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Google Earth got a massive update on the 14th of June including some high resolution imagery. One of the places South Africans can be excited about is Soccer City in Johannesburg.
El Salvador - An 4.9 magnitude earthquake hit close to El Salvador just a few minutes ago.  There were no immediate reports of damage or injury. Exact time:
Reporters Without Borders offers its condolences to the colleagues and family of journalist Joseph Ochoa of the privately-owned Canal 51 TV station, who was shot dead in Tegucigalpa on the evening of 1 March in an attack probably targeted at fellow journalist Karol Cabrera of the state-owned Canal 8 TV station and the privately-owned radio station Radio Cadena Voces (RCV). Cabrera was shot and seriously injured but she is out of danger. The motive of the shooting has yet to be established but Cabrera is a very outspoken journalist who openly supported President Manuel Zelaya's removal in a coup last June and is often involved in media controversies. The host of a discussion programme on RCV, Cabrera was being driven home and was connected with the station and talking on the air when...
Tsunami warnings are on almost globally, here is a warning from the PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER: TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 005 PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
The United Nations should urge Nicaragua to repeal its ban on abortion following a human rights' review of the country on 8 February, Amnesty International said today. During the United Nations’ Universal Periodic Review, UN members will have the opportunity to raise questions about the country’s absolute ban on abortion. Nicaragua’s revised Penal Code, which came into effect in July 2008, stipulates prison sentences for girls and women who seek an abortion and for health professionals who provide health services associated with abortion. The prohibition includes cases where the life of the woman is at risk or when pregnancy is the result of rape or incest. “Nicaragua’s ban on abortion is the result of a shocking and draconian law that is compelling rape and...
Tehran, Iran - The President of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that the United States and the "war on terror" is a pretext to take over other countries and the resources of other countrie
Presidents from three Latin America countries said the same thing. They believe the US is using their "relief operation" as a front to do a military takeover in Haiti.
 IDF search and rescue forces continued their search for survivors of the earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, last night.