Posted on 27 April 2011.
Authorities announced on Tuesday that they have unearthed an additional six bodies from the northeastern Mexican border. A drug gang is believed to be running operations in this area; kidnapping bus passengers and hiding them in graves. In less than a month, security forces have already recovered a total of 183 bodies. These recent discoveries […]
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Posted on 27 April 2011.
Proponents of the law that was supposed to ban gay marriages in California challenged on Monday the judge who turned down the law. Apparently, the judge is in a same-sex relationship and was bias with his ruling. Judge Vaughn Walker, former U.S. District Chief Judge, ruled last year that he Proposition 8 or the law […]
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Posted on 26 April 2011.
The administration of President Obama is getting ready to put its initial steps against President Bashar Assad and his top army officers into action. It is said that the government will impose sanctions against the Syrian leaders because of their increasingly bloody violence to stop protesters. The Damascus regime on Monday ordered thousands of soldiers […]
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Posted on 26 April 2011.
Three tiny white caskets were buried on Monday. The caskets carry the three children who drowned with their mother after she deliberately drove their minivan into the Hudson River. The children were buried miles away from where their mother’s grave. The funeral was intense and heated as members of the two sides of the family […]
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Posted on 26 April 2011.
Getting a gift for someone who is about to have everything in less than a week is a mind-wrecking job, but Kate Middleton’s family rose to the challenge and got her the perfect gift – a coat of arms. Kate’s parents, Michael and Carole Middleton, custom-built a family crest to highlight their daughter’s royal wedding […]
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Posted on 26 April 2011.
On Monday, doctors of Arizona Representative Gabrielle Giffords confirmed that she may fly to Florida this week to send off her husband to space. Gifford’s husband is the space commander of space shuttle Endeavour. However, the congresswoman has to immediately return to the hospital to continue her rehabilitation. TIRR Memorial Hermann doctors said that Giffords […]
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Posted on 26 April 2011.
An Afghan official said that at least 400 inmates escaped from the main prison in Kandahar through an overnight tunnel, Monday. Kandahar is in the southern part of Afghanistan. Most of the escaped prisoners are Taliban insurgents. Kandahar is the focus of international effort to defeat insurgency, and the colossal jailbreak in the city is […]
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Posted on 26 April 2011.
A small plane filled with bundles upon bundles of cocaine crashed on Sunday in a lake in New Mexico. The police said that everyone on board was killed in the incident. Lieutenant Eric Garcia said that they do not know the exact number of people inside the aircraft when it crashed. However, they saw no […]
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Posted on 25 April 2011.
Pope Benedict XVI included Libya in his Easter prayers on Sunday. He prayed for diplomacy to prevail in the country and for the citizens to build a brand new society that is rooted on respect. He also asked Europeans to welcome North African refugees. While the pope delivered the “Urbi et Orbi” (a tradition of […]
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Posted on 25 April 2011.
Misrata received a barrage of rockets and shells on Sunday from Moammar Gadhafi’s forces. Despite the bloody weekend, however, rebel forces said that they drove the pro-government forces from Libya’s third largest city. Doctors said that the battle killed 32 people and wounded more in a matter of two days. The battle in Misrata has […]
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