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Zuckerberg a victim of hacking
Facebook founder ,the 26 year old billionaire, Mark Zuckerberg said a odd posting coming from Facebook was a bug , the cryptic message that was posted overnight to the Facebook fan page ,supposedly was to have come from him .Over 2000 comments were made before crypic message could be taken down . Facebook issued a…
Read MoreCanadian citizen faces terrorism charges in U.S.
Sayfildin Tahir Sharif was arrested by Canadian police , He has been accused of helping stage suicide bomb attacks in Iraq, including one that killed five U.S. soldiers, officials said on Wednesday. The United States, which wants to extradite him to New York to face terrorism charges.Canadian police said he was a Canadian citizen, but…
Read MoreBomb attempt at Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade in Spokane
Investigators in Spokane, Washington are investigating what they described as promising leads Wednesday in a eerie bombing attempt at a Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade in which someone left a backpack filled with explosives on a bench. An official familiar with the case said the bomb had a remote detonator and the ability to…
Read MoreDuvalier returns to Haiti
Sunday Jean Claude Duvalier return to Haiti after 24 years in exile was met with total surprise .He was forced by the people of Haiti to fled to France in 1986 . He took over the presidency at age 19 after the death of his father Francois “Papa Doc” Duvalier in !971 . During his…
Read MoreUS banns Catcher in the Rye book sequel
Catcher in the Rye was published in 1951 written by JD Salinger, according to reports the US has banned a book billed as the sequel from being released in the US . Publishers Weekly said , A lengthy copyright dispute over the book has reached a settlement between Swedish author Fredrik Colting and Salinger’s estate…
Read MoreAustralia faces billions in damage and years of rebuilding from the floods
Flood water in Australia’s third largest city crest below feared fatal levels on Thursday but Brisbane and other devastated regions faced years of rebuilding and even the threat of fresh floods in the weeks ahead. The capital of Queensland state looked a muddy lake, with an entire waterfront cafe among the debris washing down the…
Read MoreAirports closings in UK cost 24 m
The severe cold weather in December that closed the Heathrow airport and others temporary has put a costly price tag for the disruption caused by snow . Heathrow airport loss was 19 m out of the 24 m. Colin Matthew , the BAA’s chief executive, apologized for the disruption that the bad weather caused and…
Read MoreGerman plants investigated for using poisonous chemical dioxin
A company supplied 25 animal feed makers with 3,000 tons of contaminated fatty acids that contained the poisonous chemical dioxin. Possible illegal activity is being investigated by German officials in Schleswig where the Harles and Jentzsch plants are located and they found excessive levels of dioxin last March. As a result of tests from the…
Read MoreExploding packages in Government Buildings in Maryland
Two packages burst into flames today when they were opened at state government buildings 20 miles apart, slightly burning the fingers of two employees but not seriously injuring anyone, police said. Authorities were investigating a third suspicious package at the courthouse and a fourth at a state office building in Baltimore but it was not…
Read MoreMexican cartels fueling violence in Mexico
A severed head of a young man between 25 and 30 years old was found hanging from a bridge in the Mexican border city Tijuana on Monday. It was hung using a metallic ring and a nylon rope with several bullet wounds. A threatening message was found nearby on the bridge. Earlier, a woman between…
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