Indian Children Buried For 6 Hours in Solar Eclipse Superstition
Region: IndiaGulbarga/Karnataka -- On the day of the solar eclipse a shocking belief came to light in this region. North Karnatka has unique traditions, like dropping babies from temple tops and putting them before the wheels of speed... more
Views: 3053Rupee,India's currency slides to a record low
Region: United StatesDue to mounting global stock losses India’s currency,Rupee slide to a record low . The currency extended a two-week slump on speculation Standard .So Poor’s will soon cut the nation’s debt rating to junk... more
Views: 1282Afghanistan: under the spell of dollars
Region: Afghanistan
“My name is Samiullah. I am from Surkhrud district of Nangrahar province, Afghanistan. We live on Warsak Road in Peshawar. I work with an NGO in central Daikundi province of Afghanistan” the new student introdu... more
Views: 2909Carrying on Tucson’s Solar Initiative
Region: Arizona
In 2007, the U.S. Department of Energy named Tucson a Solar America city. Tucson’s Solar Initiative represents a commitment to integrating solar energy into urban planning and city processes not just th... more
Views: 1349An Economic Monster Looms on the Horizon
Region: United States
In previous articles I have warned that the economy was ready to fall. However, I did not imagine it would fall as far as it has, almost 40% of its all time high. As a matter of fact, some were predicting even worse than w... more
Views: 2008TN Man bounds suspected burglar Old West style
Region: United StatesMemphis, Tennessee (groundreport) - Published reports say a homeowner and his friends confronted a suspected burglar and bound him Old West-style until the cops arrived. Early Thursday, Antonio Perez and his friends ti... more
Views: 1053Kelly and Keith Hoehn, Shoot and Kill Burglar Dakota Scott Benoit
Region: United States
When Dakota Scott Benoit, 20, and John Garland Pierson, 25, broke into the home of Kelly and Keith Hoehn in Blue Mound, Texas, they picked the wrong house. Kelly Hoehn, 34, was not going to let the two gunmen who ent... more
Views: 3035Danica McKellar's Kiss My Math Book Out August 5
Region: United States
Danica McKellar might be most well known for her role as Winnie Cooper on The Wonder Years, but she is also a renowned mathematician and published author. Her most recent book, Kiss My Math, seeks to empower preteen girls ... more
Views: 1614Blogging the Genocide Trial in Cambodia
Region: Cambodia
Posted by Geoffrey Cain to Global Voices Online After graduating from Brown University in 2004, the articulate, cunning Elena Lesley was awarded a Henry Luce Scholarship to Cambodia to write for The Phnom Penh Post. With ... more
Views: 1252Total Solar Eclipse on August 1st
Region: China
Today August 1, just after few hours, some places of Ukraine, Siberia, China, Mongolia and Greenland will plunged into darkness for around 2 minutes due to total solar eclipse. Tourists around the world flocked towards the... more
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