WN Networks
Search the World News Network
Advanced Search
Breaking News Sun, 05 Aug 2012
Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at the University of Warsaw Library in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, July 31, 2012. Series of gaffes leaves Romney on the back foot
WASHINGTON: Mitt Romney's diplomatic foot-shooting spree in London last week provoked the trenchantly conservative Fox News contributor Charles... (photo: AP / Charles Dharapak) Sydney Morning Herald
Diplomacy   Mitt Romney   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Mitt Romney presidential campaign, 2012
Indian stranded passengers sit on a railway platform as they wait for the train services to resume following a power outage in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, July 31, 2012. Mass blackout strikes India for second day
A massive power cut has hit northern India for the second day in the row, as the country's northern and eastern power grids have collapsed, officials say. The blackout affects affects about half of... (photo: AP / Rajesh Kumar Singh) Al Jazeera
Electricity   India   Photos   Transport   Wikipedia: Electric power transmission
A Syrian rebel runs for cover during an exchange of fire with army troops, unseen, in Idlib, Syria, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. Syria: Rebels try to capture key areas outside Aleppo
Zeenews Bureau Beirut: As the battle between the Syrian government and rebels entered the fourth day, rebel fighters used tanks that were captured by them from the Syrian government forces and tried... (photo: AP) Zeenews
Photos   Rebels   Syria   War   Wikipedia: Syrian Civil War (2011–present)
Swedish citizen Jens Aron Modig speakes during a press conference in Havana, Cuba, Monday, July 30, 2012. Survivors of crash that killed Cuba's Paya say it was an accident
HAVANA (Reuters) - Two European politicians who survived a car crash that killed prominent Cuban dissident Oswaldo Paya said on Monday that no other vehicle was involved and denied suggestions they... (photo: AP / Franklin Reyes) Reuters
Accident   Cuba   Oswaldo Paya   Photos   Wikipedia: Oswaldo Payá
Residents save items from their destroyed homes after two empty barges rammed into shanties on stilts at a poor community in Manila, Philippines on Monday July 30, 2012. Typhoon leaves at least 7 dead in Philippines
... (photo: AP / Aaron Favila) The Guardian
Manila   Photos   Typhoon   Victims   Wikipedia: Tropical Storm Gener
IAEA inspects Onagawa nuke plant IAEA inspects Onagawa nuke plant
ONAGAWA, Miyagi Pref. — The International Atomic Energy Agency started an inspection Monday in Miyagi Prefecture of the Onagawa nuclear plant, which was relatively undamaged by the massive... (photo: AP / Koji Sasahara) Japan Times
Atomic   Energy   Iaea   Photos
Current Affairs
Issues & Interest
General