15 people, including 3 cabinet ministers and 3 journalists, are dead after a suicide bomber struck a university graduation ceremony in Mogadishu, the capital city of Somalia. The suicide bomber was dressed as woman. No one has yet claimed responsibility for the bombing, but the militant Islamic group al-Shabab is suspected. Islamic militants control much [...]
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October 14, 2009
Study Says 70,000 Die Yearly from Unsafe Abortions
A new survey from the Guttmacher Institute estimates that 70,000 women die every year from unsafe abortions and millions more are injured. The study found that official laws or regulations prohibiting abortion does not stop the practice from occurring but rather that it only makes the procedure more dangerous and unsafe. The abortion rate is [...]
October 8, 2009
Suicide Car Bomb Kills 17 in Kabul
17 people were killed after a car bomb exploded in a suicide attack near the Indian Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, Al Jazeera. India’s influence in Afghanistan, BBC News. A Pentagon military task force will look at reforming prisons in Afghanistan to end the influence of al Qaeda on inmates, New York Times.
In a video message, [...]
October 5, 2009
Suicide Bomber Hits UN Office in Islamabad
A suicide bomber has killed at least five people at the United Nations World Food Program center in Islamabad, Pakistan. The five killed were all UN staff workers – four were Pakistani nationals and one was from Iraq. The bomber entered the lobby wearing a military uniform and detonated around 16 pounds of explosives, New [...]
October 4, 2009
Socialist Party Wins in Greece
In today’s elections in Greece, the center-right party of current Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis was defeated by the Socialist party. George Papandreou will be the new Prime Minister, CNN.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao met with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il today. The two men attended a North Korean production of the Chinese opera “A Dream of [...]
July 17, 2009
9 Confirmed Dead in Twin Jakarta Hotel Bombings
Two upscale hotels in Jakarta, Indonesia were attacked by suspected suicide-bombers yesterday morning (8am local time). At least nine people have died and dozens have been injured. The bombers struck the JW Marriott and the Ritz Carlton hotels. The attack appears to have been aimed at Westerners. Though both hotels have heavy security, it is [...]
July 16, 2009
Today Marks 40th Anniversary of Apollo 11 Moon Launch
Today is the 40th anniversary of the liftoff of Apollo 11, which delivered the first men to walk on the moon. Home base for the celebration is the website We Chose the Moon. The entire audio feed for the mission, from takeoff to moon walk to splash down, is available on the site. Follow @AP11_CAPCOM [...]
May 22, 2009
Couple With Bank Error in Their Favor Flee New Zealand
A couple in New Zealand who mistakenly received $10NZ million in their bank account two weeks ago are believed to have fled to Hong Kong in an effort to keep the money. Leo Gao and his girlfriend Cara Young asked for an overdraw to a bank account of $NZ100,000 but a mistake put ten times [...]
