Vice President of America voices out at Boston bombing memorial

The memorial was a tribute to the tragic incident that happened exactly a year ago.  A rendition of ‘God Bless America’ was performed as numerous citizens, bomb survivors and even politicians held hand together as they mark the anniversary of a horror that shook the nation.

After a few speeches by the survivors, President Biden states that, "I've never witnessed a tribute like I heard today." to the survivors. "My God, you have survived and you have soared. You are truly inspiring. I've never heard anything so beautiful as what all of you just said."

The vice president is also impressed by the courage and braveness of the Boston citizen.

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Two brothers arrested for cannibalism, again

The Pakistan duo were previously arrested and put in jail for cannibalism. The sibling prisoners have recently been release a year ago. The sibling has again being arrested after police discovers a child’s heavily injured head at their home in a village in Pakistan. Police said that both men admitted on eating human flesh.

The two brothers were serving a two year jail term for dismembering a woman’s corpse from a graveyard.

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Asian air pollution could cause changes in global weather patterns

A research states that air pollution from Asian countries directly affects the pattern of storms over the Pacific Ocean region. Researcher speculates that this could be causing extreme winter in North America. It is also reported by the U.S Embassy in Beijing, China recorded the levels of polution. Citizens of Beijing were warned to avoid outdoor activities as the result of smog is 18 times the recommended standard sat by the World Health Organization.

Although results has only show the impact on the Pacific Ocean region, researchers says that it could effects on global scale if the pollution continues.

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Around 200 girls kidnapped by Boko Haram

Around 200 young girls were kidnapped from their schools in Nigeria by Boko Haram, A heavily armed criminal that abducts girls with vehicles like trucks, vans and buses. Fortunately, there is one among the 200 girls that escaped and are providing useful information to the officials.

“Western education is sin” is the direct translation of Boko Haram. Boko Haram is well known for attacking schools in the northeast. A video was released by the group on mid-March. Their leader has ever since threatened to launch a series of abduction.

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Former Italian prime minister to serve one-year community service

Silvio Burlusconi, former president of Italy is to serve a year of community service at a nursing home for tax frauding. The 77-year old billionaire must visit a elderly centre once a week at for a minimum 4 hours.

He was initially handed a four-year sentence for tax frauding last August. Additionally, he has also been expelled the senate of Italy and can never hold public office over a course of two years. Though it was not clear whether the court allow Berlusconi to activate his campaigh for his Forza Italia party next month.

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Way to go Piano Guy!

A "The River of Dreams: A Billy Joel Tribute Concert" was organized by a kindergarten on Wednesday in front of an audience consisting of their peers, teachers, families and the Piano Guy, Billy Joel himself.

The Long Island local music icon Billy Joel arrived 5 minutes before the concert starts. Joel arrived just and took a seat in the back. The musical legend rejected the principle Nomi Rosen,  offer to invite him on stage because he didn't want to make the children nervous.

Deasy Elementary will organize a tribute to a different musical artist annually, the music teacher prepares a tribute to a different artist. What makes this year special is there is an actual artist whom came and support. Rosen said.

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New wed husband suspect deports to South Africa

British business man Shrien Dewani has been accused on attempting to murder his new wed wife, Anni Dewani last November. The business man denies such accusation.

Dewani has avoided deportation for the past three years on mental health therapy, but upon losing his latest appeal, authorities have agreed to return him to South Africa to stand trial. 

The deportation request was approved on the proviso that if Dewani was not fit to stand trial in the next 18 months, he will be returned to the United Kingdom.

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Honduras tops world's highest murder rate country

According to reporters in the United States on Thursday, Honduras tops the list of world's highest murder rate. Averagely, There are 90.4 homicides per 100,000 people in Honduras in 2012, The report has also  analysed the intentional homicides of about 437,000 people around the world in that year. Honduras has also took the first place back in 2011, according to the office's last report.

In the Americas, homicide rates have been higher than those of Europe and Asia since the mid-50s, The study described the situation as "the effects of consistent political and crime-related violence."

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Prosecutor accuses French teens in family murder plot

Two teenage French girls are accused of plotting to kill family members and stabbing the younglings to serious injury. The 13-year-old girls attacked the 6-year-old boy after school on March 28. The doctor later revealed that the wound was very serious. 

The teenagers has recently admitted their intention to kill other members of the family, the prosecutor added, evidence such as drawings and text messages are founded by authorities. 

Sources states that it is still unclear why the girls wanted to harm the little boy and other family members. An attempted murder is punishable by life in prison in France, but that could be reduced to a maximum of 20 years for juvenile offenders.

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Health care hits enrollment goal, says Obama

Barack Obama, President of The United States stated on Tuesday that there's an amount of 7.1 million people that had signed up on federal or state exchanges for coverage under the health care law . now often refer as 'The Obamacare'. 

Obama claimed victory at a White House ceremony, saying the program has been overall successful, despite not having the support of the republican and vilified relentlessly by the GOP.

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Earthquakes in many countries form "The Ring of Fire"

Northern Chile and surrounding countries has experienced an 8.2 quake Tuesday night, The people around that area are now experiencing what they call as "The Ring of Fire". "The Ring of Fire" is a string of recent earthquakes that forms a circle areas on the Pacific Rim.

A magnitude 5.1 quake hit Los Angeles last week, followed by aftershocks along the California coast. And South America will be on the lookout in coming days for aftershocks that have already started following Tuesday night’s temblor. Both cities lie along the so-called Ring of Fire, where two plates underneath the earth’s surface occasionally bump up against other plates

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Russia expresses Anger Over German Minister's Crimea Comment

The German ambassador was summoned by Russia's Foreign Ministry in rage to protest a German minister's after his controversial statement comparing Russia's current situation of Crimea to Adolf Hitler's policies.

 

The Russia's Foreign Ministry felt that it is absolutely rude and unethical to compare their incorporation of Crimea into Russia to Adolf Hitler's take over back in 1938. The ministry said Russia considers this excursions by the German minister as somewhat a provocation. Further more,  they've summoned the German ambassador Thursday to hand him a formal note of protest

As for now, The German Foreign Ministry had no comment on the issue.

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Scrapyard worker triggers off World War II bomb

A scrapyard workers unintentionally triggered a World War II-era bomb, the bomb killed seven and injuring 19 victims. Before the tragedy happened, the device was initially discovered at a construction site in Bangkok. The bomb is later on moved to a scrapyard before workers attempt to break the bomb down into smaller parts.

Police of Bangkok said that they suspect the bomb was planted during the World War II era when Bangkok, while an ally of the Japanese, was invaded by both America & Britain back in 1944, though the bomb's origin is still unclear as for now.

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Near-drown incident reflects overpopulation of migrants in Europe

  The Italian navy rescued hundreds of migrants from overcrowded boats that could've drown due to buoyancy imbalance in the Mediterranean Sea south of Sicily. However, this incident has also reflects the overpopulation of illegal migrants in the Europe countries.

  According to officials, most of them consists of migrants from the African nations such as Eritrea and Somalia. Furthermore, Italy has been known as one of the most well known getaway for migrants to migrate to Europe by sea.

  International organizations has encourage the European leaders to eliminate the root cuase of illeagal migration for the peace of the citizen.

Brazil tries to eliminate child prostitution for World Cup 2014

  With the World Cup 2014 just around the corner, government of Brazil along with the soccer officials has been trying to terminate the child prostitution issue. With the World Cup just two months away, the government of Brazil along with the soccer officials are trying their best to eliminate any social disturbance that might cause negative impression to the nation's reputation.

  Despite the country's promise to eliminate all child prostitution, The amount of child prostitution is around half a million. According to insiders, the government is trying to root out child prostitution because that in around 2 months time, Brazil will be filled by nearly 600,000 tourist, and certainly they wouldn't be delighted by naked per-adolescent all around the streets.  

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Families & friends of the MH370 victims march on Malaysian Embassy in Beijing, angrily

   Around 300 relatives and friends of missing Flight MH370 victims marched to the Malaysian Embassy in Beijing to express and protest their frustration and anger with the Malaysia authorities.

  Hundreds of the emotional protesters was emotionally conflicted when the Malaysia's prime minister announced that Flight MH370's last position was in a remote part of the Indian Ocean. Some time later, Malaysian Airlines updated the relatives & friends that the lives of all on board the plane had been lost.

  The government of China has asked Malaysia to share any evidence that led it to conclude the airliner with no survivors.

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Train malfunction, 32 injured at Chicago's O'Hare airport

  The crash of the Chicago Transit Authority Blue Line train injured 32 people. Fortunately, no serious injuries was caused because of the accident.

  The commuter train failed to stop at the end of the line when it arrived at the airport station at 2:52 a.m., the lead car appeared to have climbed an escalator adjacent to the passenger platform. Almost all of the 32 people taken to four hospitals had been released by the afternoon. According to the Chicago police officer, there is no life-threatening injuries.

  The wrecked train will not be moved at least until Tuesday for further investigation purpose.

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President of South Africa marries for the fourth time

Jacob Suma, president of South Africa tied the knot with Bongi Ngema in a traditional ceremony Friday in the town of Nkandla. Which makes Bongi Ngema one of his four wives now. The president practices the tradition of Zulu, which allows polygamy. Although it is legal in South Africa, polygamy is losing its popularity among younger generation.
 
Unlike many countries, South Africa has no official position of first lady, and the wives remain in homes. Their benefits include a personal secretary, and they accompany the president during travel on a rotating basis.

Ngema, an activist, dated the president for years and they have a 7-year-old son together. 

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528 Muslim Brotherhood sentenced to death in Egypt

  528 supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood have been sentenced to death on Monday. Supporters of the brotherhood were charged due to the violent riots in the southern Egyptian city of Minya last August. The riot has reportedly caused the murder of a police officer. The riots took place after an interference by security forces on two large sit-ins in Cairo, where demonstrators were supporting the opposition to ousted President Mohammed Morsy.

  The Ahram Online news site reported that this was the largest set of death sentences handed to defendants in the modern history of Egypt. 

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Armless boy gets an arm, Thanks to 3D- Printing

   The 12 year old victim, Daniel, has lost both of his arms in an explosion while trying to protect himself from an aerial attack. Fortunately, the founder of Not Impossible Lab and The Ebeling Group Mick Ebeling has decided to give a hand to the pre-adolescent victim (figuratively and literally) along with the help of Dr. Tom Catena. Although he survived the explosion, the boy revealed that he preferred to die rather than to survive without arms. Mick said he has to do something and eventually he did. Eventually, Daniel has gained an artificial arm with the aids of technology, the 3D printing. Now with the artificial arm, Daniel is extremely grateful and happy since he can feed himself.

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Pope Francis, Rock Star?

Pope Francis, recently hailed as the “rock star pope” and the “people’s pontiff. Pope Francis has made quite an impact to the people of Vatican and the Catholics all around the world.

Pope Francis has a total of 10 million followers on Twitter, he has also appeared on the cover of Rolling Stones magazine. According to statistics, many priests and followers of the Catholic religion has admit that "The Francis Effect" is strong.

But although the Pope is highly favorable by the people of U.S, there had been “no measurable rise in the percentage of Americans who identify as Catholic.

Abductee's parents finally has a reunion

  Around 40 years ago, Megumi Yokota was abducted at the age of 13 by a North Korea agent. Now, nearly 40 years later she have finally reunited with her family. He parents, Shigeru and Sakie Yokota  traveled all the way to  meet her daughter, their granddaughter.

  The couple is rejoiced to meet their granddaughter Kim Eun-gyong, her spouse and her baby daughter. Although their daughter Megumi is not present and the North Korea has insisted that she has committed suicide,  the couple is still holding a optimistic thought of their daughter's survival.

When Bollywood goes 'Cry Me a River'

  When Pop star Justin Timberlake wrote the song 'Cry Me a River' in 2002, it was an instant hit. The song has became sorta-a breakup anthem for people who's going through a break up with their lovers ( and that sorta became a cool thing for some people). But sometimes, breakups can kill someone, literally. 

  This is a tragic love story of an American tourist and an Indian rickshaw driver.

  Sharma, 32, of Pennsylvania has reported of committing suicide after stabbing his wife to death. The story of how Sharma and his wife met was like a typical love tale. He met his wife, Willinger, 35, of Pennsylvania when she first visited the iconic monument of love, Taj Mahal last September. But the spark  of love didn't last due to many reasons such as jealousy, irritation and having allegations against each other. Which also led to the death of them.

Tunisia sex workers calls for the 'revival' of brothel

  The prostitutes of Tunisia has called on their government to 'revive' a brothel/sex house in the coastal resort town of Sousse.

  A petition signed by 120 women was handed to call on the government of Tunisia to reopen the brothel that was closed one year ago. Whether or not the brothel will be back in business is still in discussion as for now. Although 'buying sex' is illegal in Tunisia, Tunisia still allows prostitution/brothels with license.

Fun Fact:  Beginning of licensed brothels in Tunisia dates back nearly a hundred years and were first recorded in the French colonial period.

Lebanese mayor arrested for trafficking organs in Spain

  A wealthy mayor from Lebanon has been arrested in Spain for attempting to purchase liver tissue off poor people for his liver transplant.

  The mayor was arrested on January 30 at Manises Airport in Valencia. Government of Spain has granted bail to the suspect as long as the suspect surrenders his passport and remain in Spain. The suspect shall also remain in Spain until his sentence has been carried. This is also the first time that potential human organ trafficking is detected in this nation.

  The suspects could face 12 years in prison if found guilty, but the court's investigation is still in progress. A trial has yet to be carried.