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Devastating storm in Philippines kills over 700, death toll grows
13:14 19.12.2011 |
World
The death toll from a devastating late-season storm in the southern Philippines rose Sunday to more than 700 after massive floods washed away entire villages, drowned residents who had been sleeping and swept victims out to sea, authorities said.
Violence in Egypt continues for third consecutive day
13:03 19.12.2011 |
World
Clashes between protesters and the security forces in downtown Cairo, continued for a third consecutive day Sunday as reports of casualties escalated. Rocks and Molotov cocktails flew during violenct clashes, injuring nearly 60 members of the security forces.
Man sets woman on fire for debt of $2,000
12:50 19.12.2011 |
World
Deloris Gillespie goes up in the elevator to her fifth-floor Brooklyn apartment, carrying groceries, a man is waiting. His face is one she surely must have recognized.
Czech Republic mourns its national hero, Vaclav Havel
11:47 19.12.2011 |
World
Vaclav Havel, the dissident playwright who wove theater into politics to peacefully bring down communism in Czechoslovakia and become a hero of the epic struggle that ended the Cold War, has died. He was 75.
North Korea's Kim Jong-il dies in his train
08:29 19.12.2011 |
World
The long-standing leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-il, has died, the central television channel of North Korea said. According to official information, he died on December 17 at 08:30 a.m. local time at the time when he was traveling in his train across the country
