11:43 02/09/2010

Hurricane Earl nears Atlantic Coast

Hurricane Earl steamed toward the Eastern Seaboard early Thursday as communities from North Carolina to New England kept a close eye on the forecast, worried that even a slight shift in the storm's predicted offshore track could put millions of people in the most densely populated part of the country in harm's way. Vacationers along North Carolina's dangerously exposed Outer Banks took advantage of the typical picture-perfect day just before a hurricane arrives to pack their cars and ...

11:35 02/09/2010

Police kill Discovery Channel gunman

The Montgomery County Police have confirmed with EW that authorities have shot down the gunman who took three people hostage at Discovery Channel’s corporate headquarters today in Silver Spring, Md., and the Associated Press is reporting that he subsequently died. All hostages escaped, and are now safe.   According to Corporal Dan Friz, an explosive device might have detonated during the ordeal: “There was a minor detonation of it, but luckily no ...

12:20 01/09/2010

Russian police arrested 100 protestors

Russian police have arrested more than 100 people, including Boris Nemtsov, a former deputy prime minister, who were taking part in anti-Kremlin protests in Moscow and St Petersburg. Opposition leaders and rights activists have been converging at the capital's Triumph Square on the 31st of each month, symbolising the right to free assembly guaranteed in Article 31 of Russia's constitution. Authorities have justified crackdowns on previous ...

12:15 01/09/2010

14-year-old Brazilian tallest girl in the world

The 14-year-old teenager Elisany Silva measures an unbelievable 6ft 9in tall, making her one of the biggest teenagers in the world.   Speaking from her home in the Brazilian Amazon state of Para, Elisany told a local television station how she was unable to go to school because she could not sit properly on the bus. Elisany lives in a small house with her sisters, mother and step-father.   However, its exact nature has not been determined because her parents ...

17:46 31/08/2010

EinseExtra German TV channel screens documentary about Hrant Dink

The EinseExtra German TV channel screened a documentary about Hrant Dink, Ermenihaber news agency reported. The 53 minute documentary says that the roots of the Armenians come from the ancient world, they are among the oldest civilizations of the world, and genocide was committed against the Armenians in the early 20th century. In this implication the program speaks about Hrant Dink, particularly, mentioning: “Agos” newspaper editor-in-chief Hrant Dink speaking out for a ...

16:23 31/08/2010

Iranian “Kayhan” called France’s first lady “prostitute”

  Iranian state-run publication   Kayhan   has called France's first lady Carla Bruni a "prostitute", after she voiced her support to save Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, an Iranian woman who faces death by stoning on an adultery conviction, foreign media reported. The paper slammed Bruni in an editorial titled "French prostitutes enter the human rights uproar." It pointed out that new reports have emerged about Bruni's affair with a singer and ...

11:24 31/08/2010

S Korea offers aid to N Korea

South Korea has made its first offer of aid to North Korea since it accused the North of sinking a South Korean warship in March. South Korea 's Red Cross has offered to send 10 billion won ($8.3 m, £5.3m) worth of flood aid to North Korea. The aid offer came hours after the United States imposed new sanctions on the North in response to the sinking. South Korea blames North Korea for sinking the Cheonan on 26 March with a torpedo, killing 46 South Korean crew.

17:34 30/08/2010

Van province Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chairman wants to open Armenian-Turkish border even if temporarily

Chairman of Van province Chamber of Commerce and Industry Zahir Kandasoglu wants to open the Alican border gate of Armenian-Turkish border to facilitate participation of Armenians in the Aghtamar Island Surb Khach church Mass to be offered on September 19, Cihan news agency reported. Kansadoglu declared that the holding of the Mass will considerably contribute to economic and cultural development of Van and Anatolia (Western Armenia).  

16:57 30/08/2010

Turkey takes UN Security Council office from September 1

Temporary member of UN Security Council Turkey takes the office of SC presidency from September 1 for a month of period, Turkish “Anka” reported.   Turkey will get the office from permanent member of the UN SC Russia. Turkey took the office of SC in 1951-1952; 1954-1955; in 1961 and 2009. 

16:32 30/08/2010

Gunman killed 6 in Slovakia

A gunman has killed six people and injured at least 14 others in suburban Bratislava, the Slovak news agency reported Monday. According to the source the shooting happened on the streets of Devinska Nova Ves, on the outskirts of the Slovak capital, in the middle of the morning. It said the man, who has not been identified, opened fire on passers-by and shot through windows into buildings.   The dead are four women and two men and quoted Dana Kamenicka, a Bratislava ...

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