...
The interesting aspect to this story is that the architects of Soweto TV are not trained in broadcasting per se, but understand the gap that exists in current television coverage, and who their audience is."A stream...
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" June 8, 2007 Michigan - Several fire departments were battling a kitchen fire this afternoon that had spread in the clubhouse of the Gowanie Country Club and Golf Course in Harrison Township. The two-alarm blaze broke out around 2:30 p.m. in the kitchen of the clubhouse,...
" June 6, 2007 Pennsylvania - A four-year, $3,000 study of firefighting services in Hilltown Township probably won't change much about how fire companies operate in that part of Bucks County. At least not anytime soon. Firefighters who met with Hilltown supervisors Tuesday...
Gugulethu is part of the Cape Flats, located between Cape Town's airport and the city bowl; most tourists never visit, though this is where most Capetonians live."A man was found murdered at an open field between Ny 5 and Ny 108 in Gugulethu at the exact same spot where a...
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"A mysterious metallic object that crashed through the roof of a New Jersey home earlier this year was not a meteorite after all. Geologists aren't sure what it is exactly, so then what is this strange space object?"
More coverage here.UPDATE: The fire seems to be under control, and the firefighters are managing a controlled burn of some of the ignited cylinders:"The fire burned for hours after it began but was contained Tuesday night. It engulfed a second building but did not spread to...
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" April 5, 2007 Pennsylvania - Units from Dauphin and Cumberland County were busy on Wednesday afternoon April 4th with a 2-alarm commercial structure fire at ABC East Lanes in Swatara Township Dauphin County. Units were dispatched at approximately 11:47 to Box 49-3 at 1001...