In a surprise announcement, officials from West Bank’s Fatah, and Gaza’s Hamas, say they will reconcile and form a new Palestinian government.
Recently Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, of Fatah, lost support after Arab media reports showed that his administration actually worked for Israel.
More recent Arab reports showed that, along with Israel and the United States, […] Continue Reading…
Tiny Switzerland is now dealing with a huge forest fire, no thanks to dry weather.
Switzerland has been dealing with a drought, now a fire that started near an auto repair shop has spread into the dry forest. About 300 firefighters are battling the blaze, people are being told to stay indoors.
A Libyan delegation is meeting with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in an effort to find a solution to the civil war, and NATO attacks.
So far Venezuela, Cuba, Bolivia and Nicaragua have expressed political support for the Libyan government.
A natural gas pipeline, from Egypt to Israel, has been blown up. Witnesses say it is on fire. The same pipeline was attacked during the February uprisings.
Israel gets 40% of its natural gas from Egypt.
After a fatal silver mine collapse, in Mullen, Idaho, a Washingtonville, Ohio, man was killed April 25 in a coal mine accident.
Officials with the East Fairfield Coal Company says the cave in was a freak accident. They claim it was the first fatal accident in the mine’s 80 years of operation. State and Federal […] Continue Reading…
The Kostenko coalmine in central Kazakhstan is on fire. At least 319 people have been evacuated out of the mine. The fire is 30 meters (98 feet) down.
Dozens of emergency units are working to put the fire out. Coal mine fires are disastrous, they can last for years. Amazingly the mine owner, ArcelorMittal, doesn’t […] Continue Reading…
A volcano that erupted in January this year, is causing more problems for the people of Miyakonojo, Japan.
The southern island of Kyushu is home to some powerful volcanoes. In January, 2011, the Shinmoedake volcano threw ash more than 3,000 meters high, covering the Kyushu prefectures. Now there is another warning.
People in the city […] Continue Reading…
Sony is warning PlayStation users to monitor their credit card accounts, after a hacker got into 77 million accounts. Sony says it ”cannot rule out the possibility” that credit card data was hacked.
The incident also includes the music and video service Qriocity. This could be the worst case of information leaks in Sony’s history. […] Continue Reading…
According to international law a refugee is a person who’s been forced to leave their home, due to war or other violence in their home country. They are supposed to be given certain protections under international law.
The Europeans, along with the United States, were so keen on escalating the violence in North Africa (Libya), […] Continue Reading…
The city of Koriyama is 50km (31 miles) away from Fukushima Daiichi, well out of the evac zones, yet the soil at their schools are so contaminated they have get rid it.
Starting this weekend, they will remove the top 2 centimeters (.78 inches) of soil from 28 schools. Even after the soil removal, school […] Continue Reading…