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Soldier Murdered In London Terror Attack

Soldier Murdered In London Terror Attack

May. 23 | The British government have convened a meeting of its emergency response committee COBRA, following the murder of a soldier in southeast London on Wednesday afternoon. The deceased man, who has yet to be named, was hit with a car in Woolwich before being...

Pope Francis Performs Public Exorcism

Pope Francis Performs Public Exorcism

May. 22 | According to analysis of footage from a Catholic television channel, Pope Francis carried out an exorcism on a man in a wheelchair on Sunday. The incident took place after mass in St.Peters square and was seen on the Catholic station, TV2000. In the footage...

Oklahoma Town Devastated By Tornado

Oklahoma Town Devastated By Tornado

May. 21 | The Oklahoma suburb of Moore has been devastated after being hit on Monday by one of the largest tornadoes on record for the United States. However figures for the previous death toll of up to 91 people have been sharply revised downwards with authorities...

Back To Earth For International Space Station Trio

Back To Earth For International Space Station Trio

May. 14 | A three-man international crew of astronauts returned to Earth in the early hours of Monday morning touching down on the steppe in Kazakhstan. Tom Marshburn, Roman Romanenko and Chris Hadfield completed their 146 day sojourn aboard the International Space...

Spate Of Car Bombings Kill 26 In Iraq

Spate Of Car Bombings Kill 26 In Iraq

Apr. 29 | A series of car bombs have exploded in southern and central Iraq killing up to 26 people and leaving dozens more injured. A car bomb detonated in the city of Karbala, leaving 2 people dead. In Amarah two car bombs exploded at the same time close to a...

US Sounds Cautious Warning On Syria

US Sounds Cautious Warning On Syria

Apr. 27 | US President Barack Obama has said that America will not make a decision to intervene in the civil war in Syria on the basis of preliminary evidence. However he has come out strongly on the issue of the alleged use of chemical weapons saying that any...

Bangladesh Building Death Toll To Rise

Bangladesh Building Death Toll To Rise

Apr. 25 | According to reports from Indian police officials, the death toll from Wednesdays building collapse in Bangladesh could be set to rise. Currently the casualty figure stands at 175 following the collapse of the Rana Plaza building in Savar. The building...

Irish Teenager Charged in Guyana President Threat

Irish Teenager Charged in Guyana President Threat

Apr. 4 | An Irish teenager on his gap year doing charity work in Guyana has been charged for threatening to shoot the president of Guyana. Cillian James Crosson, 17, is in South America as a volunteer teacher with the group Project Trust. He pleaded not guilty...

Mandela Recovering Steadily From Pneumonia

Mandela Recovering Steadily From Pneumonia

Apr. 3 | According to a statement from the South African presidency, former President Nelson Mandela is continuing to make “steady” improvement in his recovery from pneumonia. Mr. Mandela was admitted to hospital in March and has reportedly been responding...

North Korea Vows To Restart Nuclear Programme

North Korea Vows To Restart Nuclear Programme

Apr. 2 | In a further escalation of threatening rhetoric North Korea have said that they have plans to restart their nuclear programme. The Yongbyon nuclear facility was shut down in 2007 under the international nuclear disarmament imitative. Proposed plans for...