Soldiers face court martial for killing Afghan civilians for sport
The first of the 12 US soldiers that had seen heavy fighting in Afghanistan and was attached to the 5th Stryker Brigade are ,are facing charges on killing Afghan civilians for sport .They face being court marshaled on Wednesday . Staff Sgt Stevens is said to have shot at three Afghan men near the Army…
Read MoreMichael Douglas prepares for his role as Liberace
Michael Douglas has told The Hollywood Reporter that he is just happy to be talking after a year of “adversity”, including discovering he had stage four throat cancer, his son Cameron being sentenced to prison on drug charges and his ex-wife suing him for earnings from the Wall Street sequel. He is looking towards his…
Read MoreThe wall comes tumbling down
A section of wall surrounding an ancient Roman house at Pompeii has collapsed due to rain. The site of Pompeii is located in western Italy in a region called Campania, near the Bay of Naples,With the coast to the west and the Apennine Mountains to the east. Pompeii was first occupied in the 8th century…
Read More$1.4 billion safer food bill passed
The Senate passed legislation today to make food safer in the wake of deadly salmonella and E. coli outbreaks,this will potentially give the government broad new powers to increase inspections of food processing facilities and force companies to recall tainted food.The $1.4 billion bill passed the Senate 73-25.It will also place stricter standards on imported…
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 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…
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