According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), an earthquake with magnitude of 6.5 has struck China. Xinhua, one of China’s main news agencies, reports the quake at a magnitude of 6.3. According to the USGS, the quake was centered 55 kilometers (35 miles) East, Southeast of Da Qaidam, Qinghai province and was reported...
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At least 82 people have died after a school collapsed in Haiti on Friday. The death toll rose from 61 to 82 after rescue workers found 20 students and their teacher between two floors of the school. At least 200 more are feared trapped and over 100 have been injured, some seriously. “This morning...
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Hurricane Paloma, which the U.S. National Hurricane Center yesterday labeled as “extremely dangerous”, has recently hit Cuba . In preparation of this, at 1500 UTC yesterday, the Cuban provinces of Granma and Holguin were issued with a Hurricane warning by the country’s government. Due to updated forecasts, it has also removed the waning for...
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The three Islamic militants found guilty of the 2002 Bali bombing have been executed on the island of Nusakambangan. Huda bin Abdul Haq, Amrozi bin Nurhasyim and Imam Samudra were executed by firing squad shortly after midnight. It had been announced that the three would be killed in November but no date was given...
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Voters in California, Florida and Arizona voted on Tuesday to ban gay marriage, bringing about a victory for conservatives on a day which did not bring many conservative wins. Meanwhile, voters in Colorado, South Dakota and California voted on measures which would have restricted abortion in those states. In Massachusetts and Michigan, voters passed...
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India’s first lunar mission Chandrayaan-1(meaning ‘moon craft’ in sanskrit) has passed the tricky man oeuvre of entering the lunar orbit at 5:15 PM Indian standard time. This was an important milestone for the Indian mission to moon which was launched on October 22 from Indian spaceport Satish Dhawan Space Center at Sriharikota. The lunar...
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Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the Prime Minister of Denmark, said on Tuesday that he will seek broad parliamentary support for a national referendum on joining the euro, the common currency of the Eurozone. “I’m convinced that we need broad support in parliament to hold a referendum, because it’s about the Danish currency and about stability...
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Chief of Staff Toshio Tamogami of Japan Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) was dismissed on last Friday. General Tamogami, age 60, lost his post after his essay for a contest was made public on that day to show his views contradicting the government’s official standpoint, as to Japan’s deeds during a period of its imperialistic...
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A medical study has identified a previously unknown risk to children of parents who smoke tobacco: hunger. Children who live in households with at least one adult smoker are more likely to be underfed, according to Dr. Cynthia Cutler-Triggs of the New York University School of Medicine and Bellevue Hospital. Dr. Cutler-Triggs’s study measured...
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American author and producer Michael Crichton has died at the age of 66, according to a statement released by his family. According to Entertainment Tonight, Crichton died after a long and quiet battle with cancer. His family said that his death was “unexpected”. “While the world knew him as a great storyteller that challenged...
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PRESIDENT-ELECT BARACK OBAMA: If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer. It’s the answer told by lines...
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The 2008 presidential Democratic nominee, Senator Barack Obama of Illinois is projected to win at least 306 electoral votes, enough to clinch the Presidency of the United States. Obama is the first African American to be elected President in U.S. history. His Republican opponent, Arizona senator John McCain is projected to win at least...
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Bart Cummings wins his 12th Melbourne Cup with Viewed ridden by Blake Shin. Bauer ridden by C W Brown was second after the photo finish, with C’est La Guerre ridden by B Prebble coming third. Honolulu was the last placed horse. Cummings began training in 1953. His first Cup win was with Light Fingers...
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According to California’s Madera County Sheriff’s office, DNA tests performed on bones found at the site of a plane crash in October, are confirmed to be those of adventurer Steve Fossett. The last known whereabouts of Fossett was on September 3, 2007. He had taken a small plane from a ranch in Minden, Nevada...
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Madelyn Dunham, the maternal grandmother of United States 2008 presidential candidate Barack Obama, has died of cancer at 86, just one day before the election. Dunham, who was born in Peru, Kansas in 1922, helped to raise Obama since he was 10. She lived in Honolulu, Hawaii for most of here life, where she...
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Brigadier General Thomas W. Hartmann, an officer in the United States Air Force Reserve, is the subject of two new investigations. Both center on whether Hartmann abused his power as the Legal Adviser to the Convening Authority in the Department of Defense Office of Military Commissions. He no longer holds this position. The United...
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This past Thursday, the leading third party U.S. presidential candidates held a debate at the Cleveland City Center in Cleveland, Ohio. In attendance were Independent Ralph Nader, Constitution Party nominee Chuck Baldwin and Libertarian Party nominee former Congressman Bob Barr. This is the first, and presumably last, debate between the three before the election...
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The Christian Science Monitor has announced plans to cease daily print publication. The newspaper employs 95 correspondents and 8 foreign bureaus and has won 7 Pulitzer Prizes, making it the most prominent newspaper to transition to online publication. It is due to celebrate its one hundredth anniversary later this month. The move has other...
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At least thirteen bombs were set off in the northeastern state of Assam in India on Thursday. The blasts went off shortly before noon IST (UTC+5:30) at market places and government buildings in the state capital Guwahati and surrounding area. Reports say that so far 77 people have been confirmed killed and between 200...
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Actor David Tennant made an announcement Wednesday at the National Television Awards in the United Kingdom that he will end his time portraying the Tenth Doctor on the long-running BBC science fiction drama Doctor Who in 2009. The announcement came as part of Tennant’s speech accepting the outstanding drama performance award at the program....
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