Kosi river inundates Indian state of Bihar; 2 million homeless;gravest devast...

" Kosi river inundates Bihar; 2 million homeless"This is India's Katrina, only the challenges could be bigger. Like the Mississippi breached the levee to drown an unsuspecting New Orleans in the US, the...

Maldivian student missing in a water stream in Mysore

India - 21:18 - A first year Maldivian student in Mysore is reportedly missing after being dragged by high current in a water stream whilst out with friends today. Ahmed Yamin, 21, joined Majanas College in...

Tragic accident on Sava River in Slovenia

Tragic accident happened yesterday on Sava River in Slovenia. So far eight bodies have been found and 5 are still missing. Rescue teams are still working in hard conditions to find the rest of missing people."LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) -- Divers pulled seven bodies out of the...

Death Now Comes In More Exotic Flavours

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorCigarette Manufacturers in their quest to get more of a market share of youth, have now started flavouring their smokes, with alcohol in many popular Flavours, favoured by...

Victims: Brothers not responsible for hate crime attacks

 "One of the suspects involved in alleged hate crime says he is innocent and the victims agree with him. Officials say there is still a sixth suspect at large.Police have charged four teenagers with a hate crime...

Teens arrested for hate crime on FIU student

 "Police have charged four teenagers with a hate crime and one adult with attempted murder after they allegedly beat and attempted to drown a black Florida International University student at Haulover Beach Park...

Four Teens Beat Black FIU Student with Bat

"Four teenagers have been charged with a hate crime, accused of the beating and attempted drowning of a black college student at Haulover Beach Park Marina over the weekend. After calling him the N-word, the teens...

Mumbai nearly drowned!! and what has still been done? - Excuses!!!!

I am tired of writing about what is wrong with the civic administration here. Yes I agree its hard to manage the most populated city in the country that has the world's second highest population, and is soon expected...

Smugglers Throw Migrants to Sharks

The headline above is not just sensationalism, but the results of a human smuggling operation gone awry. It seems as if the smugglers forced their "cargo" overboard in order to save themselves as their ship hit rough waters. "At least 29 migrants have died after smugglers...

Why the subprime bust will spread - Its economics, stupid

" Why the subprime bust will spread By Henry C K Liu Years ago when the US debt bubble spread over to the housing sector, warnings from many quarters about the systemic danger of subprime mortgages were categorically dismissed by Wall Street cheerleaders as Chicken Little...

Sydney man drowns at Qld beach

A reminder to all that swimming at a beach can be a dangerous event. I am a member of a Surf Club (not the one mentioned) and unfortunately drownings occur easily - don't swim beyond your capabilities. A 45-year-old Sydney man has drowned on Queensland's Gold Coast. Police...

Somalia refugee boats fired on; 17 drown

Yemeni authorities opened fire on boats filled with refugees fleeing the fighting in Somalia and at least 17 people drowned when one of the vessels capsized, the U.N. refugee agency said Thursday. About 140 people were missing.The incident took place late Wednesday in the...

Polar bears drown, islands appear in Arctic thaw (Reuters)

" OSLO (Reuters) - Polar bears are drowning and receding Arctic glaciers have uncovered previously unknown islands in a drastic 2006 summer thaw widely blamed on global warming. Signs of wrenching changes are apparent around the Arctic region due to unusual warmth -- the...

Husband-to-be and honours graduate who died saving drifter

. . . follow-up to tragic story about two Irish men who had everything to live for but died saving the life of an English man who walked on his family ten years ago to travel and odd-job his way round the UK - where "home" was once a bail hostel - and Europe....

5 kids drown during church outing in Mo.

"AP - Five youngsters, including four siblings, drowned during a church outing after one became caught in a river's undertow and the others jumped in to help, authorities said Monday. A sixth youth was rescued and hospitalized."

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