Harry Potter 1st edition of Rowling notes Auctioned
Posted by: rsa76
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-21 00:19:56 -0700 | odd-news
LONDON - A copy of the first edition of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" which contains notes and original artwork of its author JK Rowling will be offered for sale at a charity auction in London. Personal notes from...
Indian press highlights economic ties between China and India during Chinese premier's visit
Posted by: rsa76
New Delhi :: India | updated 2013-05-21 02:06:38 -0700 | odd-news
The Indian press has highlighted the economic and trade relations between India and China during its coverage of the visit by this country the Chinese premier, Li Keqiang, since Sunday. The Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will meet CEOs from India...
Foreign Minister of Costa Rica calls for destruction of 20,000 nuclear warheads
Posted by: rsa76
Liberia :: Costa Rica | updated 2013-05-21 00:08:58 -0700 | odd-news
The Foreign Minister of Costa Rica, Enrique Castillo, today called for a world free of weapons and the destruction of 20,000 nuclear warheads pose a threat to peace and survival on the planet. This was stated by Costa Rican Foreign...
Earthquake of magnitude 6 in struck Russia (USGS)
Posted by: rsa76
Moscow :: Russia | updated 2013-05-21 00:02:03 -0700 | odd-news
MOSCOW - A violent earthquake of magnitude 6 struck early Tuesday Kamchatka Peninsula, announced the American Institute of Geophysics (USGS). The quake occurred at 01H55 (GMT) at a depth of 33 km and 136 km east southeast of the Russian...
The melting of glaciers increases annually 0.7 inches sea level
Posted by: rsa76
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-20 23:50:55 -0700 | odd-news
A new study of glaciers around the world, made through observations from two NASA satellites, has managed to help resolve differences in the estimates of how glaciers are disappearing at rapid speeds and contribute to raising the level of the...
Discovery of an enormous python in Florida City
Posted by: rsa76
Miami :: FL :: USA | updated 2013-05-21 02:09:01 -0700 | odd-news
Jason Leon said he has two reasons to regret having taken the head off the Burmese python longest ever recorded in Florida: I wanted not to have to kill the beast, and would like the walls of their bedrooms were...
Singing Mermaid Artist nearly flooded Nhow Hotel Berlin while filming her Music Short Film Devil's ...
Posted by: masonhowe20
Berlin :: Germany | updated 2013-05-20 22:25:56 -0700 | odd-news
20 May, 2013: The Nhow Hotel in Berlin http://www.nhow-hotels.com/berlin/en/ nearly faced the Devil, or name it devil's paradise when Music/Fashion/Film Artist Ysan roche was visiting and filming her music short film in May 2012 behind its curtains. Miss Roche nearly...
Ferris-wheel record broken in Chicago
Source: Chandler Republic
Chicago :: IL :: USA | updated 2013-05-20 15:42:15 -0700 | odd-news
A manager of Chicago's Navy Pier rode the tourist spot's Ferris wheel for more than two days 384 times, up and around bringing the world record for the longest ride to the birthplace of the amusement park favorite. I thought...
Cops: Drunk man escapes car hit by train
Source: Chandler Republic
Pittsburgh :: PA :: USA | updated 2013-05-20 10:17:09 -0700 | odd-news
Police say a drunk man narrowly escaped injury when his car was hit by a freight train after his vehicle inexplicably stopped on some railroad tracks near Pittsburgh. Police have yet to release the name of the man who jumped...
Dispute over tip leads to woman's arrest
Source: Chandler Republic
West Hempstead :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-20 10:17:09 -0700 | odd-news
A Long Island woman is under arrest for allegedly assaulting a woman during an argument over whether to tip a nightclub attendant. Kashire Dawson was charged with assault and possession of a dangerous weapon following the early Sunday incident at...
Fallout among friends - China asks North Korea to release its fishermen immediately
Posted by: prabirghose
Beijing :: China | updated 2013-05-20 20:51:25 -0700 | odd-news
China has asked North Korea to immediately release its fishing boat with 16-crew members that had been captured on 5th of May when the boat was in Chinese waters - it seems the captors are demanding ransom of 600,000-yuan ($100,000)....
Pyŏngsŏng criticized South Korea and the US, called the launch short-range missiles from its ...
Posted by: rsa76
Pyŏngsŏng :: North Korea | updated 2013-05-20 18:20:32 -0700 | odd-news
Short-range missile launches in North Korea May 18 and 19 from the East Coast "have become part of the regular military exercises Korean People's Army in order to strengthen self-defense." This is stated in the statement of the Committee of...
Switzerland may waive bank secrecy
Posted by: rsa76
Geneva :: Switzerland | updated 2013-05-20 03:59:25 -0700 | odd-news
Announced last week, the negotiations of the European Union and Switzerland on the new tax agreement could put an end to the 80-year tradition of banking secrecy in the country, writes the Financial Times The last 5 years of the...
Obama will tell the American students about their plans for Guantanamo
Posted by: rsa76
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-20 11:29:15 -0700 | odd-news
U.S. President Barack Obama devoted his speech at the National Defense University, the problems of the base at Guantanamo. He will also tell students about the use of unmanned aerial vehicles. Despite the fact that the earlier the president promised...
Israeli : The report of Channel France 2 about the death of a Palestinian boy Muhammad al-Dura, is ...
Posted by: rsa76
Tel Aviv :: Israel | updated 2013-05-21 01:21:26 -0700 | odd-news
Israeli officials have said that the TV channel France 2 report about the death of a Palestinian boy Muhammad al-Dura, made in 2000, is not valid. French journalists then reported that the child and his father came under Israeli fire...
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