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Where did the satellite land last night?
NASA's decommissioned Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) hit the Earth last night. NASA's Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite UPDATES: "The Joint Space Operations Center at Vandenberg...
Listeria outbreak: death toll rises to 8.
The Colorado-grown cantaloupes death toll has risen to eight in an outbreak of Listeria, officials said Wednesday. The CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)...
Typhoon Roke hits Japan and kills four people.
The powerful typhoon Roke has struck disaster-ravaged Japan, bringing heavy rains and floods that have killed four people. Typhoon Roke is in progress to hit...
Turkey: explosion in centre of Ankara. Two deaths and 10 injured.
Ankara explosion updates. Suspected bomb killed 3 and wounded 15. Two people have been killed and other 10 have been injured after an explosion rocked...
Major security breach at Sydney Airport.
A major security breach at Sydney Airport has caused long delays for about 2000 Qantas airlines passengers. Two persons walked through an exit door at...
WW II plane crashed at Reno Air Race. Three deaths and more than 50 injured.
A vintage WW II airplane plunged into the grandstands of a popular air race event in Reno, Nevada, on Friday afternoon, in what was...
Listeriosis outbreak: FDA recalls Jensen Farms cantaloupe.
Listeriosis Outbreak: Jensen Farms Recalls Cantaloupe Due to Possible Health Risk. The FDA announced a recall today for cantaloupes from Jensen Farms, after the Colorado...
UBS rogue trader arrested in London for $2 bn losses.
Kweku Adoboli, the rogue trader arrested in London for $2 bn UBS losses. London police have arrested a man in connection with allegations of unauthorized...
Listeria infection kills 5 following cantaloupe consumption.
The outbreak of listeriosis, an illness caused by the food-borne pathogen Listeria, has killed 5 people and sickened many others across at least six states...
Britain faces second day of worst storms since 1996.
Hurricane Katia’s remnants hit Britain this morning. Britain is facing the second day of storms as the remnants of Hurricane Katia continue to batter vast...
Kenya: more than 100 deaths during a pipeline explosion in Nairobi.
Over 100 people died after a fuel pipeline exploded in a slum area in Nairobi, Kenya, on Monday, according to police. "We are putting the...
Hurricane Katia’s remnants hit Britain this morning.
Britain faces second day of worst storms since 1996. Britain was hit today by the worst storm since 1996, as the swirling remnants of Hurricane...
Kenya: British man killed and wife kidnapped during attack at a beach resort.
British couple, David and Judith Tebbutt attacked by pirates in Kenya. UPDATES. A British man was murdered and his wife is presumed kidnapped during an...
Cairo: state of alert after Israeli embassy attack. Three died and more than 1,000 injured.
Egypt has declared state of alert after three people die and more than a thousand were injured as crowds attacked the Israeli embassy in...
Zanzibar: ferry sank off with 600 people onboard. At least 100 deaths in Tanzania.
Tanzania: 190 deaths after ferry sank off in Zanzibar. At least 100 people died and many other were missing after a ferry with 600 onboard...
Muammar Gaddafi Arrest: Interpol issues its most-wanted alert
According to local sources, General Ali Kana - A senior general in Libyan ex-leader Col Muammar Gaddafi's forces - has fled to Niger. The prosecutor...
Southern California and Mexico massive blackout . More than 4 million without power.
San Diego blackout: power restored for all 1.4 million SDG&E customers. More than 4 million people across a large swath of Southern California and Mexico...
Labor Day Parade 2011: 43 Shootings During The Brooklyn West Indian Carnival.
Brooklyn Labor Day Parade 2011: 7 deaths among 49 gunshot victims at West Indian Carnival. During the Labor Day weekend in New York the number...
Typhoon Talas In Japan: 18 deaths, over 50 missing and half million evacuated.
Typhoon Talas killed at least 18 people and left more than 50 missing after hitting the western area of Japan. Typhoon Talas came with heavy...
Tropical Storm Lee: Louisiana declared state of emergency.
Bastrop Texas: Major wildfire Tropical Storm Lee is hitting Louisiana as it hurls rain at the US Gulf coast, bringing back memories of the Katrina...
Chile: Air Force Plane Crashed In The Juan Fernandez Islands.
A plane of Chile Air Force, having 21 people aboard, including a popular local television host, crashed in the Juan Fernandez Islands off the country's...
Alaska: 7.1 Earthquake Triggers Tsunami Threatening.
This morning, a massive quake strikes off Aleutian Islands, South West of Alaska, threatening a devastating tsunami. The quake, which struck at 6:55 a.m. EDT,...
China: more than 20 people injured at the Qiantang River Tidal Bore Watching.
Viewing the tidal bore has become an annual tradition for people living by the mouth of the Qiantang River and a popular attraction for...
Hurricane Irene’s remnants dissipate over Canada. At least 44 deaths in US.
Hurricane names: how and why scientists named hurricanes? Hurricane Irene, which became tropical storm travelled along 1,100 miles of US coastline leaving a trail of...
Hurricane Irene: death toll more than 15 and 6 million power outages.
Hurricane Irene’s remnants dissipate over Canada. At least 44 deaths in US. Hurricane names: how and why scientists named hurricanes? On Sunday, hurricane Irene passed over...
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