Monday, 23 July 2012

Tens of thousands protest Mexico presidential election results


Accusing President-elect Enrique Pena Nieto of electoral fraud, around 32,000 protesters marched through Mexico City on Sunday.
The protest was organized by the #YoSoy132 student movement, and was organized to protest the “imposition” of the new president.
They marched through Mexico City, claiming Nieto's Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) secured the election through vote-buying and also through an aggressive PR campaign through major media outlets... read more and watch video.

Anaheim PD kill another man after Manuel Cruz this weekend


While the latest case is not 100% confirmed, it seems that Anaheim PD shot another man early this morning in the Guinida neighborhood of the city.
Coming shortly after the officer-involved shooting of Manuel Diaz, which has caused mass demonstrations and chaos in Anaheim, a second shooting has come to light.
According to OC Weekly, and citing eyewitness accounts, police shot dead a hand-cuffed man on the 400 block of West Guinida Lane in the Guinida neighborhood of the city. A photo showing the police on the scene can be viewed ... read more.

300 radioactive Japanese cars seized by Russian customs


Russian officials started monitoring imports from Japan soon after the Fukushima Daiichi disaster in March 2011. They state that they have stopped 300 radioactive cars from entering the country.
Following the disaster at Fukushima, when a tsunami caused severe damage to the nuclear power plant, the Russian government implemented a monitoring scheme to check all Japanese imports, including food and consumer goods, for radioactive contamination. This scheme is in place at entry points like the city of Vladivostok.. read more.

Protests as Anaheim PD faces evidence-buying claims


In the wake of the shooting of an unarmed man in Anaheim, Ca, protesters stormed the Anaheim police station. Demonstrators chanted "no justice, no peace" and "cops, pigs, murderers."
Digital Journal reported on the shooting of an unarmed man in Anaheim on Saturday, which was followed by angry residents being attacked with rubber bullets and canines.
Witnesses to the police-involved shooting of the unarmed man, Manuel Diaz, say that officers offered to buy up cell phone footage of the brutality that followed the shooting... read more.

Sunday, 22 July 2012

Video: French 'Rollerman' stunt on Tianmen Mountain, China


Jean-Yves Blondeau is the inventor of the 31-wheel roller suit. Today he proved its worth by rolling down 99 curves and zigzags on China's Tianmen Mountain.
Known as the French "Rollerman", Blondeau, 42, is famous for his skating speed record of 110 kilometers an hour.
His famous roller suit has 10 parts, which include a helmet, kneepads, armguards and protective wear.
Blondeau specially prepared two suits for the challenge on the central Chinese mountain, to ensure the success of his stunt... read more and watch stunt.

Video: Amazing record 88-way female formation skydiving


In a truly amazing display, the 88 member "Pearls of Russia" female skydiving team just set a world record for women's parachuting.
The "Pearls of Russia" team just successfully pulled off a red, white and blue flower formation jump in the skies over Kolomna, near Moscow in Russia... read more and watch video.

Workers forced to fake radiation readings by Fukushima contractor


According to a leaked tape of an internal meeting, a company charged with decontaminating the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, forced workers to lower their radiation readings.
The workers were given lead boxes by a senior executive, which they were told to make into shields. They were told to place these over the dosimeters and, as lead effectively blocks radiation, significantly lower readings were produced... read more.

Soyuz-FG booster vehicle blasts off to deliver 5 satellites


A Soyuz-FG booster vehicle, with a transfer orbit stage Fregat, was launched from Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan yesterday.
A spokesman for the Russian space agency Roscosmos said, “The launch of the Soyuz-FG rocket is scheduled for 10:41 am Moscow time (06:41 GMT).” ... read more.

U.S. F-16 fighter jet crashes in northern Japan


A U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jet has crashed in the waters off Hokkaido Island on Sunday morning, close to the town of Nemuro.
According to a spokeswoman for the Misawa Air Base, efforts are currently underway to rescue the pilot
The spokeswoman said that the F-16 jet took off from the U.S. air base in Aomori and crashed at about 11:30 Japan time (02:30 GMT) around 200 miles northeast of Hokkaido Island, and close to the town of Nemuro. Nemuro is 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) north of Tokyo.... read more.

Heavy rains in Beijing, China kill at least 10 people


In continuing heavy rains in China, Beijing has been inundated with torrential rains, killing at least ten and stranding 80,000 at the airport.
Digital Journal reported on July 15 on the flooding and landslides in southern and central China, where at least 21 people were killed.
Now, in one of the strongest rainfalls in over forty years, Chinese TV is reporting that Beijing has experienced flooding in the streets, killing at least ten people.... read more.