Since the start of the 2011,
many current events and news have remained in our minds. The following
are shocking news for the year 2011:
1. Same Sex Marriage Legalized in New York
Supporter applauded as the gay couples got married in Manhattan on
the day the same-sex marriage was officially authorized in New York. The
adoption of the same-sex marriage law by the sixth and largest state in
the United States has stirred up people who were against gay marriages.
Opponents filed the first case against the Senate of New York for
disregarding their own procedure when it allowed the legalization of the
said law. The states who also chose to legalize same-sex marriage are
Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, and
Washington, D.C.
2. Ocean’s Life in Danger
Scientists said that the oceans are at their worst state and the
marine species are in the danger of entering the point of extinction.
This is due to pollution, over fishing and climate change. The
International Programme on the State of the Ocean (IPSO) met and
gathered the experts to discuss matters that are already affecting
humanity. Their forum finished with an image that the changes they
observed were occurring quicker than they ever believed and one of these
changes is the melting down of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets.
3. The World’s Youngest Smoker
Tong Liangliang is a six-year-old Chinese boy who was taught by his
father to smoke at a very tender age. His father believed that smoking
would ease the pain triggered by hernia. Tong was at
the age of 18 months when he smoked his first cigarette. The father was
not conscious of the seriousness of his son’s condition until the child
increased the quantity of cigarettes he smoked. Tong is currently
undergoing therapy.
4. The New Zealand Quake
A chain of earthquakes has struck the City of Christchurch in New
Zealand that destroyed the city and killed more than hundreds of people.
About 10,000 houses and 1,000 commercial buildings will have to be
destroyed as an effect of the quake. Some 50,000 people were left
without electricity. A magnitude of 6.0 was the strongest tremor to ever
hit the city, which resulted to the evacuation of buildings. Since the
earthquake that struck the city, thousands of residents have moved to
other parts of New Zealand and Australia.
5. Earth having two Suns
The Senior Lecturer of Physics at the University of Southern
Queensland, Dr. Brad Carter, outlined a situation wherein one of the
brightest stars is losing mass and therefore, is going to collapse. This
star will become super-nova because it may run out of fuel. If this
will occur, we will be seeing a sun for weeks and there will be no night
during said period. The blast may cause the creation of a black hole
1300 light years from earth. This scenario is said to happen next year
or the following years to come.
6. Cannibals in Pakistan Arrested
The people in a distant town in Pakistan were shocked when two
brothers, Arif Ali and Farman Ali, were arrested in Kohar Kalan village
for being suspected of eating human flesh. These brothers get dead
bodies in graveyards and eat them. They were charged with cannibalism by
a court in Eastern Pakistan. Their act was caught after the body of a
newly deceased woman was missing from her grave. The police cannot find
any reason for the two to resort to cannibalism. The two seem to be in
good physical and mental state. They were found to be living with their
sister who has an unstable mental condition in an isolated place. The
two admitted that they ate dogs before trying human meat. Neighbors were
shocked, as they never thought that the two brothers are capable of
doing such acts.
7. The Japan Earthquake, which Resulted to a Tsunami
The Tohoku earthquake, a 9.0 magnitude undersea megathrust earthquake
hit Japan, which triggered the tsunami, destroyed infrastructures, and
killed hundreds of people in Japan. This also caused a number of nuclear
accidents in Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant that resulted to the
evacuation of hundreds of thousands of residents. This quake was said to
be one of the five most powerful earthquakes in the world.
8. Amy Winehouse Found Dead
The Grammy-winning singer was discovered dead at her home in North
London. Drug overdose has believed to be the cause of her death. Reports
said that she has been battling for drug addiction for years having
been admitted to a rehabilitation center for drug problems as well as
heroin use.
9. Osama Bin Laden Killed
Obama announced that Osama Bin Laden has been killed. It was said
that Bin Laden was at the compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. A group of
American soldiers carried out the operation. After the firefight, they
executed Bin Laden and took custody of his body. A DNA testing has
proven that it was Bin Laden.
10. Mother Acquitted for the Murder of Her Daughter
Casey Anthony was acquitted for the charge of murdering her
2-year-old daughter by a jury of the Orange County Florida. The trial
attracted the public interest. Prosecutors alleged that Casey killed her
daughter with chloroform and dumped her body in the woods.
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