Archive for November 2010
Torrential Rain in Venezuela killing at least 20 people
Flooding has become widespread in Venezuela killing at least 20 people and destroying thousands of homes. The landslides have swept away houses built on steep hillsides, mostly occurring in the poor area of the capitol leaving approximately 5,600 people homeless. Some of the worst areas hit were the costal states of Falcon, Miranda and Vargas…
Read MoreAn Australian mining expert will help in resuming the 29 miners in New Zealand mine explosion
Emergency crews in New Zealand have been unable to recover the bodies miners as the mine remains flooded with explosive methane gas.The miners, who had been trapped underground for more than five days, were declared dead on Wednesday afternoon after the second explosion ripped through the underground tunnels. An Australian mining expert has been called…
Read MorePicasso Works at 71 year old Electricians House
An electrician who worked for Picasso installing burglar alarms in is homes throughout France and his villa in Cannes is in possession of 271 pieces of Picasso’s works. Pierre LeGuennec ,71 said Picasso gave him the works as a gift. The pieces include , cubist paintings, notebooks and a valuable watercolor from Picassos Blue Period…
Read MoreLeslie Nielsen Star of Airplane dies
Leslie Nielsen the star of Airplane and the Naked Gun movies passed away in a hospital in Ft Lauderdale, Florida at the age of 84, with his family and friends at his side. His agent John S Kelly said he was being treated for pneumonia and had been admitted into the Florida hospital nearly two…
Read MoreChristmas tree Bomb Plot in Portland
Osman Mohamud born in Somali and is a naturalized US citizen , reportedly made a telephone call saying he would set off a bomb at a tree lighting ceremony in Portland .He was arrested at around 1740 local time (0040 GMT Saturday) on Friday about 20 minutes before the tree lighting ceremony was to occur.…
Read MorePresident Obama has 12 stitches in his lip
During a basketball game Friday at Ft McNair, President Obama suffered an elbow blow to his lip. The accidental blow to the lip from an opposing player split his lip that requited the president to have 12 stitches to close the injury. Leaving the basket ball facility he was photographed wearing a gray T shirt…
Read MoreWikileaks to release millions more classified US documents
The state department has warned that the website Wikileaks can put lives at risk and damage national security if they release more classified US documents .Monday Wilileaks said it planned to release seven times as many documents as it released in October when it posted some 400,000 documents about the Iraq was. If the leaks…
Read MoreChina should defuse the crises
The only nation with influence in the north is China and it should use its influence over North Korea to defuse the crises since the shelling of a Southern island. So far Beijing as issued statements urging restraint and had refused to blame the North. PJ Crowley ,the state department spokesman said Beijing’s role was…
Read MoreBruce Beresford-Redman fights starts on extradition back to Mexico
A reality TV producer suspected of killing his wife is due in a Los Angeles court today for the first hearing in what is expected to be a long fight over his extradition back to Mexico, somehow he was able to leave Mexico before authorities issued a warrant for his arrest in May. After more…
Read MoreAirport Pat Downs more Intrusive
John Pistole chief of Transportation Security that oversees airport screening has admitted to senators amid complaints ,that the new pat down inspections that checks target sensitive body areas are more invasive than previously. Security is paramount but Mr. Pistole said he understood the privacy concerns but it is important to consider both safety and privacy.…
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