When media disaster coverage turns into ‘disaster porn'
Posted by: VeronicaS
Moore :: OK :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 23:08:54 -0700 | disasters-news
It’s no news that comedian/host Bill Maher likes to push the envelope and that what comes out of his mouth makes some cringe and run for the smelling salts, so this is no exception. The host of the HBO show...
London terrorist attack leaves soldier hacked to death (Video)
Posted by: Eileen Kersey
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-22 23:05:31 -0700 | disasters-news
In broad daylight, around 2 p.m. BST Wednesday, a suspected terrorist attack unfolded in Woolwich, London. Two men drove their vehicle into a soldier, who was wearing a Help For Heroes charity T-shirt, before attacking him with machetes. There are...
Dead Boston Marathon bombing suspect's friend killed by FBI, both suspected in triple murder
Posted by: Herbert Dyer, Jr.
Orlando :: FL :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 23:08:54 -0700 | disasters-news
The Orlando Sentinel is reporting that a known and admitted acquaintance of the deceased elder Boston bombing suspect was shot and killed by the FBI and other law enforcement officers in Orlando, Fla. early Wednesday morning. Ibragim Todashev was being...
Terrorism in Woolwich, London – attackers hack off soldier's head in broad daylight
Posted by: prabirghose
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-22 23:05:45 -0700 | disasters-news
It was a broad daylight murder in Woolwich, London, when two black men hacked off the head of a serving soldier of the Woolwich Army barracks with meat cleavers. The act is an act of terrorism – the men ranted...
Military arm of Hezbollah must be branded 'terrorist' group says France
Posted by: prabirghose
Paris :: France | updated 2013-05-22 21:32:16 -0700 | disasters-news
Laurent Fabius, the Foreign Minister of France, has called for the military arm of Hezbollah to be added to the EU terror list because of its continuous backing and support to the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria. The US has...
Soldier hacked to death in terror attack in Britain
Posted by: Herbert Dyer, Jr.
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-22 23:05:45 -0700 | disasters-news
An active duty soldier has been hacked to death in Woolwich, south east London, in what is being called a terrorist attack, according to YahooNews.com. A man wearing a “Help for Heroes” T-shirt was attacked by two men. Dozens of...
Leonard Peltier: Eagle in a tarnished cage
Posted by: MichelleDevlin
Tacoma :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 22:54:49 -0700 | disasters-news
One of America's most tragic figures, Leonard Peltier, who unjustly remains behind bars after 37 years for a crime he most certainly did not committ, was the inspiration for a peaceful march Saturday in Tacoma, Washington. Photographer Damien Conway described...
Syria-related clashes in Lebanon flare up as more deaths reported
Posted by: saleh1966
Beirut :: Lebanon | updated 2013-05-22 23:04:46 -0700 | disasters-news
The unrest spilled over into Lebanon as clashes between rival Lebanese groups, supporters and opponents of the Syrian President regime in a Lebanese northern city of Tripoli left at least 11 people dead including two army soldiers and another 130...
US may help rebel fighters to oust Syrian dictator
Posted by: StephenManual
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 19:19:13 -0700 | disasters-news
Because pressure on Washington was increasing day by day for not doing enough to restore peace and stability in Syria, the Obama administration seems to have finally started looking for options other than dialogue, although the prime policy of the...
Iran plans construction of new research reactor
Posted by: StephenManual
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 19:19:33 -0700 | disasters-news
Iran remains a troubling state for world powers, as the country is adamant to go ahead with its controversial nuclear program despite economic sanctions by the United States and its Western allies. The country now plans to construct a new...
Apparent terror attack in London sees one man dead, two others shot by police
Posted by: arkar
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-22 22:37:07 -0700 | disasters-news
In reports emerging from the United Kingdom, a man has been killed in a machete attack and two others shot and wounded by the London police in Woolwich, southeast London, in what is allegedly being treated by the British authorities...
Beheading of Briton: Suspects chanted Allah ho Akbar; Government fears the incident a Terror Attack
Posted by: NadeemIftekhar
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-22 22:37:07 -0700 | disasters-news
British government fear that Wednesday’s horrific and gruesome murder of a (probably) serving British soldier, could be a terror attack. Several witnesses claim they clearly heard the suspects chanting ‘Allah ho Akbar’ after they killed the man in broad daylight...
Court Details Fatal Pakistani-U.S. Family Feud
Source: The New York Times
Islamabad :: Pakistan | updated 2013-05-22 19:42:53 -0700 | disasters-news
The thrilling escape seemed to end the harrowing ordeal of Amina Ajmal , an American citizen who said she had been held captive for years by her own relatives in Pakistan and forced to marry a man there who only...
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