The first US drone strike since Pakistan’s general elections comes after an announcement by US President Obama that the strikes would be scaled back. The latest of the contentious strikes killed at least four people. The drone attack occurred on Wednesday in Pakistan’s North Waziristan region, which has been the target of anti-terror drone attacks [...]
SOCIAL MEDIA Carriers react as social messaging kills SMS The telecommunications industry is losing billions to competition from social messaging apps like Facebook, WhatsApp and Viber, a report says. The industry knows it’s time to fight back. On a recent trip abroad, I had barely spent an hour in the country before purchasing a SIM [...]
Continue reading …Sichuan Man Buys Pesticide to Help Euthanize Gravely Ill Mother, Given Suspended Sentence May 16th of last year, Guangzhou City Fanyu District Shiji County local police received a report from Deng Mingjian, who claimed that his mother Li X died a natural death in their rented apartment, but the preliminary autopsy by the police showed [...]
Continue reading …Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) — Nigerian aviation authorities suspended Dana Air’s operating license Tuesday as torrential rain hampered recovery efforts after a deadly weekend plane crash. “As soon as we have concluded the recertification of the airline, if they are capable, then their license will be reinstated,” said Sam Adurogboye, a spokesman for the Nigerian Civil [...]
Continue reading …Luka Rocco Magnotta, 29, was picked up in a cybercafe in Berlin’s Neukoelln district. An Interpol notice says Mr Magnotta is suspected of killing Jun Lin, a 33-year-old Chinese student, in Montreal. Body parts were also posted to political parties in Canada. He faces charges in Canada of murder and threatening Canadian politicians. Before his [...]
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