Weekly World News Roundup (Wednesday, September 7, 2011)
Labor Day Sees Peak in Violence
US: In more than a dozen different incidents, New York City endured 48 hours of gun violence leaving one dead and many seriously injured. By the final day of the long weekend celebrations 46 people had been shot, twenty four of them [...]
Weekly World News Roundup (Friday, September 2, 2011)
Electronic Tag Was Attached To Man’s Prosthetic Limb
UK: Two security workers were dismissed after they tagged the prosthetic leg of an offender, which he then removed in order to violate his curfew. Christopher Lowcock (29), managed to fool the staff by wrapping the leg in a bandage after [...]
Weekly World News Roundup (Tuesday, August 23, 2011)
Music Festival Ends Tragically After Storm
BELGIUM: A heavy rainstorm in the north-eastern town of Hasselt brought an end to the annual Pukkelpop Music Festival, leaving five Belgians dead. After the storm hit, staging collapsed, large screen monitors fell and countless tents of music revelers were flattened. The [...]
Weekly World News Roundup (Tuesday, August 15, 2011)
Woman’s Body Missing After Being Swept Into Niagara Falls
CANADA: A young Japanese student from Toronto is missing, presumed dead after falling into Niagara Falls. The woman who was attempting to take more photos after climbing onto a pillar, whilst holding an umbrella, fell into the Niagara River which [...]
Weekly World News Roundup (Thursday, August 11, 2011)
Mayor Crushes Cars of the Rich with a Tank-like Vehicle
LITHUANIA: In a bid to crackdown on illegal parking, Arturas Zuokas (43) the Mayor of Vilnius, drove a BTR80 APC (an armored personnel carrier) through the capital crushing cars. Videos have surfaced online of the Mayor destroying a [...]
Weekly World News Roundup (Wednesday, August 3, 2011)
Boat Tragedy Leaves Nine Dead
RUSSIA: A boat has sunk on the Moscow river, in the nation’s capital, leaving nine of its sixteen passengers dead. The boat is reported to have crashed into a barge in the midst of birthday celebrations on-board. Alexander Chupriyan, the deputy emergency minister [...]
Weekly World News Roundup (July 19, 2011)
News Of the World Scandal Update
UK: The former News of the World journalist who spoke out about the hacking scandal at the tabloid has been found dead. Sean Hoare’s body was found at his Watford home and his death is said not to raise any suspicions. A police spokesperson [...]
Weekly World News Roundup (July 12, 2011)
A New Nation’s Independence is Rejoiced
SOUTH SUDAN: After decades of civil war between northern and southern Sudan, South Sudan has become the 196th sovereign nation. Many have been fighting for the official separation since the civil war was officially declared over in 2005. Since the peace agreement, however, the two [...]
Weekly World News Roundup (July 2, 2011)
World’s Largest Cigarette Firm to Sue Whole Nation
AUSTRALIA: A new law has angered cigarette giant Phillip Morris, who are threatening to sue the nation for billions of dollars. The country is to introduce a law in January 2012 which will ban cigarette companies from having their logos displayed on [...]
Weekly World News Update, June 21, 2011
Cost Cuts Leave Children at Risk of Lead Poisoning
CHINA: In a recent attempt to cut down spending, government officials have shielded information concerning children and lead poisoning. Officials are said to have withheld results and blocked proper treatment in order to save money and maintain the nation’s economically significant [...]
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