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Cocaine Lab in Madrid is Disbanded

The police Especial Operations Group (GEO) seized on January 7 a farm on which there was the biggest underground cocaine lab discovered in Spain. Five people were detained, a Spaniard and four Colombians, who were the responsible of arming the drug operation and assembling the...
Posted On 18 Jan 2011
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State of Calamity Has Been Declared in Brazil

Due to the number of landslides caused by heavy rains in Brazil, the governor of Rio de Janeiro, Sergio Cabral, declared today the state of public emergency in the seven cities that were the most affected by the rains this week that left 611people dead in the southeastern of...
Posted On 16 Jan 2011
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Former Swiss Banker Reveals Tax Evaders to Wikileaks

Rudolf Elmer, former Swiss banker, will deliver on Monday two discs to Wikileaks containing the names of 2,000 customers of institutions that have used their Swiss bank secrecy to evade taxes in countries like USA, Germany and the UK. Suspected tax evaders, include business...
Posted On 16 Jan 2011
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Heavy Rains in Rio Claim More Lives

Due to the extreme weather 506 bodies have been found on the highlands of Rio de Janeiro. Meanwhile in Teresopolis, Nueva Friburgo, and Petropolis are among the most affected cities by the heavy rains, which caused landslides that buried countless of houses on the foothills....
Posted On 14 Jan 2011
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John Paul II To Be Beatified

Pope John Paul II, who died on April 2, 2005, will be beatified this year on May 1. Karol Wojtyla will be elevated to the glory of the altars after Pope Benedict XVI, his successor to the throne of Peter, promulgated a decree today recognizing a miracle through his intercession....
Posted On 14 Jan 2011
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Berlusconi will be Investigated on Prostitution Case

The Italian justice opened an investigation on Silvio Berlusconi since he is suspected to be involved in a prostitution and abuse of power case. The investigation was opened against Berlusconi, because he used his political influence, on May 27 and 28 of 2010, to ask the police...
Posted On 14 Jan 2011
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Flooding in Rio de Janeiro Claims More Lives

The flooding and earth slides caused by the heavy rains in Rio de Janeiro have claimed the lives of 257 civilians, while leaving over 180,000 victims of the mountain region of Rio de Janeiro. In Sao Paulo, thirteen people perished because of the flood. In the state of Rio de...
Posted On 13 Jan 2011
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Etna Volcano Erupted

The Sicilian volcano Etna has entered in state of eruption this Thursday morning, after sprouting Lava Rivers through a crater on the southeast slope. Experts say that after the explosion an ash cloud could appear an affect the Valle del Bove. The National Institute of Geophysics...
Posted On 13 Jan 2011
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Sri Lanka Flooded

Sri Lanka is in chaos, 325,000 people had been displaced by flooding, 23 people have died and more than a million are affected. Personel from Army, Navy, Police, and Air Force are battling to provide urgent aid, especially emergency food and medical supplies to the thousand...
Posted On 13 Jan 2011
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Extreme Weather Affects the World

Several countries of the world are facing extreme weather conditions simultaneously. EE.UU Yesterday a new kind of winter weather covered the South East of United States with snow and ice. This has caused the death of five people and left thousands stranded due to the flight...
Posted On 12 Jan 2011
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