Showing posts with label world news. Show all posts
Showing posts with label world news. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Famous War Reporter killed in Syria




     Marie Colvin, an American-born reporter for the London Sunday Timers who was a long-time war reporter since the gulf war succumbed to death  together  with Remi Ochlik( french photographer) after a shelter by the syrian army where they stay was hit by a rocket.  

    According to reports she began wearing an eye-patch after losing the sight in her left eye when coming under Sri Lankan government RPG shrapnel fire on April 16, 2001.She was attacked after calling out "journalist, journalist!" while reporting on the Sri Lankan Civil War. Colvin was also a witness and an intermediary during the final days of the war in Sri Lanka and reported on war crimes that were committed during this phase.

    According to reports, Colvin illegally crossed into syria on the back of motorcross motorcycle due to syrian government's attempt to prevent foreign journalist from covering the 2011-2012 syrian uprising.Colvin was stationed in the western Baba Amr district of the city of Homs, and made her last broadcast on the evening of February 21, appearing on the BBC, Channel4, CNN and ITN News via satellite phone.

                                         Watch here a footage regarding the Syrian Uprising


Tuesday, February 21, 2012

NATO Soldiers burned Korans in Afghanistan which leads to a bloody demonstration

                          Afghans stormed through the NATO Military base 


 Hundreds of Koran (Islamic Religious Material) were confiscated and mistakenly burnt by the NATO Soldiers which lead different protest and demonstration. 


     According to the reports, Protesters had started hurling petrol bombs and firing slingshots besieged the largest US-run military base in Afghanistan on Tuesday upon hearing the news about the burned copies of koran at the said Military Base. 


    The enraged crowd shouted "Death to Americans" and "Death to infidels" as guards at Bagram airbase, north of Kabul, responded by firing rubber bullets from a watchtower, said an Agence France-Presse photographer, who was hit in the neck. 


     The US commander in Afghanistan, General John Allen, released a statement and ordered an investigation into a report that troops "improperly disposed of a large number of Islamic religious materials which included Korans".


    "I offer my sincere apologies for any offence this may have caused, to the president of Afghanistan, the government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, and most importantly, to the noble people of Afghanistan," .


                        Watch here how the Soldiers burned the Korans 

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Dogs skinned alive in CHINA





     A business that operates in china was discovered skinning dogs and cats alive in China. Dogs howling like never before,eyes filled with pain as they were caged, foul smell from the dead cats and dogs, horrific way of skinning dogs and some dogs and cats crammed into a small cage that might have broke their bones; theses are just some of the scene that you might see in the said place. 

    Imagine, thousands of pelts  are illegally distributed to the retailer of clothes mainly for parka hoods and sweaters inexchange of thousands of these pity animals that are slaughter in barbaric manners. 

Sad to say, European Union knew this barbaric practices since most of their countries are avid customers of these dog and cat's  fur. 


Footage of animal cruelty !