Monsoon fury: Floods and landslides submerge Kedarnath Temple in mud
Posted by: aymaan30
New Delhi :: India | updated 2013-06-18 18:41:32 -0700 | disasters-news
Incessant rains, flash floods, cloud bursts and landslides have caused unprecedented damage to life and property in the mountainous states of India’s Himalayan region. Thousands have been displaced in Uttar Pradesh and the neighboring state of Uttarakhand where torrential rivers...
Hamas ask Hezbollah to focus on Israel
Posted by: saleh1966
Gaza :: Palestine | updated 2013-06-18 17:32:30 -0700 | disasters-news
The Islamist movement Hamas which wrested control of the Gaza Strip from Fatah, or Palestinian National Liberation Movement, in 2007, has urged the Lebanese Shiite militant group Hezbollah to withdraw its fighters from Syria and to keep its weapons aimed...
Endgame talks: US to meet Taliban this week in Doha
Posted by: StephenManual
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-06-18 20:52:40 -0700 | disasters-news
The United States is all set to meet the Taliban this week for peace talks as the latter have opened a political office in Doha, capital of Qatar. The United States wants to establish peace and stability in Afghanistan before...
Russian president derails Western efforts to oust Syrian dictator
Posted by: StephenManual
Moscow :: Russia | updated 2013-06-18 20:52:36 -0700 | disasters-news
Russian President Vladimir Putin has stalled efforts of the United States and its allies to garner support for the downfall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Putin warned the West and the United States that the arms they were supplying to...
Meredith Kercher's Death Ruled a Possible Sex Game Gone Wrong
Posted by: MandyRobinson
Rome :: Italy | updated 2013-06-18 20:49:32 -0700 | disasters-news
Amanda Knox spent time in prison for the death of Meredith Kercher and now they are saying that her death was really a sex game gone wrong. Telegraph is reporting that the Supreme Court in Rome is ruling that her...
BuzzFeed reporter Hastings dead
Source: CNN
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-06-18 18:27:23 -0700 | disasters-news
Stanley McChrystal that led to the officer's abrupt retirement, died in a car accident in Los Angeles on Tuesday. The 33-year-old had been a reporter for BuzzFeed since last year, when he was hired to cover the Obama re-election campaign....
President Obama gives no clear view on the necessity of national security programs
Source: The Washington Times
Erie :: PA :: USA | updated 2013-06-18 20:33:34 -0700 | disasters-news
President Obama has had difficulty finding his footing and has been late to the game in defending federal intelligence surveillance programs as a valuable weapon for thwarting terrorist plots, national security analysts say. When Mr. Obama appeared on TV with...
Bulger defense team seeks to shield murder photos
Source: Boston Herald
Boston :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-06-18 19:52:13 -0700 | disasters-news
Highly graphic crime-scene photographs of two men that former mobster John Martorano testified today the Winter Hill Gang murdered in 1975 are too upsetting for jurors to see, James Whitey Bulger's lawyers argue in court papers filed late tonight...The described...
How an e-mail address disrupted plots in Britain and U.S.
Source: Washington Post
Karāchi :: Pakistan | updated 2013-06-18 19:43:09 -0700 | disasters-news
It is unclear exactly how British intelligence services linked the Pakistani e-mail address, sana_pakhtana@yahoo.com , to a senior al-Qaeda operative who communicated in a kind of pigeon code to his distant allies . But the intelligence helped stop the plot in...
US surveillance 'foiled 50 plots'
Source: BBC
Kansas City :: MO :: USA | updated 2013-06-18 18:16:11 -0700 | disasters-news
The head of America's electronic spying agency has told Congress surveillance programmes leaked by Edward Snowden helped thwart 50 attacks since 2001. Army General Keith Alexander, chief of the National Security Agency (NSA), told the House intelligence committee the snooping...
Police in Lancaster, N.H., warn of paving scam
Source: The Boston Globe
Lancaster :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-06-18 14:53:19 -0700 | disasters-news
Police are advising homeowners to be leery of anyone approaching them offering paving work at a reduced price. They have been telling homeowners they have asphalt left over from a previous job and would be willing to pave their driveway...
Mardan suicide blast kills 35, including MPA
Posted by: Avaline
Mardān :: Pakistan | updated 2013-06-18 20:10:21 -0700 | disasters-news
35 people were killed and many more were injured in a suicide bombing at a funeral in the district of Mardan of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan, on Tuesday. In the attack, a provincial assembly member was also killed. The attack...
Sacramento has brought in Golden State Warriors people in an attempt to replicate their success
Source: FanIQ
Sacramento :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-06-18 14:03:33 -0700 | disasters-news
Over the last few months, the Kings franchise has been completely turned upside down. A new ownership group has come in and added a head coach and GM, giving the downtrodden franchise a totally new look. It may be new...
Conflict-Free Retirement Plan Advisers Remain Hard To Find
Source: Forbes
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-06-18 13:50:58 -0700 | disasters-news
Department of Labor, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the General Accountability Office have all advised companies sponsoring retirement plans that conflicts of interest related to investment consultants to plans are widespread and that these conflicts have resulted in reduced...
Spanish royal tax fraud case founders on mistaken identity
Source: Reuters
Madrid :: Spain | updated 2013-06-18 13:11:00 -0700 | disasters-news
Topics Spain's Infanta Cristina attends a news conference in Mexico City September 7, 2009. A fraud investigation of Spain's Princess Cristina was thrown into disarray on Tuesday when the Tax Agency said it had been mistaken in reporting she had...
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