Published on June 11, 2010 by Technology Slice
People Attacked During Afghan Wedding – The cause of the carnage has been unclear, but the government said initial reports indicated that a suicide bomber strapped with explosives had walked into the party reportedly attended by members of an anti-Taliban militia.
Tags: Arghandab, Carnage, Celebrations, Deaths, Enormous Explosion, Explosion Ripped Through, Explosives, Initial Reports, Insurgency, Interior Ministry, Investigators, Kabul, Kandahar, Mohammad, Suicide Bomber, Taliban, Taliban Militia, Television Channels, Troops In Afghanistan, Wedding Festivities
Posted in World
Published on April 12, 2010 by Technology Slice
Tourists Fleeing Bangkok – Up to 15 people have been killed and thousands of tourists forced to flee, after Thai soldiers opened fire on red-shirt protesters in Bangkok in pitched battles all over the city. After a month-long standoff between the anti-government red-shirts and Thai security forces, troops yesterday moved in to remove the red-shirts [...]
Tags: australians, Bangkok, Clashes, Compatriot, Deaths, Demonstrations, Forces Troops, Hospital Spokesman, Intersections, Pitched Battles, protest, Protesters, Rubber Bullets, Standoff, Thai Capital, Thai Security Forces, Thai Soldiers, Thaksin Shinawatra, Tourists, violence
Posted in Travel
Published on April 10, 2010 by Technology Slice
U.S. Miners Found Dead – Four missing West Virginia coal miners have been found dead, nearly five days after an explosion killed 25 others and trapped them deep underground at a Massey Energy mine. Rescuers had been clinging to hope that the four missing workers may have made it to safety chambers deep in the [...]
Tags: barack obama, Blast, Chambers, Death Toll, Deaths, explosion, Explosions, Funerals, Massey Energy, Mine Disaster, Mine Rescuers, Rescue Efforts, Virginia Coal Miners, West Virginia Coal, West Virginia Coal Miners, White House
Posted in General
Published on February 28, 2010 by Technology Slice
Concepcion Chile – The death toll from a massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake that struck southern Chile early Saturday has risen to 78, Chilean officials said. President Michele Bachelet declared a “state of catastrophe” and said the death toll would rise. “Without a doubt, with an earthquake of this magnitude, there will be more deaths,” the president [...]
Tags: catastrophe, Concepcion Chile, Darkness, Death Toll, Deaths, Doubt, electricity, Epicenter, Helicopters, Magnitude Earthquake, Michele Bachelet, Mobile Phone Services, Neighborhood, population, Santiago, Southern Chile, Telecommunications, Xinhua
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Published on February 25, 2010 by Technology Slice
Shamu – SeaWorld in San Diego suspended its Shamu killer whale show after a trainer was killed Wednesday at its Orlando, Florida park in front of a horrified audience. The identity of the victim has not been released, although SeaWorld president Dan Brown confirmed during a news conference that it was a senior female trainer [...]
Tags: Audience, Daily Show, Dan Brown, Deaths, Draws, Florida Park, Killer Whale, News Conference, Orca, Orlando Florida, San Antonio, Seaworld In San Diego, Seaworld San Diego, Spokesman
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