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| Archived Since: | March 4, 2010 | |
Blog Post Archive
One of World's Largest Diamond Robberies Unravels
Brazen robbers were able to make off with $50 million worth of diamonds in a daring Brussels airport heist, but they held onto their riches for less than three months. In a cross-border operation, police have arrested 31 people in connection with the heist—one of the world's biggest diamond...
Cargo Ship Slams Into Genoa Port Tower
A cargo ship slammed into a control tower in Italian port of Genoa last night, toppling it into the harbor and killing at least three people, rescue officials say Four others were hospitalized and a half-dozen people remained unaccounted for, including some feared trapped inside the submerged elevator of the...
Syria's Internet Goes Dark
A major Internet security firm issued this ominous-sounding assessment today: "On closer inspection it seems Syria has largely disappeared from the internet." That's from Dan Hubbard at Umbrella Security Labs, and other monitoring companies have similarly reported that web traffic in the country has disappeared, notes the Guardian. The most...
Worst Place to Be a Mom Is...
The toughest place in the world for mothers? The Democratic Republic of Congo, according to a new report from Save the Children. The nonprofit organization looked at factors including health, education, income, and child mortality in 176 countries, the BBC reports. The bottom 10 are all in sub-Saharan Africa, where...
Obama: North Korea Can't Manipulate Us Anymore
North Korea can no longer generate major international incidents at will with nuclear provocations, Barack Obama said today, asserting the United States and South Korea are fully capable of defending themselves. "The days when North Korea could create a crisis and elicit concessions, those days are over," Obama said at...
Supermarket Tussle Turns Into Diplomatic Incident in Peru
A brief dust-up at a Peruvian supermarket has become an international incident. Ecuador's ambassador to the country squabbled with women in line, resulting in an exchange of blows. It all began when the women skipped in front of Rodrigo Riofrio in line, say a mother and daughter, per Peruvian news....
UK Cops Seek 'Incredible Hulk' Over Assault
Police in northern England are after a suspect who should stand out from the crowd: She's green with orange hair—or at least, she was. The police themselves have already dubbed the woman, suspected of assault, the "Incredible Hulk," Sky News reports. The alleged attack, outside a McDonald's late at...
Farmers Hired to Dispose of Sick Pigs Sold Them as Food
If you're in China and craving pork, probably best to hold off for a bit. Two farmers, along with a third suspect, were arrested for allegedly selling tainted pork in the country, and authorities are still looking for 44 tons of the stuff. The suspects got their hands on the...
13 Die in Fiery Mexico Crash
A gas tanker crashed in Mexico today, resulting in a giant fireball and killing at least 13 people; another 13 were injured. Two of those killed were children, says an official. The crash occurred on a highway in Mexico state near Mexico City, CNN reports. The tanker had been speeding...
Inmate May Have Used Spoon to Bust Out of Prison
An alleged murderer escaped his Moscow prison cell through a hole in the ceiling early today, the Moscow Times reports, but the newspaper leaves out the most intriguing detail of Oleg Topalov's escape: He may have managed it using a spoon. According to a law enforcement source, that would have...
These 23 Words Have Survived 15K Years
Plants and animals aren't the only things that go extinct: Most words are replaced every few thousand years, with a maximum survival of roughly 9,000 years, say linguists. But in a new study published yesterday, four British researchers say they have found 23 words that have persisted for a...
Taliban Bombs Own Allies at Pakistan Election Rally
A bomb tore through an election rally in Pakistan's tribal belt yesterday, killing at least 20 people and wounding dozens more in the deadliest incident yet in the violence-plagued run-up to this Saturday's election. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the blast, but while other attacks have targeted liberal, secular parties,...
Diplomat: Troops Told to Stand Down During Benghazi
More testimony has been released sharply contradicting the Obama administration's version of events during last year's Benghazi attack. Greg Hicks, deputy of slain US Ambassador Chris Stevens, says a team of Special Operations troops was ready to fly from Tripoli to Benghazi but was told to stand down by Special...
North Korea Backs Down on Missiles
North Korea has been throwing around plenty of fighting words lately, but two things that won't be getting off the ground anytime soon: a pair of Musudan missiles, which Pyongyang has just removed from a launch site on the country's east coast, reports CNN. The missiles were believed to be...
93-Year-Old Arrested Over Auschwitz Ties
A 93-year-old man who was deported from the US in 1983 for lying about his Nazi past was arrested by German authorities today on allegations he served as an Auschwitz death camp guard. Hans Lipschis was taken into custody after authorities concluded there was "compelling evidence" he was involved in...
China Wants US Help With 19-Year-Old Poisoning Mystery
An unsolved poisoning case has enthralled China, 19 years after the fact, and now more than 112,000 people have signed a petition asking the White House to investigate and deport a former suspect who is said to have moved to the US. Zhu Ling was a chemistry student at...
One of 7 Wonders of Ancient World Finally Tracked Down
There has long been a slight problem with the declaration of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon as one of the seven wonders of the ancient world—there was no proof it actually existed. Now, an Oxford University researcher says she's tracked down evidence the garden did indeed grow in what...
Germany Opens Neo-Nazi Trial
Beate Zschaepe, the last surviving member of a Neo-Nazi trio accused of 10 murders between 2000 and 2007, goes on trial today in Munich. Zschaepe is charged in the killings of eight Turkish immigrants, a Greek immigrant, and a German police officer, but for years police believed the execution-style murders...
UN Suspects Syrian Rebels Used Nerve Gas
Another game-changer? One of the United Nations' chief investigators says evidence is building that sarin gas was used in the Syrian conflict —but by rebels, not the regime. "Our investigators have been in neighboring countries interviewing victims, doctors and field hospitals" and "there are strong, concrete suspicions but not yet...
15 Killed as Islamists Battle Bangladesh Police
At least 15 people died in clashes between police and Islamic hardliners demanding that Bangladesh implement an anti-blasphemy law, authorities said. A police official, speaking on customary condition of anonymity, said eight people, including two policemen and a paramilitary soldier, were killed in clashes in just outside the capital, Dhaka,...