Thursday, 13 September 2012

Video: Drunk falls on rail tracks, gets robbed, hit by train


The CCTV cameras caught a disturbing incident in a Stockholm underground station and police are now seeking a thief, who left a man for dead.
Early on Sunday morning, a middle-aged, drunk man staggers along the platform in the underground train station, and accidentally falls down on to the track.
A man witnesses this, and jumps down to the fallen man. At first, we think he is there to help... read more and watch CCTV footage.

Wednesday, 12 September 2012

Up to 261 workers killed in factory fires in Pakistan (video)


Two factories in Pakistan were gutted by fire on Tuesday, killing up to 261 people. Rescue work in Karachi and Lahore continues today.
One fire began in a garment factory on Tuesday evening in Pakistan's economic capital of Karachi.
The blaze continued through the night, trapping many employees in the buildings... read more.

1.5 million protesters demand Catalonian independence (video)



An estimated 1,500,000 people took to the streets of Barcelona yesterday, demanding independence for Catalonia, an autonomous Spanish region.
Waving red and yellow Catalan flags, the crowds chartered at least one train and more than a thousand coaches to travel to Barcelona from all over the Catalonia region. They are demanding that Spain give Catalonia independence, as the country faces crippling debt and austerity measures.
Rallying under the slogan "Catalonia, a new European state," protesters chanted "What do the crowds want? A new European state! What do the people want? An independent Catalonia!", and they effectively brought the city of Barcelona to a halt... read more and watch video.

Tuesday, 11 September 2012

Video: FDNY firefighter meets the man who saved his life on 9/11


Luke Rudkowski recently set up a meeting that he will remember for the rest of his life. The meeting was between a 9/11 hero and one of the many lives that he saved that day.
9/11 hero, William Rodriguez, was employed as a maintenance worker at the World Trade Center (WTC) in New York. He stayed in the building until the last moment, as he was the only one who had a key to allow the firefighters to access the building... read more and watch video.

GoDaddy rejects claims they were hacked by Anonymous affiliate


Millions of GoDaddy websites went down on Monday, allegedly taken down by an Anonymous affiliate, AnonymousOwner3r. GoDaddy denies the hacking claims.
Digital Journal reported on Tuesday that an Anonymous hacker had claimed to take down millions of GoDaddy client websites. GoDaddy is Internet's largest domain registrar.
According to a statement by Scott Wagner, interim CEO of GoDaddy, the company denies accusations that a hacker was responsible for the takedown.... read more.

Boeing evacuates 500 over bomb threat on 9/11 anniversary


Boeing has evacuated around 500 employees from its Pennsylvania plant after a bomb threat on Tuesday morning. The warning note was left in a bathroom.
According to a Boeing spokesman, Damian Mills, the plant in Ridley Park was evacuated at just after 7:30 am, to allow authorities to investigate a possible bomb threat. “The threat related to one of our production facilities,” said Mills.
Police and firefighters were called to the scene and bomb-sniffing dogs were brought in to go through the facility.... read more.

Video: Baltasar Garzón interviewed on the case of Julian Assange


RT Spanish interviews Baltasar Garzón, leading the law team in the case of Julian Assange, WikiLeaks founder and whistleblower.
Assange is still holed up in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, and whilst Ecuador has granted him diplomatic asylum on the grounds of political persecution, he is unable to leave, as the U.K. will not grant him safe passage out of the country.
The U.K. government seeks to extradite him to Sweden to face questioning in an alleged sexual assault case. U.K. officials have vowed to arrest him should he step outside the embassy building.... read more and watch video.

Monday, 10 September 2012

Video: Time-lapse ink sketch of Lower Manhattan skyline


A British artist has created a remarkable time-lapse sketch of the Lower Manhattan skyline from the top of the Empire State building in New York.
Patrick Vale wanted to prove that he draws freehand, and what better way to do this than to set up a smart phone on a tripod and actually film the whole process? The video has since gone viral on both YouTube and Vimeo and is named "Empire State of Pen."
Vale took four days to complete the ink sketch, sitting on the observation deck on the 102nd floor of the Empire State building... read more and watch video.

Sunday, 9 September 2012

Video: Cameraman escapes deadly blast — At least 34 die in Iraq


Car bombs and suicide bombers have killed at least 34 people across Iraq on Sunday. In the video, a cameraman caught the moment of the second car bomb exploding.
Security officials have stated that in Iraq's northern oil hub of Kirkuk, 12 were killed, including seven recruits waiting outside the police headquarters of the state-run North Oil Company. The blast wounded a further 17 recruits... read more and watch video.

Video: Nicaragua volcano awakens spewing gas and ash


Showing ash and gas spewing out around 5 km into the air, the video of the San Cristobal volcano also shows the area being inundated with ash and volcanic dust.
Digital Journal reported on Saturday that the San Cristobal volcano, located just outside the city of Chichigalpa, about 154 km north of the capital, Managua, had started spewing gas and ash into the air... read more and watch video.