Canadian Avalanche Kills Local Skier

On Monday a 38 year old was skiing with some of his friends in Canada's Glacial National Park, he went to check out a ridge by himself. Unfortunately he triggered an average ranking avalanche, which had buried him completely. His friends had arrived where he was and they attempted to dig him out. They managed to get him out and one went to get help and the other stayed back to try and give him CPR. The rescue team came and they were too late and the man was pronounced dead at the scene. The name of the man has not been released yet, but he is still dead.

Carnival Cruise Terrors

Last Wednesday, there were some problems with the Carnival Dream. A cruise ship that is a part of the Carnival Cruise company. Recently Carnival Cruises have been having numerous problems, last month the Carnival Triumph had some decks light on fire, stopping the boat. This month, the Carnival Dream and one other Carnival ship were experiencing power problems. The Dream lost all power to its generators and its propulsion systems, so it was dead in the water. Luckily it was able to be docked at St. Marteene. Elevators on the ship were not working and plumbing wasn't working in some rooms. All 4,000 passengers disembarked from the ship and were sent home, but that was all paid for by Carnival. Most of the passengers said they enjoyed the time that they were on the ship. All is well, but the Carnival Cruises are really hitting rock bottom, without sinking. Wooooaaaahhhh!!

Soviet Soldier MIA since 1980 and was found recently

In 1980 there was a Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Many people were killed in this long war, but there were also many that went missing. Bakhredtin Khakimov was one of soldiers that went missing, after he received a wound to the head, some local Afghan tribesman healed him. Currently he uses the name Sheikh Abdullah that was most likely given to him by the tribes people. He had a wife and a child, but they both passed. He now lives a semi-nomadic life. A Russian non-profit organization found him, but he will continue his life with the Afghan tribes people, after a he meets his long lost relatives.   

China Denies Locking onto Japanese Vessel

Lately China and Japan have been feuding over islands, that Japan currently owns. Both ships have high tech weaponry and radar guidance and detection. A Chinese vessel supposedly locked onto a Japanese warship with its radar missile guidance system. The Chinese defense ministry says that the vessel's radar systems were running normally as they should be and not locking onto any other ships. He also said the same thing for a helicopter that the Chinese vessel had apparently also locked onto. These have brought up tensions which have led to the scrambling of jets and maritime standoff in the recent months. The U.S. doesn't want to pick sides in this dispute, and they want to leave it alone. Tensions have been rising over this island dispute, even though Japan has rights over the islands. Hopefully the tension declines and no ships are fired upon.

U.S. Pilot Found Dead

On Monday Captain Lucas Gruenther went missing in his F-16 on a training flight. Nobody knew what had happened, until Thursday. His body was found off the coast of Italy in the Adriatic Sea. His aircraft was stationed at the Aviano Air Base in Italy, it is a key NATO installation base. Nobody knows how his plane had gone down or what had actually happened. Italy has search teams that are still looking and finding debris from his F-16. Lucas' family loved him very much and all their prayers are with him.

Horseburgers in Britain and Ireland

Regular hamburgers are delicious, but what about horse meat in burgers. Burgers from two different chains, had horse DNA in their meat. Studies were done to check for more horse DNA. The report showed that ten burgers had very low traces and some patties had pig meat, but one patty, from Britain's largest retailer Tesco, was 29% horse meat. Tesco pulled all their products from the company that had produced it. The Chief Executive of Irish Food Authority, Alan Reilly, said there was an explanation for the pig meat, but not horse meat. He also said, it is unacceptable to have horse meat and pig meat, so people wouldn't be enraged. There were no further reports of where the foreign meat came from.

Circus Elephant Saved By Vodka

Last Saturday, there were some sick Siberian elephants. They were suffering from the Siberian Cold, which is very deadly, and practically kills most things. Well, the two elephants that had it, were on the brink of death, when they were given some vodka, and they were saved. They were both given 10 liters of vodka, that was diluted in some warm water. The veterinarian that treated the elephants, said that the ears were only frostbitten. The vet was talking to reporters, about the effects of vodka on people. Vodka makes the body feel warm, but makes the core body temperature go down. When the elephants drank it, they did not become intoxicated, they just got saved from frostbite and pneumonia. Only give vodka to elephants to save them, nothing else.