Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:00:10 +0100 LOS ANGELES, JAN 5 - Rapper Kanye West had the Twitterverse buzzing on Thursday after posting a series of more than 80 tweets in a "train of thoughts" that left many fans and critics scratching their heads. The "Watch The Throne" rapper spent more than three hours posting numerous tweets discussing his struggles in the fashion industry, his views on politics and infrastructure, and being inspired by his late mother Donda to start a design company in her name. ... (Source: Reuters)
Workers disassemble cars damaged by the floods at the Honda ...
Tue, 27 Dec 2011 08:10:02 +0100 (Reuters) - Workers disassemble cars damaged by the floods at the Honda Automobile Plant in Rojana Industrial Park in Ayutthaya, about 80 km north of Bangkok, December 27, 2011. Honda vows to get rid of all vehicles and parts which arrived October 8 and were submerged in floodwaters. The vehicles will be demolished in an environmentally friendly way which includes compressing the body and recycling the aluminium and rubber parts. A total of 1,055 vehicles are being scrapped. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (THAILAND - Tags: ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS SOCIETY)
An aerial view shows damage caused by floods following Typhoon ...
Mon, 19 Dec 2011 11:40:02 +0100 (Reuters) - An aerial view shows damage caused by floods following Typhoon Washi in Iligan City, in the southern island of Mindanao December 19, 2011. Disaster agencies on Monday rushed to deliver body bags, food, water, and medicine to crowded evacuation centres in the southern Philippines as officials considered digging mass graves for hundreds killed in weekend flash floods. REUTERS/Richel Umel/Pool (PHILIPPINES - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)
An aerial view shows shanties damaged by flash floods brought ...
Sun, 18 Dec 2011 11:00:02 +0100 (Reuters) - An aerial view shows shanties damaged by flash floods brought by Typhoon Washi (Sendong) in Cagayan De Oro city, southern Philippines December 18, 2011. Rescuers searched for more than 450 people still missing in the southern Philippines on Sunday after flash floods and landslides swept houses into rivers and out to sea, killing more than 500 people in areas ill-prepared to cope with deadly storms. Cagayan de Oro and nearby Iligan cities on Mindanao island were worst hit when Typhoon Washi slammed ashore while people slept late on Friday and early Saturday, sending torrents of water and mud through villages and stripping mountainsides bare. REUTERS/Stringer (PHILIPPINES - Tags: POLITICS DISASTER)
A girl searches for salvageable items after flash floods brought ...
Sat, 17 Dec 2011 10:50:01 +0100 (Reuters) - A girl searches for salvageable items after flash floods brought by Typhoon Washi (Sendong) in Macasandig town, Cagayan De Oro city, southern Philippines December 17, 2011. A typhoon hit the southern Philippines triggering flash floods and landslides that killed nearly 180 people and forced about 100,000 from their homes, government and army officials said on Saturday. Typhoon Washi, with winds gusting up to 90km/h (56 mph), hit the resource-rich island of Mindanao late on Friday, bringing heavy rain that also grounded some domestic flights and left wide areas without power. REUTERS/Stringer (PHILIPPINES - Tags: POLITICS DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)