The death toll from a coal mine gas blast in north China has risen to 104 after rescuers found 34 bodies overnight, state television reported on Friday. The explosion hit the Xinyao mine in coal-rich Shanxi province late on Wednesday, but the managers did not report it until five hours later and instead tried to […]
“Had The Trekkers Paid Heed to Weather Report The Annapurna Disaster Could Have Been Prevented” Says India’s Top Mountaineering Expert Satyarup Siddhanta
The tragic expedition: The beautiful valley with snow covered mountains has turned into tragic valley. No one could ever imagine that the charming Himalayan region would be affected so much by strong chilly winds due to this year’s Hud Hud. Annapurna circuit trek is quite popular with mountaineering circles. Many first time mountaineers start expeditions with […]
Mentawai Tsunami Victims Not Evacuated
Padang, (October 27, 2010) The death toll from the tsunami in the Mentawai Islands, West Sumatra (Sumatra) continues to grow. However, until this morning, Wednesday, October 27, 2010, all the victims, who according to data from the West Sumatra provincial government to reach at least 154 people, can not be evacuated. Victims carrying 502 people […]
How a New Orleans Police Detective Missed a Key Clue in a Controversial Killing
The New Orleans Police Department’s official 12-page report on the death of Danny Brumfield Sr. comes to this conclusion: The 45-year-old grandfather was to blame for his own demise. Brumfield was among thousands of people gathered near the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on Sept. 2, 2005. Inexplicably, the report said, he leaped onto the […]
Freighter missing with crew in Pacific Ocean
Japan- Tokyo: On Tuesday after a collision in the Pacific Ocean of the Japan costal area a freighter missing with its 16 crew members, A Japanese Coast Guard spokesman said a freighter lost and its 16 crew are missing after a collision in the Pacific Ocean east of Tokyo. The spokesperson said the freighter crew […]
Wreck of Steve Fossett’s plane discovered: police
The mangled wreckage of the plane being flown by adventurer Steve Fossett when he disappeared has been found, police said, but there was no sign of the millionaire’s body. Madera County Sheriff John Anderson said the shattered remains of Fossett’s single-engine Bellanca had been spotted during an aerial search of the rugged Sierra Nevada mountains […]