Pakistan Flood 2011
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Heavy rains, flooding leave 226 dead in Pakistan
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Heavy rains and flooding in Pakistan's southeastern Sindh province have killed some 226 people over the past month, the National Disaster Management Authority said Tuesday.
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Snakes, hunger stalk Pakistan flood victims
Flood victims camped out near inundated fields and crowded hospitals on Monday as authorities and international aid groups struggled to respond to Pakistan's second major bout of flooding in just over a year.
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Pakistan Floods 2011: Hundreds Killed, 200,000 Homeless (PHOTOS)
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BADIN, Pakistan â Stranded by floodwaters, army soldier Mohammed Hameed was unable to get to the graveyard to bury his 5-year-old daughter when she succumbed to diarrhea.
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Flying over Pakistan's flood zone
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The BBC's Orla Guerin joins Pakistan's air force to assess the scale of the devastation in the country's southern Sindh province, following deadly floods.
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Severe flooding in Pakistan
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It is only the start of the monsoon season, but already Pakistan is experiencing some of the worst flooding it has seen in over 80 years.
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Heavy rains, flooding leave 226 dead in Pakistan
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Heavy rains and flooding in Pakistan's southeastern Sindh province have killed some 226 people over the past month, the National Disaster Management Authority said Tuesday.
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Snakes, hunger stalk Pakistan flood victims
Flood victims camped out near inundated fields and crowded hospitals on Monday as authorities and international aid groups struggled to respond to Pakistan's second major bout of flooding in just over a year.
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Pakistan Floods 2011: Hundreds Killed, 200,000 Homeless (PHOTOS)
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BADIN, Pakistan â Stranded by floodwaters, army soldier Mohammed Hameed was unable to get to the graveyard to bury his 5-year-old daughter when she succumbed to diarrhea.
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Flying over Pakistan's flood zone
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The BBC's Orla Guerin joins Pakistan's air force to assess the scale of the devastation in the country's southern Sindh province, following deadly floods.
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Severe flooding in Pakistan
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It is only the start of the monsoon season, but already Pakistan is experiencing some of the worst flooding it has seen in over 80 years.
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Jackie Kennedy
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Jacqueline Kennedy: In Her Own Words
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Jacqueline Kennedy's never-heard-before conversations available for the first time, are put in context by her daughter, Caroline Kennedy.
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Jackie Kennedy interview released
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Audio tapes of Jackie Kennedy, made in 1963, just months after the assassination of her husband, President John F Kennedy, are released for the first time.
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In Her Own Words: Audio Tapes Reveal New Details of Jacqueline Kennedy’s Life - TIME NewsFeed
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Jaqueline Kennedy is forever enduring in the national memory for her poise, grace, and impeccable style.
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Jacqueline Kennedy: In Her Own Words
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Jacqueline Kennedy's never-heard-before conversations available for the first time, are put in context by her daughter, Caroline Kennedy.
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Jackie Kennedy interview released
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Audio tapes of Jackie Kennedy, made in 1963, just months after the assassination of her husband, President John F Kennedy, are released for the first time.
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In Her Own Words: Audio Tapes Reveal New Details of Jacqueline Kennedy’s Life - TIME NewsFeed
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Jaqueline Kennedy is forever enduring in the national memory for her poise, grace, and impeccable style.
Silvio Berlusconi
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New Berlusconi sex case charges
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Prosecutors in Italy charge eight people in the southern town of Bari with supplying prostitutes for PM Silvio Berlusconi and his associates.
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New Berlusconi sex case charges
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Prosecutors in Italy charge eight people in the southern town of Bari with supplying prostitutes for PM Silvio Berlusconi and his associates.
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Israel - Palestine
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Israel offers Palestinians talks
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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu offers peace talks with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to prevent his bid for Palestinian statehood at the UN.
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Obama under fire on Israel policy
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Republican White House hopefuls hit out at President Barack Obama's Middle East policy, as Palestinians prepare a bid this week for UN membership.
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Chair of House Foreign Affairs Committee Rep. Ros-Lehtinen introduces legislation aiming to cut off U.S. funds for any UN organization that embraces an upgrade to the Palestinians' diplomatic status.
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U.S. in tough spot with Palestinian statehood bid - CNN.com
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In 2009, a freshly elected U.S. president who campaigned on the themes of hope and change appointed a veteran negotiator to take a crack at the Israel-Palestinian conflict.
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Obama to Abbas: US will veto Palestinian statehood bid
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President Barack Obama tells Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas that U.N. action would not achieve a Palestinian state, the White House said.
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Russia vows to support Palestinian UN membership bid - Telegraph
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Russia will "certainly" support the Palestinian Authority's bid to be recognised as a state by the United Nations, deputy foreign minister Mikhail Bogfanov has said.
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Brazilian leader is first-ever woman to open U.N. speeches - CNN.com
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Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff kicked off the opening round of speeches at the 66th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Wednesday.
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Barack Obama: Palestinians deserve a state but must achieve it with Israel - Telegraph
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Barack Obama pressed the Palestinians and Israelis to resume peace talks as he made a last-ditch attempt to avert a diplomatic crisis over the Palestinian Authority’s bid for full membership of the United Nations.
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Carter: Don't veto Palestine's UN bid
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Carter urges the US against vetoing the UN Security Council vote for Palestinian statehood.
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Mideast peace talks 'must resume'
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The Middle East Quartet urges Israel and the Palestinians to resume peace talks within a month, after the Palestinians ask the UN to recognise their state.
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The UN is part of Palestine's problem
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The UN, one of the most undemocratic bodies in the world, is part of the problem and will never bring justice to the Palestinians.
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Netanyahu Responds to Palestinian Bid for Statehood - Truthdig
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Less than an hour after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas finished speaking before the United Nations General Assembly about his wish for statehood, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took to the lectern to give his side of the story. (more) - 2011/09/24
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UN to consider Palestinian bid
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The UN Security Council is to begin consultations on an application by Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas for full state membership of the UN.
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Israel offers Palestinians talks
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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu offers peace talks with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to prevent his bid for Palestinian statehood at the UN.
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Obama under fire on Israel policy
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Republican White House hopefuls hit out at President Barack Obama's Middle East policy, as Palestinians prepare a bid this week for UN membership.
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Chair of House Foreign Affairs Committee Rep. Ros-Lehtinen introduces legislation aiming to cut off U.S. funds for any UN organization that embraces an upgrade to the Palestinians' diplomatic status.
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U.S. in tough spot with Palestinian statehood bid - CNN.com
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In 2009, a freshly elected U.S. president who campaigned on the themes of hope and change appointed a veteran negotiator to take a crack at the Israel-Palestinian conflict.
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Obama to Abbas: US will veto Palestinian statehood bid
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President Barack Obama tells Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas that U.N. action would not achieve a Palestinian state, the White House said.
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Russia vows to support Palestinian UN membership bid - Telegraph
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Russia will "certainly" support the Palestinian Authority's bid to be recognised as a state by the United Nations, deputy foreign minister Mikhail Bogfanov has said.
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Brazilian leader is first-ever woman to open U.N. speeches - CNN.com
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Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff kicked off the opening round of speeches at the 66th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Wednesday.
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Barack Obama: Palestinians deserve a state but must achieve it with Israel - Telegraph
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Barack Obama pressed the Palestinians and Israelis to resume peace talks as he made a last-ditch attempt to avert a diplomatic crisis over the Palestinian Authority’s bid for full membership of the United Nations.
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Carter: Don't veto Palestine's UN bid
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Carter urges the US against vetoing the UN Security Council vote for Palestinian statehood.
After a stubborn, now the Palestine authorities signals a willingness to postpone the vote until a few months for the UN Security Council about Palestinian efforts to become a full member of the United Nations. This increases the chances that a major confrontation between Israel and the United States can still be prevented.
"The important thing for us is to put our application as planned, "said a senior Palestinian official as reported by the Daily Telegraph on Thursday (09/22/2011), "After that, we are ready to proportional. We understand that these things can take time. If the process will take several months, we are happy to let it flow," added the official.
Palestinian offices say, they are unlikely to reject a compromise offer is being presented by the Middle East Quartet (U.S., EU, Russia and UN), despite a compromise offer will be delayed the heated debate about the idea of Palestine to become a UN member. Based on the offer, Mahmoud Abbas will still be able to introduce a Palestinian official application to become a UN member countries so that disabilities can not be ignored. Instead, Abbas will not ask the UN Security Council debate in which the U.S. government has threatened to use the right of veto. That way, the mediators have the chance to try to resurrect the peace talks between Palestine and Israel. But that has not been clear whether Israel will accept this formula. A number of Israeli government offices have been calling for sanctions against the Palestinian authority as they apply for membership to the UN. Their reasoning is, if the application is submitted by the Palestinian permanent, so even though the UN Security Council vote results is delayed, but in future it should not be able to be avoided anymore.
"The important thing for us is to put our application as planned, "said a senior Palestinian official as reported by the Daily Telegraph on Thursday (09/22/2011), "After that, we are ready to proportional. We understand that these things can take time. If the process will take several months, we are happy to let it flow," added the official.
Palestinian offices say, they are unlikely to reject a compromise offer is being presented by the Middle East Quartet (U.S., EU, Russia and UN), despite a compromise offer will be delayed the heated debate about the idea of Palestine to become a UN member. Based on the offer, Mahmoud Abbas will still be able to introduce a Palestinian official application to become a UN member countries so that disabilities can not be ignored. Instead, Abbas will not ask the UN Security Council debate in which the U.S. government has threatened to use the right of veto. That way, the mediators have the chance to try to resurrect the peace talks between Palestine and Israel. But that has not been clear whether Israel will accept this formula. A number of Israeli government offices have been calling for sanctions against the Palestinian authority as they apply for membership to the UN. Their reasoning is, if the application is submitted by the Palestinian permanent, so even though the UN Security Council vote results is delayed, but in future it should not be able to be avoided anymore.
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Mideast peace talks 'must resume'
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The Middle East Quartet urges Israel and the Palestinians to resume peace talks within a month, after the Palestinians ask the UN to recognise their state.
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The UN is part of Palestine's problem
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The UN, one of the most undemocratic bodies in the world, is part of the problem and will never bring justice to the Palestinians.
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Netanyahu Responds to Palestinian Bid for Statehood - Truthdig
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Less than an hour after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas finished speaking before the United Nations General Assembly about his wish for statehood, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took to the lectern to give his side of the story. (more) - 2011/09/24
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UN to consider Palestinian bid
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The UN Security Council is to begin consultations on an application by Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas for full state membership of the UN.
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Gays
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Ban on gays in US military ends
A policy known as "don't ask, don't tell" banning open homosexuality in the US Armed Forces is repealed, nearly two decades after it was introduced.
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Marking the end of "don’t ask, don’t tell" - The Washington Post
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After almost 18 years, the Pentagon on Tuesday plans to formally repeal the ban on gays in uniform, known as "don’t ask, don’t tell," permitting troops for the first time to publicly reveal that they’re gay without fear of official retribution.
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Gays in the Israeli Military
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The Israeli military's liberal approach towards gays was a stepping stone for acceptance of homosexuals in other branches of the Israeli security forces and in the Israeli society in general.
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Jeff Sheng’s Photos of Gay Military Personnel - NYTimes.com
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A photographer uses his art to push for social change for gays in the military.
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SEEN/NOT SEEN Portraits of gay men and lesbians in the armed services, faces hidden, were taken by Jeff Sheng for his book, "Don't Ask Don't Tell" (Courtesy of Jeff Sheng and Kaycee Olsen Gallery)
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Ban on gays in US military ends
A policy known as "don't ask, don't tell" banning open homosexuality in the US Armed Forces is repealed, nearly two decades after it was introduced.
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Marking the end of "don’t ask, don’t tell" - The Washington Post
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After almost 18 years, the Pentagon on Tuesday plans to formally repeal the ban on gays in uniform, known as "don’t ask, don’t tell," permitting troops for the first time to publicly reveal that they’re gay without fear of official retribution.
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Gays in the Israeli Military
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The Israeli military's liberal approach towards gays was a stepping stone for acceptance of homosexuals in other branches of the Israeli security forces and in the Israeli society in general.
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Jeff Sheng’s Photos of Gay Military Personnel - NYTimes.com
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A photographer uses his art to push for social change for gays in the military.
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SEEN/NOT SEEN Portraits of gay men and lesbians in the armed services, faces hidden, were taken by Jeff Sheng for his book, "Don't Ask Don't Tell" (Courtesy of Jeff Sheng and Kaycee Olsen Gallery)
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Earthquake
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L'Aquila quake scientists in dock
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Six Italian scientists and a former government official are due to go on trial for manslaughter over the 2009 earthquake in L'Aquila.
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Race for Himalayan quake rescue
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Rescue efforts are under way across isolated Himalayan regions in India, Nepal and Tibet after a magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck the area on Sunday.
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Himalayan earthquake: dozens killed in Bihar, north-east India - video
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Locals in Nalanda, Bihar, survey the damage after a 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck struck the India-Nepal border, killing dozens of people.
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Himalayan earthquake: landslides and rain hamper search for survivors
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Rescue workers use shovels and bare hands to free bodies from debris after earthquake kills dozens in India, Nepal and Tibet.
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Massive Himalayan Earthquake Overdue, Scientists Conclude: Scientific American
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In recent years, India has witnessed a rash of major earthquakes, the most recent of which devastated Bhuj last January. But if the authors of a report in the current issue of the journal Science are correct, the worst is yet to come in a different part of the country.
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India earthquake leaves scores dead - CBS News
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Powerful 6.9 magnitude temblor strikes mountainous region straddling India's borders with China, Nepal.
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L'Aquila quake scientists in dock
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Six Italian scientists and a former government official are due to go on trial for manslaughter over the 2009 earthquake in L'Aquila.
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Race for Himalayan quake rescue
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Rescue efforts are under way across isolated Himalayan regions in India, Nepal and Tibet after a magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck the area on Sunday.
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Himalayan earthquake: dozens killed in Bihar, north-east India - video
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Locals in Nalanda, Bihar, survey the damage after a 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck struck the India-Nepal border, killing dozens of people.
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Himalayan earthquake: landslides and rain hamper search for survivors
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Rescue workers use shovels and bare hands to free bodies from debris after earthquake kills dozens in India, Nepal and Tibet.
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Massive Himalayan Earthquake Overdue, Scientists Conclude: Scientific American
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In recent years, India has witnessed a rash of major earthquakes, the most recent of which devastated Bhuj last January. But if the authors of a report in the current issue of the journal Science are correct, the worst is yet to come in a different part of the country.
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India earthquake leaves scores dead - CBS News
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Powerful 6.9 magnitude temblor strikes mountainous region straddling India's borders with China, Nepal.
Bizarre bodies: 9 new world record holders from Guinness
Human bodies come in all shapes and sizes, but some bodies stray a bit farther from the average than others. Just take a look at the some of the newest world record holders, in categories ranging from fattest female to longest tongue to hairiest family. "Guinness World Records 2012 celebrates a diverse range of extraordinary records, but certainly our human body records remain some of the most loved and talked about," Guinness editor-in-chief Craig Glenday said in a written statement. But before you talk about them, you'll want to take a look... Here's Californian Chanel Tapper with the longest tongue in the world - it measures 3.8 inches from tip to top lip. (Credit: Ryan Schude/Guinness World Records)
Who's the fattest female in the world? Pauline Potter from Sacramento, Calif. When she was weighed on May 13, 2010, she tipped the scales at a whopping 643 pounds. (Credit: Ryan Schude/Guinness World Records)
Werewolves may be fictional, but there's nothing fictional about one super hairy family. Jesus Manuel Fajardo Aceves and Luisa Lilia De Lira Aceves are two of a family of 19 that spans five generations all suffering from a rare condition called congenital generalized hypertrichosis - in other words, they all have excessive facial and torso hair. The women are covered with a light to medium coat of hair while the men of the family have thick hair just about everywhere, except on their hands and feet. (Credit: John Wright/Guinness World Records)
How short is the shortest man? A mere 24 and 1/4 inches tall. When Junrey Balawing, from the Philippines, turned 18 on June 11, 2011, he was officially deemed the shortest living adult man. (Credit: AP)
In a city known for attractions, Las Vegas resident Christine "The Dutchess" Walton does not disappoint. She is the proud owner of the world's longest fingernails - they measure 10 feet and two inches on her left hand, and nine feet and seven inches on her right hand. (Credit: Ryan Schude/Guinness World Records)
Talk about a piercing stare. Rolf Buchholz, from Dortmund, Germany, has a total of 453 rings and studs all over his body. These include 94 piercings in and around his lips, 25 in his eyebrows, eight in his nose and 278 in his genital area.(Credit: Ranald Mackechnie/Guinness World Records)
Is facial hair still called facial hair when it drapes down the body? When Ram Singh Chauhan's mustache was measured during a records show on March 4, 2010, it was an impressive 14 feet long. (Credit: John Wright/Guinness World Records)
There are countless volume-boosting hair products out there, but Aevin Dugas, from New Orleans, boasts the largest natural afro. It's four feet and four inches in circumference.(Credit: Chris Granger/Guinness World Records)
Humans aren't the only ones with extreme body parts. Meet Harbor, the dog with the longest ears, from Bachelor Gulch, Colorado.(Credit: Ryan Schude/Guinness World Records)
Human bodies come in all shapes and sizes, but some bodies stray a bit farther from the average than others. Just take a look at the some of the newest world record holders, in categories ranging from fattest female to longest tongue to hairiest family. "Guinness World Records 2012 celebrates a diverse range of extraordinary records, but certainly our human body records remain some of the most loved and talked about," Guinness editor-in-chief Craig Glenday said in a written statement. But before you talk about them, you'll want to take a look... Here's Californian Chanel Tapper with the longest tongue in the world - it measures 3.8 inches from tip to top lip. (Credit: Ryan Schude/Guinness World Records)
Who's the fattest female in the world? Pauline Potter from Sacramento, Calif. When she was weighed on May 13, 2010, she tipped the scales at a whopping 643 pounds. (Credit: Ryan Schude/Guinness World Records)
Werewolves may be fictional, but there's nothing fictional about one super hairy family. Jesus Manuel Fajardo Aceves and Luisa Lilia De Lira Aceves are two of a family of 19 that spans five generations all suffering from a rare condition called congenital generalized hypertrichosis - in other words, they all have excessive facial and torso hair. The women are covered with a light to medium coat of hair while the men of the family have thick hair just about everywhere, except on their hands and feet. (Credit: John Wright/Guinness World Records)
How short is the shortest man? A mere 24 and 1/4 inches tall. When Junrey Balawing, from the Philippines, turned 18 on June 11, 2011, he was officially deemed the shortest living adult man. (Credit: AP)
In a city known for attractions, Las Vegas resident Christine "The Dutchess" Walton does not disappoint. She is the proud owner of the world's longest fingernails - they measure 10 feet and two inches on her left hand, and nine feet and seven inches on her right hand. (Credit: Ryan Schude/Guinness World Records)
Talk about a piercing stare. Rolf Buchholz, from Dortmund, Germany, has a total of 453 rings and studs all over his body. These include 94 piercings in and around his lips, 25 in his eyebrows, eight in his nose and 278 in his genital area.(Credit: Ranald Mackechnie/Guinness World Records)
Is facial hair still called facial hair when it drapes down the body? When Ram Singh Chauhan's mustache was measured during a records show on March 4, 2010, it was an impressive 14 feet long. (Credit: John Wright/Guinness World Records)
There are countless volume-boosting hair products out there, but Aevin Dugas, from New Orleans, boasts the largest natural afro. It's four feet and four inches in circumference.(Credit: Chris Granger/Guinness World Records)
Humans aren't the only ones with extreme body parts. Meet Harbor, the dog with the longest ears, from Bachelor Gulch, Colorado.(Credit: Ryan Schude/Guinness World Records)
Typhoon Roke - Japan
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Powerful Typhoon Roke hits Japan
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A powerful typhoon strikes disaster-ravaged Japan and heads towards the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant, where clean-up work continues.
The Japanese government has issued an appeal to its 1 million residents in areas hit by typhoon Roke going to evacuate to avoid danger. Nagoya city government also has evacuated about 900 thousands of its citizens. Heavy rain has caused flooding and damaged roads in the city of Nagoya and other cities in Aichi Prefecture. Typhoon Roke that kept coming has caused heavy rains and strong winds in Tokyo area. A spokesman for Tokyo Elektric Power, co, Takeo Iwamoto explained that a nuclear reactor that was leaked by the earthquake and tsunami in controlled conditions and quite safe from the typhoon's brunt.
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Typhoon Roke leaves 12 dead nationwide | The Japan Times Online
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The death toll from Typhoon Roke reached 12 nationwide Thursday, with five people remaining unaccounted for, a Kyodo News tally showed.
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Typhoon Roke : Image of the Day
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Poised to go ashore over Japan, Typhoon Roke is a large, well-developed storm in this image from September 20, 2011.
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Typhoon Roke Pounds Japan and Crippled Nuclear Plant: Scientific American
TOKYO, Sept 21 (Reuters) - A powerful typhoon struck Japan on Wednesday, killing six people, disrupting public transportation and pummeling Tokyo and northeastern Japan including the tsunami-crippled Fukushima nuclear plant with heavy rain, officials and media said.
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Typhoon Roke spares Fukushima nuclear plant
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At least 16 dead or missing and transport system in chaos as floods and landslides strike central Japan.
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Roke typhoon moves across Japan
The powerful typhoon that hit Japan on Wednesday moves its way across the country, bringing floods, damage and deaths.
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In pictures: Japan's Typhoon Roke
Images from Japan as Typhoon Roke makes landfall.
► http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14998561
Powerful Typhoon Roke hits Japan
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A powerful typhoon strikes disaster-ravaged Japan and heads towards the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant, where clean-up work continues.
The Japanese government has issued an appeal to its 1 million residents in areas hit by typhoon Roke going to evacuate to avoid danger. Nagoya city government also has evacuated about 900 thousands of its citizens. Heavy rain has caused flooding and damaged roads in the city of Nagoya and other cities in Aichi Prefecture. Typhoon Roke that kept coming has caused heavy rains and strong winds in Tokyo area. A spokesman for Tokyo Elektric Power, co, Takeo Iwamoto explained that a nuclear reactor that was leaked by the earthquake and tsunami in controlled conditions and quite safe from the typhoon's brunt.
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Typhoon Roke leaves 12 dead nationwide | The Japan Times Online
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The death toll from Typhoon Roke reached 12 nationwide Thursday, with five people remaining unaccounted for, a Kyodo News tally showed.
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Typhoon Roke : Image of the Day
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Poised to go ashore over Japan, Typhoon Roke is a large, well-developed storm in this image from September 20, 2011.
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Typhoon Roke Pounds Japan and Crippled Nuclear Plant: Scientific American
TOKYO, Sept 21 (Reuters) - A powerful typhoon struck Japan on Wednesday, killing six people, disrupting public transportation and pummeling Tokyo and northeastern Japan including the tsunami-crippled Fukushima nuclear plant with heavy rain, officials and media said.
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Typhoon Roke spares Fukushima nuclear plant
www.guardian.co.uk
At least 16 dead or missing and transport system in chaos as floods and landslides strike central Japan.
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Roke typhoon moves across Japan
The powerful typhoon that hit Japan on Wednesday moves its way across the country, bringing floods, damage and deaths.
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In pictures: Japan's Typhoon Roke
Images from Japan as Typhoon Roke makes landfall.
A f g h a n i s t a n
Burhanuddin Rabbani
Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna & Burhanuddin Rabbani
NATO assumed the suicide bomber was not a single person, but involves other actors. So far there is no party which claimed responsibility by this action, but many of the mourners alleges that the actors associated with the Haqqani network, a Pakistani militant group affiliated with the Taliban and Al Qaeda network. Rabbani's death makes the visit of Hamid Karzai at the UN shortened. Hamid asked the Afghan people to remain united.
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Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan in a statement stating that they have not completed the investigation related to the problem, so they chose to be silent about the matter further. And all claims where they have been placed by various news agencies as sources, are unfounded and they state once again that they can't comment on the incident further. Their requests to Reuters about the false comments made on behalf of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan about the killing of Rabbani is to be investigated and an explanation must be up to them and the baseless claims like that should not be issued in the future.
It must be remembered that the news agencies often publish false statements on behalf of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan on many occasions, in the end it forced the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan to expose their false statements to the world.
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Preceded by Sibghatullah Mojaddedi | President of Afghanistan 1992–1996 | Succeeded by Mohammed Omar as Head of the Supreme Council of Afghanistan |
New office | President of the Northern Alliance 1996–2001 | Position abolished |
Preceded by Mohammed Omar as Head of the Supreme Council of Afghanistan | President of Afghanistan 2001 | Succeeded by Hamid Karzai |
NATO assumed the suicide bomber was not a single person, but involves other actors. So far there is no party which claimed responsibility by this action, but many of the mourners alleges that the actors associated with the Haqqani network, a Pakistani militant group affiliated with the Taliban and Al Qaeda network. Rabbani's death makes the visit of Hamid Karzai at the UN shortened. Hamid asked the Afghan people to remain united.
Reading For Today
► Http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-21/taliban-bomber-waited-days-to-give-afghan-peace-envoy-rabbani-lethal-hug.html
► Rabbani's Afghan comeback
► Afghan Peace Council Chief Killed in Attack on His Home
► Former Afghan president assassinated
► Kabul attack kills ex-Afghan president
► "Turban bomb kills key Afgan political leader"
► Turban bomb kills key Afghan political leader
► Http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/09/21/ex-afghan-leaders-assassin-waited-days-to-see-him/
► Burhanuddin Rabbani, President of the Islamic State of Afghanistan
► Sparks fly as U.S., Pakistan spar over Afghan bloodshed
► Biography
► Afghanistan's Powerbrokers: Burhanuddin Rabbani
► Burhanuddin Rabbani
► Burhanuddin Rabbani
► Burhanuddin Rabbani collected news and commentary at The New York Times
► Ex-Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani Killed In Suicide Attack
► Hundreds mourn Rabbani RFI English
► Who killed Burhanuddin Rabbani and why?
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Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan in a statement stating that they have not completed the investigation related to the problem, so they chose to be silent about the matter further. And all claims where they have been placed by various news agencies as sources, are unfounded and they state once again that they can't comment on the incident further. Their requests to Reuters about the false comments made on behalf of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan about the killing of Rabbani is to be investigated and an explanation must be up to them and the baseless claims like that should not be issued in the future.
It must be remembered that the news agencies often publish false statements on behalf of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan on many occasions, in the end it forced the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan to expose their false statements to the world.
Troy Davis
► http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15013860
Troy Davis is executed in Georgia
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Troy Davis is executed in Georgia for the shooting of a policeman in 1989, after his final appeal was rejected by the US Supreme Court.
► http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/09/18/georgia.davis.execution/index.html
Georgia parole board hearing last-ditch appeal from death-row inmate
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Georgia's parole board convened Monday morning to hear a last-minute appeal by Troy Davis, who is set to die by lethal injection for the murder 21 years ago of a Savannah police officer.
► http://www.amnestyusa.org/our-work/cases/usa-troy-davis
► http://blog.amnestyusa.org/deathpenalty/not-in-our-name-georgia-must-not-execute-troy-davis/
► Troy Davis: guilty as charged
High Court of the United States finally executing Troy Davis, the alleged murder of a policeman in Georgia in 1989. Previously, the execution was delayed for four hours because a lawyer filed an appeal. The court ultimately rejected the appeal and imposed the execution at 11:08 am local time. Meanwhile, hundreds of supporters and Davis family gathered outside the courtroom. They said the death penalty for Davis was something wrong. They said that the court had taken a decision based on testimony that had been previously disallowed. In his case, it was also not found the physical evidence at the murder that allegedly did to a police officer, Mark MacPhail. On final appeal, Davis's lawyer, Brian Kammer, said that there was new evidence that suggested the perjury, misleading and inaccurate in court. Since the court held, seven of nine witnesses have changed their testimony or even annuled it. A total of about 100 policemen on guard at the front of the courthouse. At least, three supporters of Davis were detained for being provocateur. The supporters lit the candles, prayed and sang for his release.
Davis was accused of killing Mark MacPhail in 1989 by being shot outside a Burger King restaurant in Savannah, Georgia, when he was about to break up a fight between Davis with a homeless. MacPhail family said that Davis was guilty and should be executed. This full of conflict case invited the national and international attention. Millions of people signed a petition supporting the Davis and expressed their doubts over the court's decision. Amnesty International, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, former President Jimmy Carter, Pope Benedict XVI, and Desmond Tutu rejected the execution and asked for a retrial.
Since 2007, it has four times the Georgia court to cancel the execution of Davis. At that time the court gave Davis's lawyers to present the new evidence. But in 2011, the court rejected all the appeals of the lawyers. Until the end of his life, Davis still claimed he was innocent.
► http://edition.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/09/22/troy.davis.reax/
America divided on death penalty, Troy Davis
edition.cnn.com
What was a somber mood following convicted cop killer Troy Davis' execution Wednesday night turned to disgust and outrage by morning.
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In Death-Penalty Debate, Execution Offers Little Closure
Troy Davis’s death and the protests it generated will continue to fuel both sides in the national debate over capital punishment.
According to Amnesty International, at least 23 countries were known to have had executions carried out in 2010. In addition, there are countries which do not publish information on the use of capital punishment, most significantly China, which is estimated to execute hundreds of people each year. At least 17,000 people worldwide were under sentence of death at the beginning of 2010.
Execution List 2011
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► http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15013860
Troy Davis is executed in Georgia
www.bbc.co.uk
Troy Davis is executed in Georgia for the shooting of a policeman in 1989, after his final appeal was rejected by the US Supreme Court.
► http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/09/18/georgia.davis.execution/index.html
Georgia parole board hearing last-ditch appeal from death-row inmate
www.cnn.com
Georgia's parole board convened Monday morning to hear a last-minute appeal by Troy Davis, who is set to die by lethal injection for the murder 21 years ago of a Savannah police officer.
► http://www.amnestyusa.org/our-work/cases/usa-troy-davis
► http://blog.amnestyusa.org/deathpenalty/not-in-our-name-georgia-must-not-execute-troy-davis/
► Troy Davis: guilty as charged
High Court of the United States finally executing Troy Davis, the alleged murder of a policeman in Georgia in 1989. Previously, the execution was delayed for four hours because a lawyer filed an appeal. The court ultimately rejected the appeal and imposed the execution at 11:08 am local time. Meanwhile, hundreds of supporters and Davis family gathered outside the courtroom. They said the death penalty for Davis was something wrong. They said that the court had taken a decision based on testimony that had been previously disallowed. In his case, it was also not found the physical evidence at the murder that allegedly did to a police officer, Mark MacPhail. On final appeal, Davis's lawyer, Brian Kammer, said that there was new evidence that suggested the perjury, misleading and inaccurate in court. Since the court held, seven of nine witnesses have changed their testimony or even annuled it. A total of about 100 policemen on guard at the front of the courthouse. At least, three supporters of Davis were detained for being provocateur. The supporters lit the candles, prayed and sang for his release.
Davis was accused of killing Mark MacPhail in 1989 by being shot outside a Burger King restaurant in Savannah, Georgia, when he was about to break up a fight between Davis with a homeless. MacPhail family said that Davis was guilty and should be executed. This full of conflict case invited the national and international attention. Millions of people signed a petition supporting the Davis and expressed their doubts over the court's decision. Amnesty International, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, former President Jimmy Carter, Pope Benedict XVI, and Desmond Tutu rejected the execution and asked for a retrial.
Since 2007, it has four times the Georgia court to cancel the execution of Davis. At that time the court gave Davis's lawyers to present the new evidence. But in 2011, the court rejected all the appeals of the lawyers. Until the end of his life, Davis still claimed he was innocent.
► http://edition.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/09/22/troy.davis.reax/
America divided on death penalty, Troy Davis
edition.cnn.com
What was a somber mood following convicted cop killer Troy Davis' execution Wednesday night turned to disgust and outrage by morning.
►
In Death-Penalty Debate, Execution Offers Little Closure
Troy Davis’s death and the protests it generated will continue to fuel both sides in the national debate over capital punishment.
According to Amnesty International, at least 23 countries were known to have had executions carried out in 2010. In addition, there are countries which do not publish information on the use of capital punishment, most significantly China, which is estimated to execute hundreds of people each year. At least 17,000 people worldwide were under sentence of death at the beginning of 2010.
Rank | Country | Number executed in 2010 | per 10M |
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01 | People's Republic of China | Officially not released. In the thousands, may be up to 5000. | 37,3 or less |
02 | Iran | 252+ | 33,5+ |
03 | North Korea | 60+ | 24,9+ |
04 | Yemen | 53+ | 22,5+ |
05 | United States | 46 | 1,5 |
06 | Saudi Arabia | 27+ | 9,9+ |
07 | Libya | 18+ | 27,3+ |
08 | Syria | 17+ | 7,6+ |
09 | Bangladesh | 9+ | 0,6+ |
10 | Somalia | 8+ | 8,5+ |
11 | Sudan | 6+ | 1,9+ |
12 | Palestinian Authority | 5 | 12,7 |
13 | Egypt | 4 | 0,5 |
14 | Equatorial Guinea | 4 | 59,2 |
15 | Taiwan | 4 | 1,7 |
16 | Belarus | 2 | 2,1 |
17 | Japan | 2 | 0,2 |
18 | Iraq | 1+ | 0,3+ |
19 | Malaysia | 1+ | 0,4+ |
20 | Bahrain | 1 | 8,1 |
21 | Botswana | 1 | 4,9 |
22 | Singapore | unknown | unknown |
23 | Vietnam | unknown | unknown |
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DATE | NUMBER SINCE 1976 | STATE | NAME | AGE | RACE | VICTIM RACE | METHOD | DRUG PROTOCOL |
1/6/11 | 1235 | OK | Billy Don Alverson | 39 | B | 1 White | Lethal Injection | 3-drug w/ pentobarbital |
1/11/11 | 1236 | OK | Jeffrey Matthews | 38 | W | 1 White | Lethal Injection | 3-drug w/ pentobarbital |
1/13/11 | 1237 | AL | Leroy White | 52 | B | 1 Black | Lethal Injection | 3-drug w/ sodium thiopental |
1/25/11 | 1238 | GA | Emmanuel Hammond | 45 | B | 1 White | Lethal Injection | 3-drug w/ sodium thiopental |
2/9/11 | 1239 | MO | Martin Link | 47 | B | 1 White | Lethal Injection | 3-drug w/ sodium thiopental |
2/15/11 | 1240 | TX | Michael Hall | 31 | W | 1 White | Lethal Injection | 3-drug w/ sodium thiopental |
2/17/11 | 1241 | OH | Frank Spisak | 59 | W | 2 Black, 1 White | Lethal Injection | 1-drug sodium thiopental |
2/22/11 | 1242 | TX | Timothy Adams | 42 | B | 1 Black | Lethal Injection | 3-drug w/ sodium thiopental |
3/10/11 | 1243 | OH | Johnnie Baston | 37 | B | 1 Asian | Lethal Injection | 1-drug pentobarbital |
3/29/11 | 1244 | AZ | Eric King | 47 | B | 2 White | Lethal Injection | 3-drug w/ sodium thiopental |
3/31/11 | 1245 | AL | William Glenn Boyd | 45 | W | 2 White | Lethal Injection | 3-drug w/ sodium thiopental |
4/12/11 | 1246 | OH | Clarence Carter | 49 | B | 1 Black | Lethal Injection | 1-drug pentobarbital |
5/3/11 | 1247 | TX | Cary Kerr | 46 | W | 1 White | Lethal Injection | 3-drug w/ pentobarbital |
5/6/11 | 1248 | SC | Jeffrey Motts* | 36 | W | 1 White | Lethal Injection | 3-drug w/ pentobarbital |
5/10/11 | 1249 | MS | Benny Stevens | 52 | W | 4 White | Lethal Injection | 3-drug w/ pentobarbital |
5/17/11 | 1250 | OH | Daniel Bedford | 63 | W | 1 White | Lethal Injection | 1-drug pentobarbital |
5/17/11 | 1251 | MS | Rodney Gray | 39 | B | 1 White | Lethal Injection | 3-drug w/ pentobarbital |
5/19/11 | 1252 | AL | Jason Williams | 42 | W | 4 White | Lethal Injection | 3-drug w/ pentobarbital |
5/25/11 | 1253 | AZ | Donald Beaty | 56 | W | 1 White | Lethal Injection | 3-drug w/ pentobarbital |
6/1/11 | 1254 | TX | Gayland Bradford | 42 | B | 1 White | Lethal Injection | 3-drug w/ pentobarbital |
6/16/11 | 1255 | TX | Lee Taylor¥ | 32 | W | 1 Black | Lethal Injection | 3-drug w/ pentobarbital |
6/16/11 | 1256 | AL | Eddie Powell III | 41 | B | 1 White | Lethal Injection | 3-drug w/ pentobarbital |
6/21/11 | 1257 | TX | Milton Mathis | 32 | B | 1 White, 1 Black | Lethal Injection | 3-drug w/ pentobarbital |
6/23/11 | 1258 | GA | Roy Blankenship | 55 | W | 1 White | Lethal Injection | 3-drug w/ pentobarbital |
6/30/11 | 1259 | AZ | Richard Bible | 49 | W | 1 White | Lethal Injection | 3-drug w/ pentobarbital |
7/7/11 | 1260 | TX | Humberto Leal~ | 38 | L | 1 Latino | Lethal Injection | 3-drug w/ pentobarbital |
7/19/11 | 1261 | AZ | Thomas West | 52 | W | 1 White | Lethal Injection | 3-drug w/ pentobarbital |
7/20/11 | 1262 | TX | Mark Stroman | 41 | W | 1 Asian | Lethal Injection | 3-drug w/ pentobarbital |
7/21/11 | 1263 | GA | Andrew Grant DeYoung | 37 | W | 3 White | Lethal Injection | 3-drug w/ pentobarbital |
7/29/11 | 1264 | DE | Robert Jackson III | 38 | W | 1 White | Lethal Injection | 3-drug w/ pentobarbital |
8/10/11 | 1265 | TX | Martin Robles | 33 | L | 2 Latino | Lethal Injection | 3-drug w/ pentobarbital |
8/18/11 | 1266 | VA | Jerry Jackson | 30 | B | 1 White | Lethal Injection | 3-drug w/ pentobarbital |
9/13/11 | 1267 | TX | Steven Woods | 31 | W | 2 White | Lethal Injection | 3-drug w/ pentobarbital |
9/21/11 | 1268 | GA | Troy Davis | 41 | B | 1 White | Lethal Injection | 3-drug w/ pentobarbital |
9/21/11 | 1269 | TX | Lawrence Brewer | 44 | W | 1 Black | Lethal Injection | 3-drug w/ pentobarbital |
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No doubt that I could not turn a blind eye to the writings of Stephen King. Unfortunately, as soon as I opened my eyes, "What do I find from both of eyes?"...
Paul Edgecomb was a prison warden of The Penitentiery Cold Mountain. There was a cell block called The Green Mile, where the prisoners lived counting days to meet their death in the electric chair. It's known haunted.
One occupant was John Coffey, a black man over six feet tall who was accused of brutal murder of two little girls on a farm. Expecting to get a brutal fight, the guards were shocked when they found out that Coffey turned out to be a very gentle man. Not only that, he was even reluctant to hurt the animals and he feared the darkness. Slowly, Coffey's presence could change the lives of all, who were around it starting from the pet rat, the warden Percy, Paul who had experienced problems with his marriage, until the wife of a prison guard who was suddenly cured of deadly diseases.
Seeing the innocence Coffey, Paul and the other guards started to doubt that the charges had been dropped off the court, and tried with all their might to change it. However, they later realized, that wasn't easy to save someone who was indicted for passing the Green Mile, other wise called for Journey To The Electric Chair.
For those of you who love the drama and believe that there's love in this world, it's so unfortunately if you don't watch this film. Taken from the works of Stephen King, The Green Mile successful film series adds Tom Hanks and bolsters the name of Michael Clarke Duncan, a black giant who truly makes my heart feel smaller and blue. So, what are we waiting for? Let's watch it...
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