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Among the nearly 800 detainees who came to house the prison at Guantanamo Bay, the high security prison set up by former U.S. President George W. Bush in 2002 in Cuba, there were at least 30 mentally ill, some of them attempted suicide and at least three succeeded when taking...

Thirty workers from the Fukushima nuclear power plant were exposed to radiation levels that exceeded the limit prior to the crisis, said Saturday the company Tokyo Electric Power Co. The limit of 100 mSv per year was elevated to 250 mSv in the midst of the crisis. None of the...

Wael Ghonim leads today the list of 100 most influential people of 2011 in Time magazine. The Google executive in the Middle East and hero of the Egyptian revolution earlier this year stood out among Dilma Roussef and Michel Obama. Mohamed ElBaradei, an Egyptian political, said...

Alvaro Colom, president of Guatemala, informed about a high alert on hunger and malnutrition that their child population suffers due to the loss of crops by the extreme weather changes. Ronaldo Robles, chief of the Presidential Social Communication Secretary informed that the...

This weekend, Greenpeace plans to take the streets of 19 cities in Spain to demand the closure of nuclear plants in this country. As indicated by the environmental organization, in a statement, the main objective will be to inform the public “about the dangers and serious...

The States that are closer to the Atlantic are in alert after the meteorological phenomena affected several counties. In sector of Bertie, North Carolina, the death toll of the victims has increased to 44 due to the strong storms and tornados that for three days assail the south...

The death toll from Japan’s earthquake and tsunami rose to 13,843 on Monday, while the efforts continue to stabilize the damaged nuclear reactor plant. According to Japan’s National Police Agency over 14,030 people are missing as the police and soldiers search villages. Meanwhile...

Both social networks and the developers of the Wikileaks cables have become the trending topic of global debate seen as a reinvention among people and political and economic powers of the planet. The role adopted by social networks in the Arab riots, for example, contributed to...

The Japanese Emperor and his wife have visited this Thursday those affected by the earthquake and the tsunami. Emperor Akihito and the Empress Michiko visited a shelter in the Asahi district, the imperial couple traveled through the blighted region accompanied by the Prime...

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was questioned by the deaths of demonstrators during the revolts of February that ended with his 30-year regime, and crimes of corruption. During the interrogation Mubarak suffered a heart attack and was sent to the Hospital of Sharm...