STORY HIGHLIGHTS Srey Powers, a former Khmer refugee, was adopted from Cambodia at the age of six She was left in an orphanage without explanation of what was happening to her Twelve years later she traveled with her adoptive mother to find her Cambodian family She found her grandmother, who said: “Forgive me for giving you away” Srey Powers, 19, was adopted by her Long Island parents from Cambodia at […]
STORY HIGHLIGHTS Reduced population following the hurricane left most of the water sitting Chlorine levels in the unused water plummeted, allowing organisms to thrive Louisiana officials say water is safe to drink, but keep it away from the nose A rare brain-eating amoeba that killed a 4-year-old boy in Louisiana may be a result of Hurricane Katrina. Tests of St. Bernard Parish water supply confirmed the presence of Naegleria fowleri. […]
When U.N. weapons inspectors left their hotel to investigate claims of chemical weapons use in the suburbs of Damascus in late August, most of the experts travelling in the convoy of armoured SUVs were not United Nations staff at all. In fact, nine of the 12 were inspectors from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). The OPCW is the implementing body of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), […]
Our world is so full of wonders that new and amazing places are discovered every day, be that by professional photographers or amateurs. Different geographical locations, climatic conditions and even seasons offer the widest variety of natural wonders: pink lakes, stunning lavender or tulip fields, breath-taking canyons and mountains, and other places you can hardly believe actually exist! Some of the pictures in this collection will be of all natural […]
Ship has been marooned and half-sunk off the coast of Tuscany for 20 months Thirty-two people lost their lives on January 13, 2012 The luxury liner is going to finally be lifted upright in the largest and most expensive maritime salvage operation in history On the night before the operation begins to finally raise the Costa Concordia, haunting underwater footage shows the doomed cruise ship lying on the seabed which […]
It’s no surprise that a dog loves playing catch — but an elephant? Our charming pictures show Bubbles, a rescued orphan elephant, picking up a ball with her trunk to tease Bella the labrador, who can just about reach her pal’s knee. She dives into a pool of water, but that doesn’t deter the pooch, who tries to get her paws on the ball by climbing onto Bubbles’ back. When […]
STORY HIGHLIGHTS Rev. Joseph Anselmo Mwagambwa tells CNN he was sprayed with acid He was coming out of an Internet cafe in city of Zanzibar Last month, acid was thrown on two U.K. women, both 18, while visiting Stone Town An Arab businessman who built a mall near U.S. Embassy was hit with acid Zanzibar, Tanzania (CNN) — A Catholic priest was attacked with acid on the east African […]
Leaked report reveals the world is warming at half the rate claimed by IPCC in 2007 Scientists accept their computers ‘may have exaggerated’ A leaked copy of the world’s most authoritative climate study reveals scientific forecasts of imminent doom were drastically wrong. The Mail on Sunday has obtained the final draft of a report to be published later this month by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the […]
India’s main opposition party has named controversial politician Narendra Modi as its prime ministerial candidate for elections due next year. Mr Modi, who has been chief minister of Gujarat state since 2001, has long been seen as a rising star of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). In June, he was chosen to lead the party’s campaign for the election. Mr Modi is credited with making Gujarat one of […]
The sword rests briefly on his neck as a blindfolded man kneels under a clear blue sky. Moments later, the executioner raises his right arm, slashes downwards and the prisoner is dead. The whole barbaric episode is watched by a crowd of jeering men, many of them armed. And sitting on a low wall only a few feet from where the wretched captive died so violently is a line of […]
