Heartbreaking texts from students on sinking S. Korea ferry
*Heart-wrenching messages of fear, love and despair, sent by high school students from a sinking South Korean ferry added extra emotional weight today to a tragedy that has stunned the entire nation.*...
View ArticleSouth Korea ferry capsize: 9 confirmed dead, fear and anger grow over...
Rescuers worked frantically Thursday to find around 300 people – mostly schoolchildren – missing after a South Korean ferry capsized, with prospects of pulling survivors from the submerged vessel...
View ArticleSouth Korea ferry disaster: Divers struggle in search for survivors
Rescuers struggled with strong waves and murky waters on Thursday as they searched for hundreds of people, most of them teenagers from the same school, still missing after a South Korean ferry capsized...
View ArticleTeen in 'Jihad Jane' case to be sentenced on U.S. terror charges
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Thursday is set to decide the prison sentence for Mohammad Hassan Khalid, a Pakistani immigrant high school student who pleaded guilty to providing assistance...
View ArticleSurvivors of Korean ferry recall a sharp turn, then chaos
It was a trip that the second-year students at Danwon High School had been eagerly awaiting, a last chance for fun before a gruelling year of studying for the national university entrance exam....
View ArticleGrief in town of students missing in South Korea ferry disaster
Desks in the classrooms of Danwon High School in Ansan, where dozens of students were missing and feared dead Thursday after a ferry disaster, are cluttered with textbooks, gym clothes, empty water...
View ArticleAdministration turns a blind eye to entire families missing from voters list,...
Pune: Majority of the voters, along with their families, visited their respective polling stations in gusto to cast their votes. But for thousands of voters, joy turned into despair and disbelief as...
View ArticleCaptain of capsized South Korean ferry was not at helm
The captain was not at the helm of the South Korean ferry that capsized two days ago, investigators said Friday, as anger spread over stalled rescue efforts for hundreds of missing passengers trapped...
View ArticleLow on arrangements at polling stations, No ramps for the disabled and senior...
*Out of order, tampered EVMs* *Early morning voters*, including many senior citizens, were bewildered one of the electronic voting machines (EVM) reportedly ‘marked’ all votes to Congress. The incident...
View ArticleEvacuation came too late for many on sinking ferry
*An immediate evacuation order was not issued for the ferry that sank off South Koreas southern coast, likely with scores of people trapped inside, because officers on the bridge were trying to...
View ArticleS.Korea investigates capsized ferry crew as rescue hampered by tides
MOKPO/JINDO South Korea (Reuters) - Strong tides and murky waters off South Korea's southwest coast were hampering efforts on Friday to find survivors from a ferry accident over 48 hours previously...
View ArticleS.Korea probes ferry crew, rescue hampered by tides
MOKPO/JINDO South Korea (Reuters) - Strong tides and murky waters off South Korea's southwest coast were hampering efforts on Friday to find survivors from a ferry accident over 48 hours previously...
View ArticleIn S.Korean school, sombre silence and occasional sobs
ANSAN South Korea (Reuters) - "Change your thoughts and you change your world," reads a quotation hanging in the corridors of Danwon High School, where almost 250 students and teachers are still...
View ArticleThings officials didn't quite get right on voting day in Pune
*Out of order, tampered EVMs* *Early morning voters*, including many senior citizens, were bewildered one of the electronic voting machines (EVM) reportedly ‘marked’ all votes to Congress. The incident...
View ArticleFull Text: South Korean ferry’s distress calls before sinking
The toll in the sinking of a ferry, carrying 475 people, mostly high school students, in sea waters off South Korea's southwest coast, rose to 28 Friday, officials said. Reported by Firstpost 8 hours...
View ArticleVice principal rescued from doomed South Korean ferry found hanging: police
A high school vice principal rescued from a sinking South Korean ferry that sank with hundreds of his students on board was found dead on Friday, in what media reports said was an apparent suicide....
View ArticleVice principal saved from SKorea ferry found dead
Police say a high school vice principal who had been rescued from a sinking South Korean ferry has been found hanging from a tree. Reported by IndiaTimes 6 hours ago.
View ArticleRescued South Korean school vice principal in apparent suicide
A high school vice principal rescued from a sinking South Korean ferry that sank with hundreds of his students on board was found dead Friday, in what media reports said was an apparent suicide....
View Article28 dead, 268 missing in South Korean ship sinking
*The toll in the sinking of a ferry, carrying 475 people, mostly high school students, in sea waters off South Koreas southwest coast, rose to 28 Friday, officials said.* South Korean Coast Guard and...
View ArticleS.Korea school vice principal hangs himself after ferry accident
JINDO South Korea (Reuters) - The vice principal of a high school whose pupils died or are missing in a South Korean ferry accident has committed suicide by hanging himself outside a large gym where...
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