Posted on 21 August 2011.
Egyptian protesters shouted slogans hostile to Israel, showing a shoe sole depicting the flag of Israel, during a dispute in front of the Cairo Embassy of Israel in August 21, 2011. On Sunday, Israel and Egypt attempted to halt a diplomatic catastrophe over the homicide of 5 personnel of the Egyptian security at some stage [...]
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Posted on 02 August 2011. Tags: Cheap Trick, Mega-Stage, Ottawa Bluesfest, stage that collapsed
Cheap Trick, the US rock band has cancelled a show in Vancouver that was to happen this September for the reason that the all the stage equipment was to be installed by Mega-Stage, the company that is to blame for a stage that collapsed on top of the band while they were performing last month [...]
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Posted on 29 March 2011. Tags: 6.3 magnitude, Japan’s largest crises, Japan’s Nuclear Crisis, Maximum Alert, Naoto Kan
The Prime Minister of Japan is be adamant that Japan is on highest alert to get its nuclear catastrophe in control as authorities hurry to alleviate a reactor complex damaged by the earthquake and restrain radioactive water from spreading. Naoto Kan said in parliament Tuesday, previous to recording a new earthquake off Honshu, the main [...]
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Posted on 24 March 2011. Tags: 6.8 Magnitude Earthquake, Bangkok, Burma, Chiang Rai, no tsunami, Weerapon Samranjai
A powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit Burma in the north eastern region Thursday night, resulting in the death of one woman and shuddering that could be felt in structures even as far as Bangkok. The earthquake was land based so there was no tsunami generated. The earthquake hit a region where Burma meets Laos and Thailand, [...]
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Posted on 24 March 2011. Tags: Buddy Tavares, Constable Geoff Mantler, Jeremy Packer, kicked in the head, Two Assault Charges
Constable Geoff Mantler, an RCMP officer from Kalina, British Columbia, has been given a charge of assault related to an unpleasant January incident when a man, after being apprehended, was brutally kicked in the head. Constable Mantler was also charged with assault in an unrelated incident in August 2010. Another complaint, of a 3rd alleged [...]
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Posted on 20 March 2011. Tags: Daiichi nuclear facility, Death Count Rises, Hikaru Kuroda, Hitoshi Sugawara, Power Is Restored, Yukio Edano
Power has been restored to one of the crippled Fukushima nuclear units. Two of the 6 reactors at the incapacitated nuclear facility in the northeast of Japan are now under control, according to the facility’s operator on Sunday, while radiation advanced down the food chain. Health authorities said, that radiation from the disabled reactors has [...]
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Posted on 19 March 2011. Tags: airborne manoeuvres, Canadian Casualties, Canadian PM Stephen Harper, CF-18, no-fly zone
Canadian PM Stephen Harper says that Canadian jets will soon become a piece of widespread airborne manoeuvres in the skies over Libya to aid in the protection innocent Libyan civilians. Harper made the comment in Paris on Saturday were made as the United States launched multiple cruise missiles at targets in Libya as a piece [...]
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Posted on 17 March 2011. Tags: 9.0 magnitude, earthquake, Tsunami, United States Geological Survey, volcanic, What is The Pacific Ring of Fire?
What is The Pacific Ring of Fire? Japan’s cruel earthquake on Friday, March 11th was recorded at 9.0 magnitude. The United States Geological Survey, which has been recording earthquake data since 1891, said that quake is the largest in the recorded history of Japan. The nation of Japan sits upon the west edge of the [...]
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Posted on 15 March 2011. Tags: Bill Robinson, Chief Peter Watt, God's Lake Narrows, Man Killed, RCMP, Saskatoon police
A man was killed by a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police on Tuesday in a northern region of Manitoba. According to Bill Robinson, Assistant Commissioner of the RCMP, the event took place around 1:30 a.m. local time while officers were on duty to guard the location of a community fire at God’s Lake [...]
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Posted on 14 March 2011. Tags: death toll, earthquake, Hajime Sato, Hajime Watanabe, number of dead, Tsunami
The acknowledged death toll from Japan’s devastating earthquake and subsequent tsunami has now risen to 2,414, but unofficially it’s been reported to be way over 10,000, and many believe that it will actually be much much higher. Japanese police estimate the number of dead may well go beyond 10,000. The exact extent of the tragedy [...]
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