Four children among six Canadians killed in Israeli attack on Lebanon

Thursday, July 20, 2006
In the continued conflict between Hezbollah and Israel, six Canadians, including four children who were killed on Sunday by an Israeli missile hitting a house in south Lebanon have been identified. Saja Al-Akhrass (8), Zeinab Al-Akhrass (6), Ahmad Al-Akhrass (4), and Salam Al-Akhrass (11 months) were in Lebanon for a summer holiday, visiting their extended family. They Read More…

Former U.S. National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski dies aged 89

Saturday, May 27, 2017
Zbigniew Brzezinski in 1977Image: Jack E. Kightlinger.On Friday, Zbigniew Brzezinski, a professor and former U.S. National Security Advisor of the Jimmy Carter administration, died at the age of 89.
The New York Times reported he died at a Falls Church, Virginia hospital.
Brzezinski’s daughter Mika announced her father’s death via Instagram. Others paid tribute to BrzezinsRead More…

Thirteen dead, several wounded in Fort Hood, Texas shooting

Thursday, November 5, 2009
Major Nidal Hasan has been identified as the gunman in the shootingThe United States Army has confirmed that thirteen people have been killed after a shooting rampage at the Fort Hood army base in Texas. An additional thirty are reported wounded, and the gunman is in stable condition after being shot by military police. Two other soldiers are in detention.
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Pope speaks with astronauts in orbit for first time

Sunday, May 22, 2011
Astronauts receive a call from the Pope Image: NASA.The International Space Station Image: NASA.Pope Benedict XVI spoke with astronauts aboard the International Space Station yesterday, marking the first time a pope has conversed with astronauts in orbit. Organized by the European Space Agency (ESA), the call originated from the Vatican Library at 7:11 am Eastern time. GermRead More…

Death toll from Brazil mudslides rises to sixty

Sunday, January 3, 2010
At least sixty people have been confirmed dead after mudslides in southeastern Brazil, mostly on Ilha Grande, caused by torrential rainfall.
Rescue efforts are still continuing in the state of Rio de Janeiro for people feared to be buried under houses, which collapsed due to the deluge of mud and rain. Rescuers used shovels and heavy machinery to dig through the rubble.
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Romanian nuclear plant reports record-high production

Sunday, January 23, 2005
Romania’s only nuclear plant, at Cernavod? announced yesterday that the amount of electrical energy produced at the plant in 2004 was the highest ever, at a record 5,142,300 megawatt-hours (MWh). This exceeded the previous 2002 record by 36,000 MWh.
Cernavod? Unit 1, brought into operation in 1992, supplies around 10-12% of Romania’s energy consumption. According to NuclRead More…

Edinburgh’s ‘Million Mask March’ flies distinctly Scottish colours

Friday, November 7, 2014
Amongst other Guy Fawkes Night partying, the now-regular march to the Scottish Parliament by Anonymous saw significantly higher attendance, Wednesday, at this year’s event. With Catalan flags and pro-Independence Saltires flying, activist numbers had clearly been swelled by the referendum result.
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Thousands protest privatisation of Australian electricity industry

Tuesday, February 26, 2008
In New South Wales today, thousands of people joined a protest including 15 Labor Members of Parliament about the State Government’s plans to privatise the electricity industry.
The MPs included Paul Gibson, Upper House president Peter Primrose, and former MPs Kerry Hickey and Grant McBride.
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Death sentences in 2008 Chinese tainted milk scandal

Monday, January 26, 2009
Half a million participated in anti-China demonstrations on October 25, 2008 (“1025 demonstration”) in Taiwan.Image: MiNe.On Thursday, the municipal intermediate people’s court in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, China pronounced sentences for 21 defendants implicated in the 2008 Chinese milk scandal which killed at least six infants and sickened nearly 300,000 others.
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