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Chiapas – a would be most dangerous place in Mexico if not for Narco violence in Acapulco. Two indigenous men were brutally lynched and burned for allegedly raping and killing a girl in the community of Las Ollas, San Juan … Continue reading
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Edificio Andraus is an iconic building located on the corner of Avenida São João with Rua Pedro Américo in Republic district, São Paulo, Brazil. Its distinct shape and height that reaches 115 metres (32 floors) make the building recognizable from … Continue reading
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I found out what this strange video from China is all about. A suicidal man committed an arson attack on a bus full of people. The attack killed 47 people, including himself and wounded 34. It happened on June 7, … Continue reading
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I don’t understand any part of this video. Two stiff, seemingly wounded women are being picked off the road and loaded into a bus. There doesn’t look to be any pedestrian access to the road and in the distance, a … Continue reading
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Children of Beslan is a telling documentary by the BBC that explores the Beslan School Hostage Crisis as seen through the eyes of children who were held in that sweltering gym for 3 days with no food or water while … Continue reading
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On August 1, 2004 a major fire broke out in the Ycuá Bolaños supermarket in Asunción, Paraguay. The three story building that housed the Ycuá Bolaños V supermarket, commercial complex, a restaurant, several offices and an underground parking lot caught … Continue reading
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I have previously made a post with lots of photos and detailed information about the Beslan School Massacre, this post expands on it with a documentary that puts the entire hostage crisis into a perspective through firsthand accounts by survivors … Continue reading
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On September 1, 2004 the first day of school for children from School Number One in the town of Beslan in North Ossetia-Alania, an autonomous republic in the North Caucasus region of the Russian Federation, more than 1,100 people, including … Continue reading
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In Tibet, Buddhist monks self incinerate to draw international attention to what they believe is an unlawful occupation of their lands by the Chinese. In Sri Lanka they do it over cattle slaughter. Damn, so many seemingly more worthwhile reasons … Continue reading
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His name is Mohammed Eid, he’s 4 years old from Syria and apparently suffered a facial burn during a bombing. He needs a surgery to restore his eyelids. The cameraman asked him to look at the camera, and close his … Continue reading