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Is the Yellow Jacket Mine in Nevada Haunted?

37 men burned to death here in an 1869 mining fire.

(GOLD HILL, NV) - It is hard to imagine that 144 years ago, families and friends of miners were standing in the dark outside the Yellow Jacket Mine, involuntarily witnessing one of the worst mining disasters in the state's history.

They probably were struggling with the realization that they were never going to see anyone emerge from that mineshaft, where a methane fire broke out, one so intense that it would burn for several days.

6.1-Magnitude Quake Jolts Bushehr in Southern Iran, Kills 33

Iran, which sits astride several fault lines, is prone to frequent earthquakes.

(TEHRAN Press TV) - A strong earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale struck the town of Kaki near the southern Iranian city of Bushehr.

At least 33 people were killed, and more than 850 were injured in the quake that hit the town of Kaki, some 90 kilometers southeast of Bushehr, at 4:22 pm local time on Tuesday.

Sri Lanka: `TN Student Movement Opens Possibilities of New Political Futures`

Formerly ‘apolitical’ and aloof sections in Tamil Nadu are being roused into participating in protests.

(CHENNAL TamilNet) - The Tamil Nadu student movement has “thrown up a new young leadership” that is unaffiliated to any political party.

They are challenging the US-sponsored UNHRC resolution on conceptually firm grounds “clearly shows that here is a new generation of Tamils which is imagining new political futures...”

The 19th Commemorations of Rwanda Genocide Against Tutsi

As we commemorate the 19th Anniversary of the Rwanda Genocide against Tutsi, Rwanda’s neighbours in Eastern DRC are going through the same things...

(LONDON) - 7th April 2013 marks 19 years since the infamous Rwanda genocide of Tutsi visited upon our country.

The people of Rwanda have been through this too many times, the victims of the Tutsi genocide had their entire lives ahead of them.

Appeal from Survivors of Canadian Genocide

"They did everything they can to take the Indian-ness out of our people"

(NANAIMO, Vancouver Island) - Two indigenous elders and survivors of Christian internment camps, Stee-mas and Wahtsek, describe why the Queen and the Pope must be arrested for Crimes against Humanity.

Their appeal to other countries is to help them ban the Vatican, the Crown and the government and churches of Canada from their territories.

My Love Affair with Live Radio

Never let your message get crowded out by the static.

(SALEM) - Yes, my friends, there was "life before TV". My earliest memory of radio took place when I was about three.

We were living in Brooklyn with Grandma and Grandpa Coyne while my dad was overseas in Italy. He was a soldier in WW II. My grandpa used to listen to the wartime news stooped over next to an old-fashioned boxed radio and I was a bit jealous. I was kept in my playpen and wanted out.

Is Tunisia the New Hot Spot for Energy Investors? Interview with John Nelson

Tunisia is now in focus for investors because exploration is increasing within the producing Pelagian Basin...

(LONDON OilPrices.com) - Until recently Tunisia was considered to be a minor league and relatively underexplored venue in Africa's rapidly expanding oil & gas scene.

This situation has quickly changed with new bid rounds and forced relinquishments creating an opportunity for new companies to come in.

When Yarmouk Camp Fled to Shatila

UNHCR’s official policy of not including Palestinian refugees in its mandate should be immediately changed.

(YARMOUK PALESTINE CAMP, Damascus) - History is nothing if not interesting. And that it most definitely is.

Today, Palestinian refugees are being severely punished in Lebanon and deprived of their most elementary civil right to work or to even own a home.

Salem Police Investigate Homicide

The deceased victim in this incident has been identified as 32-year old McMinnville resident Andrew Entizne.

(SALEM) - Salem Police detectives are investigating a death from early in the morning on April 6.

The victim was located in a silver sedan at about 3:00 a.m. near the intersection of Fairway Dr SE and Reese Hill Rd SE following multiple reports of shots fired in the area.

RENESAS Must Immediately Accord Recognition To The Union And Reinstate Wan Noorulazha

We call on RENESAS Semiconductor KL Sdn Bhd to immediately accord recognition to EIEUWR, and immediately reinstate Wan Noorulazhar bin Mohd Hanafiah and all other worker leaders terminated.

(YORK, UK) - 87 organisations, unions and groups call on RENESAS Semiconductor KL Sdn Bhd to respect freedom of association and collective bargaining.

The latter is a basic right of workers and a core value of International Labour Organisations.