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Written by julie on 21 May 2012
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]
Written by julie on 11 May 2012
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]
Written by julie on 18 April 2012
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]
Written by julie on 14 April 2012
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]
Written by julie on 12 April 2012
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]
Written by julie on 28 March 2012
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]
Written by julie on 15 March 2012
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]
Written by julie on 03 March 2012
Share A man was reportedly pawed by a lioness at a wildlife park in Darwin Share [Continue reading]
Written by julie on 02 March 2012
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]
Written by julie on 02 March 2012
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]