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[tballa55]

Thousands of Cambodians celebrating a water festival on an island in a river in the capital stampeded Monday night, leaving more than 330 people dead and hundreds injured. Some in the panicky crowd who tried to flee over a bridge were crushed underfoot or fell over its sides into the water.

Ambulances raced back and forth between the river and the hospitals for several hours after the stampede. Calmette Hospital, the capital's main medical facility, was filled to capacity with bodies as well as patients, some of whom had to be treated in hallways. Many of the injured appeared to be badly hurt, raising the prospect that the death toll could rise as local hospitals became overwhelmed.


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pics here
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/internatio ... hoto_num=1

[mcm]

looks like I'll be canceling my scheduled vacation in Cambodia

[Boston]

[tballa55]

North and South Korea exchanged artillery fire Tuesday after the North shelled an island near their disputed sea border, killing at least two South Korean marines, setting dozens of buildings ablaze and sending civilians fleeing for shelter.

The clash, which put South Korea's military on high alert, was one of the rivals' most dramatic confrontations since the Korean War ended, and one of the few to put civilians at risk, though no nonmilitary deaths were immediately reported. Sixteen South Korean soldiers and three civilians were injured and the extent of casualties on the northern side was unknown.

South Koreans watch smoke from South Korea's Yeonpyeong island. North Korea fired artillery barrages onto the island, promptiong South Korea to fire back and scramble fighter jets.

The skirmish began when Pyongyang warned the South to halt military drills in the area, according to South Korean officials. When Seoul refused and began firing artillery into disputed waters, albeit away from the North Korean shore, the North retaliated by bombarding the small island of Yeonpyeong, which houses South Korean military installations and a small civilian population.

[Boston]

Miners trapped underground in New Zealand dead, police say
All 29 miners trapped underground in a New Zealand mine are dead, Gary
Knowles, superintendent from Tasman Police Command said Wednesday.

Air released from the drilling contained high levels of carbon monoxide and methane but little oxygen, police officials have said.

[tballa55]

They are NOT heroes.

[tballa55]

This hit man is a mere boy: "El Ponchis," a 14-year-old killer who claims he was involved in four decapitations while working for a Mexican drug cartel.

The teen assassin, whose existence was considered more rumor than reality by many, was busted late Thursday at a Mexican airport as he tried to flee the country, officials said.

The alleged young killer is known as "El Ponchis" or "the cloaked one." He confessed to his role in the gruesome killings to reporters at the Mexican Attorney General's office in Cuernavaca.

"I participated in four executions, but I did it drugged and under threat that if I didn't, they would kill me," the teen said Friday, speaking calmly and without remorse.



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[rearadmiral]

>>> El Ponchis

[rearadmiral]

Deadly shark attack...in Egypt.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/12/ ... index.html

Egypt's tourism ministry has decided to close the Sharm el-Sheikh beach until the shark responsible for Sunday's attack is found, according to the nation's Interior Ministry.

Good luck with that.

[rearadmiral]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree ... with-leaks

[AY]

http://www.hudson-ny.org/1714/iran-missiles-in-venezuela

[Mk]

The day Niagara Falls ran dry.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... tilll.html

Pretty cool pxls.....though NF wasn't nearly as awe inspiring as I expected when I went.

[AY]

http://www.businessinsider.com/pictures-chinese-ghost-cities-2010-12?slop=1#slideshow-start

[midd]

The day Niagara Falls ran dry.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... tilll.html

Pretty cool pxls.....though NF wasn't nearly as awe inspiring as I expected when I went.

bfd

when we went when I was 10 my parents told me they get shut off every night.

[Mk]

Japan = 7.4

Tsunami warning issued

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/ ... 000rxc.php