Animal Mass Breakout

It appears the gang leader was a giraffe with a high kick"Amsterdam police say 15 camels, two zebras and an undetermined number of llamas and potbellied pigs briefly escaped from a travelling Dutch circus after a...

Gov Jindal: National Guard to Stay in New Orleans till end of Year

Did you know the Louisiana National Guard still patrols in New Orleans three years after Katrina? "by The Times-Picayune Thursday June 19, 2008, 8:11 AM Gov. Bobby Jindal is expected to make an announcement today about whether or not the National Guard will remain in New...

Tele-Nurses Tackle 911 Calls by Phone

" Most people know that their best bet for emergency medical attention is to call 911. (ABC News Photo Illustration)But what about refilling your prescriptions or diagnosing that peculiar rash on your arm? They are hardly emergencies, but that doesn't stop many residents in...

plane shot down before take-off

In an accident somewhat similar to shooting yourself in the foot comesthe tale of the fumbling security guard who downed his own plane. Luckyit was not in the air at the time…"Top UN ambassadors were forced to hitch a bus ride from Democratic Republic of Congo to Rwanda...

Earthquake Hits Coast of Taiwan 6.5 Mag.

Report of a 6.5 magnitude earthquake 70 miles off the coast of Taipei are coming in. "The following is a release by the United States Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center: An earthquake occurred...

Street protests vs rice prices start

And then it has happened.  The stiff cost of food has brought people, especially the poor, out in the streets to vent out their dismay.  " Children of street vendors joined their parents in a noise barrage here Wednesday to express their dismay over not being able...

Katrina Housing Grant Looted: from the Poor to the Rich

Am I the only one who can see that the figures just don't add up? Why do they need $600 million to fix $50 million worth of damage?Besides the total unethicalness in the first place. "Last week, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson approved a plan that...

"Cyclone victims do not need 'chocolate bars'" - Myanmar junta

Myanmar's military rulers have recently let foreign aid workers in to the country, and then this..." MYANMAR’S ruling junta lashed out at foreign aid donors Friday, saying cyclone victims did not need supplies of...

Floods threaten Southern Alberta - again

The fact is that the Elbow River gets pretty mean every year about this time from snow run-off in the mountains and normal rain-fall.  But every once in a while, things get out of hand, causing widespread damage...

The End Of Days

"It continues to amaze me every day when I see educated men and women pay close attention to the Weather Channel or CNN and the Local News yet still refuse to believe what has been written in the Bible. "

Once again: dead bodies don't cause disease epidemics

This seems to be a total reversal of the idea put forward here: http://www.nowpublic.com/world/epidemic-prevention-after-eathquake-china" It seems with every terrible natural disaster we have to say the same thing....

American Missile Attack in Damadola Bajaur Agency

"Two planes came from nowhere and struck the house of Maulvi Obaidullah in the Damadola, in which 12 people were killed at the spot, and many are critically injured. Talibans have accused NATO forces for this attack"

The Pakistani Spectator

Photos and facts of jaipur blast

Southern Asia Cyclone Relief

" Giving to World Vision’s Emergency Aid World Vision is airlifting emergency supplies to survivors of the devastating cyclone that struck Myanmar over the weekend. The death toll from cyclone that battered...

Death was near - Man almost pea’d to death

There are so many innovative ways to die..."Death in a mire of dried pea, hmmm there must be better ways to go. I guess that is what an unnamed man was thinking when he almost drowned to death in a silo of peas  "

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