Saturday, December 31, 2011
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Monday, December 19, 2011
SENDONG (A Killer Typhoon)
Debris swept away hang on a electric post in Cagayan de Oro City on December18, 2011, a day after Typhoon Washi wrought havoc in the city. Philippine rescuers strived with mud, fatigue and the stench of death December 18 to help dazed survivors of devastating flash floods that have killed about 500 people. AFP PHOTO/TED ALJIBE
Busses covered with mud are seen in an aerial shot in southern island of Mindanao on December 19, 2011, two days day after Typhoon Washi wrought havoc in the city. The Philippines prepared for mass burials of flood victims December 19 to minimise health risks from rotting cadavers after a cyclone disaster left hundreds dead or missing on Mindanao island. AFP PHOTO/POOL/RICHEL UMEL
Residents clean their mudded house in Cagayan de Oro, in southern island of Mindanao on December 18, 2011, a day after Typhoon Washi wrought havoc in the city. Philippine rescuers strived with mud, fatigue and the stench of death December 18 to help dazed survivors of devastating flash floods that have killed about 500 people. AFP PHOTO/TED ALJIBE (Photo credit should read TED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images)
A girl carries salvaged belonging as she walks through a mudded street in Cagayan de Oro City on December18, 2011, a day after Typhoon Washi wrought havoc in the city. Philippine rescuers strived with mud, fatigue and the stench of death December 18 to help dazed survivors of devastating flash floods that have killed about 500 people. AFP PHOTO/TED ALJIBE (Photo credit should read TED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images)
Sunday, December 18, 2011
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Thursday, December 15, 2011
Catholics flock to churches for 'Simbang Gabi' - GMA News Online - The Go-To Site for Filipinos Everywhere!
Catholics flock to churches for 'Simbang Gabi' - GMA News Online - The Go-To Site for Filipinos Everywhere
Iran uranium to go into nuclear plant mid-February - Yahoo!
Iran uranium to go into nuclear plant mid-February - Yahoo!
World's oldest dog dies in Japan at age 26 - Yahoo!
World's oldest dog dies in Japan at age 26 - Yahoo!
World's oldest dog dies in Japan at age 26 - Yahoo!
World's oldest dog dies in Japan at age 26 - Yahoo!
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Man rapes daughter, sells her for $365
MAN RAPES DAUGHTER AND SELL HER FOR $365..
Man rapes daughter, sells her for $365
Man rapes daughter, sells her for $365
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Woman murders husband, then tries to cook his body parts
By AFPNov 26, 2011 at 20:08
Pakistani police on Thursday arrested a woman who had killed her husband and was attempting to cook his body parts after he planned to marry another woman without her permission.
The police arrested Zainab Bibi, 32, and her nephew Zaheer, 22, in the Shah Faisal colony of Pakistan's southern megacity Karachi, and recovered the bowl of flesh she planned to cook, said police chief for the area Nadeem Baig.
"They killed Ahmed Abbas, Zainab's husband, and chopped his body into pieces and were about to cook the flesh in a bowl," he told AFP, adding that the knife with which they killed the man had been recovered.
Television networks showed gruesome footage of the human flesh in a bowl ready for the stove.
A neighbour had alerted the police and investigations were ongoing, said Baig.
"There could be two factors behind her intention to cook the husband. One is to destroy the evidence and the other could be her immense hatred against him," over his plan to marry another woman, he said.
According to family law in the Islamic country, a man has to get permission from his first wife before his second marriage, but the law is rarely observed.
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Friday, November 25, 2011
20 detained Kuwaiti activists go on hunger strike
KUWAIT CITY (AFP) - Some 20 Kuwaiti opposition activists detained for storming parliament went on hunger strike on Friday to protest against "illegal and oppressive detention," and maltreatment.
The announcement came in a statement posted on Twitter by the activists' supporters immediately after the public prosecutor extended the detention of 31 activists until Saturday for further investigation.
The public prosecutor decided to "detain the 31 activists until late Saturday to resume interrogations," Al-Humaidi al-Subaie, coordinator of the opposition defence team, said.
Subaie said on Thursday that the activists were being questioned on charges of damaging public property, storming parliament, illegal procession, and assaulting police and others, for which they "face a jail term of between six months and life."
The Twitter statement claimed that the activists were being improperly detained as they were kept in cells normally used for criminals, prevented from contacting their relatives and were charged collectively.
Hundreds of supporters spent the night outside the palace of justice in Kuwait City in temperatures of eight degrees Celsius (46 Fahrenheit), cold for the Gulf emirate.
They planned to gather again late Friday in a show of solidarity with the detainees.
The detained activists include a former MP, academics, doctors and writers.
Ahmad al-Thayedi, the first university professor to be detained in the case, told AFP minutes before handing himself in on Thursday that the "whole issue has been politicised."
Hundreds of opposition activists stormed the seaside parliament building on November 16 after clashes with riot police that followed a large protest demanding the resignation of the prime minister and the dissolution of parliament.
Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, on Sunday called the incident a "black day" for Kuwait.
The oil-rich emirate has seen mounting tension between the government, which is dominated by members of the ruling Al-Sabah family, and the opposition.
The opposition bloc of 20 of the 50 members of parliament called on Thursday for Interior Minister Sheikh Ahmad al-Humoud al-Sabah to resign over police beating of activists.
The opposition has also accused Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Mohammad al-Ahmad al-Sabah, a senior member of the ruling family, of transferring public funds into his overseas bank accounts. The government has denied the charge.
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Iran and the bomb: what’s next?
By Christiane Amanpour, Matthew Drake & David Miller
Questions about Iran's nuclear program have been swirling for years causing fear in the west that they are secretly preparing to build a nuclear warhead.
Iran has steadfastly maintained that their nuclear ambitions are only for the purpose of energy production, and that they have no plans to enrich uranium for the production of nuclear weapons.
However, a new IAEA 25-page report, a decade in the making, says there is credible evidence to make a case that "Iran has carried out activities relevant to the development of a nuclear device."
This is some of the most damning evidence ever released about Iran's nuclear interest, but Iran has blasted the report, calling it politically motivated by the west, and an excuse to carry out military action against Iran.
While the report does not claim that Iran has the technology to produce a nuclear weapon yet, it does site evidence that Iran "had been provided with nuclear explosive design information" as well as computer modeling of nuclear detonations.
On Around the World, Christiane Amanpour speaks with the New York Times David Sanger to take a deeper look into this report which could have a worldwide impact, effecting not only the United States and Iran, but also putting pressure on Iran's allies China and Russia.
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