Mother of the child in image that went around the world tells of her family’s struggle It was an image that conveyed the human cost of the Pakistani floods – and the failure to deliver aid to those affected – more powerfully than any statistic: four young children lying on a filthy patchwork quilt, one [...]
Rights group says powers under Terrorism Act 2000 flout international law. Control orders imposed on suspects, secret proceedings leading to deportations and the “virtually unlimited discretion” given to the police to stop and search must be abandoned in the government’s continuing review of counter-terrorism powers, Amnesty International says today. Control orders are incompatible with Britain’s [...]
As many as 100 people may have been buried in a landslide in Guatemala on a major highway, a spokesman for the fire department said on Sunday. Approximately 100 people were attempting to dig a bus out of a first mudslide when a second engulfed the scene, said fire department spokesman Sergio Vasquez. At least [...]
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A major earthquake of 7.4 magnitude hit New Zealand, 30 km (20 miles) west of Christchurch early on Saturday morning, causing no immediate reports of casualties but widespread damage, authorities said. The quake, which had a depth of 33 kms (20.5 miles), struck around 4.35 a.m. local time (1635 GMT Friday) and was felt throughout [...]
ATLANTA — Delta Air Lines says a 57-year-old passenger was found dead aboard a flight from Lagos, Nigeria, to Atlanta. Atlanta police spokesman Otis Redmond says foul play is not suspected in the woman’s death. Georgia Bureau of Investigation spokesman John Bankhead says the woman’s body was taken to a crime lab for an autopsy. [...]
United State Senators Feingold and Leahy have introduced a new legislation titled, Support for Democracy and Human Rights in Ethiopia Act of 2010. Read text of the bill below or click here: To reaffirm United States objectives in Ethiopia and encourage critical democratic and humanitarian principles and practices, and for other purposes. Be it enacted [...]
Former President Jimmy Carter is leaving North Korea Friday with a U.S. citizen who was imprisoned in the communist country after entering it illegally in January, according to the Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia. Aijalon Mahli Gomes was imprisoned in January of this year and later sentenced to eight years of hard labor with a [...]
This week was supposed to bring good news for Filipinos: Miss Philippines, Maria Venus Raj, a farm girl turned fashion model, was a big favorite headed into Monday’s Miss Universe final. The competition, a parade of flashy clothes, straight teeth and slick hair, is popular here; and the country is very proud of its two [...]
The recent financial crisis and recession have been a worldwide occurrence. The events in the United States since 2008 have garnered most of the headlines because the U. S. has the world’s largest economy and national debt, but the reality is that many countries in Europe are in worse financial shape and continue to deteriorate. [...]
