Hundreds Killed By Tsunami Of People Fleeing Beaches
BANDA ACEH, INDONESIA – Tragedy struck this coastal region again as over 600 people were killed by a massive tsunami of people fleeing the beaches in anticipation of an actual tsunami.
At approximately 2:45 local time on Wednesday afternoon, reports of an 8.9-magnitude earthquake came from the US Geological Survey, setting off tsunami alarms in 28 countries bordering the Indian Ocean. Tragically,...
World Food Program Urges North Koreans To Eat Pictures Of Kim Jong Il
ROME – The head of the World Food Program today urged the citizens of North Korea to eat all their pictures of recently deceased supreme leader Kim Jong Il.
“The approximately 4 billion images of the departed leader represents the single largest source of available nutrition in the country today,” said WFP head Josette Sheeran, speaking from a press conference at the WFP headquarters in Rome.
According...
Steve Jobs unveils ‘iMortal’ exoskeleton
SAN FRANCISCO — Apple CEO Steve Jobs abruptly ended concerns about his declining health by unveiling the “iMortal” exoskeleton at a spectacular product launch at the Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco today.
Wearing the exoskeleton, Jobs made a dramatic entrance at the launch by descending from the ceiling and slowly lowering himself to the stage through careful manipulation...
China Reaches 100 Facebook Members
WUHAN – Facebook’s presence in China reached three-digits yesterday, according to a press release from the company.
Pei Zhang, an engineering student at Wuhan Technical College became the 100th Chinese citizen in China to successfully register a new member ship with the popular social networking site, which has been blocked in the country since 2007.
“It took me about six weeks, but I managed...
No Thais Hurt In Latest Supernova
GALAXY UGC3478 – No Thais were reported injured or killed in the latest stellar explosion in the far reaches of deep space, according to authorities.
The explosion, which was reported last week by NASA’s Chandra X-ray observatory in Cambridge, Massachusetts, was classified as a Type 1 Supernova and is believed to have been caused by the collapse of a massive star into a new black hole, releasing...
