Two killed as hot-air balloons collide mid-air in Turkey
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Herbert Dyer, Jr.
Ankara :: Turkey | updated 2013-05-20 10:36:50 -0700 | disasters-news
Two hot air balloons collided in midair during a sightseeing tour over Turkey on Monday, according to The Associated Press. A Brazilian tourist was killed on the spot, and another man (nationality unknown at this writing) later died in hospital....
North Korea's Kim does it again on thermonuclear war
Posted by: Nathan Salant
Seoul :: South Korea | updated 2013-05-20 09:39:46 -0700 | disasters-news
"Oops" is simply not a word anyone wants to hear in nuclear diplomacy. But isn't that just what North Korea was saying last week with its launch of three short-range ballistic missiles after a month of diplomatic quiet on the...
4 Israelis killed in Beersheba bank robbery
Posted by: saleh1966
Be'er Sheva :: Israel | updated 2013-05-20 12:23:43 -0700 | disasters-news
At least four people, three men and one woman, have been killed and seven others seriously wounded during a botched bank robbery in the southern Israeli city of Bathsheba on Monday afternoon. The incident ended with the robber shooting himself...
Hot air balloon crashes in Turkey, kills one injures 16
Posted by: magdochka
Ankara :: Turkey | updated 2013-05-20 10:33:30 -0700 | disasters-news
TWO hot air balloons collided mid-air during a sightseeing tour of volcanic rock formations in Turkey on Monday, causing one of them to crash to the ground, officials said. A Brazilian tourist was killed in the crash in Turkey's central...
Facility free school in the village of legendary squash players
Posted by: musarrat ullah jan
Peshawar :: Pakistan | updated 2013-05-20 02:01:08 -0700 | disasters-news
Peshawar, Children of government primary school Nodeh Paya Peshawar are still living in the old dark ages and they didn’t have basic facilities of water, electricity. Officers of Education departments of KPK continually ignore the school. This is the birth...
Collapsed Indonesia gold and copper mine death toll rises to nine
Posted by: magdochka
Jakarta :: Indonesia | updated 2013-05-20 12:42:04 -0700 | disasters-news
RESCUERS have recovered the bodies of four more workers from a collapsed underground room at a giant gold and copper mine in Indonesia, bringing the confirmed death toll to nine. Nineteen other workers were missing and dreaded dead. The large-scale...
Warm, muggy weather expected to start off week
Source: The Boston Globe
Boston :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-05-20 09:57:16 -0700 | disasters-news
Overnight showers gave way to mostly cloudy skies this morning. A warm front moving eastward will usher showers and thunderstorms into the Boston metro area after 2 p.m., meteorologist Bill Simpson said. It'll be warm today, too, with highs expected...
Man kills four in Israeli bank
Source: BBC
New York :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-20 09:43:38 -0700 | disasters-news
Israel bank shooting leaves four dead Police hurried one woman away from the bank in Beersheba A man has shot four people dead in a bank in southern Israel before turning the gun on himself, police say. One person was...
Bungled bank robbery leaves 4 dead in Israel
Source: Fox
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-20 09:09:25 -0700 | disasters-news
Israeli police say a bungled bank robbery in a southern city left four people dead before the gunman took his own life. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld says four people were killed when at least one gunman entered the bank in...
What 'Star Wars: Episode VII' Needs: Malakili
Source: Movies MTV
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-20 08:40:30 -0700 | disasters-news
Seems like we here at MTV News aren't the only ones speculating about what to expect from the upcoming "Star Wars" trilogy. Last Wednesday, on Jimmy Kimmel Live, "Star Wars" fans were given the opportunity to give the "Star Trek...
MQM stages protests against Imran in Karachi and Hyderabad
Source: DAWN
Hyderabad :: India | updated 2013-05-20 10:38:09 -0700 | disasters-news
Hundreds of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) supporters led by local party leaders staged protests in front of the Hyderabad and Karachi Press Clubs on Sunday against Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan's statements against their party chief Altaf Hussain.
Cregan's 'bizarre' murder denials
Source: BBC
New York :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-20 08:16:43 -0700 | disasters-news
In his closing speech Prosecutor Nicholas Clarke QC said Cregan's confession he killed David Short was the "worst kept secret in Strangeways". Dale Cregan denies killing Mark Short, 23, last May and his father David, 46, three months later in...
Advocates begin to tackle India's child rape problem
Source: The Christian Science Monitor
Boston :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-05-20 08:04:38 -0700 | disasters-news
ments Advocates begin to tackle India's child rape problem In the wake of the December gang rape, advocates warn that three separate cases of child rape highlight a deeper problem that can no longer be swept under the carpet. By Aarti...
Tourist killed in balloon accident in Turkey
Posted by: fibonnaci
Çamurköy :: Turkey | updated 2013-05-20 08:53:50 -0700 | disasters-news
The accident happened when a balloon collided with the basket to another balloon Sunday. The balloons were in the air over a tourist attraction in Cappadocia when the accident happened, said Governor Abdurrahman Savas to the Anatolia news. According to...
Abu Qatada appeals for family time
Source: BBC
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-20 11:48:13 -0700 | disasters-news
Cleric appeals for family time The UK has been trying to deport Abu Qatada for eight years Abu Qatada wants to spend time with his family before leaving the UK, an immigration tribunal has heard. His lawyer Daniel Friedman QC...
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