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Venice suffers worst flooding in 22 years

Venice :: Italy | about 11 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by kalex

VENICE, Italy (AFP) – Venice suffered its worst flooding in 22 years on Monday as water in the Renaissance city stood more than 1.5 metres (five feet) deep before beginning to recede. A change in the direction of the wind...

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Breaking news:A flood alert issued in the Italian city of Venice.

Venice :: Italy | about 13 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by aarana

The worst incident of "aqua alta" (high water) in Venice came on November 4, 1966 when the city was submerged by 1.94 metres of water amid catastrophic flooding throughout Italy. Residents and tourists have been warned to stay indoors. Nearly...

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Pakistani militants at center of Mumbai probe

Berlin :: Germany | 2 days ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by kalex

Pakistani militant groups on Friday became the focus of the investigation into the attacks in Mumbai as India and its archrival Pakistan jousted over who was responsible. Both sides pledged to cooperate in the probe, but tensions remained high amid...

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Radical Islamists arming their selves in Balkans

Sarajevo :: Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 day ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by AriRusila

Radical Islam is again in headlines thanks for recent attack in Mumbai. Already during battle discussion had started about foreign connections of terrorists. Besides Pakistan also British and Bosnian connections were mentioned. The question is mostly related to Muslim immigrants...

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A true mourn:Architectural master [ who designed the iconic Sydney ...

Copenhagen :: Denmark | 2 days ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by aarana

Joern Utzon, who has often been compared to architecture greats such as Frank Lloyd Wright and Alvar Aalto of Finland, drew up the design for the opera house in Sydney, Australia, in 1957. Joern Utzon died from a heart attack...

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It's Freefall Friday: Shares lose £250m a SECOND as FTSE drops ...

London :: United Kingdom | about 1 month ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by uziii

Blind panic swept through the City today as the Stock Market collapsed, shedding £80billion in its worst ever opening following huge losses around the globe. Traders were in a state of 'paralytic fear' when shares crashed through the floor just...

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Russian navy: sub accident kills more than 20

Moscow :: Russia | 22 days ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by LewisStanley

An accident aboard a nuclear-powered Russian navy submarine doing a test run in the Pacific Ocean on Saturday killed more than 20 people, the navy said. The nuclear reactor aboard the submarine was operating normally and radiation levels were normal,...

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Brand quits BBC over prank calls

London :: United Kingdom | about 1 month ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by shravanvijayaprasad

Russell Brand: 'It was a really stupid thing to do" Russell Brand has resigned from his Radio 2 programme following prank calls he made with Jonathan Ross to actor Andrew Sachs. It follows a public apology from Ross over his...

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Kosovo story continues at international stages

Priština :: Kosovo | about 1 month ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by AriRusila

Coming week will be show again one significant step in international politics and especially in Western Balkans. 1st at its plenary session called for 8th October, the 192-member UN General Assembly is to debate Serbia’s draft resolution calling for an...

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A woman murdered cruely in Chechnya:Moscow

Moscow :: Russia | 2 days ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by aarana

The latest victim, who had been shot in the head, was found outside the village of Enginoy in the southeast of the republic. A woman has been murdered in the southern Russian republic of Chechnya, bringing to seven the number...

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