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- NATO to take control of Libyan no-fly zone
- English actress Elizabeth Taylor dies at age 79
- Detroit’s population drops by one-fourth in the last decade
- UK police find body of missing woman and search for another; suspect in custody
- Tamil Nadu Elections: DMK, AIADMK promise freebies
- Magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes northeastern Myanmar
- More than a dozen reported dead after Syrian protests
- Libyan city of Misrata reported to be secure after Gaddafi forces retreat
| NATO to take control of Libyan no-fly zone Posted: |
| English actress Elizabeth Taylor dies at age 79 Posted: Thursday, March 24, 2011 Elizabeth "Liz" Taylor, English actress, died on Wednesday at 79, in the Cedars-Senai Medical Center, in Los Angeles, California, where she was admitted six weeks ago, victim of a heart ailment that she suffered for years. Taylor made her film debut in 1941 at Universal Pictures, and won twice the Academy Award, for "Butterfield 8" (1960), and "Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf" (1966); Taylor was widely known for her personality, described as "sexy, glamorous, untimely, and fragile," the actress was always surrounded by her fans and the media. As a child actress, she was known for having two flanges because of a genetic mutation, that distinguished her face from other actresses. More... |
| Detroit’s population drops by one-fourth in the last decade Posted: Thursday, March 24, 2011 Figures released by the U.S. 2010 census on Wednesday show that the city of Detroit has lost nearly one million people, one-fourth of its total, since 2000. Detroit, once one of the top five U.S. cities in population, has its lowest number of residents since 1910. Population numbers affect the the amount of federal and state funding a city receives. In the last few decades, dozens of Michigan state laws have been passed allowing Detroit, because its population was at least 750,000, special measures to raise revenue and allocating it a larger share of Michigan's state revenue than its population warranted. Now that Detroit's population has fallen to 713,777, it is no longer eligible for these financial advantages. More... |
| UK police find body of missing woman and search for another; suspect in custody Posted: Thursday, March 24, 2011 Police investigating the disappearance of 22-year old Sian O'Callaghan in Swindon, England, say they have discovered her body and are searching for another. The news comes comes hours after the arrest of a 47-year-old individual for kidnap and multiple counts of murder. Police also seized a green taxi seen at the time of O'Callaghan's disappearance. The detective leading the murder inquiry confirmed the individual taken into custody had told police where two bodies were located. Police said they had found one body and were searching for the second. Officials say O'Callaghan's family were "deeply distressed" by the developments. Police today began searching a house in Swindon, and the property was cordoned off. More... |
| Tamil Nadu Elections: DMK, AIADMK promise freebies Posted: Thursday, March 24, 2011
Both the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) parties have announce "freebies" as part of their election manifestos in the lead-up to the vote in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Freebies have been a success from the 2006 Tamil Nadu elections when DMK lured voters by announcing free colour televisions to households. That triumph led the major opposition AIADMK to announce similar freebies in their manifesto published Thursday. More... |
| Magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes northeastern Myanmar Posted:
Thursday, March 24, 2011 A magnitude 6.8 earthquake has struck the northeast of Myanmar, near the borders of China and Thailand, according to the United States Geological Survey. The earthquake, which was originally registered at mangnitude 7.0 occured at the rather shallow depth of 10 km (6.2 miles) in a sparsely populated, remote area in the northeast, striking about 89 km (55 miles) north of Chiang Rai, Thailand at 13:55 UTC. More... |
| More than a dozen reported dead after Syrian protests Posted: Thursday, March 24, 2011
Three separate incidents were reported. Overnight on Wednesday, six people were killed at the Omari mosque, a location where many protests have taken place. At funerals and marches later that day, at least ten more people were killed. Several dozen people are also reported to have been injured; one witness said that "bodies fell in the streets." More... |
| Libyan city of Misrata reported to be secure after Gaddafi forces retreat Posted: |
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