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Monthly archives: July 2013

Human bloodshed marks festival finale

Five people were treated for injuries at Navarra Hospital on Sunday, after the final ritual running of the bulls at the Festival of San Fermin in Pamplona, Spain. The most serious of Sunday’s injuries was sustained by a 23-year-old Australian woman, who was gored in the chest. According to an official report, the woman suffered fractured rubs and damage to her right lung. Her condition was described as “grave” by […]

Now Tonk witnesses khaki boots on killing spree inside the mosque

Jaipur, July 15: The Tonk district of Rajasthan Friday noon witnessed infamous brutal khaki boots entering the mosque and unleashing rein of baton attack on the Namazis (who were offering Friday prayers). One person died in police attack inside the mosque while more than 50 others got serious injuries. A similar condemnable attack took place more than one and half years ago in Goplagarh district of the state – more […]

Mexico captures Zetas cartel leader

A Mexican military helicopter hovered south of the border in the early morning darkness. Below it, one of the country’s most wanted drug lords was riding in a pickup truck. Mexican authorities say they’d been tracking Zetas cartel boss Miguel Angel Trevino Morales for months. Early Monday morning, their moment came to swoop in. The helicopter stopped a pickup Trevino was riding in 27 kilometers away from the border city […]

New Exhibit Explores Idaho’s Buzzsaw Jaws

When I think of Idaho, ratfish are not what immediately come to mind. Spuds and the ghastly belt of agricultural reek that keeps me holding my breath whenever I speed past Idaho Falls on the interstate, sure, but not strange cartilaginous fish. A new exhibit at the the Idaho Museum of Natural History is aiming to change that. Over 270 million years ago, the area that eventually would be called […]

'Please don't shoot me': Chilling moment gunman orders five-year-old boy and his sister to their knees in terrifying robbery

Zara Khan, eight, and Ibrahim made to hold hands in air at gunpoint Father Shafiq was dragged at knifepoint to hand over cash to gang Children playing catch before gang broke into father’s taxi business Ibrahim has nightmares since the robbery and pair sleep in parents’ bed Ibrahim wakes up shouting ‘please don’t shoot me’ Zara said she thought was a game until they pointed a gun at her Two […]

British woman, 34, dies attempting to swim the Channel: Horrified friends realised charity challenge had ended in tragedy from live Facebook updates

Susan Taylor got into ‘serious difficulties’ as she approached finish point Her husband Stephen, 43, was part of team on his wife’s support boat Her paramedic brother David pulled her from water and tried to revive her Mrs Taylor’s father says: ‘I’ve lost the most wonderful person in the world’ Donations to children’s hospice have reached £13,000 since her death A British woman collapsed just a mile short of swimming […]

Obama urges 'calm reflection' after Zimmerman verdict

US President Barack Obama has called for “calm reflection” after Florida neighbourhood watchman George Zimmerman was cleared of murdering black teenager Trayvon Martin. Mr Obama said Trayvon’s death was a tragedy for America, but that it was “a nation of laws and a jury has spoken”. The case sparked a fierce debate in the US about racial profiling. The Department of Justice says it is investigating whether a civil case […]

Israel's Netanyahu says Iran closer to nuclear 'red line'

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Iran was getting closer to the “red line” he set for its nuclear program and warned the international community not to be distracted by the crises in Syria and Egypt. Tehran was continuing enrichment activities and building inter-continental ballistic missiles, which could give it a military nuclear capability, he said on CBS’ “Face the Nation.” At the United […]

Murder in rural England: Pensioner 'stabbed to death protecting 88-year-old paedophile neighbour from inmate he had met in jail'

A man in his 60s was found dead at house on quiet country lane Police want to question Ian John McLoughlin, 55 Francis Cory-Wright, a convicted paedophile, was injured and is in hospital It is believed McLoughlin was in prison with Cory-Wright Police described McLoughlin as ‘very dangerous’ A pensioner was murdered trying to defend an 88-year-old convicted paedophile from a man it is believed he met in prison, it […]

Malala Yousafzai; enlightened moderation versus dark extremism

Pakistani student Malala Yousafzai addressed the United Nations Youth Assembly at the U.N. Headquarters in New York. Her twenty-minute speech was given several standing ovations and she was hailed for her message of peace. July 12 was declared as “Malala Day” by the United Nations. She went on to give a rousing speech, saying that she held no contempt in her heart for the masked gunmen who, on October 9, […]