13 Aug 2011

Four dead in stage collapse at Indiana State Fair

Stage collapse in Indianapolis, Indiana (13 Aug 2011)  Witnesses said the wind hit minutes after a safety warning was given on stage

At least four people have died after a stage collapsed at a concert in the US state of Indiana, officials say.
The authorities said the stage came down during a storm at the Indiana State Fair in Indianapolis as the band Sugarland were about to perform.

11 Aug 2011

Facebook launching new version soon.

Will have group video chat or "Hangs" and a new feature dubbed "Squares".

Mark Zuckerberg was quoted saying, "We believe users will really enjoy this change, especially considering now next to the phone numbers we import of your friends from your phone, you'll see live GPS coordinates of where they're at that second."

10 Aug 2011

New arrest in phone-hacking inquiry

Person using a mobile phone                                                                     Operation Weeting is the renewed police inquiry into allegations of phone hacking by journalists
A 61-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of phone hacking, Scotland Yard has said.
The BBC understands he is former News of the World news editor, Greg Miskiw.
He was arrested by officers from the Met Police's hacking investigation, Operation Weeting, after visiting a police station by appointment.

7 Aug 2011

India bowler Zaheer Khan out of England Test series

 Zaheer managed just three overs in Saturday's tour match against Northants,.
India's pace bowler Zaheer Khan will miss the rest of the England tour with ankle and hamstring injuries.
A statement from the Indian cricket board said: "He will need at least 14-16 weeks to recover completely."
RP Singh has been called up but faces a race to be ready for the third Test, starting at Edgbaston on Wednesday.
India lost spinner Harbhajan Singh and batsman Yuvraj Singh to injuries during the Trent Bridge defeat, which saw them go 2-0 down in the four-Test series.
Zaheer sustained a hamstring injury in the first Test at Lord's after bowling just 13.3 overs, and missed the second match of the series.

3 Aug 2011

Young people 'more likely to reach 100 years old'

Old and young hands                                          By 2066 it is estimated there will be at least half-a-million people aged over 100
Today's 20-year-olds are three times more likely to live to 100 than their grandparents and twice as likely as their parents, official figures show.
And a baby born in 2011 is almost eight times more likely to reach their 100th birthday than one born 80 years ago.
A girl born this year has a one-in-three chance of reaching 100 years old and boys have a one-in-four chance.
The Department for Work and Pensions has issued the figures based on Office for National Statistics predictions.
By 2066 it is estimated there will be at least half-a-million people aged over 100.

1 Aug 2011

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows makes $1bn

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 still                                    Deathly Hallows has now taken $318.5m in the US
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 has passed the $1bn (£609m) mark at the worldwide box office, distributor Warner Bros has said.
The final instalment in the eight-part boy wizard series is the first to reach the milestone.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone had the previous best global takings with $974.8m (£593m) in 2001.

The 2009 epic Avatar holds the current record for the biggest worldwide box office haul with $2.8bn (£1.7bn).

Deathly Hallows: Part 2 is expected to pass Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides soon, which is this year's top grossing movie so far at $1.03bn (£626m).

31 Jul 2011

Why Mumbai is still unsafe

Site of blast at Zaveri Bazaar
The serial blasts in Mumbai left 18 people dead and over 100 injured. In this photo, policemen look for clues ar the Zaveri Bazaar blast site
At 6.54 p.m. on July 13, a bomb in a motorcycle tore into Mumbai's 150-year-old Zaveri Bazaar, killing five people instantly. As pushcarts selling food were scattered and bodies lay mutilated, Hiten, a businessman, recounted how he carried the severed head of a victim to the nearby Gokuldas Tejpal Hospital. He tried, but couldn't find the body parts.

A minute later, at 6.55 p.m., a tiffin box exploded, resounding through Prasad Chambers, Opera House, where diamond traders gather every evening to discuss the day's business. The blast, which killed nine, left trader Chirag Vora shaken. "It shattered the window panes. The diamonds on my tray were everywhere," he says.
At 7.05 p.m., yet another bomb went off, this time at Hanuman Mandir at Dadar's Kabutarkhana, where people shop for household goods. As injured people scrambled for cover amid splattered blood and damaged vehicles, Indulal Shah, who owns a sweet shop in the area, could only say: "It took just a second. Everything changed. The usual chaos became a desperate panic."

30 Jul 2011

Boy, 12, dies after goalposts fall on him

Floral tributes left for Casey Breese on Saturday                                           Floral tributes left for Casey Breese on Saturday

A 12-year-old boy has died after being hit by falling goalposts while playing football in Powys.
Dyfed-Powys Police said Casey Breese was playing with local boys in a recreation ground at Caersws on Friday.
A spokesman said the goalposts were being examined after the "sad death" of Casey and there were no suspicious circumstances.

29 Jul 2011










NoW investigator Glenn Mulcaire 'told to hack'

Glenn Mulcaire                                       Glenn Mulcaire was jailed in 2007 after admitting to phone hacking
 
The private investigator at the centre of the News of the World phone-hacking row said he "acted on the instructions of others", his lawyers have said.
In a statement Glenn Mulcaire's legal team said any suggestion he acted unilaterally was "untrue".
It comes after the mother of murdered schoolgirl Sarah Payne was told she may have been phone hacked by Mulcaire.
The investigator was jailed in 2007 after admitting to phone hacking while he was working for the paper.
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27 Jul 2011

Afghan war: Mayor of Kandahar killed in suicide attack


Ghulam Haidar Hameedi, undated image                                        Mr Hameedi returned to Afghanistan in 2006 at the request of President Karzai

The mayor of the volatile Afghan city of Kandahar, Ghulam Haidar Hameedi, has been killed in a suicide attack, officials say.
The attacker detonated explosives in his turban as the mayor made an address at the city hall, police said.

26 Jul 2011

Top ten eco-friendly countries

Today, the eco-friendly trend is visible all over the world. From simple people to governments, they all want to make the world a better place to live in. The centuries of industrial production put their mark on our environment and created a situation never seen before. Millions of tons of litter can be found floating in oceans or scattered in forests. The greenhouse gas emissions reached incredibly high rates and slowly our planet climax is changing. All these issues brought the attention of the world towards the environmental problems.