Haiti

A school has collapsed today in Puerto Principe, the capital city of the island of Haiti, killing at least 10 people and injuring dozens more, according to the witnesses.

The authorities have not yet given an official report on the situation, but the police and UN forces are still searching for any people trapped under the school walls. Read More…

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Coach Crash Site

Six people, all of them Belgian were killed and 26 injured in a coach crash that took place in Southern Egypt, yesterday.

The bus has overturned causing the immediate death of six people and severe injuries in all the other passengers. Four of the injured are still in a critical condition, and they have been transported to the Intensive Care Unit of a Cairo hospital. Read More…

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Senator Barack Obama

Five days before the big day, the two potential presidents of the United States are endorsed by almost the same number of people.

That can only make them force things and try anything they can in order to get the voters on their side. Read More…

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Milan, Via Montenapoleone

Milan, Italy. At midday, Via Montenapoleone- one of the city’s fanciest shopping streets – is very crowded. People are coming in and out of stores; surveillance cameras watch their every move.

One would think that in such conditions the less probable thing to happen would be a robbery in a jewellery store. Yet, that is not true.

On Friday, 24th of October a thief has managed to steal jewellery worth one million dollars from a shop owned by Gino Pederzani. He did all that in broad daylight, Read More…

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Festus Mogae, Former President of Botswana

Festus Mogae, Botswana’s former president, had been announced as the winner of the $5 million Ibrahim Prize. This prize was set up by Mo Ibrahim, telecommunications entrepreneur and it is estimated to be the most valuable in the world.

Mr. Mogae was awarded this prize by Kofi Annan, ex Secretary General for the United Nations, and it comes in recognition of his ten years of good governing.

He was president of Botswana during two mandates; he managed to consolidate democracy in his country and instate a Read More…

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South Korean Firefighters

Other than banks and the Stock Market, the financial world crisis seems to affect people on a personal level as well. In Seoul, South Korea, a man called Jeong, wanted to commit suicide due to various financial problems.

In an attempt to suicide, he tried to burn out his room and consequently the building he was living in.

Unfortunately, he didn’t stop at that and, in his way through the building situated in Southern Seoul, he stabbed five of his neighbors to death and Read More…

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Steatoda paykulliana

Scientists have recently discovered the presence of several exotic species of spiders living in the UK. Their theory is that the warmer climate is now allowing exotic spiders to survive in the UK after arriving here in food and plants cargos.
Amongst the new species, scientists have identifies a false widow spider, an imitation of the black widow.

Organizations such as Buglife and The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Read More…

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Tijuana Mexico Border

U.S. State Department issued a safety warning for people who want to travel to Mexico these days; public violent confrontations between Mexican drug dealers have been taking place in Nogales, Ciudad de Juarez and Tijuana.

Mexican narcotics cartels have started fighting over getting full control of the US Arizona border-area, in the Northern part of Mexico; the authorities have sent military forces in the area to try to calm down the situation. Read More…

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