Ghazni Province: In Aab Band District, three family members were killed when they drove over a landmine.
Helmand Province: In Greshk District, U.S. led forces shot and killed a child. International Security Assistance Force confirmed: “ISAF deeply regrets any civilian casualty.” In Lashkargah city, two suicide bombers exploded killing themselves and between seven and 18 […] Continue Reading…
17 January 2014 (15:40 UTC-07 Tango)/15 Rabi ‘al-Awwal 1435/27 Dey 1392/17 Gui-Chou (12th month) 4711
Belize: Health officials confirm three people infected with H1N1. One of those, a 29 years old mother, has died. There are several other people showing flu symptoms, but testing has been negative.
Alberta, Canada: Provincial health officials are dealing with a […] Continue Reading…
17 January 2014 (10:41 UTC-07 Tango)/15 Rabi ‘al-Awwal 1435/27 Dey 1392/17 Gui-Chou (12th month) 4711
The downward spiral of what was once Idaho based Albertsons grocery stores continues. In January 2013 evil Cerberus Capital Management became sole owner of Albertsons. 14 stores were shut down in 2013.
It’s just been announced that another 26 stores will […] Continue Reading…
17 January 2014 (10:29 UTC-07 Tango)/15 Rabi ‘al-Awwal 1435/27 Dey 1392/17 Gui-Chou (12th month) 4711
Department store Macy’s-Bloomingdale’s closing five stores and laying off 25-hundred employees in 2014!
Company officials say they need to cut $100-million from the yearly budget! This is strange because they also announced plans to build eight new stores!
The five stores being […] Continue Reading…
17 January 2014 (10:19 UTC-07 Tango)/15 Rabi ‘al-Awwal 1435/27 Dey 1392/17 Gui-Chou (12th month) 4711
Despite saying they’re happy with the end of year holiday sales, JCPenney officials are going to shutdown 33 stores and kill 2-thousand U.S. jobs in 2014!
Company officials said they still aren’t profitable, and they need to cut $65-million from their […] Continue Reading…
17 January 2014 (10:06 UTC-07 Tango)/15 Rabi ‘al-Awwal 1435/27 Dey 1392/17 Gui-Chou (12th month) 4711
Alabama to lose the Decatur Sears in April. In South Carolina, reports suggesting a now closed Kmart store was built on the old Hampton Plantation slave cemetery. Activists are asking for a ground radar survey before anymore construction work is […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of announced closings and layoffs:
France based telecommunications company, Alcatel-Lucent, announced at least 10-thousand layoffs around the World. At least 2100 layoffs will take place in the Americas. Alcatel-Lucent has offices in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, New Jersey, North Carolina, Texas and Virginia. Company officials said their past layoffs were “not […] Continue Reading…
16 January 2014 (12:08 UTC-07 Tango)/14 Rabi ‘al-Awwal 1435/26 Dey 1392/16 Gui-Chou (12th month) 4711
Ireland: Letterkenny General Hospital psychiatry department closed due to norovirus.
“This is an abnormal situation. We want to investigate every possible cause.”-Terada Seiko, board of education
Hamamatsu City, Japan: 900 grade school kids, and more than 40 adults, at 14 schools were […] Continue Reading…
16 January 2014 (02:17 UTC-07 Tango)/14 Rabi ‘al-Awwal 1435/26 Dey 1392/16 Gui-Chou (12th month) 4711
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) says it will conduct medical surveys of at least 71 U.S. military personnel suffering from radiation sickness, as a result of the 2011 Operation Tomodachi. At least 51 personnel report thyroid cancer.
But wait, the […] Continue Reading…
16 January 2014 (21:45 UTC-07 Tango 15 January 2013)/14 Rabi ‘al-Awwal 1435/26 Dey 1392/16 Gui-Chou (12th month) 4711
The Obama regime and the U.S. Congress are likely to approve giving the United Arab Emirates $150-million more of your money! The members of the UAE say the money is needed to train up ‘their’ Presidential Guards.
The […] Continue Reading…