Posts by Virginia Morgan
Moscow airliner crash kills two After making an emergency landing
After making an emergency landing at Moscow’s Domodedovo airport, the plane rolled off the runway and broke up killing two people and injuring 80 others. When the plane made the emergency landing at Domodedove airport all three of the planes engine’s had failed on the Russian built TU-154 plane that was carrying about 170 passengers.…
Read MorePresident visited troops in Afghanistan
President Barack Obama made a surprise visit to Bagram air base near Kabul to praise and thank troops for their service during the holiday season. He told the troops they are making crucial progress against insurgents and today we can be proud that there are fewer areas under Taliban control. He also said there would…
Read MoreTorrential 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 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 MoreUN receives Protests in Haiti
Peacekeepers from Nepal have been accused by some Haitians for bringing the cholera to Haiti for the first time in a century but the cholera strain has been matched to South Asia. There has been no evidence to justify the accusation the UN says. Violent protests against the UN peacekeepers caused the UN troops to…
Read MoreFood Shortage in US Households
Food shortage is the highest in US households since they have been collecting data in the 1990’s In 2009 almost 15% of households experienced a food shortage in their homes with single mothers being the hardest hit unable to put sufficient food on the table. More soup kitchens and community organizations that provide for the…
Read MoreAmerican Collage tuition more than UK fee’s
The tuition fee for American collage students is often $45,000.00 or more per year. It leaves them with a large debt to be paid for the first decade of their working life or longer .When President Barack Obama went to Harvard he couldn’t pay off his debts until he was a US senator and had…
Read MoreFlat screen TV’s ordered for Scottish prisoners.
The 19 inch 1,600 flat screen TV sets to be used across the estate , including at the new sites at Shotts and Low Moss. would not cost the taxpayer any money the Scottish Prison Service said but the labour is angry and said the purchase would shock the public . The hundreds of flat…
Read MoreBattle for Holiday Shoppers begins November
For the first time on Thanksgiving Wal-Mart and Sears will be open and the battle for holiday’s shopper’s dollars will begin. Wal Mart has a new policy of free holiday shipping on nearly 60,000 on line items with no minimum purchase required. The offer will run through December 20 which includes most electronics, jewelry and…
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