Tallinn: A fire raced through an orphanage for disabled children in western Estonia on Sunday, killing 10 of them, a rescue service spokesman said. There were 37 children and nine adults inside the wooden building when the fire started at 2:30 p.m. (1230GMT) in the coastal town of Haapsalu, said Viktor Saaremets, a spokesman for the Western Estonia Rescue Services Center. “By the time rescue workers and firefighters arrived at the scene three or four minutes later the building was completely in flames,” he said. Ten children were killed and one adult was injured, Saaremets said. The others were evacuated to a nearby building and were not hurt, he said. The cause of the fire was not…
Continue reading …The protests sweeping across the Middle East and North Africa have made their way to Morocco, where demonstrators took to the streets of the capital today. An organizer estimates more than 5,000 people attended, demanding a new constitution, among other things; police put the number at less than 3,…
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Continue reading …Sounds like something out of a movie: A dog was reunited with his Sacramento, California, owner yesterday after he disappeared and was found two days later … in Tacoma, Washington. Bear, a 2-year-old Patterdale terrier, is only 20 pounds and 15 inches tall, and it’s unclear how he made the…
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Keep an eye on the mailbox– Britain’s Prince William and bride-to-be Kate Middleton have sent out invites to their hotly anticipated royal wedding to around 1900 guests, officials said Sunday. (Feb. 20)
Continue reading …Imperia plug-in hybrid does 0 – 60 in four seconds, looks classy while doing it
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If you’re tired of hybrids like the Prius or Volt , cars that could easily get lost in a Hertz parking lot, check out the GP. It’s the first and only product from resurrected Belgian auto maker Imperia, which previously operated in the early 20th century, but other than the pronounced front grille offers little resemblance to its forbears either above or below that pronounced bonnet. It has an inline four cylinder turbo engine offering 212hp that’s paired with a 134hp electric engine, itself backed by a Li-polymer battery pack. It’ll do about 45 miles on batteries alone but, more importantly, will roll the 0 – 60mph sprint in under four seconds. Or, at least, it will if it ever hits production. A concept of the car was unveiled at the Brussels Auto Show, but it’s anyone’s guess when it might actually hit the road for reals. Gallery: Imperia GP Imperia plug-in hybrid does 0 – 60 in four seconds, looks classy while doing it originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 20 Feb 2011 14:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Libyan forces fired machine-guns at mourners marching in a funeral for anti-government protesters in Benghazi. The crackdown is shaping up to be the most brutal repression of protests that began with uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt. (Feb. 20)
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BAHRAIN – Chanting, singing and waving roses, Bahrain’s Shia Muslims ran in their tens of thousands back into Pearl Square in the centre of Manama after two days of bloodshed as police and soldiers battled to keep them from the streets of the capital. The army tanks withdrew from the area – Bahrain’s version of Cairo’s Tahrir Square – in the morning, and then more than 1000 riot police, standing in ranks before the democracy protesters, suddenly retreated. Several of them ran away, pursued by women in chadors waving flowers. Just why the Bahraini military, after firing live bullets into the crowds 24 hours earlier, allowed the protesters to take back the square yesterday was a mystery to…
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Ali Abdullah Saleh, the Yemen president, offered to oversee dialogue between opposition groups and government officials due to civil unrest throughout the country. The offer came on Sunday after 3000 university students demonstrated at the Yemeni capital of Sanaa, urging the president to step down from power. Al Jazeera’s Hashem Ahelbarra has more from the Yemeni capital.
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