Earthquake in Chile( a devastating magnitude 8.8-one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded)

At 3:34 am local time, February 27th, a devastating magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck Chile, one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded. According to Chilean authorities, over 400 people are now known to have been killed. The earthquake also triggered a Tsunami which is right now propagating across the Pacific Ocean, due to arrive in Hawaii in hours (around 11:00 am local time). The severity of

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Zab Judah might have disputed the ending, but there was no decrying the harsh lessons that the younger champion Amir Khan delivered his older Brooklyn opponent Saturday.

Khan picked apart Judah in the fifth round, and landed another stiff right to the face that caused the 33-year-old Judah to bend downward. Seeing another hole, Khan threw a hard right uppercut that struck Judah on the top half

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Grand Central Station. The News Building on East 42nd Street, where we walk through "the very same doors," Lepelletier says, "that Christopher Reeve and Margot Kidder walked through in Superman."


The tour usually ends at the Overlook Bar, where art by prominent cartoonists graces the walls. Alas, the bar is closed on this particular day. So we part by the famous globe in the Daily Planet lobby.

US President Barack Obama joked with astronauts in a call to the International Space Station

When he came on the line, the American leader said: "This is President Obama, who am I talking to?"

After the crew introduced themselves, he quipped: "Well, that's funny because I was just dialling out for pizza; I didn't expect to end up in space."

Mr Obama called the ISS to pay tribute to the crew of space shuttle Atlantis on its final visit to the station.

When Atlantis returns to Earth

Week ahead in Canada: From riots to pride

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As Vancouver’s City Council meets, councillor Susan Anton, who is running for mayor, says she will repeat demands that Mayor Gregor Robertson and police chief Jim Chu release all documents related to security planning for the Stanley Cup Game 7, even as a provincially-ordered review of circumstances leading to the Vancouver riot get underway.

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Commit to constitutional Senate reform or leave it

Image via WikipediaMany Canadians would like to see the Senate abolished. Others want it reformed. Some want a so-called Triple ESenate-- elected, equal and effective. But there are serious implications to these ideas. The 105 senators cost taxpayers $100 million a year, which includes their annual $132,000 salaries. They sit until age 75.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper wants changes that don't

Highway 20 crash leads to severe injuries

Image via WikipediaMONTREAL — An eight-vehicle accident has resulted in at least two serious injuries on Highway 20 east between Don Quichotte Boul. and Boul. De l'Ile in Ile Perrot.

Several vehicles were stopped at a red light when a 53-foot truck rammed into them at full speed at 7:15 a.m. Monday.

Two were trapped in their vehicles and were extracted with the machine known as the jaws of life

Alleged kidnapper met woman in 1990s, trial hears

Image by Smulan77 via FlickrMONCTON, N.B. — A man accused of abducting a New Brunswick woman last year and keeping her captive in his basement apartment for almost a month says he first met her in the early 1990s.

Romeo Cormier testified today that he was a courier at the time who had a delivery to make in Newfoundland when he met the woman.

Cormier says he spent time that day with several

Calgary's new airport bus launched

Image via WikipediaAn express city bus that runs between downtown and the airport launched Monday morning.

Buses run every half hour between 5 a.m. and midnight every day.

Mayor Naheed Nenshi, who inaugurated the new route on Sunday, said Calgary has finally caught up to other major cities.

"We, surprisingly, have never had a direct downtown link to the airport before," he said.

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Mail should start flowing by Tuesday: Canada Post

Image via WikipediaCanadians should expect to see mail arriving at their homes and businesses as soon as Tuesday, as newly passed legislation will force postal workers back to work within hours.

Canada Post spokesperson Jon Hamilton said postal workers will begin sorting through the mail that has accumulated during the strike and accompanying lockout when they return to work on Monday.

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Kino.to Uploader Speaks Out, Cyberlockers Down, Anon DDoS

Image via Wikipedia Kino.to Uploader Speaks Out, Cyberlockers Down, Anon DDoS This week's raids against Kino.to led to many arrests and the rapid disappearance of many cyberlocker services, including Duckload.com. As an uploader to Kino.to reveals how he worked with the site, Anonymous have added more chaos to the mix by DDoSing the Hollywood-backed anti-piracy group responsible for the

White House spokesperson Mark Toner said, " Ramdev issue is India's internal matter".

Image via WikipediaThe US government was asked whether the police action that ended Baba Ramdev's camp against corruption in Delhi violates democratic rights to protest peacefully. White House spokesperson Mark Toner said, " Ramdev issue is India's internal matter".
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