Showing posts with label Conflict and Tragedy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Conflict and Tragedy. Show all posts

Thursday, November 10, 2011

VIDEO: OWS Protesters Ad to be Aired on Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor"

OWS Protesters Ad to be Aired on Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor"
WASHINGTON – The viewers of Fox News and Bloomberg Business TV are largely considered as the opposition to the ‘Occupy Wall Street’ (OWS) movement; but now the same viewers will see the OWS ad on these channels on Wednesday night.

The OWS ad will be aired three times during "The O'Reilly Factor." The ad time was bought by some of the filmmakers who support OWS movement. The ad will be aired on several other cable channels as well.

Reportedly, a crowd-sourcing website called Loudsauce collected the online donations from 168 people to buy the commercial time on both of the channels. Loudsauce facilitates small donations of less than $100.

According to Colin Mutchler, Loudsauce co-founder, the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) ad will run Wednesday once during the 8 p.m. ET time slot of "The O'Reilly Factor" and twice during the 11 p.m. time slot.

O'Reilly has called the Occupy demonstrators "quasi-socialist" and "loons."

Watch the OWS ad to be aired, below:


Occupy Wall Street from David Sauvage on Vimeo.

China Mine Accident (Thursday, Nov. 10) -- 20 Killed, 23 Still Trapped at Sizhuang Coal Mine in Yunnan Province

BEIJING, China (Nov. 10) – Breaking News: In latest of the accidents in the recent string of mining mishaps; at least 20 miners are reported killed today (Thursday, Nov. 10), Xinhua news agency reported.

The accident took place early today in southwest China causing another setback to China’s huge industry of mining. The accident at the privately run Sizhuang Coal Mine comes days after a rock blast in a coal mine in the central province of Henan trapped dozens of workers underground.

The accident in Yunnan province left around 23 other workers trapped, and it was not immediately clear if they were still alive or not, the official Xinhua news agency said. 

The official China News Service (CNS) said 20 people had been confirmed dead, and that efforts to rescue the remaining 23 from the mine were being hampered by a gas leak.

"Eighteen rescue workers are down in the coal mine, but the high levels of gas could cause an explosion, making it hard to progress with the rescue," Tan Xiaopeng, the head of the local firefighting department, told CNS.

Coal mine accidents are common in China, where work safety is often neglected by bosses seeking a quick profit.
Last year, 2,433 people died in coal mining accidents in the country, according to official statistics -- a rate of more than six workers per day.

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

On Kartik Purnima - Express Train Crushed Four Women to Death in India

Women Take Holy Dip on Kartik Purnima
LUCKNOW, India (Nov. 10) – An express train crushed four women to death today (Thursday, Nov. 10) morning while two other were injured severely in the same accident.

Reportedly, the victim women were belonged to Delhi and were returning after participating in a ritual to observe Kartik Purnima - thousands of people take a dip in the Ganges and other rivers to worship Lord Shiva.

The ladies were knocked down by Faizabad-Delhi Express while crossing the tracks near the Garhmukteshwar railway station in Panchsheel Nagar district (Uttar Pradesh). Four of them, including three sisters and one of their cousins, were killed on the spot while two are being treated at a hospital where their condition is stated to be serious.

Names of the victims are disclosed as Sonia (15), Neelam (22) and Suman (28) died along with their relative Gunjan (24).

Tragic Accident -- Three-year-old Shaniya Singleton from Chicago killed by TV fall

Shaniya Singleton, 3, from Chicago killed by TV fall
CHICAGO - Shaniya Singleton, a 3-year-old girl from Chicago, was killed when a big television set fell on her head and crushed it so badly that she died before given any medical aid.

Reportedly, she was playing with her brother, just 2 year older than her, when she apparently banged into a TV stand and an older model 27-inch TV fell on her head leading to her tragic death.

Johnnie Sibley, the great-grandmother of Singleton, told that she heard a bang upstairs in their home at about 5:55 pm today afternoon and when she saw her grand-daughter her head was bleeding. Sibley put her hand under the bleeding head and tried to stop bleeding with the help of a towel, before paramedics were called.

Shaniya was shifted to Comer Children's Hospital, where she was declared as dead at 6:32 p.m., the Cook County Medical Examiner's office told media.

According to police this is a "tragic accident," but detectives are conducting a death investigation pending an autopsy Wednesday.

This is second tragic incident of this kind in Chicago area within less than 2-week time.

Earlier, on Oct. 30, a 6-year-old boy Karl Clermont was died in similar kind on incident when a TV fell on Clermont's head while he was playing alone, perhaps after the boy tried to climb onto the set. His death was ruled an accident.

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Kerry McNiven, An Australian Woman, Sentenced 7-year Jail for Burning Gary Stewart to Death

Gary Stewart ... Burnt Alive by Kerry McNiven
MELBOURNE, Australia – Kerry McNiven, an Australian woman who killed a man by pouring gasoline over him, has been awarded a 7-year jail term on Tuesday by Victoria State Supreme Court.

Reportedly, the victim Gary Stewart fondled the breast of McNiven during a party in 2009 at city of Wangaratta, Victoria. Many people, present in the party, had witnessed the incident.

When McNiven was told about the incident she poured gasoline over Stewart in revenge, who caught fire and later died from his burns. It is still unclear that how the fire was ignited?? The judge says Stewart or someone nearby may have been smoking.

McNiven will be eligible for parole in two years.

Monday, November 7, 2011

VIDEO: FMX Rider Jim McNeil Died in Crash During Practice before Sunday's AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway

FMX Rider Jim McNeil Died in Crash During Practice
FORT WORTH, Texas - Jim McNeil, a rider for Boost Mobile's Freestyle Motocross team, died Sunday after suffering fatal injuries while practicing for a FMX exhibition before Sunday's AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway.

According to details; the 32-year-old Jim McNeil was practicing in the midway area outside the front stretch grandstands before the area was open on Sunday morning. He was immediately shifted to a Fort Worth hospital but died shortly afterward.

McNeil, who was known as "Jumpin' Jimmy," had been competing in Freestyle Motocross for 11 years, and finished fourth overall in FMX at the X Games in 2006. He had been part of the Boost Mobile FMX team for nine years.

McNeil’s death follows that of Marco Simoncelli, a 24-year-old Italian motorcycle racer who died in a crash during the Malaysian Grand Prix on Oct. 23, and Dan Wheldon, a 33-year-old British IndyCar racer who died following a crash in Las Vegas on Oct. 16.


Watch video below - a tribute to Jim McNeil:

Sunday, November 6, 2011

Colombia Rains and Mudslides -- Eight more killed, death toll reaches 45

BOGOTA, Colombia – At least eight people were killed, including two children, and dozens were reported missing as a result of mudslides that destroyed parts of towns in western Colombian provinces of Caldas and Quindio, the Colombian Red Cross said Saturday, authorities said.

Colombia Having One of the Worst Rainy Season in History
Four people also were killed in the city of Manizales, the capital of Caldas, when another landslide swept into homes where about 32 families live, leaving four people dead and 28 missing, a Red Cross official said.

Jorge Zambrano, a local Red Cross coordinator, said: "We do have a lost of 28 people who are missing whose relatives say were on the scene at the time of the emergency."

Twelve people trapped in their homes were saved by the Red Cross.

Colombia is having one of its worst rainy seasons in history which as of Monday had left 45 people dead, 43 injured, seven missing and forcing the evacuations of at least 245,420 people.

At least 7 killed, 15 injured in suicide attack in Baghlan (Afghanistan) at the eve of Eid al-Adha

KABUL, Afghanistan (Nov. 06) – Afghan Interior Ministry confirmed the death of at least seven civilian as a result of a suicide attack in Baghlan province. More than fifteen other are injured in this attack.

Suicide Attacks Rocks Old Baghlan City after Eid al-Adha Prayer
According to details; a suicide bomber blew away himself near a mosque in Old Baghlan City soon after prayers for the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha had finished, ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said.

Among the six people killed were two local police commanders, said Kamen Khan, the police chief in Old Baghlan City. One of them was a well-known local leader named Abdul who, like many Afghans, goes only by one name.

Although no one claimed the responsibility but it is believed to be another Taliban target.

Saturday, November 5, 2011

"Horrific" Road Accident on Motorway in South-west England -- At Least 7 Dead, More than 50 Injured: UK Police

LONDON (Nov. 05) – At least seven reported killed and more than 50 injured as a result of massive pile up of vehicles on a major motorway near Taunton in Somerset, south-west England around 2 am. The death toll is expected to rise further, UK police sources revealed later on the day.

The Worst Road Accident in UK Since 1991 Involved 34 Vehicles
Undoubtedly, it was one of the worst road accidents in Britain that involved 34 vehicles in which speedy cars and other automobiles smashing into each other, sparking gigantic balls of fire.

Anthony Bangham, Assistant Chief Constable of the Avon and Somerset Police, told that the incident was very, very testing as emergency responding teams faced exactly one huge fireball.

"Most vehicles were well alight and most continued to burn for a considerable time. This made it very difficult to search the vehicles. Some of them have been burned to the ground," Bangham said further.

Officials believe that the disaster has been the worst road crash involving multiple vehicles since 1991. Vehicles on the road were seen smacking into each other at high speed on the M5 motorway near Taunton in Somerset while the poor weather conditions made it even disastrous. Therefore, officials remind it as "horrific".

The motorway has been shut down in both directions while rescue and restoration operations are being carries on.

Warsaw Plane Mishap Video -- Pilot and Control Tower Conversation Before Emergency Landing

WARSAW, Poland – Earlier this week, a big tragedy was averted by the mind presence of the pilot of POL flight from Newark (New Jersey, USA) to Warsaw, Poland. There were almost 230 people on board, when the pilot came to know that landing gear was not working and he had to land the plane on its belly.

Fire emerging out of right-wing as POL flight crash landed on Warsaw airport 
In the end the pilot did it with professional perfection and most of the passengers didn’t even notice that the plane landed on its belly. The sole noticeable difference was that the plane stopped very quickly after touching the ground.

A recording has emerged of the exchange between the control tower and the pilot of the faulty Boeing 767 moments before it made an emergency landing at Warsaw airport.

Watch the video below a listen the last moment conversation between pilot and control tower official at Warsaw airport.



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VIDEO: LOT Flight From U.S. to Poland Carrying 230 Passengers Crash Landed at Chopin Airport Warsaw

President Asif Zardari not happy the way PCB tackled spot-fixing case: Rehman Malik says

ISLAMBABAD (Nov. 05) – Upset with the Pakistan Cricket Board’s tackling of the spot-fixing case at the end of which led to three of country’s cricketers were sentenced jail terms by the UK court, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has advised PCB to provide all required legal help to the tainted trio.

Zardari not happy the way PCB tackled spot-fixing case: Malik says 
Interior Minister Rehman Malik said president Zardari, also the patron-in-chief of the PCB, is annoyed with the way the matter was handled with by the Board. Malik said that he had briefed the president on the trial and sentences handed to the three players.

The spot-fixing case ended, after 20-day of continuous hearings, on Thursday with former Test captain Salman Butt and pacers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir being sentenced varying jail terms.

Now only the time will tell how PCB will react to the worsened conditions, after instructions from Zardari, under the newly appointed chairman Zaka Ashraf.

On the other hand, Salman Butt and Muhammad Asif have already shown their intentions to challenge the verdict passed by London superior court.

The lawyers of Asif and Butt ready to challenge the conviction against  the crickets ..... Continue reading below:

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Two Pilots Killed in Turkish F-4 Fighter Jet Crash: TRT Television


ANKARA, Turkey (Nov. 03) – Breaking News: Two pilots killed as a fighter jet of Turkish Air Force crashed during a normal training mission, Turkey’s state-run TV network reported.
Two Pilots Killed in Turkish F-4 Fighter Jet Crash
The TRT television reported that the F-4 fighter jet downed close to the central Anatolian city of Konya, home to a big air force base in Turkey, on Thursday.
No immediate cause of the crash is known while investigation is underway to establish the cause behind crash.
According to report; the F-4 fighter jets are dubbed publicly as ‘flying coffins’ due to their relatively high rate of mishaps. Turkish air force uses these F-4 fighter jets for training purposes only.

"David Sex King (DXK)": Porn Parody Film Based on Sex Scandal of Former IMF Head Dominique Strauss-Kahn

Former IMF Head Dominique Strauss-Kahn
PARIS, France – "David Sex King", also shortened as DXK, is the porn parody movie to be produced on the incidents based on the sexual abuse allegations by a hotel maid against former International Monitory Fund (IMF) head Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

DXK will be produced by ‘My Porn Production’ and will star Roberto Malone in the lead role; while porn star Sandra Romain will play his wife and actress Katia De Lys will portray the hotel maid. The production company has urged public to help fund the film's 200,000 Euros production cost.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn came under fire in May this year when he was detained by NY police from J.F. Kennedy Airport after a maid, Nafissatou Diallo, in Time Square hotel accused DSK for assaulting her and abused her sexually. Kahn quitted his position in IMF and faced the trial in New York.

The scandal tore Strauss-Kahn's hopes of becoming the Socialist Party's challenger to President Nicolas Sarkozy in upcoming election.

Kahn is still facing a US civil suit brought against him by Diallo.

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Syria Approves Arab League Peace Plan, Ready to Pull Military from Cities

Syria Agrees Arab League Peace Plan
CAIRO, Egypt (Nov. 02) – In a statement read out today (Wednesday, Nov. 02); Arab League declared that Syria government is ready to retreat its military from cities and residential areas and to free prisoners as part of an Arab proposal to end 7-month violence in the country.

Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani, Qatari Prime Minister, told that they were happy to have reached that conformity and they would be even happier when it would be executed straight away. Al-Thani was talking in a news conference after concluding a ministerial meeting in Cairo.

Al-Thani referring to the agreement told further that Syria will permit the Arab League and media access to report independently on the situation thereafter.

Arab League would maintain contacts between the Syrian government and the opposition "in preparation for a national dialogue within two weeks," the Qatari Prime Minister vowed in the end of press conference.

Pilots' deadly mistake caused the plane crash that killed Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Ice Hockey Team: Invstigators

MOSCOW, Russia – Pilot has been found guilty in the plane crash in which an entire professional ice hockey team was killed in September this year (read initial report HERE) , investigators said today after finalizing their report.

Russian Yak-42 Crash Killed Entire Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Ice Hockey Team in Sept. 2011
Second rated training and poor safety standards were the main causes behind the fatal crash that killed all 44 on board, the Interstate Aviation Committee reported.

The Committee said the Sept. 7 crash of the Yak-42 plane near the city of Yaroslavl in central Russia occurred because one of the pilots unintentionally applied the brakes while the plane was taking off and then being in panic lifted the jet too sharply.

Alexei Morozov, who led the investigation, said the crew still had sufficient time to cancel the takeoff securely at the moment when they knew that it had gone terribly wrong.

Morozov blamed the plane's owner, Yak-Servis, for failing to comply with safety standards and effectively train their flying team.

He added that a health condition of the second pilot and the prohibited medicine he had taken contribute to the tragedy.

The Lokomotiv Yaroslavl team had been on its way to Minsk, Belarus, for the opening game of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) season. The plane crashed into the banks of the Volga River, 240 kilometers northeast of Moscow.

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Dorothy Rodham, Mother of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Died in Washington at 92

WASHINGTON - Dorothy Rodham, mother of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, died at the age of 92 Tuesday morning. She died at Georgetown University Hospital surrounded by family, according to the Clinton family’s statement.

Dorothy Rodham, Mother of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Died in Washington at 92
Earlier on Monday, Hillary Clinton postponed her official visits to London and Turkey due to serious condition of her mother. She was with her mother in Washington D.C. when her mother breathed her last moments.

Rodham kept herself away from, despite her daughter’s public life, giving only one televised interview, which aired on the Oprah Winfrey show in 2004.

“She was – a warm, generous and strong woman,” the Clinton family said in a statement, “an intellectual; a woman who told a great joke and always got the joke; an extraordinary friend and, most of all, a loving wife, mother and grandmother.”

VIDEO: LOT Flight From U.S. to Poland Carrying 230 Passengers Crash Landed at Chopin Airport Warsaw


WARSAW, Poland (Nov. 01) – Breaking News: A troubling landing gear of Boeing 767 forced it for an emergency landing at the Polish capital city of Warsaw on Tuesday.

Boeing 767 Carrying 230 Passengers Crash Landed at Chopin Airport, Warsaw, Poland
Reportedly, a flight of Polish flag carrier LOT from New York to Warsaw carrying 230 passengers, including crew, was crash landed on the Chopin Airport after the pilot reported a problem in landing gear operation.

No immediate reports are available about any damages; while the TV footage showing the plane touching the ground without landing gear in place. The plane slid a long way along the runway on its belly before stopping eventually. The airport's emergency team then quenched a small fire broken out as a result of crash landing, TVN24 reports.

Leszek Chorzewski, the spokesman for LOT, the Polish airline that operated the flight, said none of the passengers was injured. The plane landed on its belly without its wheels.


Passengers could be seen fleeing the plane. The airport has been closed until 8 a.m. on Wednesday. 


Reportedly, the plane had dropped fuel and looped above the city for some time and in the mean time Warsaw airport shut down to all other flights. Nearby streets were also get cleared, and a landing strip was especially prepared at the airport for the crash landing.

Hendrick's Plane Crash Landing -- NASCAR's Owner, Rick Hendrick, and His Wife Sustained Minor Injuries Plane's Crash Landing at Key West, Fla.


KEY WEST, Fla. – The owner of NASCAR's top team and his wife survived a crash landing which could easily be termed as fatal if luck wouldn’t favor those on board, including pilot and co-pilot.

NASCAR's Owner, Rick Hendrick, and His Wife Sustained Minor Injuries Plane's Crash Landing at Key West, Fla.

Reportedly, a small plane carrying Rick Hendrick and his wife, Linda Hendrick, lost its brakes and crash landed on Monday evening, and the couple suffered trivial injuries, airport officials said.
Peter Horton, county airport director, told that the small jet, Gulfstream 150, stranded off the runway at the Key West International Airport Monday at 7:45 p.m. All four on board were taken to the hospital for immediate medical attention.
Rick and Linda suffered small injuries while the pilot and co-pilot apparently shifted to hospital just for precautionary measures, Horton told further.
Hendricks family had gone through a plane crash tragedy in 2004 in which Hendrick’s son Ricky, his brother and twin nieces were among the 10 killed.
Photographs of the crash show the plane was mostly unbroken and with its nose lying on the ground about 20 feet in front of a chain-linked airport boundary fence.
Apparently the brakes failure led to the accident but the exact and detailed cause of the crash will be investigated by the National Transportation and Safety Board.

Monday, October 24, 2011

Mad News Alert!! Egypt's Former President Hosni Mubarak Dies of Fatal Heart Attack




CAIRO, Egypt (Oct. 24) – Former President of Egypt Hosni Mubarak, ousted as a result of popular ongoing so-called Arab Spring, is reportedly in critical condition after a recent heart attack; while some inside sources revealed that he might have even died in custody.



Hosni Mubarak, upset with the death news of Gaddafi, dies today
Reportedly, his deteriorated health conditioned worsened after hearing the death new of Libya's former leader Moammar Gaddafi by the hands of rebel forces. The former Egyptian leader suffered a massive heart attack after seeing his long-time friend’s body bloodied and still.


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Sunday, October 23, 2011

Moammar Gaddafi's Son, Saif al-Silam, Was Traced and Surrounded by NTC Fighters Near Bani Walid




BANI WALID, Libya – The fugitive son of killed Moammar Gaddafi, Saif al-Islam, has reportedly taken refuge on a safe place near the town of Bani Walid, 150 km (100 miles) southeast of Tripoli, reported by Reuters as saying the NTC military commander.



Saif al-Islam Hidden in South of Bani Walid
Saif al-Islam, who vanished after escaping from Sirte following its fall to revolutionary fighters on Sunday, is hiding in the south of the town of Bani Walid, NTC military commander Abdel Majid Mlegta told Reuters on Sunday. Our fighters have surrounded the whole suspected area, Mlegta further told. 


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