A huge typhoon downed trees and flooded streets in Manila Tuesday, bringing traffic and commerce to a halt. Schools and offices were closed and thousands of people were evacuated from river and seafront areas. At least seven people were killed. Four of the deaths came when a house collapsed, and a Red Cross volunteer, Myrna […]
A subway crash in Shanghai has left more than 200 people injured, according to reports. A train is said to have rear-ended another Tuesday afternoon at Laoximen station on the Shanghai Metro’s Line 10. Shanghai Metro’s Weibo microblog says that 212 people were injured in the collision, three of them seriously. Source: globalpost.com GlobalPost
GEORGE TOWN: A High Court here sentenced two Malaysian men and a woman to death on Monday for heroin trafficking. Kwok Weng Fatt, 62, Abdul Rahman Lee Abdullah, 54, and Nurul Jannah Seng Abdullah, 47, were apprehended when trying to board an Australia-bound flight from the Penang International Airport on Jan 29, 2005. Read more: […]
NASA’s Infrared Eyes Examine Tropical Depression Haitang as it Nears Vietnam Very cold temperatures in NASA infrared satellite imagery of tropical cyclones tell meteorologists that cloud tops are high, and the thunderstorms they’re associated with have a lot of punch. Some of those strong storms are evident in Tropical Depression Haitang as it heads for […]
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has announced women will be allowed to vote in the country and run for municipal elections there. The modifications will apply from 2012. Abdullah made this announcement at the start of a new Shura Council term. In a speech, the king said “we refuse to marginalise women in society in […]
Jakarta – A bomb exploded outside a church in Indonesia’s city of Solo on Sunday, killing a suspected suicide bomber and injuring several worshippers, police said. ‘We still have no complete information on casualties but the person strongly suspected to be the suicide bomber died.’ Source: Monsters and Critics Monsters and Critics
Tourist flight was returning from visit around Mt. Everest Aviation officials in Nepal say a plane carrying tourists to view Mount Everest has crashed, killing all 19 people onboard. Authorities say one passenger initially survived the crash Sunday, but died later in a hospital. Tourism officials say the Buddha Air Beechcraft was carrying 10 Indians, […]
PHNOM PENH, 25 September 2011 (NNT) – Red Shirt football players have beaten Cambodian players 10-7 in the Saturday friendship match in Phnom Penh. The Red Shirt team, which is named Team A, featured Cambodian Minister Hun Sen, Red Shirt core member and Pheu Thai MP’s Nattawut Saikua, and Jatuporn Prompan. The Cambodian team featured […]
