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Stairs Wobble Under The Weight Of World Cup Fans
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
A video of a staircase used by thousands to get to and from Rio's Maracana stadium shows the structure wobbling unnervingly as spectators left the World Cup game between Argentina and Bosnia on Sunday.
The structure, built on scaffolding, can be seen swaying as fans grab a shaking hand rail. ...
S. Korea Prime Minister Offers Resignation Over Ferry Sinking
Saturday, April 26, 2014
South Korea's prime minister says he will resign over the ferry disaster that left more than 300 people dead or missing — and left the victims' families in anguish for days, as fruitless rescue attempts were made.
Chung Hong-won also apologized to a country increasingly angry over the handling of ...
Crimea Overwhelmingly Supports Split From Ukraine To Join Russia
Sunday, March 16, 2014
This post will be updated throughout the day Sunday.
Russian news services are claiming overwhelming support in Crimea for the region's plan to secede from Ukraine and unite with Russia, citing exit polls from Sunday's referendum. Russia's state news agency reports that afer 50 percent of the votes had been ...
Wire Fox Terrier Wins Best In Show At Westminster
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
A wire fox terrier named Sky has become America's new top dog.
Sky won best in show at the 138th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on Tuesday, beating out dogs in six other groups, including a standard poodle, Portuguese water dog, bloodhound, Irish water spaniel, Cardigan Welsh corgi and a ...
Egyptian Forces Reportedly Clear Mosque Of Morsi Backers
Saturday, August 17, 2013
(This post was last updated at 4:20 p.m. ET)
Egyptian security forces have stormed a Cairo mosque where supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi holed up for hours on Saturday.
Al-Jazeera reports that the Fateh mosque has been cleared of protesters opposed to the July 3 coup that ousted ...
'Justice For Trayvon' Movement Struggles To Find Focus
Saturday, July 27, 2013
In the two weeks since George Zimmerman's acquittal, the same activists galvanized by his trial are finding it hard to focus the energy of the Trayvon Martin movement.
For 16 months, supporters of the Justice for Trayvon movement rallied behind a common goal: Make sure Zimmerman, the man who killed ...