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South Korean hiker went missing in Everest

South Korean hiker went missing in Everest

Share On Monday,  Seoul’s foreign ministry annpunced that a South Korean mountaineer has gone missing after climbing the world’s highest mountain. The missing South Korean was identified as Song Won-Bin, 44.  Song went missing on Saturday while returning to base camp with several other climbers after scaling Mount Everest in [Continue reading]

Obama backs up gay marriage

Obama backs up gay marriage

Share US president Barack Obama though praised, was also slammed a day after he became the first sitting US president to reveal his support on gay marriage. His remarks made the social conservatives and religious leaders condemn him. On the other hand, the Obama campaign attacked Republican Mitt Romney, who repeatedly stated his opposition to [Continue reading]

North Korea still defiant despite scrapped food aid

North Korea still defiant despite scrapped food aid

Share North Korea released its warning  following the removal of the US of its food aid because of its rocket launch, opening fears of a new nuclear test, as China reportedly hold a refugee deal with its strong-willed ally. In its bold statement late Tuesday, the nuclear-armed North broke off a bilateral agreement to stop [Continue reading]

North Korea’s rocket launch fails

North Korea’s rocket launch fails

Share     On Friday North Korea said that its long-range rocket launch had failed. After liftoff has experienced  disintegrating mid-air and landed  into the sea. Ignoring  international warnings, the North still pursued  with what it said was a launch to put a peaceful satellite into orbit, causing  condemnation [Continue reading]

Fuel injected into Rocket-North Korea

Fuel injected into Rocket-North Korea

Share On Wednesday, North Korea disclosed that  fuel is being injected into their rocket  as part of their preparation for the  launch condemned by its neighbors and the West. The launch is scheduled to happen  between Thursday and next Monday and has lead  neighbors like the Philippines to change  their air traffic [Continue reading]

US plane makes emergency landing due to pilot rant

US plane makes emergency landing due to  pilot rant

Share Officials and media reports said that passengers of a US airplane restrained the pilot  when he started to scream about Al-Qaeda and bomb threats. The JetBlue flight from New York to Las Vegas, Nevada was redirected  to Amarillo, Texas when the incident, which the airliner said was caused by  a medical issue which [Continue reading]

6.4 Earthquake rocks Papua New Guinea

6.4  Earthquake rocks Papua New Guinea

Share US seismologists has reported that a 6.4-magnitude earthquake shook  Papua New Guinea Thursday, however,  a tsunami warning was not issued and seismologists said "no major human impact is expected." The quake that struck  the New Britain region at 7:13 am (2113 GMT Wednesday)had  a depth of 48 kilometers (30 [Continue reading]

Man Attacked by A lion in Australia

Man Attacked by A lion in Australia

Share A man was reportedly pawed by a lioness at a wildlife park in Darwin Share [Continue reading]

Loss of Arctic sea ice may turn into mercury deposits-NASA

Loss of Arctic sea ice may turn into mercury deposits-NASA

Share Due to serious declines in perennial Arctic sea ice over the past decade may be strengthening  a chemical reaction that causes  to deposits of toxic mercury, a NASA-led study showed on Thursday. In the  study, it found that thick, perennial Arctic sea ice was being changed into a thinner and saltier ice that releases [Continue reading]

Will Apple unveil cheap iPad2 and two iPad 3 models?

Will Apple  unveil cheap iPad2  and  two iPad 3 models?

Share Next week will be an altogether exciting event for Apple products lover since talks about revealtion of  cheaper iPad 2 and two iPad 3 models migth be released  in Apple Inc.’s much-awaited iPad-related. The report came from a Taiwan-based tech news site. Taiwan-based tech news site DigiTimes quoted the  sources from [Continue reading]

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