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First Person Killed in London Riots
The London riots have claimed their first victim: A 26-year-old man shot in his vehicle, Reuters reports. How the man was shot hasn’t been reported. The riots were supposedly sparked by the killing of a man by police, but they quickly evolved into anarchy as countless young, opportunistic rioters looted private property and attacked bystanders. [...]
Assad Murders 45 More Protesters; UN Issues Strongly-Worded Statement
3. August 2011
Beside additional sanctions, there’s nothing else to do. Or at least nothing else that’s going to happen. Libya become such a clusterfark stalemate that no one is going to intervene militarily in Syria. That would be an even tougher fight anyway. We’re talking more than a few cruise missiles and some fighters in Syrian airspace. [...]
Katya the Olympic Bear Found Living in Rusty Bus
2. August 2011
Horrible. Katya the bear was a longtime star of the Big St. Petersburg State Circus on Fontanka, where night after night she and another bear delighted children by riding motorcycles around the ring. During the 1980 Summer Games, the bears were applauded by thousands at a ceremony opening the football competition in St. Petersburg, then [...]
Match.com Insiders: Conservatives More Open-Minded Than Liberals
1. August 2011
Financial Times cites Match.com insiders who say conservative members of the sight are more open to reaching out to liberal members than vice versa. As a result, Match began “weighting” variables differently, according to how users behaved. For example, if conservative users were actually looking at profiles of liberals, the algorithm would learn from that [...]
Israelis Establish First Field Hospital In Japan
21. March 2011
What are those evil Israelis doing now? Establishing the first post-quake field hospital in Japan to help tend for those wounded in the tragedy. More than 10,000 Japanese are dead or missing, and the Israelis intend to help care for those who are injured. Ben Shitrit said the hospital was being established at Minamisanriko, a [...]
Coverage: Japan Rushes to Stop Nuclear Meltdown
11. March 2011
Here’s what is happening now, so far as I understand it. There are multiple reactors at two different locations where they’re having extreme difficult controlling the heat. When the facilities shut down immediately following the quake, the rods were dropped (or something). The reactor was shut down. But the heat remains. Now, that heat can [...]
NATO Seizes Powerful Iranian Rockets En Route to Taliban
10. March 2011
International coalition forces in Afghanistan have seized a shipment of powerful Iranian rockets that were headed to the Taliban to help with its spring offensive. Officials say it’s a significant escalation in the Islamic Republic of Iran’s support for the Taliban insurgency. The intercepted 122-millimeter rockets can be fired up to 13 miles (22 kilometers) [...]
Massive Blast Destroys Critical Libyan Rebel Arms Depot
4. March 2011
This could be quite a roadblock in taking down Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi. If the report is correct, rebels not only lost dozens of their members but also saw a crucial arms depot destroyed. How big was the explosion? McClatchy says buildings were “leveled” in the surrounding area, flames shot “hundreds” of feet into the [...]
Frankfurt Airport Shooter is German-Born Muslim
2. March 2011
The 21-year-old man who shot and killed two American airmen outside the international airport in Frankfurt, Germany, is a German-born Muslim who worked at the airport. That according to the Associated Press. Earlier, witnesses told the New York Times that the gunman had shouted “Allah Akbar” before opening fire. The phrase translates into “God is [...]
Taliban Kill Only Christian Member of Pakistan’s Cabinet
2. March 2011
Taliban gunmen in Pakistan today killed the only Christian member of the country’s cabinet, Minister of Minorities Shahbaz Bhatti. The minister was known both for his minority religious status and his outspoken opposition to blasphemy laws, which punish individuals who speak out against or convert from Islam. Witnesses say Islamist gunmen stopped Bhatti’s Toyota Corolla [...]
9. August 2011
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