The melting of glaciers increases annually 0.7 inches sea level
Posted by: rsa76
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 06:29:48 -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 2013-05-24 06:30:56 -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 2013-05-24 06:31:01 -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 2013-05-24 03:21:17 -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 2013-05-23 22:13:13 -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 2013-05-23 22:15:29 -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 2013-05-23 22:15:40 -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 2013-05-23 22:16:08 -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 2013-05-23 22:16:21 -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...
China demands DPRK to immediately release the captured fishermen
Posted by: rsa76
Beijing :: China | updated 2013-05-23 22:16:29 -0700 | odd-news
China demands the immediate release of captured pirates North Korean Chinese fishermen. As it became known yesterday, May 5, a group of armed representatives of North Korea seized fishing in Chinese waters ship "Lyaopuyuy 25222." The pirates are demanding a...
A majority of Japanese do not accept the justification for the "comfort women"
Posted by: rsa76
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-05-23 22:17:25 -0700 | odd-news
A large majority of Japanese say they are opposed to recent statements by boiling mayor of Osaka which justified the "comfort women", they recruited Asian force in the brothels of the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II reveal two...
Ahmadinejad in Thailand for a regional summit on water
Posted by: rsa76
Bangkok :: Thailand | updated 2013-05-23 22:19:28 -0700 | odd-news
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, under pressure from the international community over its nuclear program and its support for the Syrian regime, will speak Monday in Thailand at a regional summit on water management, it was learned from sources diplomatic. His...
US Launched train collision investigation
Posted by: rsa76
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 22:21:17 -0700 | odd-news
Two passenger trains collided at full rush hour in an accident that resulted in the hospitalization of 70 people, caused extensive damage to roads and could affect the congested Northeast Corridor rail system. Three patients were in critical condition Saturday...
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