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Two confirmed dead in South African boat accident
 Two people were confirmed dead Tuesday in the sinking of a fishing boat that sank off the South African coast in bad weather the previous night. The body of one of the 19 passengers was pulled from the water Tuesday morning, while another body was found washed up on a beach Monday night, the SAPA news agency reported. Two crew...

Two confirmed dead in South African boat accident

German president winds up Nigeria visit
German President Horst Koehler began winding up a six-day visit to Nigeria on Wednesday, travelling to the Muslim north for a colourful reception by the emir of the state of Kano. Koehler, whose visit was devoted both to German-African affairs and to bilateral ties between Germany and Nigeria, was treated to a durbar, a colourful...

German president winds up Nigeria visit

Traffic accident claims 3 dozen lives in Kampala
"We are trying to determine the cause of the accident," spokesman Maj. Felix Kulayigye said after a truck transporting more than 100 soldiers and their families crashed. The accident took place on Monday in the eastern part of Uganda, Kampala, after the truck hit the concrete side railing. The cause of the event is...

Traffic accident claims 3 dozen lives in Kampala
 

Afghan "Valley of Death" is sure-fire hit with media
Minutes after the US Army Humvee leaves its mountain base, 7.62-millimetre bullets tear into the hood and turret until one finally hits driver Alex Goduti's windshield panel dead centre. The reinforced glass withstands the impact but the next round or two at most will shatter it, so he slams the vehicle in reverse and sends it...

Afghan "Valley of Death" is sure-fire hit with media

Seven missing in fishing boat mishap off South Korea
Seven sailors went missing when a fishing boat capsized in high waves Wednesday in waters off the south-eastern coast of South Korea, news reports said. Three of the 10 crew members of the 79-ton ship were rescued and were receiving medical treatment, the national Yonhap News Agency said. The coast guard sent ships and a...

Seven missing in fishing boat mishap off South Korea

Recovery of toxic pesticide from sunken ferry in Philippines starts
Divers from two salvage firms began to retrieve toxic chemicals from a sunken passenger ferry in the Philippines Tuesday, a senior official said. Transportation Undersecretary Elena Bautista said about 400 packs of hazardous pesticide endosulfan was retrieved from Princess of the Stars, which sank off central island of Sibuyan,...

Recovery of toxic pesticide from sunken ferry in Philippines starts

Vietnam, Taiwan slammed by typhoons
Typhoon Hagupit targeted Vietnam over the weekend, killing at least 42 people, while Typhoon Jangmi left two people dead in Taiwan before weakening to a tropical storm, officials reported Monday. Flash floods, heavy rain and landslides triggered by Hagupit also left four missing and 61 injured in northern Vietnam, the National...

Vietnam, Taiwan slammed by typhoons

Vietnam, Taiwan slammed by typhoons; at least 44 dead
Typhoon Hagupit targeted Vietnam over the weekend, killing at least 42 people, while Typhoon Jangmi left two people dead in Taiwan before weakening to a tropical storm, officials said Monday. Flash floods, heavy rain and landslides triggered by Hagupit also left four missing and 61 injured in northern Vietnam, the National Steering...

Vietnam, Taiwan slammed by typhoons; at least 44 dead

Typhoon Jangmi lashes Taiwan with strong winds, heavy rains
Typhoon Jangmi lashed Taiwan with powerful winds and torrential rains Sunday, forcing a standstill in domestic air traffic and some railway services. The typhoon packed center winds of up to 184 kilometres per hour and gusts of up to 227 kilometres per hour, making landfall in the north-eastern county of Ilan in the afternoon, the...

Typhoon Jangmi lashes Taiwan with strong winds, heavy rains

Hamilton has slim lead into first F1 night race
Formula One heads into unknown territory on the weekend for the maiden Singapore Grand Prix which also marks the first race under floodlights. World championship leader Lewis Hamilton must overcome the disappointment of having an appeal against a latest penalty revoked and like all other drivers will have to adapt to the unfamiliar...

Hamilton has slim lead into first F1 night race

Death toll rises to 10 after typhoon batters south China
 The Chinese death toll from Typhoon Hagupit rose to 10 with at least two people still missing as the storm brought gales and torrential rain to much of southern China, state media said on Thursday. Floods, landslides and wind damage caused by the typhoon affected 8.73 million residents and 400,000 hectares of crops in Guangdong...

Death toll rises to 10 after typhoon batters south China

At least one dead, 145,000 evacuated as typhoon hits south China
At least one person died and tens of thousands were evacuated Wednesday as Typhoon Hagupit brought gales and torrential rain to much of southern China. The island province of Hainan evacuated about 107,000 people from vulnerable areas while two cities in nearby Guangdong province moved more than 38,000 as the typhoon approached,...

At least one dead, 145,000 evacuated as typhoon hits south China

Hong Kong braces for typhoon that killed five in Philippines
 Hong Kong braced for Typhoon Hagupit Tuesday, cancelling dozens of flights and ferry services, after the storm killed five people and left four missing in the Philippines. Two of the people killed in the Philippines drowned in a swollen river in the central province of Antique, two were buried in landslides in the northern city of...

Hong Kong braces for typhoon that killed five in Philippines

Flights cancelled, schools closed as typhoon heads for Hong Kong
Dozens of flights were cancelled Tuesday as Typhoon Hagupit, which killed at least five people in the Philippines, bore down on Hong Kong. Schools and kindergartens were closed Tuesday afternoon, and ferry services to outlying islands were suspended as the fast-moving storm closed in on the high-rise city of 6.9 million. ...

Flights cancelled, schools closed as typhoon heads for Hong Kong

Taiwan braces for strong Typhoon Hagupit
Taiwan braced Monday for Typhoon Hagupit as the storm, which already killed at least one person and stranded thousands of passengers in the Philippines, was expected to brush the southern tip of the island. The Central Weather Bureau said the rim of the typhoon, which packed centre winds of 155 kilometres per hour and gusts of 191...

Taiwan braces for strong Typhoon Hagupit

One man missing, 49 injured as storm hits Hong Kong
One man was missing and 49 people were injured when tropical storm Nuri hit Hong Kong Friday. Nuri, which had left seven dead in the Philippines, had weakened and been downgraded into a severe tropical storm by the time it reached Hong Kong in the late afternoon. However, it still managed to bring Hong Kong to a standstill. The...

One man missing, 49 injured as storm hits Hong Kong

Seven killed as typhoon pummels northern Philippines
Seven people, including three children, were killed Wednesday as a powerful typhoon slammed into the northern Philippines, triggering landslides and flashfloods. The children, aged 10, 3 and 1, were buried in a mudslide in Ucab village in Itogon town in Benguet province, 225 kilometres north of Manila, the Office of Civil Defence...

Seven killed as typhoon pummels northern Philippines

Philippines braces for typhoon headed for northern provinces
The Philippines on Tuesday braced for a typhoon that was expected to make landfall over the country's northernmost provinces, the weather bureau said. Typhoon Nuri was packing maximum sustained winds of 130 kilometres per hour and gusts of up to 160 kilometres per hour as it bore down on the northern Philippines. The weather bureau...

Philippines braces for typhoon headed for northern provinces

Typhoon Fung-Wong Hit Taiwan, Canceling Flights And Shutting Businesses
Typhoon Fung-Wong lashed Taiwan Monday, bringing strong winds and heavy rains which triggered landslides and floods. Schools, offices, banks and the local stock exchange had to be closed. Moreover, the railway traffic was stopped due to the powerful winds of up to 126 kilometers (90 miles).The typhoon made landfall on the east central...

Typhoon Fung-Wong Hit Taiwan, Canceling Flights And Shutting Businesses

Kalmaegi Kills At Least 6 In Taiwan
According to emergency officials, at least 6 people were killed and 6 others injured after Typhoon Kalmaegi hit Taiwan Friday. The Central Weather Bureau said Kalmaegi headed away from Taiwan and toward southern China Friday morning, with winds of 52 miles per hour. In the past 24 hours, parts of the south have recorded up to 44 inches...

Kalmaegi Kills At Least 6 In Taiwan

800 Missing After Typhoon Sinked Ferry
Over 800 people were missing Monday after a Philippine ferry turned over in one of the most powerful typhoons the archipelago has ever seen. The capsizing of the Princess of the Stars, on Saturday, was the worst catastrophe in a weekend of tragedy for the Philippines, as typhoon Fengshen razed the islands, bringing torrents and wind...

800 Missing After Typhoon Sinked Ferry

Tropical Storm “Halong” Kills 12 in the Philippines
Twelve people were reportedly killed while more than 34,000 were displaced after Typhoon Halong hit the northern Phillippines on Monday, about half of them pinned down by fallen trees or hit by flying debris in the provinces of Pangasinan, La Union and Zambales, the National Disaster Coordinating Council reported. One of the...

Tropical Storm “Halong” Kills 12 in the Philippines

Cyclone Nargis Killed 350 People in Burma
The cyclone that hit Burma on Saturday killed more than 350 people, devastating Rangoon and many rural areas. State media reported that thousands of buildings were destroyed by the storm. 19 people died in Rangoon, while more than 220 people died in the Irrawaddy division, a low-lying area where much of Burmese rice is...

Cyclone Nargis Killed 350 People in Burma

Typhoon Neoguri Approaching South China
Typhoon Neoguri, a two category storm on a scale up to five, is expected to drop 40 mm (one and a half inches) to 90 mm of rain on Hainan and Guangdong and to bring winds of 176 kilometers (110 miles) per hour, the US Navy Joint Typhoon Warning Center said. Neoguri’s eyes, which is the second storm of the northwest Pacific...

Typhoon Neoguri Approaching South China

Cyclone Intensifies, Heading Towards Fiji
According to meteorologists, a tropical cyclone bearing down on the South Pacific island nation of Fiji has intensified into a category four storm, the second most powerful cyclone, with destructive winds up to 200 kph (125 mph). Cyclone Daman is expected to hit the nation's second largest island Vanua Levu early on Saturday,...

Cyclone Intensifies, Heading Towards Fiji

Typhoon Triggers Floods, Landslides in Philippines
Power outages, flash floods and landslides hit the northern Philippines Monday amid heavy rains and strong winds brought by a powerful typhoon that has already killed eight people. The National Disaster Coordinating Council said more than 140,000 people were evacuated in the northern Philippines, which was suffering the brunt of...

Typhoon Triggers Floods, Landslides in Philippines

Thousands Evacuated in Philipines as Typhoon Changes Course
A powerful typhoon skirted populated provinces in the eastern Philippines on Saturday, where thousands of residents had been forced to evacuate their homes to avoid the repeat of a disaster that killed more than 1,000 people last year. Typhoon Mitag veered away from its course before dawn on Saturday, sparing the provinces of...

Thousands Evacuated in Philipines as Typhoon Changes Course

Philippines Braces for Typhoon Mitag
According to local officials, thousands of people are being evacuated as tropical storm Mitag gains strength, becoming a typhoon as it nears the eastern Philippines. Mitag, packing winds of 120 kilometres per hour with gusts of 150km/h, was barreling towards the Bicol peninsula, south-east of the capital Manila, the local weather...

Philippines Braces for Typhoon Mitag

Bangladesh Toll at More Than 3,000
According to the government, the number of people left dead after the powerful cyclone that swept through Bangladesh last Thursday rose to more than 3,000 today. The United Nations estimated that a million people had been left homeless, many of them in remote areas without predictable food supplies. The Bangladesh Red Crescent...

Bangladesh Toll at More Than 3,000

Cyclone Kills Nearly 1000 People in Bangladesh
A massive rescue and relief operation has been mounted Saturday by thousands of soldiers and civilian volunteers in southern Bangladesh, which was tossed by a devastating tropical cyclone that left a trail of death and destruction. Rescuers counted another 300 bodies of people killed in Friday's cyclone that triggered mudslides...

Cyclone Kills Nearly 1000 People in Bangladesh

Cyclone Sidr Kills More Than 200 People in Bangladesh
Cyclone Sidr, which roared ashore with winds of more than 200 kilometres per hour, has killed at least 214 people in Bangladesh, an official with the disaster management office in Dhaka said Friday. Muhammad Mia said 87 deaths were reported alone in the coastal district of Barguna, the area hardest hit. The death toll could rise...

Cyclone Sidr Kills More Than 200 People in Bangladesh

Powerful Cyclone Strikes Bangladesh Coast, Thousands Evacuated
A powerful tropical cyclone struck the southern Bangladesh coast Thursday forcing hundreds of thousands of people to leave their homes after the peripheral stormy winds sparked giant waves and floods on the off-shore islands, officials said. One million people living in fragile coastal villages were evacuated to safe locations...

Powerful Cyclone Strikes Bangladesh Coast, Thousands Evacuated

Typhoon Lekima Kills Three
According to Vietnamese government officials, three people died after Typhoon Lekima hit Vietnam on Monday with speeds in excess of 120 kilometers (75 miles) per hour, bringing massive floods and down poring precipitations.The storm caused communication breakdowns, knocking down telephone poles and power lines along with houses in Ha...

Typhoon Lekima Kills Three

Typhoon Wipha Hits China
 Much feared Typhoon Wipha hit the south coast of Shanghai early Wednesday afternoon, flooding streets and fields and causing massive transport disruptions. Although believed to be the strongest typhoon to hit shanghai in the past decade, only one man was killed by electrocution during a power surge. Shanghai, China's biggest city,...

Typhoon Wipha Hits China

Taiwan Is Preparing For Typhoon Wipha
Shutting down local airports and re-routing flights in or out of China are only a few precautioanary measures taken by the Chinese government to minimize possible damage afflicted by the passing of the Wipha typhoon. The imminent impact of Wipha has also caused the closing of the stock exchange market, as meteorologists expect a...

Taiwan Is Preparing For Typhoon Wipha

South Korea Versus Typhoon Nari
According to local officials, the fast-moving typhoon called Nari has killed at least 14 people, injuring many more. As it was moving on an eastern axis through the cities of South Korea bringing with it heavy rain and floods, Typhoon Nari caused both local and international flights to be grounded. South ...

South Korea Versus Typhoon Nari

Typhoon To Hit Tokyo
Tokyo is on alert after a powerful typhoon is threatening to hit by Friday. Flights were grounded as the typhoon was expected to bring floods and landslides after dumping heavy rains on central Japan. Typhoon Fitow was near Hachijo Island, 124 miles south of Tokyo, where towering 20-foot waves were reported. Although it is only a...

Typhoon To Hit Tokyo

Typhoon Hits Japan, Flights Canceled
A powerful typhoon rain pounded the Japanese island of Kyushu on Thursday forcing cancelation of a significant number of flights. The Japanese Meteorological Agency said that the typhoon, named Usagi (rabbit in Japanese) packed winds gusting up to 180 km per hour (112 mph).The Kyushu and Shikoku islands were also expected to be affected...

Typhoon Hits Japan, Flights Canceled

Strong Earthquake Jolts Japan, Four Killed
While the southern regions are battered by heavy rain and strong winds, northern Japan was struck early Monday by a magnitude 6.8 earthquake that killed four persons and caused nuclear reactors to shut down.The most affected region was Niigata prefecture, on the coast of the Sea of Japan, where two people were caught under rubble from...

Strong Earthquake Jolts Japan, Four Killed

Typhoon Man-yi Lashes Out at Southern Japan, First Victim
The powerful typhoon Man-yi lashed out at southern Japan on Saturday with strong winds and torrential rains, 44 people reportedly being injured and thousands displaced due to the intense storm.After ravaging the southernmost islands of Okinawa on Friday, the tropical storm struck Kyushu, the third-largest island of Japan and is moving...

Typhoon Man-yi Lashes Out at Southern Japan, First Victim

Southern Japan Battered by Powerful Typhoon
The southern islands of Okinawa were struck Friday by a powerful typhoon, strong winds and torrential rains battering settlements and forcing hundreds of people out of their homes.Over 370 domestic flights were postponed and massive power cuts left about 100,000 inhabitants in the dark, 23 persons being injured by the tropical cyclone...

Southern Japan Battered by Powerful Typhoon

At Least 12 Dead After Ferry Sinks in Central Philippines
At least 12 people died and dozens are still missing after a passenger ferry sank Thursday in central Philippines.The MV Blue Water Princess went under in the early hours off the coast of San Francisco, about 140 miles south-east of Manila in the Quezon province. According to the coast guard, 129 people have been rescued, but another 115...

At Least 12 Dead After Ferry Sinks in Central Philippines

Savage Storms Kill Hundreds in Karachi
Karachi is battered by fierce storms for the past two days, more than 200 people being killed in Pakistan’s largest city, the authorities reported Sunday.Most of the fatalities were caused by fallen power lines and crumbling buildings, that trapped hundreds under piles of rubble and mud.The powerful winds trampled trees, billboards and...

Savage Storms Kill Hundreds in Karachi
 

Movie Review: “Zack and Miri Make a Porno”
Kevin Smith is a true influence for the new generation of film makers. After he made “Clerks,” he is now coming back with a new comedy named “Zack and Miri Make a Porno.” Smith chose Seth Rogen to play Zack, a slacker who makes a skin brush together with his best friend as to earn some cash.When Smith started to make the movie, Rogen was...

Movie Review: “Zack and Miri Make a Porno”
 

At least three dead, two missing as typhoon hits south China
 At least three people died, two were missing and tens of thousands were evacuated Wednesday as Typhoon Hagupit brought gales and torrential rain to much of southern China. The typhoon destroyed 7,915 houses and affected some five million people in Guangdong province, where all the casualties were reported, the official Xinhua news...

At least three dead, two missing as typhoon hits south China

Victories for Britain and United States in sailing
Paul Goodison claimed Great Britain's third sailing gold of the Beijing Games with victory in the men's Laser category Tuesday while American Anna Tunnicliffe won the women's Laser Radial. Goodison made up for the disappointment of finishing fourth in Athens four years ago by holding on to his lead in the 10th and final race, winning...

Victories for Britain and United States in sailing

Dolly Makes Landfall In Texas, Bringing Heavy Rains And Flooded Streets
Tropical storm Dolly, which strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane, hit the southern tip of Texas yesterday, shaking houses with violent winds and generating tornado warnings, as well as increasing fears of considerable flooding. Dolly, the first Atlantic hurricane to hammer the U.S. in 2008, reached the land at South Padre Island, in...

Dolly Makes Landfall In Texas, Bringing Heavy Rains And Flooded Streets

Hurricane Dolly Strengthens While Approaching The U.S./Mexico Coast
Hurricane Dolly formed in the Caribbean is heading toward the U.S.-Mexico border and may strengthen into a Category 2 storm before reaching the coast around midday, forecasters predicted. According to the National Hurricane Center’s Web site, early this morning the hurricane’s center was an estimated 55 miles (90 kilometers)...

Hurricane Dolly Strengthens While Approaching The U.S./Mexico Coast

Tropical Storm Bertha Heads Toward Bermuda
U.S. National Hurricane Center informs that Tropical Storm Fausto, which is expected to become a hurricane, and Hurricane Elida plowed across the Pacific Ocean, hundreds of miles from Mexico, whereas in the Atlantic, Tropical Storm Bertha moved away from Bermuda.At 4 a.m., the center of Tropical Storm Bertha was situated about 355 miles...

Tropical Storm Bertha Heads Toward Bermuda

Hurricane Bertha Seems to Weaken
The new hurricane season starts with Boris and Bertha. Boris passed without hurting anyone, but Bertha blew out suddenly. Boris erupted in the Pacific and went to the western coast of Mexico and caused no damage. Bertha formed last Thursday near the Cape Verde islands and set a record for the farthest east that a tropical storm has...

Hurricane Bertha Seems to Weaken

Bertha Becomes Category 3 Hurricane
According to an infrared satellite image from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Hurricane Center shows Tropical Storm Bertha moving towards warmer water and gaining strength quickly. Hurricane Bertha has strengthened to a Category 3 storm on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale of hurricane...

Bertha Becomes Category 3 Hurricane

Tropical Storm Bertha – The Season’s First Hurricane?
This infrared satellite image from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Hurricane Center shows Tropical Storm Bertha moving towards warmer water and gaining strength in a short time. According to forecasters, Bertha is expected to become the season's first hurricane. The tropical storm has sustained...

Tropical Storm Bertha – The Season’s First Hurricane?

1 dead, 6 rescued after Boat Capsizes off LaPush
A 71-year-old-man died and six others were rescued Tuesday from two boats off the coast of La Push, Clallam County, the Coast Guard reported. It appears that at 9:47 a.m., the master of a recreational boat radioed Coast Guard Group/Air Station Port Angeles that the boat was taking on water, but was unable to give a location...

1 dead, 6 rescued after Boat Capsizes off LaPush
 

Australia's red earth turns the snow orange
The worst dust storm in 40 years was Monday dusting the snow with an orange powder in the alpine region of Australia's south-east corner and bringing what locals call mud rain. Winds of up to 100 kilometres per hour are lifting soil from the arid interior of New South Wales and dumping it nearer the coast. When combined with rain, it...

Australia's red earth turns the snow orange

Powerful Cyclone Causes Extensive Damage on Fiji Island
Cyclone Daman destroyed two villages on the small Fiji island of Cikobia early Saturday, according to a Radio New Zealand report from the capital, Suva. The first cyclone of the 2007/08 season in the South Pacific, rated category four, which can have wind gusts up to 279 kilometres an hour, Daman passed directly over the island...

Powerful Cyclone Causes Extensive Damage on Fiji Island
 

NASA’s Mars Rovers Survived Dust Storm
Despite hard weather, the two rovers that NASA has sent on Mars are still active, and also ready for continuing their space missions on the red planet. Spirit and Opportunity, as the two rovers are called, have successfully survived the severe dust storm that has taken place on Mars starting with early August, as well as...

NASA’s Mars Rovers Survived Dust Storm
 

Hurricane Paloma gains strength, heads toward Cuba
Hurricane Paloma strengthened over the Caribbean and was approaching the Cayman Islands and Cuba with sustained winds of 140 kilometres an hour on Friday. "Paloma is a category one hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale. Strengthening is likely and Paloma is expected to become a category two hurricane later today (Friday) and...

Hurricane Paloma gains strength, heads toward Cuba

Hurricane Paloma gains strength, heads toward Cuba
Hurricane Paloma strengthened over the Caribbean and was approaching the Cayman Islands and Cuba with sustained winds of 140 kilometres an hour on Friday. "Paloma is a category one hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale. Strengthening is likely and Paloma is expected to become a category two hurricane later today (Friday) and...

Hurricane Paloma gains strength, heads toward Cuba

Tropical Storm Bertha Continues Moving Across the Atlantic
Meteorologists’ research has shown that Tropical Storm Bertha has begun moving away from the Cape Verde Islands on Friday morning after forming in the far eastern Atlantic on Thursday afternoon.The storm is expected to take a turn to the northwest and then north before it reaches North America. It’s early to predict any development of...

Tropical Storm Bertha Continues Moving Across the Atlantic

Tornado Hits Mississippi
Severe storms hit the Southeast on Thursday, damaging houses and shopping areas in at least four states. Some northeast Mississippi counties and areas of northwest Alabama were under tornado warnings until midafternoon Thursday. One person was killed and three were injured by a tornado which hit North Carolina, authorities said. A strong...

Tornado Hits Mississippi

Hurricane Felix Increases Death Toll After Hitting Nicaragua
According to Nicaraguan officials, at least 60 people have died at the hand of Hurricane Felix after it hit the Caribbean coast on Tuesday. The worst damage was bound to come as Hurricane Felix’s rampage continued. Meteorologists said that the hurricane would die down after entering the Gulf of Mexico but they were wrong. The...

Hurricane Felix Increases Death Toll After Hitting Nicaragua
 

Accidents snarl roads as Germany waits for storm
Accidents snarled high-lying snowed-over roads Friday in Germany as Alpine countries stood by for high winds, sinking temperatures and heavy snow. In the upland central state of Thuringia, a highway maintenance vehicle spreading salt to melt the snow was struck by a skidding truck, destroying both vehicles, police said. The drivers...

Accidents snarl roads as Germany waits for storm

EU must do more to achieve energy efficiency, Brussels says
 European Union countries must improve their energy efficiency and stop using the financial crisis as an excuse not to reduce pollution, the bloc's top officials said Thursday. "The financial crisis has not diminished the risks to our planet deriving from climate change," European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso...

EU must do more to achieve energy efficiency, Brussels says

QE2 liner runs aground ahead of final journey to Dubai
Britain's QE2 luxury liner, which is to be turned into a floating hotel in Dubai, temporarily ran aground on its final call at its home port of Southampton, southern England, Tuesday. Tugs were employed to refloat the vessel which it was believed had been blown off course by strong winds as it negotiated entry into the port in the...

QE2 liner runs aground ahead of final journey to Dubai

Icy Weather Claims Victim in Car Crash
As the weather worsens by the minute, media services talk about a man that died in the crash which took place just after 11am on the northbound carriageway of the A90 Brechin by-pass in Scotland. Treacherous conditions have been reported across the country prompting severe weather warnings to be issued...

Icy Weather Claims Victim in Car Crash

Ship Sinks in Sea of Azov, At Least Three Sailors Dead (Update)
At least three Bulgarian sailors were killed and eight shipmates were missing and feared dead after a cargo ship sank during a storm in the Sea of Azov, officials in Sofia and Kiev said Thursday. One crew member, the ship's second mechanic, was rescued from the icy water and was en route to a Russian hospital, Bulgarian...

Ship Sinks in Sea of Azov, At Least Three Sailors Dead (Update)

Powerful Storm Breaks in Half Oil Tanker
A vicious winter storm slammed into the Black Sea coasts of Ukraine and Russia on Sunday, sinking ships and wreaking havoc ashore, the Interfax news agency reported. The level six gale at its epicentre near the Kerch Strait was producing waves in excess of five metres, and winds over 32 metres per second, officials at Ukraine...

Powerful Storm Breaks in Half Oil Tanker

The Netherlands and Britain Faced With Powerful Storms
According to local authorities, the Netherlands and Britain have taken precautionary measure by closing sea defense barriers, evacuating North Sea oil rig workers and relocating thousands of people from homes as a storm sent a 3-metre tidal surge along their coasts. British police told people to leave their homes as the east coast...

The Netherlands and Britain Faced With Powerful Storms

Firefighters Quench Thirst of Raging Flames in Greece
After days of strenuous work, hundreds of firefighters, soldiers and volunteers managed to quell the merciless blazes that destroyed homes and lives in Greece, authorities announced on Thursday.Official sources set the death toll at 64 after almost a week of inferno, the value of the material damage being expected to reach billions of...

Firefighters Quench Thirst of Raging Flames in Greece

Greece Battles Wildfires for Fourth Day; Death Toll – At Least 63
Greece began the fourth nightmarish day of fighting unchecked wildfires that now spread over nearly half the country. Four suspects were charged with starting fires that have allegedly killed at least 63 people since Friday.New fires broke out today at the border of Athens, generate a rush of firefighting crews to Papagou, a suburb of...

Greece Battles Wildfires for Fourth Day; Death Toll – At Least 63

Fires Sweep the Canaries, Destroying Unique Wildlife
Devastating fires are sweeping the Canary Islands, destroying the Spanish archipelago's unique wildlife. Both Gran Canaria and Tenerife were affected, with some 24,000 hectares (60,000 acres) of land already gone up in smoke. Around 10,000 people fled out of their homes to seek safety from the fires.The fires had not affected beaches or...

Fires Sweep the Canaries, Destroying Unique Wildlife

Storm Hits Junior Regatta in Ireland, 120 Children Rescued
A boat race for children ended suddenly in the Irish Sea after a sudden squall caused 91 vessels to capsize and 120 children were swept out to sea on Thursday, the Irish Coast Guard informed.The incident occurred at about 2 pm off the eastern coast of Dun Laoghaire while a junior regatta was taking place. The powerful winds tilted over...

Storm Hits Junior Regatta in Ireland, 120 Children Rescued
 

Venus Confidently Advances into the Semis
Venus Williams advanced to the semi finals after a much disputed match against Russia’s Svetlana Kuznetsova. The triple champion won in two sets 6-3, 6-4 on the famed Centre Court and will meet Ana Ivanovic on Friday. "I was able to stay tough against a great opponent," said Williams in the press conference. "I felt so...

Venus Confidently Advances into the Semis
 

SCEA Cuts Jobs in California to Meet ‘Changing Needs’
According to gaming site Kotaku, the layoff winds that have blown in April at Sony’s European division have now arrived in the US, where up to 100 employees are now expecting to be fired.Sony Computer Entertainment America senior director of corporate PR Dave Karraker has confirmed that a "streamlining" is underway at the...

SCEA Cuts Jobs in California to Meet ‘Changing Needs’
 

Cyclone Wreaks Havoc in Pakistan, 13 Dead
Pakistan’s southern coastal region was battered Tuesday by strong winds and heavy rains, at least 13 people being reported dead and thousands forced out of their homes.The savage cyclone Yemyin wreaked havoc on the Balochistan coastline, where people fled to higher regions after most of the area was flooded. Local officials informed that...

Cyclone Wreaks Havoc in Pakistan, 13 Dead

Cyclone Gonu Makes First Victims in Oman
Cyclone Gonu, the worst tropical storm to hit the Arabian Sea region made its first victims in Oman, three people being killed Thursday in the province that holds the country’s capital Muscat.According to a police official, the heavy rains and strong winds flooded numerous houses and took three lives until now, injuring nine persons....

Cyclone Gonu Makes First Victims in Oman

Harsh Weather Prompts Emergency State in Iran
The strongest tropical cyclone to hit the Arabian Sea region, Cyclone Gonu prompted Iran's Interior Ministry to declare an emergency state in the southern regions and evacuate hundreds in Chabahr on Wednesday.Hormuzgan and Sistan-Beluchistan, two southeastern coastline provinces have received warnings from Iran’s Department of...

Harsh Weather Prompts Emergency State in Iran
 

NASA Denies Ares I Problems
Recent reports suggesting that the Ares I rocket is doomed to failure have been denied by NASA officials. The story first appeared in the Orlando Sentinel, on October the 26th, where it was mentioned that there are concerns regarding Ares I crashing into its launch tower under certain wind conditions. This delayed the U.S. space agency’s...

NASA Denies Ares I Problems

Scientists Say Titan Might Have Water Under Surface
The Italian Space Agency has reported that the Cassini space probe has found the best evidence yet that there is the possibility that Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, might hide a large underground mass of water under its surface.The hypothesis has a lot of chances to be true, since similar underground oceans have been discovered on...

Scientists Say Titan Might Have Water Under Surface

The Arctic Ice Is Melting Away