Archive for October, 2002



Toronto experienced a deadly night of shootings in which four died and three were wounded. Police are not saying if the shooting are related and have not released details of the three separate incidents.
University of Arizona
Officials are saying a disgrundled student opened fire at the Nursing School at the University of Arizona, killing two female [...]

Today is a national day of mourning in Russia. Mourning will manifest itself in collective services and gatherings. Private mourning will continue be diverse, manifesting in shock,
anger, tears, sorrow, wailing, silence, fear, denial, resignation and blame.
This is Russia’s tragedy. In final seconds life and death decisions were forced by the hostage takers. Would you [...]

A Montreal church is now the temporary home of an Algerian couple seeking sanctuary after being ordered deported from Canada. The couple took refuge in Union United Church last Sunday. Mourad Bourouisa and his wife Yakout Seddiki have a son who was born in Canada. The federal government has told them they [...]

The Russian government now says that 90 hostages are dead, and 750 were freed. Some reports say President Putin ordered Special Forces in after shots were fired by the terrorists, other reports say the decision was made by the Special Forces commander. Right now, attention is being focused on hospitals were 440 hostages were [...]

Hurricane Kenna has left a devestated Mexican West Coast. There are conflicting reports of 2 dead, and about 150 people were injured. Concrete homes were flattened, and infrastructures destroyed. Troops are patrolling downtown Puerto Vallarta.

Information on the Russian Special Forces seige of the Moscow theatre is still sketchy. Some reports say 67 hostages are dead, others say 90 are dead.
About 400 hostages are in hospital recovering from sleeping gas. 50 rebels were killed and 3 captured.
What is clear is that blame will start to fly from all sides. 750 [...]

The BBC reports that Russian Special Forces are entering the
theatre where 700 people have been held hostage since Wednesday. As CTV leads with Moscow live, explosions can be heard.

UPDATE: A early picture is emerging that terrorists began shoot 2 hostages as their deadline approached, so Russian Special
Forces moved in. Live reports [...]

Good. I’m glad I’m not the only blogger who is fed up with the endless feedback loop cable news and networks have become lately. Garbage in. Garbage out. It’s cheap to cover your own back yard.
It’s as if a collective madness has seized the media and it’s consumers. Parade the emperors with no clothes named [...]



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