On February 23, 2012, Sears Holdings announced that they will sell off eleven stores to major mall owner General Growth Properties (GGP).
Sears at the struggling Pine Ridge Mall in Chubbuck, Idaho
GGP owns most of the malls in Idaho (Idaho Falls, Boise, Chubbuck and Coeur D’Alene), and they have Sears stores, […] Continue Reading…
Japan’s Self-Defense Forces have just revealed plans to evacuate Japanese citizens living in Iran!
On March 5, 2012, Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka made the statement in a Diet (parliament) session.
He said they are prepared to use C-130 transports, along with aerial refueling tankers, to “rescue” Japanese stuck in Iran, in case of “emergency”!
According to official […] Continue Reading…
Officials with Japan’s Land Ministry have issued new warnings about the dangers of tsunamis. They revised their estimations of tsunami damage, based on what happened on March 11, 2011.
They concluded that earthquakes of magnitude 8.4 or greater, just off Japan’s Pacific coastline, could generate huge tsunamis.
On the Pacific side of Japan, tsunamis could reach […] Continue Reading…
Local officials have revealed that not everyone was evacuated out of the 20km (12.4 miles) “No-Go” zone around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
Officials have revealed that at least five bodies were found that showed signs of starvation. Most of them were old people. One man was trapped on the second floor of his home […] Continue Reading…
According to separate reports there were two suicide bombings, March 5, 2012.
One took place in eastern Nangarhar Province, in Jalalabad city. Local officials say as many as 13 people were killed, including civilians and police. No group has claimed responsibility.
Then in Parwan Province, a suicide bomber tried to attack the U.S./NATO/ISAF airbase at Bagram. […] Continue Reading…
The Chinese government reports that 140 Chinese construction workers were hit by the large explosions in the south western African country of Congo-Brazzaville. Six have died, one is missing.
Officials in Congo-Brazzaville expect to death toll to climb higher than 206.
The Catholic Cathedral called Saint Louis was flattened: “Many of the faithful are trapped in […] Continue Reading…
Recently senior Israeli lawmaker, Zeev Bielski, said the city of Tel Aviv was not prepared enough for war with Iran.
City officials have now begun turning parking garages into bomb shelters.
The parking garage for the Habima National Theater has just been converted to act as a bomb shelter for 1,600 people. It’s conversion will be […] Continue Reading…
“Instead of using fiscal policies to invest in their own economies in order to avert the crisis, the rich nations have spilled U.S. $4.7 trillion in the world to make problems worse, thus putting emerging markets in jeopardy.”-Dilma Rousseff, President of Brazil, and is also an economist
“We have a currency war that is based […] Continue Reading…
“According to sources at the central hospital we’re talking of around 200 dead and many injured. Some people are still (trapped) in their houses… They’re saying the entire neighborhood of Mpila has been destroyed.”-Betu Bangana, head of protocol in the Congo president’s office
March 4, 2012, Congo (aka Republic of Congo or Congo-Brazzaville, and not to […] Continue Reading…
“When resolutions are brought up at the Human Rights Council, we oppose them. When Israeli diplomats feared for their lives in Cairo, we intervened to help save them. When there are efforts to boycott or divest from Israel, we will stand against them. When the chips are down I have Israel’s back.”-Barack Obama, President […] Continue Reading…