A South Korean captain, standing in handcuffs before reporters, defended his order to delay the evacuation of his sinking ferry, CNN affiliate YTN reported early Saturday. The news of Lee Joon Seok’s arrest in connection with the sinking that left at least 29 people dead and more than 270 missing came as divers made their way to the third deck inside the wreckage where they found three bodies, according to […]
ISLAMABAD — Most didn’t notice the new library at this Islamic seminary for girls near Pakistan’s capital, until locals saw the paper sign in Urdu posted on its wooden door: “Library of Osama bin Laden, the Martyr.” Cleric Maulana Abdul Aziz, a radical preacher who runs the Jamia Hafsa madrassa, wanted to honor the memory of the al-Qaida leader, killed in a May 2011 raid by U.S. Navy SEALs on […]
Here’s an another interesting comparison I found between what you call experiences vs. mistakes in life. It’s an important distinction to know. Experience makes you shine throughout your journey vs. mistakes can put you in a dark hole. Even failures in life are great experiences as they can eventually lead you to your destination – as long as you don’t give up. But, grandeur mistakes can put you two steps […]
In this Oct. 27, 2011 file photo, the last light of the day sets on Mount Everest as it rises behind Mount Nuptse as seen from Tengboche, in the Himalaya’s Khumbu region, Nepal. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer, File) KATMANDU, Nepal — An avalanche swept down a climbing route on Mount Everest early Friday, killing at least 12 Nepalese guides and leaving three missing in the deadliest disaster on the world’s highest […]
Canada is sending six CF-18 fighter jets to eastern Europe as part of a NATO operation in response to the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced the decision in Ottawa Thursday. He said the jets are being sent “in response to a NATO request” as it expands its operations in eastern Europe. “Obviously this in response to the situation that’s developing there,” Harper told reporters, particularly […]
Editor’s note: Howard Hall is director of the University of Tennessee’s Institute for Nuclear Security and Oak Ridge National Laboratory Governor’s Chair in Nuclear Security. Natalie Manayeva is research assistant at the University of Tennessee’s Institute for Nuclear Security. Dean Rice is adjunct faculty at the University of Tennessee and former congressional policy/legislative aide on energy and national defense. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the authors. […]
I’m not sure if I was born this way or if I just became this way after the wear and tear of time, but I really like being alone. I like going to parks by myself and walking for hours alone with my thoughts. I hate going to museums with crowds of even one and won’t be apt to spend money on a movie if I know I have to […]
Travel expenses, prices & safety We have calculated that the total cost of hotels booking in USA is bigger then cost of accommodation in India . Prices in restaurants are usually bigger than in India. A consumer price index (CPI) measures changes in the price level of a market basket of consumer goods and services purchased by households. USA price index is 54 and is higher then India. This means […]
The author of a new book on the disappearance of Michael Rockefeller in 1961 claims to have solved one of America’s most enduring mysteries. The 23-year-old son of New York’s Governor Nelson Rockefeller and an heir to a vast family fortune went missing in Dutch New Guinea while filming a documentary. At the time, officials declared Michael Rockefeller had been lost at sea after the boat he was travelling on […]
Finding your soul mate is basically finding that one person (arguably one of several) who has the right traits – traits that are relevant to you as an individual. In other words: You have to find a person whom you can put up with and who, more importantly, can put up with you. Plus all that lovey-dovey stuff, of course. If love isn’t much more than the way that you […]
