21 March 2013/09 Jumada l-Ula 1434/01 Farvardin 1391/10 Yi-Mao (2nd month) 4711
The ROK Supreme Court has just ruled unconstitutional the Martial Law declared by former U.S. backed dictator Park Chung-hee. South Korea has technically been under Martial Law since 1971 (bet you didn’t know that).
Park Chung-hee ruled the U.S. backed Republic of Korea from […] Continue Reading…
21 March 2013/09 Jumada l-Ula 1434/01 Farvardin 1391/10 Yi-Mao (2nd month) 4711
DPRK’s Korean Central Television reported an air raid warning at 09:32 hours Korean time. Military personnel and civilians were told to take cover. One hour later it was called off.
It might have been a drill, but the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea issued […] Continue Reading…
21 March 2013/09 Jumada l-Ula 1434/01 Farvardin 1391/10 Yi-Mao (2nd month) 4711
After rejecting an privately funded European Union bailout, and after starting negotiations for a bailout from Russia, banks in Cyprus have decided to remain closed for another five days.
This is because many Cypriots plan on withdrawing all their money. This is because the […] Continue Reading…
21 March 2013/09 Jumada l-Ula 1434/01 Farvardin 1391/10 Yi-Mao (2nd month) 4711
“People who dispose of carcasses illegally will be fined 2,000 yuan [$322 USD] and detained for seven days!”-Huang Jun, vice-head of Xinfeng township
Chinese media now claims 13000 pig bodies have been pulled from the Huangpu River. Investigators expect more, but they’re not blaming […] Continue Reading…
21 March 2013/09 Jumada l-Ula 1434/01 Farvardin 1391/10 Yi-Mao (2nd month) 4711
On 20 March the Syrian government demanded a United Nations investigation into the supposed gas attacks in Aleppo Province, and possibly in the city of Damascus.
Now the United States, France and United Kingdom (all backers of the insurgency) are working hard to delay […] Continue Reading…
20 March 2013/08 Jumada l-Ula 1434/30 Esfand 1391/09 Yi-Mao (2nd month) 4711
Officials with the U.S. government first denied a gas attack took place in Syria, saying there was no evidence, then said if WMD attack took place it was from the Syrian government.
But U.S. News & World Report says they have evidence the WMD […] Continue Reading…
20 March 2013/08 Jumada l-Ula 1434/30 Esfand 1391/09 Yi-Mao (2nd month) 4711
Sears Holdings confirming they will close the Clinton South Kmart by June. Company officials blamed it on poor sales for the Tennessee store. The store first opened in 1983.
An investigation is looking into why a shark died while being used for an upcoming […] Continue Reading…
20 March 2013/08 Jumada l-Ula 1434/30 Esfand 1391/09 Yi-Mao (2nd month) 4711
Tokyo Electric Power Company has found the cause of the power outage, which stopped cooling of spent fuel pools a few days ago.
In one of three high voltage distribution panels they found burn marks, along with a dead rat. It’s very likely the […] Continue Reading…
20 March 2013/08 Jumada l-Ula 1434/30 Esfand 1391/09 Yi-Mao (2nd month) 4711
United Kingdom’s Chancellor of the Exchequer/Second Lord of the Treasury, George Osbourne, changed his earlier predictions on the British economy. Now he says it’s going worse than they thought, despite his political party’s policies which include big tax cuts for corporations, and big […] Continue Reading…
20 March 2013/08 Jumada l-Ula 1434/30 Esfand 1391/09 Yi-Mao (2nd month) 4711
It was discovered by a Chinese actor that his cheap chopsticks were actually toxic. He made the discovery when he tried to wash them and they turned the water yellow, and it smelled bad.
Chinese media asked some industry officials about it and they […] Continue Reading…