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Kenyan Jets Bombed Somali Town

On this Sunday at least 12 people were killed after two Kenyan jets bombed the southern Somali town of Jilib. The east African nation’s continues their fight to free Somalia of Islamist al Shabaab insurgents. In mid-October Kenya transported troops into Somalia to pursuit the...
Posted On 30 Oct 2011
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Turkey Stops Searching For Survivors

The earthquake that toppled the southeast of Turkey left a death toll of more than 600 victims. Today the authorities have ceased their search for survivors and focused on helping the thousands of families that are without home. Ercis was the most affected locality by the 7,2...
Posted On 30 Oct 2011
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American Troops Killed in Kabul Attack

This Saturday 13 U.S. troops fell in Kabul when a suicide bomber struck a vehicle of a NATO military convoy. NATO’s International Security Assistance Force confirmed the death of 13 soldiers, however they did not specify their nationalities. An official informed that the details...
Posted On 29 Oct 2011
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Strong Seism Destroys Peruvian Homes

Last Friday a seism of 6,9 degrees of magnitude shook the Southern Pacific Coast. Alfredo Murgueytio, the chief of Civil Defense (Indeci for its Spanish acronym) in Peru informed that the natural phenomena left 103 wounded, 134 homes totally destroyed and 470 damaged house...
Posted On 29 Oct 2011
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Equality of Rights for the First Born of the British Royalty

Prime Minister, David Cameron informed today that the sons and daughters of British monarchs will have the same rights for the throne as dictated this Friday by the changes in the laws of succession to the throne of the United Kingdom. The leaders of the 16 countries of...
Posted On 28 Oct 2011
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Fukushima Station Released More Radiation than Expected

The wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan, released more than twice the amount of radiation estimated by the Japanese government. Tepco (Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s) emitted 35,800 terabecquerels of radioactive cesium 137 at the height of the disaster. Japan’s nuclear regulator...
Posted On 27 Oct 2011
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WikiLeaks Suspends Publications Due to Lack of Funding

WikiLeaks announced this Monday the “temporal suspension” of the confidential documents published due to the lack of funding. The group would focus on gathering funding to guaranty their “future survival.” The website founded by Julian Assange informed this during a press...
Posted On 24 Oct 2011
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Disastrous Quake in Turkey

Last Sunday, Turkey was struck by a 7,2 magnitude quake in the Richter scale. This is the most powerful seism that has affected the land in a decade.  The natural phenomena left a death toll of 279 casualties, and a 1,000 more were injured in the Kurdish southeast of Turkey. The...
Posted On 24 Oct 2011
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Japan Will Pump Radioactive Water into the Sea

Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) announced last Monday that they would pump over 10,000 tons of radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant. This action would allow the plant to keep water with higher levels of radioactivity. The water that will be thrown into the sea...
Posted On 20 Oct 2011
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Hugo Chavez Declares Himself Free of Cancer

Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez declared himself cancer-free, four months after surgery to remove a cancerous tumour that shook the South American nation ahead of a 2012 presidential vote. “I am free of illness,” Chavez, 57, said in an address to Venezuelans on Thursday...
Posted On 20 Oct 2011
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