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Last night, Somali pirates hijacked a Russian oil tanker 550 miles off their country’s coast. The attack on the 106,000 ton tanker, name Moscow University, prompted Russian officials to send a warship to pursue the pirates and hopefully recover the lost oil. The Russian vessel’s records indicate it was carrying 23 crew members and hauling over $52 million in crude oil. (more…)
The state of Arizona has stirred up a lot of controversy this week about immigration law. Their Republican Governor, Jan Brewer, signed into law, legislation allowing police to arrest anyone believed to be an illegal immigrant. President Obama as well as Mexico’s President Calderon, were very upset about the actions the state has taken. (more…)
Last week, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig had a fatal accident, which caused the drilling platform to explode in the Gulf of Mexico. The only tragedy though to have come from this, were the deaths of the missing personnel. However, they did not see the environmental impacts of this explosion until now. (more…)
Yesterday, there was a huge oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico. The rig, leased by energy giant BP, is still missing 12 members of it’s crew. Luckily, the coast guard reported that 98 of the 126 workers were safe and were on their way to shore. A further 17 had been flown to hospital after the explosion and 7 were critically injured. (more…)
In an attempt to keep in line with the “one child per couple rule,” China plans to sterilize those whom have violated this birth control policy. Doctors in China have been ordered to sterilize about 10,000 of these violators, by force if necessary. About 1,300 people are being held in cramped conditions in towns across Puning county, in Guangdong Province, as officials try to put pressure on couples who have illegal children to come forward for sterilization. (more…)
Just a couple of hours ago, the USGS reported a 6.9 magnitude quake hit the southern region of Qinghai, China. There were no immediate reports of casualties in the remote rural area, though witnesses described houses quickly crumbling. The area near Tibet was was hit with a follow-up 5.8 magnitude quake. (more…)
At around 6pm today, the USGS reported a 6.3 magnitude quake in Spain. The center of the quake struck just 15 miles south east of the city of Granada. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties on Spanish media. (more…)
According to the USGS, a 6.8 magnitude quake struck the coast of the Solomon Islands earlier today. At this time, there was no immediate tsunami alerts or reports of damage. The very strong earthquake occurred at 8:40pm local time. (more…)
Google Inc. is looking to expand it’s global sales by hiring 500 new employees. According to a Google spokesperson, the staff increases are being driven by a desire to keep the company to moving forward in a rapidly changing digital media marketplace. Chief executive Eric Schmidt had said during company results in October that Google would be stepping up recruitment, particularly in advertising from sales to mobile search. (more…)
A huge earthquake hit the island of Sumatra in Indonesia yesterday afternoon. The 7.7 magnitude quake caused widespread panic, blackouts and triggered tsunami warnings in both Indonesia and Thailand. Fortunately, there were no reported casualties attributed to the quake. (more…)
Earlier today, six miners were killed in an explosion in Raleigh County, West Virginia. The blast was reported around 3pm local time at Massey Energy Company’s Upper Big Branch mine. There are still 21 miners still unaccounted for, emergency personnel are still searching for the miners now. (more…)
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