Friday, January 5, 2007 On the 2nd of January, relatives waiting for news about the Adam Air jetliner broke down in tears after learning that senior Indonesian officials erroneously reported the Boeing 737’s charred wreckage had been found and that a dozen people may have survived. A Boeing 737-400 flying Continue Reading
Four men go before Hungarian court after 71 found dead in lorry
Saturday, August 29, 2015 Four foreign men have today gone before a court in Hungary on suspicion of people smuggling. Their detention relates to Thursday’s discovery of a lorry full of corpses in Austria. The death toll was yesterday finalised at 71. The lorry had been abandoned since Wednesday on Continue Reading
Copyright on musical recordings extended by twenty years in EU
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 The Council of the European Union voted yesterday to extend the term of copyright on sound recordings by twenty years, from 50 years to 70, preventing a number of early recordings of 1960s rock musicians including The Beatles from entering the public domain. The 1962 hit Continue Reading
Fußball-Bundesliga 2007–08: Bayern Munich vs. Wolfsburg
Saturday, November 24, 2007 November 24, 200715:30 (UTC+1) Bayern Munich 2–1 Wolfsburg Allianz Arena, Munich Attendance: 69,000 Referee: Knut Kircher Klose 35′ (9)Ribery 50′ (3) Match Report 72′ (5) Dejagah 73′ Baier Bayern Munich beat Wolfsburg 2-1 to remain at the top of the Bundesliga table. Franck Ribery scored a goal and assisted Continue Reading
Philippine Foreign Secretary Del Rosario to visit China amid South China Sea territorial dispute
Sunday, July 3, 2011 Philippines Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario is scheduled to visit China from July 7 to 9, raising hopes that a territorial dispute between the two countries may be resolved. A six-nation dispute has escalated in the sea concerning territorial claims to several islands including the Spratly Continue Reading
Criticism over Qingzang Railway as opening nears
Friday, April 28, 2006 Claimed by Tibetan exile groups. Tibetan areas designated by PRC. Tibet Autonomous Region (actual control). Claimed by India as part of Aksai Chin. Claimed by the PRC as part of TAR. Other historically culturally-Tibetan areas. The Qingzang Railway is a Continue Reading
Two killed, two seriously injured after boulder collapses onto house in Stein an der Traun, Germany
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 I have never seen anything like this. Two people were killed and two others were seriously injured yesterday when a boulder collapsed onto a house in the German town of Stein an der Traun, south-east of Munich. A family of four were said to have been Continue Reading
Truck loses control in Andhra Pradesh, kills more than a dozen
Sunday, April 23, 2017 More than fifteen people were killed near the police station in Yerpedu, Andhra Pradesh, India after a heavily loaded truck lost control on Friday afternoon at about 1:45 P.M. IST (0815 UTC). People, mostly from the village of Munagalapalem, were gathered to protest local illegal sand Continue Reading
Chinese chef Peng Chang-kuei’s death announced
Saturday, December 3, 2016 Peng Chang-kuei, a Chinese-born chef credited with creating the internationally popular dish General Tso’s chicken, was yesterday announced to have died by his son. Chuck Peng told The Associated Press his father died of pneumonia in Taipei, Taiwan on Wednesday. The chef fled China to Taiwan Continue Reading
Several dozen protesters arrested outside White House for permit violations
Thursday, October 27, 2005 Police arrested over two dozen anti-war protesters for demonstrating without a permit in front of the White House in Washington, DC on Wednesday. The rally consisted of protestors organized in a “die-in”, appearing to be deceased. The peace rally was performed shortly after reports that the Continue Reading