Saturday, May 21, 2011

Iceland's Grimsvotn volcano erupting

Iceland's Grimsvotn volcano erupting


Iceland's Grimsvotn volcano erupting

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Iceland's most active volcano has started erupting just over a year after another eruption on the North Atlantic island shut down European air traffic for days. Iceland's Meteorological Office confirmed that an eruption had begun at the Grimsvotn volcano, accompanied by a series of small earthquakes.


16 killed in landslides at Malaysian orphanage

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District police chief Abdul Rashid Wahab said the bodies of 15 boys, aged 8 to 18, and a 34-year-old caretaker had been recovered. Six boys and three wardens who were critically injured in Saturday's landslides have been hospitalised, he said.


New Al Qaeda chief plans attack on London to avenge Osama's death: Report

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Al Qaeda's new leader, 59-year-old Saif Al-Adel, is planning a major terrorist attack on London to avenge the death of his former boss Osama bin Laden. Soon after being officially appointed the new chief of Al Qaeda, Saif al-Adel called on his men to crush London.


Ouattara inaugurated as Ivory Coast President

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President Alassane Ouattara was inaugurated on Saturday as Ivory Coast's President in the stately ceremony he should have enjoyed six months ago, but was prevented from holding by the entrenched ruler who refused to accept his election defeat and nearly dragged the nation into civil war in a bid to stay in power.


Militants storm government building in Kabul: Officials

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Gunmen wearing suicide vests stormed a government building in eastern Afghanistan early Sunday and were in a shootout with Afghan security forces who surrounded the compound, officials said.


Wikileaks: Did US ignore Benazir's security fears?

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Did America fail to do enough to help protect Benazir Bhutto? Just two months before her assassination and only days after she had returned from an 8-year exile to contest the Pakistan elections, Bhutto had asked the United States to evaluate her security and recommend additional resources for maximum safety. The US Embassy in Pakistan strongly recommended not doing this.


Pope blesses astronauts in 1st papal call to space

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The 12 astronauts circling the Earth received a blessing from Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday in the first ever papal call to space.


Child porn website mastermind held in Australia

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Australian Police have arrested an alleged mastermind of one of the world's largest child pornography websites, a media report said on Saturday.


China asks Pak to mend its fences with neighbours

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The Chinese leadership has asked Islamabad to "mend its fences" with all its neighbours, including India, and expressed concern over terrorists still "flourishing" in centres on Pakistani soil, a media report today said.


Suicide attack at Kabul military hospital, 6 killed

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A suicide bomber struck a tent filled with medical students eating lunch at a military hospital in Kabul Saturday, killing at least six people and wounding 23, Afghan officials said.


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