Oklahoma tornado's emotional highpoints: Parents reuniting with children (Videos)
Posted by: Nina Rai
Moore :: OK :: USA | updated 2013-05-21 20:01:57 -0700 | disasters-news
Even as the deadly tornado hit Moore, an Oklahoma suburb on May 20 destroying everything in its path - claiming nearly 91 lives and injuring hundreds - there have been a quite a few happy endings for families. Some of...
Nothing vague about Hague's warning to Syria to come to the negotiating table
Posted by: prabirghose
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-21 18:36:45 -0700 | disasters-news
Yes, there is nothing vague about the warning that has been issued by Foreign Secretary of Britain William Hague to Syria. It amounts to an ultimatum to Syria - either come to the negotiating table or face serious consequences because...
Moore Oklahoma tornado video: Dog emerges from debris to reunite with owner during interview
Posted by: jodijill
Moore :: OK :: USA | updated 2013-05-21 18:38:52 -0700 | disasters-news
The grim pictures of the aftermath of the Moore, Oklahoma tornado have American’s watching intently as the scene unfolds. Still searching for missing residents and combing the area for any sign of survivors, the tornado pictures are heartbreaking. On Tuesday...
Syrian uprising: An antithesis of the Arab Spring
Posted by:
aymaan30
Damascus :: Syria | updated 2013-05-21 17:50:24 -0700 | disasters-news
The Arab Spring was a massive mobilization for "change" in the Arab world. The Arabs conquered the barrier of fear to unseat entrenched dictatorships through mass protests, starting in Tunisia and spreading to Egypt, Libya, Bahrain, Yemen and Syria. While...
Syrian regime submits to Moscow five names for possible peace talks
Posted by: saleh1966
Damascus :: Syria | updated 2013-05-21 18:35:29 -0700 | disasters-news
The Syrian regime has submitted to Moscow a list of five officials to be the potential negotiators in talks with the opposition in the upcoming international peace conference, which Moscow and Washington agreed to organize, possibly in Geneva next June,...
18-year-old charged for lesbian relationship or for sex with a minor?
Posted by: VeronicaS
Sebastian :: FL :: USA | updated 2013-05-21 19:07:10 -0700 | disasters-news
The worldwide Web is alight with this Florida case and those who are outraged that the teen is being charged, believe the parents did so because they’re upset their daughter was “turned Gay” by the relationship. Cries of discrimination, bias...
More than 72 million Americans are at risk of severe weather
Posted by: rooys
Columbus :: OH :: USA | updated 2013-05-21 14:03:45 -0700 | disasters-news
Yet a different flare-up of intense storms and tornadoes is conceivable Tuesday evening and night in the midway USA. "The air is prime for tornadoes from northern Texas to Arkansas," Accuweather meteorologist Henry Margusity said. "The setup is the same...
Syria and Israel exchange fire over Golan Heights
Posted by: arkar
Tel Aviv :: Israel | updated 2013-05-21 19:38:23 -0700 | disasters-news
Syria and Israel today exchanged fire over the Golan Heights, with soldiers from either country firing at one another across the ceasefire line. According to the Israeli Defence Force, the incident took place after Syrian soldiers allegedly shot at an...
Taliban attack Tests Coalition's expands
Posted by: rooys
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-05-21 11:21:24 -0700 | disasters-news
Kabul – Afghanistan - The Taliban, helped by outside warriors, have tried to overwhelm the locale of Sangin in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province, triggering a two-day fight that appeared to be subsiding by Tuesday night, Afghan officials told. Almost four...
Body of missing Glenburn teen Nichole Cable found, Facebook friend charged
Posted by: madn3wz
Glenburn :: ME :: USA | updated 2013-05-21 12:25:29 -0700 | disasters-news
GLENBURN, Maine (Tue, May 21) – Reported by madn3wz A 20-year-old man from Orono was charged Tuesday with the murder of missing Glenburn teen, Maine State Police said. Nichole Cable, 15, went missing about a week ago and police found...
Pentagon requests $450M to upgrade Guantanamo
Source: Fox
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-21 18:33:32 -0700 | disasters-news
The Pentagon wants more than $450 million for maintaining and upgrading the Guantanamo Bay prison that President Barack Obama wants to close. New details on the administration's budget request for next year and other expenses emerged on Tuesday. The cost...
Defense contractors get 3 years in prison for aircraft repair scam
Source: United Press International
San Diego :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-21 15:14:07 -0700 | disasters-news
Two California defense contractors were sent to federal prison for receiving payments for repairs to military aircraft that wasn't done. The contractors, Robert Ehnow and Joanne Loehr, each received three-year prison terms Monday, the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday.
Army major found dead at Texas military base
Source: United Press International
San Antonio :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-05-21 15:14:06 -0700 | disasters-news
Army major on active duty has been found dead in his quarters at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Army officials say. The officer was not immediately identified pending notification of family, and an Army statement did not give a...
Homes demolished after fatal blast
Source: BBC
Newark :: NJ :: USA | updated 2013-05-21 15:13:17 -0700 | disasters-news
Two houses are being demolished after an explosion which killed two people at a terraced house in Nottinghamshire, emergency planners said. The victims, named locally as Leslie Rourke, 71, and his daughter-in-law, Jeanette Rourke, 40, died in the blast in...
Oklahoma Tornado: First Missing Children Pictures Revealed
Posted by: faraway
Oklahoma City :: OK :: USA | updated 2013-05-21 20:33:06 -0700 | disasters-news
US officials confirmed that at least 24 people have killed, including nine children and 237 people were injured after a mile-wide tornado, classified as EF5, has ripped through southern Oklahoma City on Monday afternoon, May 20, leaving two elementary schools...
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