Monday, May 31, 2010
At least seven policemen were killed in northeastern Afghanistan yesterday, according to reports, after a bomb went off near a police patrol vehicle.
Archive for May, 2010
Dozens dead after bus accident in Cameroon
Scottish Dario Franchitti wins Indianapolis 500
Monday, May 31, 2010
Scottish IndyCar driver Dario Franchitti won his second Indianapolis 500 in four years today after leading 155 laps, which is the fourth most in the 99-year history of the race. Franchitti, aged 37, also won a rain-shortened race in 2007, when the race was stopped after 166 laps due to the inclement weather and he was declared the winner.
The conditions at this race were far different, with the National Weather Service reporting temperatures of 88° F (31° C) at the track at race time. This temperature made the race the second hottest to the 1932 race, which reached 92° F.
BP: Plug for underwater oil leak in Gulf of Mexico fails
Sunday, May 30, 2010
The top kill procedure implemented by BP on the leaking Deepwater Horizon oil well on Wednesday has failed. According to David Suttles, BP’s chief operating officer, “We have been unable to overcome the flow.” Suttles stated that after studying three days of results, BP determined that the procedure was a failure.
At least thirty dead after bus accident in India
Sunday, May 30, 2010
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A bus accident in southern India has left at least thirty people dead — including about ten children — and thirty more injured, according to reports. The incident occurred before dawn in the town of Chitradurga in the Karnataka state. The vehicle, en route to Bangalore, about 200 kilometres from the scene of the accident, drove into a police barricade and flipped over, causing the fuel tank to explode and burn the passengers.
Facebook blocked in Bangladesh
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Bangladesh temporarily blocked the social networking site Facebook on Saturday, after a man was arrested for uploading content onto it deemed offensive. Other users had reportedly posted other kinds of potentially offensive content, including anti-religious and pornographic materials.
2010 Stanley Cup Finals: Blackhawks take first game in 11-goal thriller
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Tomáš Kopecký scored the game-winning goal for the Chicago Blackhawks 8:25 into the third period to lift the Blackhawks over the Philadelphia Flyers in Game 1 of the 2010 Stanley Cup Finals Saturday night in Chicago. The game started exciting, with five goals each in the first two periods, but Kopecký’s game-winner was the sole third-period goal.
Ville Leino opened the scoring for the Flyers at the 6:38 mark of the first period with Chicago’s Troy Brouwer answered back just 68 seconds later. After teammate Patrick Kane was sent off for slashing, Chicago’s Dave Bolland scored a short-handed goal to but the Blackhawks ahead. Six minutes later, Brian Campbell was sent off for high-sticking and the Flyers converted on the power play with Scott Hartnell lighting the lamp for Philadelphia. Daniel Brière put the Flyers 3–2 up going into the first intermission with just 27 seconds left in the period.
Israel declines appeals to sign Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
Sunday, May 30, 2010
On Friday, the 189 Parties to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) agreed to a final resolution calling for steps toward the banning of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in the Middle East. The resolution directs United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon to organize a conference of all the Middle East states.
‘Statues of Democracy’ removed in Hong Kong
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Two sculptures have been confiscated and thirteen pro-democracy activists arrested in Hong Kong, in what critics have described as “politically motivated” censorship.