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Stories tagged with: death
10 Countries That Still Embrace Capital Punishment
http://www.criminaljusticedegreesguide.com/features/10-count...
Over the years, capital punishment has gained and lost support around the world as countries have developed new laws to retain the death penalty for certain crimes, approve it in exceptional circumstances or have abolished it altogether. Out of those 58 countries that still uphold the death penalty, 527 people were executed in 23 countries in 2010. Here are 10 countries that still embrace capital punishment:
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Tags: countries, Capital Punishment, crime, Punishment, law, death
Death in the Amazon: a war being fought for us all
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/damian-carrington-blog...
Obede Loyla Souza is the latest tragic death in the war of Brazil's forests, shot in cold blood for taking a stand against
illegal loggers. His killing is the sixth in a month, and another grim addition to a death toll of over 1000 in the last two decades.
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10 Diseases That Totally Changed the World
http://www.nursingdegree.net/blog/917/10-diseases-that-total...
It’s no secret that infectious diseases have had a profound impact on our world. They alter populations, impede progress, and can even be cause for new inventions. Here, we’ll take a look at 10 diseases that made a major change in our world, whether for good, bad, or both at the same time.
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Tags: diseases, health, Treatment, infection, Epidemics, death
Osama Bin Laden killed, not Terrorism
http://www.breakingnewsonline.net/world/8365-osama-bin-laden...
Finally, the main culprit of 9/11 disaster and the terror mastermind of world Osama Bin Laden was killed. Osama Bin Laden, the leader of Al-Qaeda was killed in a fire encounter with United States forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
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Tags: osama bin laden, death, terrorism, al-Qaeda, encounter, Pak
Osama Bin Laden - A Terrorist's Profile
http://www.breakingnewsonline.net/features/8332-osama-bin-la...
Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden, who was the mastermind 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centre in 2001, was killed by the US troops in Pakistan. With his death, an era in the history of terrorism came to an end.
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Tags: osama bin laden, terrorist, crime, 9/11 attacks, death
Tendulkar visits Puttaparthi to pay Homage to Sai Baba
http://www.breakingnewsonline.net/cricket/8197-tendulkar-vis...
Sachin Tendulkar, the God of Cricket visited Puttaparthi this morning along with his wife Anjali to pay homage to Sri Sathya Sai Baba, who passed away at the age of 85 on Sunday.
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Tags: Sathya Sai Baba, death, Sachin Tendulkar, Devotee, spiritual
10 Scariest Journalist Arrests in American History
http://www.toponlinecolleges.com/blog/2011/10-scariest-journ...
These men and women travel the world knowing the risk involved, but that doesn't make it easier to take when those risks turn into real threats. So many journalists have been taken, arrested, beaten, imprisoned, or detained without reason abroad. This list represents just a fraction of those who were willing to put themselves in danger at the cost of telling the truth.
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Tags: Scariest Journalist, Arrests, death, American History, risky
At least 65 killed in New Zealand earthquake
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/02/22/new.zealand....
A powerful earthquake ripped through Christchurch, New Zealand, on Tuesday afternoon, killing at least 65 people as it toppled buildings onto buses, buckled streets and damaged cathedrals, authorities said.
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Tags: new zealand, Earthquake, world news, death
Cancer deaths across Europe 'tipped to fall in 2011'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-12394329
Experts are predicting a fall in overall cancer death rates for men and women across Europe in 2011.Using data from the World Health Organization, they say cancer deaths should fall by 7% in men and 6% in women compared with rates in 2007.
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Accidents Happen: 10 of the Craziest Catastrophes Nobody Saw Coming
http://www.budgetlife.com/blog/crazy-accidents
Here's a list of unexpected and craziest accidents or deaths throughout history.
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