Daily Misfortune April 17, 2014
thinkprogress.org/world/2014/03/31/.../zero-combat-death...
Mar 31, 2014 - March 2014 marked the first time in more than a decade that there were zero U.S. ... it is the first time since July 2007 that no Americans were killed inAfghanistan in ... To date, 2176 U.S. military personnel have lost their life inAfghanistan. ... the U.S. — two allied soldiers died over the course of the month.
| Los Angeles Times | - 15 minutes ago |
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SEOUL - Angry relatives of passengers aboard a sunken South Korean ferry criticized the government's response Thursday as the ship's captain made an emotional apology for fleeing the vessel before hundreds of others had a chance to get out.
Lee Joon-seok, captain of the Sewol, has been criticized for fleeing the ship before all passengers could evacuate. In a broadcast by South Korea’s YTN network, Lee made an emotional apology. "I am really sorry. I don't know what to say," he said, while seated in a chair, surrounded by reporters with a hood pulled over his face. He then repeated, “I’m so sorry.”
The South Korean Coast Guard reported that Lee was filling in for the regular captain, who was on vacation.
The ship sent out distress calls in a position east of the normal route from Incheon to Jeju, raising the possibility that the captain had taken a shortcut. The Sewol’s departure Tuesday was delayed almost three hours by fog.
“It is possible that the ship changed its course to a different route because it was delayed leaving Incheon,” Lee Gyeong-Og, vice minister of Security and Public Administration, said in a press briefing. The company operating the ship, Cheonghaejin Marine Co., has denied changing course.
Rim Gung-su, a professor at Mokpo National Maritime University with more than 30 years of experience as a ship captain, suspects that an abrupt turn may have caused the ferry to turn on its side and sink.
“The ship was moving at full speed, it was very foggy and there were probably a lot of fishing boats around. My theory is that the captain turned suddenly to the right to avoid a boat, which could have caused the cargo to fall over, throwing the Sewol off balance,” Rim said.
He also said that cargo on ships is often not securely tied down as many operators seek to cut labor costs. The Sewol, about 480 feet long, can carry up to 921 people, 180 vehicles and 152 shipping containers.
...the ship was refurbished to increase its capacity. Rim said this would have raised the Sewol’s center of gravity and could have made it more vulnerable to tipping over in the event of a shift of weight. The Sewol was fully licensed and operating legally.
Passengers reported hearing a loud noise before the sinking. “At first the ship tilted about 15 degrees and I assumed it was just because of a big wave,” passenger Kim Hong-kyung, 58, told the Kyunghyang newspaper. “But then it was only two or three minutes until it shifted to 45 and then 90 degrees.”
Time April 14, 2014 "March marked the first month in over a decade when no U.S. service personnel were killed in Afghanistan.. but it was a deadly month for Afghans.. after the bloodbath at the Serena, the Taliban launched three suicide attacks in the capital, two on offices of the Afghan election commision, and the third on a house used by the Roots of Peace, an American NGO
thinkprogress.org/world/2014/03/31/.../zero-combat-death...
Mar 31, 2014 - March 2014 marked the first time in more than a decade that there were zero U.S. ... it is the first time since July 2007 that no Americans were killed inAfghanistan in ... To date, 2176 U.S. military personnel have lost their life inAfghanistan. ... the U.S. — two allied soldiers died over the course of the month.
| RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty | - 26 minutes ago |
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Officials in Iraq say at least 12 soldiers have been killed and more than 10 injured in an attack on a military base outside the northern city of Mosul.
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's veteran ethnic—Indian lawyer and lawmaker Karpal Singh, who defended opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim in his sensational sodomy trial, was killed on Thursday in a road accident.
[could it be related to MH370?]
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(PERTH, Australia) - Investigators were analyzing data collected by a robotic submarine that completed its first successful scan of the seabed Thursday in the hunt for the missing Malaysian plane, but say tests have ruled out that a nearby oil slick came from ...
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| The Daily Star | - 3 hours ago |
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MIRANSHAH, Pakistan: The Pakistani Taliban Wednesday said they would not extend a cease-fire called to assist peace negotiations with the government, but insisted they were still committed to the talks process.
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MOSCOW -- Ukraine National Guard forces killed three, wounded 13 and detained 63 armed militants who attacked their unit in the port of Mariupol in southeastern Ukraine on the Azov Sea, an official said.
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| Reuters | - 16 minutes ago |
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MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Authorities in Nigeria's northeast Borno state denied on Thursday a statement by the armed forces which had said most of the more than 100 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist rebels had been freed in a military rescue operation ...
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(CNN) -- A judge on Wednesday set bail at $100,000 for a man accused of carrying a fake bomb near a Boston crowd that was marking the first anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings.
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April 16, 2014: A local resident holds an Orthodox icon in front of an armored vehicle and soldiers of the Ukrainian Army, as they are blocked by people on their way to the town of Kramatorsk.
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| New York Daily News | - 14 hours ago |
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The five killed in Calgary, Alberta, were students at University of Calgary and Alberta College of Art and Design. Matthew de Grood, another student, allegedly stabbed them to death early Tuesday morning at a house party celebrating the last day of class.
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| WCVB Boston | - 8 hours ago |
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The cause of the explosion and fire are still under investigation, and officials from National Grid, the gas provider in the area, said they were investigating to see if there were any issues when the incident occurred.
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When it was all over 15 people were dead, 120 homes destroyed and 200 more damaged. In the fraction of a second before the explosion, the video shows a brilliant flash of light, followed by a massive shock wave -- a dome of energy rippling from the blast.
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| NewsChannel5.com | - 11 hours ago |
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McEWEN, Tenn. - Investigators will be back on the scene Thursday at a plant in McEwen where one person was killed and three others were injured in anexplosion. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives spokesman Michael Knight said ...
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| WOODTV.com | - 46 minutes ago |
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The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety confirms one person was shot and killed early Thursday morning inside the Wayside West bar located at 3406 Stadium Drive.
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| New York Daily News | - 10 hours ago |
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The blast at the Rio Ammunition plant in McEwen killed one man, left another in critical condition and a third man and woman in stable condition, according to a hospital spokesman.
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| USA TODAY | - Apr 16, 2014 |
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MURRYSVILLE, Pa. (AP) - Students planned to gather in prayer and in support of one another on the football field of a Pittsburgh-area high school where classes were scheduled to resume Wednesday, a week after a mass stabbing. School and public ...
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| Patch.com | - 14 hours ago |
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An emotion-packed day marking the one-year anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings took a terrible twist Tuesday night when police said a veiled man caused a bomb scare. The male suspect - seen walking down the middle of Boylston Street ...
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| KMBC Kansas City | - 11 hours ago |
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Investigators said they couldn't find anyone in the area of the shooting and they couldn't find any sign of a bullet inside the van, only one small piece of broken glass.
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The Oregonian
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A police investigation of a burglary at Blumenthal Uniform & Equipment store in Southwest Portland early Wednesday led to a police chase and ended in a crash and a shootout.
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SNOHOMISH - A jury this week said the Snohomish School District must pay $1.3 million to settle claims of negligence following the stabbing of two Snohomish High School girls by a mentally unstable classmate on Oct. 24, 2011. A female student brutally ...
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| New York Daily News | - 1 hour ago |
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Passengers were evacuated from a United Airlines flight prior to its scheduled takeoff from JFK Airport on Wednesday night after a company official spotted abomb threat on Twitter, sources said. United Airline's corporate security saw the tweet, which ...
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| The Journal News / Lohud.com | - 8 hours ago |
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TARRYTOWN - When Kristle Grimm first learned that her close friend, Megan Bookstaver, had been killed in a shooting accident, she was sympathetic to Bookstaver's boyfriend, who police said had fired the fatal shot.
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Officers continue to search for the gunman who shot and killed 36-year-old Deon Johnson on Sandalwood place, just off Karl Road in North Columbus.
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Washington Post (blog)
Apr 14, 2014
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One dumb teenager is easily excused - but the host of Twitter users currently tweeting bomb threats at major airlines is another story entirely.
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| Jerusalem Post | - 16 hours ago |
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Writing on the Do Jewish Facebook page, organizer Alex Brown slammed the WBC, saying that the group was “quick to applaud the former Grand Dragon of the KKK after he went on a shooting rampage and killed three innocent people, all on targeted Jewish ...
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| Kansas City Star | - 7 hours ago |
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After shooting Reat Underwood, 14, the man calmly walked to the back of his car, which was parked perpendicular behind the victims' vehicle, blocking them in.
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The Oregonian
5 hours ago
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As the Portland Police Bureau grapples with its second shooting of a bureau officer in Southwest Portland in as many months, the city's emergency preparedness leader says Wednesday's failure is troubling.
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