All Entries in the "World News" Category
Gang Shootout in Tijuana leaves 13 dead
Police said Rival gangs opened fire with rifles and automatic weapons on the streets of Tijuana early Saturday morning in a wild and bloody shootout which killed13 people and wounding several others in this latest incidence of drug related violence Gunmen began firing on each other with rifles and automatic weapons in a light [...]
Al-Qaeda Says Iran Spreading Lies about Israel and 9/11
Al-Qaeda regularly posts audio and video tapes on the internet Al-Qaeda’s deputy leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, says Iran is lying about Israel being behind the 11 September 2001 attacks. In an audio tape posted on the internet, Zawahiri insisted al-Qaeda had carried out the attacks on the US. He accused Iran, and its Hezbollah allies, [...]
China Defends Arms Sales to Zimbabwe
BEIJING (Hypeline News) – China on Tuesday defended a cache of its weapons headed for Zimbabwe saying it was part of normal bilateral trade, but suggested the arms might not be delivered due to problems offloading the cargo.while Protesters opposed to Chinese weapons being delivered to Zimbabwe demonstrated in South Africa on April 19 A [...]
Water should be Harvested Before it melts
Some glaciers in Europe have suffered significant losses The rate at which some of the world’s glaciers are melting has more than doubled, data from the United Nations Environment Programme has shown. Average glacial shrinkage has risen from 30 centimetres per year between 1980 and 1999, to 1.5 metres in 2006. Some of the biggest [...]
Tornado Hits Atlanta,Killing 2
While 18,000 people were watching the Southeastern Conference men’s tournament Friday night at the Georgia Dome when its fabric roof began rippling, the catwalks above the court started swaying and chunks of insulation rained onto the players. The crowds apparently weren’t warned about an approaching tornado — one that would ravage skyscrapers and injure dozens. [...]
Cuba to Allow More Consumer goods.
Cuba’s new President Raul Castro is to lift a ban on a wide range of consumer electrical appliances. Cubans will be allowed for the first time to own DVD players and computers, according to an internal government memo leaked to Reuters news agency. Curbs may also be lifted on video machines, electric pressure and rice [...]
Shops set fire during Tibetan Protest. Chinese Shoot 10 Dead!
Monks protesting at Sera monastery Monks began to protest on the streets of Lhasa earlier this week Fires have broken out in the Tibetan city of Lhasa amid reports of rioting, as rare street protests led by Buddhist monks appeared to gather pace. One eyewitness told of how large groups of people were setting fire [...]
China Demands Tibetian Rioters to Surrender Monday!
Witnesses said tanks were patrolling the streets of Lhasa Chinese authorities in Tibet have given rioters until Monday to surrender, state media report, after unrest that officials say has left 10 people dead. “The plot of the separatists will fail,” the head of Tibet’s government warned as clashes continued for another day in the [...]
