Child traffickers are targeting the youngest and most vulnerable survivors of Burma's catastrophic cyclone and two suspects have already been arrested, the United Nations has reported. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago 6 comments edit related share plime.com |
Rescue teams have found 12 survivors in the smouldering wreckage of a jetliner that went missing over Indonesia's Sulawesi island during a storm. picked by teaya21 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share world |
Scientists at Holar University College and the University of Iceland have challenged the belief that the ice ages exterminated all life on land and in freshwater. They have discovered two species of groundwater amphipods in Iceland that are the only animals species found solely in Iceland. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
British troops executed as many as 20 Iraqi prisoners after a gun battle in May 2004, lawyers claim. Some alleged survivors of the gun battle near the southern Iraqi town of Majar al-Kabir also claim corpses were mutilated by UK military personnel. picked by mahler87 7 months ago 0 comments edit related share world |
Barbara West Dainton, believed to be one of the last two survivors from the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, has died in England at age 96. picked by DemureArt 10 months ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
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A group representing thousands of children of Holocaust survivors filed a class-action lawsuit against the German government Monday, demanding that Germany pay for their psychiatric care. picked by DoggySpew 1 year ago 5 comments edit related share weird |
She said there was a group of four young men and that three of them were teasing the lions. "The boys, especially the older one, were roaring at them. He was taunting them," Miller told the paper. She said she left the area because the group's actions were disturbing her children. ...and a side note - if the survivors were innocent of taunting, wouldn't they be all over the media j... read full post picked by bevissimo 8 months ago 4 comments edit related share plime.com |
After a son died in the Trade Tower attack, the mother and father are fighting over millions of dollars of benefits paid to survivors. The father had barely seen his son in 30 years. picked by hisidea 1 year ago 8 comments edit related share plime.com |
Survivors and victims' families offered cash for Nazi looting and war losses. picked by MandolinOrange 6 months ago 1 comments edit related share world |
TAMPA, Florida (AP) -- Harry Richard Landis, who enlisted in the Army in 1918 and was one of only two known surviving U.S. veterans of World War I, has died. He was 108. 2 comments edit related share worldJust two months after MandolinOrange posted this. picked by TchEngRox 7 months ago |
This will be their last visit to this watery grave to share stories, exchange smiles, find peace and salute their fallen friends. picked by tlovesd 2 years ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
In the aftermath, survivors show that they they are the very definition of Be Prepared. picked by tigertony 3 months ago 3 comments edit related share arts |
Rescuers were today battling stormy weather to reach survivors of the Chinese earthquake as the death toll of 12,000 was predicted to soar and nearly 19,000 people were feared buried in one area alone. IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING FOR SOME. Update on this post. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago 3 comments edit related share world |
He was 85 and never changed his lifestyle even after winning. Son says that he hopes the money doesn't cause friction between his father's survivors, including two ex-wives and five other children. Yes, I'm SURE that won't be a problem at all... picked by moe 5 months ago 3 comments edit related share world |
Rescue teams on Friday found the wreckage of a plane that crashed Thursday night in the mountains of Venezuela, but none of the 46 people aboard survived, an official said. picked by dollyllama 7 months ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
Two car bombs detonated in algiers have claimed at least 26 lives, rescuers are hoping to find survivors in the rubble of the U.N Headquarters. picked by thenegativeone 9 months ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
A Spanish emergency rescue official says there are only 26 survivors after an airliner with 173 people aboard crashed on takeoff from Madrid's airport. The official with the SAMUR municipal rescue service gave the toll after touring the site of Wednesday's crash. picked by loonytoon 2 weeks ago 1 comments edit related share world |
Beetles first appeared on Earth at the same time as the earliest dinosaurs but turned out to be much better survivors, a new evolutionary study has shown. Today, there are an estimated 350,000 known species of beetle on Earth, and probably several million more yet to be discovered, say scientists. The insects account for about a quarter of all life forms on the planet. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
The Peace Memorial Park gathered tens of thousands of children, elderly survivors, as well as dignitaries. The anniversary took place near ground zero, the place where the atomic bomb was dropped. People still die, while the US continues its nuclear programs. picked by maxriter 1 year ago 1 comments edit related share politics |
The teenage survivors of a bus crash that killed five young women on a gap-year adventure in Ecuador were preparing to return to Britain last night after telling their parents that they could not continue their trip in light of the tragedy picked by davethefish 5 months ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |