International Business News - Broken http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif An 11-year-old boy who wanted to get his girlfriend's attention without waking her parents got a lesson in the strength of a window pane. A pebble fired from a slingshot has more velocity than a pebble tossed by hand. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080806/slingshot-wrong-way-to-get-girlfriends-attention.htm Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:36:09 EDT Piles of broken concrete rise seven stories high, and a few buildings stand askew, knocked at odd angles. People cry out the names of missing relatives and rescue workers shout, "Is anyone there? Is anyone there?" http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/47533-china-earthquake.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/china-rescuers-seek-survivors-in-hard-hit-town.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/china-rescuers-seek-survivors-in-hard-hit-town.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 17:03:57 EDT President Bush famously spoke of "the Internets" in 2004. Well, they're here. Since March 13, customers of two large Internet providers, Cogent Communications Group Inc. and TeliaSonera AB are unable to contact each other through the Internet, unless they have backup connections from other companies. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080319/us-swedish-carrier-spat-breaks-net.htm Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:31:09 EDT A hilltop house in Los Angeles has cracked in half and a dozen people have been evacuated because of fears it may collapse onto other homes. Evacuees were briefly allowed back into their homes Monday to collect belongings. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080211/la-house-splits-12-evacuated.htm Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:06:34 EST For nearly 40 years, Josphat Mwangi lived on his farm in western Kenya, a six-acre plot of earth with a sparkling river in the distance. Now, he lives in a white tent on an old fairground, surrounded by thousands of others who fled an explosion of violence after Kenya's flawed presidential election on Dec. 27. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/12443-kenya-broken.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080122/kenya-violence-augurs-ethnic-split.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080122/kenya-violence-augurs-ethnic-split.htm Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:59:34 EST