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Russia
Russia is hit by a 7.6 magnitude earthquake killing at least 2,000 people. -
oil spill
The North Cape Oil Spill occurs as an engine fire forces the tugboat Scandia ashore on Moonstone Beach in South Kingstown, Rhode Island. The North Cape Barge is pulled along with it and leaks 820,000 gallons of home heating oil.
On January 19, 1996, the tank barge North Cape and the tug Scandia grounded on Moonstone Beach in southern Rhode Island after the tug caught fire, spilling an estimated 828,000 gallons of home heating oil. Oil spread throughout a large area of Block Island Sound, incl -
World News Briefs; Mass Arrests in Sri Lanka After Capital Bombing
The police and the military detained hundreds of Tamils in an exhaustive sweep that shut down Colombo today. They acted 10 days after a truck bomb devastated the capital's business district. A combined force of police, army and air force personnel took away about 965 Tamils for questioning, the Defense Ministry said. ''We suspect that more than a dozen bombers are holed up in the city and its suburbs,'' a Defense Ministry official said. It was the first time in Sri Lanka's 14-year-old c -
World: AmericasUnderwater clue to Swissair disaster
Scientists investigating the cause of the Swissair disaster that killed all 249 people onboard earlier this month think the answer may lie in high-tech debris scattered across the ocean floor.As the first underwater video of the mangled wreckage was released, Canadian investigators said they were confident they would eventually piece together the sequence of events that brought down Flight 111 off Canada's Atlantic coast two weeks ago. -
Cyclone Orissa Kills Thousands in India
More than two days after a cyclone of monstrous power churned across the Bay of Bengal into India's east coast, as many as a million and a half people are homeless, hundreds of villages in one of the country's poorest states have been washed away and tens of thousands of survivors are camping along roadways without adequate food or water. The death toll is unknown, but officials are guessing it is in the thousands. -
Sailors die in terrorist attack on U.S. destroyer
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9/11
On September 11, 2001, 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda hijacked four airliners and carried out suicide attacks against targets in the United States. Two of the planes were flown into the towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, a third plane hit the Pentagon just outside Washington, D.C., and the fourth plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. Often referred to as 9/11, the attacks resulted in extensive death and destruction, triggering major U.S. ini -
Many Australians Killed in Bali Blasts
We want to get back to Bali right now. Australia certainly very hard hit by the bombings in Bali. More than a dozen Australians killed. Aussies make up the majority of the injured and missing and right now the dead count is well over 180, and still we're being told that hundreds of others are still missing. Bali a popular tourist destination for many Australians. So, too, for many Westerners throughout the world.
At the time of the blast, an estimated 20,000 people were on this very small isl -
. US space shuttle Columbia crashes.
The US spaceshuttle Columbia disintegrated and crashed in Texas before its intended return to the ground, killing all seven astronauts on board. Investigations showed the tragedy was caused by a breach in the thermal protection system on the leading edge of the shuttle's left wing. -
BOMBING IN MADRID
The Spanish interior minister, Ángel Acebes, said the Basque separatist group ETA remained the government's prime suspect in the bombings, in which at least 199 people have died. -
London Bombing
At 8:50 am explosions tore through three trains on the London Underground, killing 39. An hour later 13 people were killed when a bomb detonated on the upper deck of a bus in Tavistock Square. More than 700 people were injured in the four attacks. -
Global Financial Crisis -
It is the worst crisis since the Great Depression back in 1929. This year's global financial crisis is ongoing as of December. The first strong signals of the crisis took place when a number of large financial companies in the United States went bankrupt in September. The collapses of large financial institutions in the U.S. had a great impact on Europe, where a lot of banks went bankrupt. Soon it all developed into a global crisis, leading to the reduction in the market value of stock and co -
Gaza War
Israel–Gaza conflict also known as the Gaza War was a three-week armed conflict that took place in the Gaza Strip and Southern Israel during the winter of 2008–2009. The Gaza war aim was to destroy the military infrastructure of HAMAS leader in Gaza. Israel responded to Hamas "Operation Oil Stain" rocket fire with military force in an action titled "Operation Cast Lead". -
Death of Bin Laden
The main point of contention seems to be whether bin Laden was shot while reaching for his gun, an assertion made by the SEAL member known only as "The Shooter" in Esquire's piece. Bergen's source tells him that this account is "complete B-S," insisting that bin Laden did not have a firearm within immediate reach.Piecing together what actually happened on May 1, 2011 has understandably proven difficult, as Bergen notes that the highly elite and incredibly secretive SEAL Team is under "serious lo -
Boston Bombing
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev remains hospitalized under heavy guard. He is being treated at Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, where 11 victims of the bombing were still hospitalized. Officials say Tsarnaev is recuperating from a bullet wound in the leg and in the neck, rendering him unable to speak. They could not comment on whether or not the neck wound was self-inflicted. Federal prosecutors are working on bringing charges but there was no immediate word on when Tsarnaev might be charg
