Stampede kills 100 people in India.

A stampede kills a hundred people in India. Reports state that there were more than two thousand five hundred people trying to get up to the hilltop temple when the stampede broke out. The pilgrims were going to the temple to pray because it was the first day of a religious festival in India. The temple stampedes are not unusual because a month ago a hundred and thirty people were killed because they were trying to flee the same temple after false rumors were passed that there was a landslide. In January last year two hundred and fifty people were killed in a pilgrimage in Maharashtra. 

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/29/india.stampede/index.html 

Copter crash

In UK a copter crashed in Maryland and killed for of the five people on board. This is the latest disaster in aviation. Experts have said that planes were more safer because at least they could glide but a copter would gostraight down. The accident was technical problems.

Is air a matter?

A matter is a object that takes up space and has mass. If you were to weigh a empty balloon and a balloon with air, the balloon with air will be heavier. This proves air has mass. To prove that air takes up space you can a syringe with a rubber stopper and the end and try pushing it in. No matter how hard you try the syringe will never go all the way in. 

My culture

Singapore is a migrant country. Citizens of Singapore came from India, China, Malaysia and Sri Lanka. My grandfather and grandmother came from a Indian state called Kerala, in the 1930s. They speak a language called malayalam and are known as Singaporean Malayalese. My family follows the Hindu traditions. We pray to hindu gods at home everyday and go to temple once a week. We celebrate many important Hindu festivals like Deepavali, festivals of the lights and the Tamil New Year. On certain auspicious days in the indian calendar we refrain form eating meat. For married woman, they have to wear a thali around their necks and a red dot on their fore heads to show they are married.On auspicious days, the grandchildren fall at grandparents legs and seek their blessings for a good future and health. My grandparents still expect us to follow old indian traditions like not cutting our fingernail and hair on Fridays and not sweeping the floor with a broom on certain auspicious days as they believe it will sweep away our good luck.  

Surviors of hurricane Ike shocked by the storm's power.

Hurricane force winds were felt as far as Kentucky as survivors are shocked by the storms ferocity. The 115 mph winds were blamed for the deaths of at least 15 people and brought heavy rain in which caused low lying areas such as Chicago to flood and in the gulf of mexico rescuers are still looking for and estimated 20000 people who dismissed the storm evacuation order and decided to brave out the storm. A strong gust of wind ripped of the roof of the hangar of an airlines at the Northern Kentucky airport. Another death blamed on the hurricane winds was that of a man who was killed after a strong gust of wind caused a nearby tree to collapse on his trailer and kill him. Much of the Texas-Louisiana was declared a major disaster area.

Typhoon Sinalaku slams into Taiwan as China waits for their turn

Typhoon Sinalaku hit the llan county with heavy rain and strong winds. Taipei was affected badly and some parts of Hsinchu was flooded. Many low lying areas were flooded and China is now waiting to be hit within a few days. The storm was said to be a category 4 storm although some parts of Taiwan escaped. 

Wind slams as Ike nears a Category 3 hurricane

Hurricane Ike hits the island of Gavelston as it nears power and become a category 3 hurricane.The wind could be felt at the national airport 50 mile away from the storm.The storm has caused 1.3 million customers to lose electricity and fires have broken out across the island. The wind is much stronger than expected and authorities fear that high-rise apartments may be hit harder than predicted. They have announced that it is no longer save to evacuate as it is too late  

Why students should blog?

Students should blog because it allows them to express themselves, freely and also read what other people feel about certain issues. I like blogging because I can write freely without worrying whether my answers are right or wrong.I also like reading other people blogs because I can read what they think

Ike weakens but forecasters warn of war drama ahead

With winds around 105mph Hurricane Ike, the Category 3 storm is expected to devastate the gulf of Miami waves as high as fifty feet crashed down and killed seventy-three people.

    

French Hostages Freed

Two French citizens who had been kidnapped in Nigeria have been released reported the French foreign ministry.They are expected to be in France over the next few days. The two had been seized over an oil industry hub.   

North Korea nuclear deal faces setback

  An international effort to denuclearize the N. Korea ran into another major setback after it emerged that N. Korea had started reassembling it's main nuclear reactor. North Korea began disabling the reactor at Yongbyon last year in return for economic aid, and its removal for a US list of countries that sponsor terrorism. Allegedly, North Korea had started to rebuild the nuclear reactor  because it was not removed from the US list. The White House has demanded N. Korea inspectors to be allowed to come into the suspected facilities without warning.