Britain will be hit by a seven-day cold snap from the weekend, with snow, frost and gale-force winds set to arrive just as the nation thought winter was finished.

Posted: 11:31:32 AM  

In April 1940, the Soviet NKVD massacred the cream of Poland's nationalist and Christian intelligentsia in the Katyn Forest and elsewhere. They were slaughtered because they wouldn't agree to join the Communists in fronting a future occupation of Poland.

Seventy years later, on April 10, 2010, the heirs of the NKVD, who still run Russia, probably finished the job.

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Posted: 10:22:14 AM  

The novel Futility, about the Titan, was written fourteen years before the RMS Titanic sank.

Both were the largest ships afloat, and both hit icebergs and sank in April.

Posted: 10:18:21 AM  

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Posted: 10:10:32 AM  

One of the biggest prominences in years erupted from the sun's northwestern limb yesterday. The massive plasma-filled structure rose up and burst during a ~2 hour period around 0900 UT on April 13th. Observers in Europe had a great view:

Posted: 10:06:20 AM  

The airline said the jet, an Airbus A330, was forced to perform the emergency landing at Hong Kong International Airport yesterday after the aircraft's left engine died during its approach.
The right engine suffered power surges, it has been reported, although Cathay Pacific described the engine as "functioning". Six tyres also failed to work as the plane touched down.

Posted: 10:01:47 AM  

The tide turning against Rome - would be a form of 'peace', the opposite of war. 'Peace' is 'V' (peace sign), a mega-theme we've been tracking since last fall, which turns papal through the fifth tarot card ('V'), the Pope/Hierophant.

Posted: 9:59:01 AM  

A series of strong earthquakes struck China's western Qinghai province Wednesday, killing at least 300 people, injuring thousands and burying many others under toppled houses in a mountainous rural area, officials and state media said.

Posted: 9:56:18 AM