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The morning of November 3, 2009 spells one of the most tragic and bloody conflict in Maguindanao, Mindanao, Philippines. Basing on the reports, 13 women, 8 men and counting 34 journalists were ambushed and murdered while on their way to...

The national election in May 2010 has not even started but on Monday, Nov 23, a terrible massacre of supporters of a local aspirant was ambushed and killed. The Philippine Star reported that supporters of the candidate, Ismael Mangundadatu were...

The chief eyewitness to the genocide says his orders came directly from the son of the Governor himself Maguindanao – Known only as “Boy,” the man who was part of the 100 armed death squad sent to liquidate the entire...

Another 11 bodies have been found in the mass grave where dozens were killed in election related slaughter in the Philippines. The death toll now stands at 57, including 24 women, Reuters reports. The government has imposed emergency rule on...

A town in the Australian outback is “under siege by 6,000 marauding, wild camels,” says a local official: Record-breaking drought drove the thirsty creatures to trample fences, smash water tanks, and terrorize locals, the AP reports. To stop the rampage,...

Police said the 41-year-old encountered a problem with his parachute yesterday over Picton, south-west of Sydney. The man suffered severe head injuries and died at the scene, shortly after noon. ''The parachute may not have deployed properly, or may not...

China put two people to death today for their role in the tainted milk scandal, but many Chinese feel betrayed that a third wasn’t executed. The executed men, dairy farmer Zhang Yujun and production base manager Geng Jinping, were relative...

An overloaded ferryboat Dumai Express 10 sank off Indonesia’s Riau Island killing at least 29 passengers while around 245 others managed to swim to safety - 17 are still missing. The boat was sailing from Batam in Singapore to Dumai,...

A state of emergency has been declared in two provinces of Philippines after the massacre of 46 people in election related violence. The military and the police have been given sweeping powers to arrest or detain suspects. It seems one...

Those who park their cars in the Downtown Car Park operated by the Auckland City Council were in for a rude shock when they were told that many of their credit card details had been stolen by hackers. Invisible thieves...