Yemen: Red Cross worker killed in air strike
Posted by: northsunm32
Geneva :: Switzerland | updated 2012-07-26 17:12:01 -0700 | disasters-news
The International Red Cross reports that a worker was killed in an air strike yesterday (June 20) while on a humanitarian mission in southern Yemen. The Yemeni national Hussein Saleh was traveling with three other workers in the north of...
Moscow talks between Iran, world powers end in failure
Posted by: StephenManual
Moscow :: Russia | updated 2012-07-27 13:08:18 -0700 | disasters-news
Another failure of nuclear talks between Iran and world powers does not come as a surprise. The two-day dialogue in Moscow was doomed to fail as Iranian leadership never wanted to suspend the enrichment of uranium, the main source of...
Costa Concordia Salvage Begins
Posted by: Adrian Holman
Naples :: Italy | updated 2012-07-27 13:08:46 -0700 | disasters-news
The salvage of the Costa Concordia, the cruise liner that crashed in January, began last week. Extracting the ship will be a four-step process which will take about a year to complete. First, metal cables will be attached to the...
Iran demands relief in oil sanctions at Moscow talks
Posted by: StephenManual
Moscow :: Russia | updated 2012-07-27 13:10:00 -0700 | disasters-news
The two-day talks between six world powers and Iran started on Monday. The diplomats say that the talks have largely remained inconclusive so far owing to the stubborn attitude of Iran. The country has demanded the world powers to first...
Surrey cricketer Tom Maynard, 23, dies in a tragic Tube Train accident
Posted by: NadeemIftekhar
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2012-07-27 13:10:22 -0700 | disasters-news
A tragic accident in South London left a Surrey cricketer dead Monday; the victim was 23-year-old Thomas Lloyd "Tom" Maynard. An extremely talented, promising right-handed batman was believed to be dead following a collision and severe hit by a Tube...
Ukraine: Three FEMEN activists were abducted in Donetsk
Posted by: madn3wz
Donetsk :: Ukraine | updated 2012-07-26 17:18:11 -0700 | disasters-news
DONETSK, Ukraine (Mon, Jun 18) – Three activists of Ukrainian femenist movement FEMEN, known for their topless protests around the globe against sex tourism, have reportedly disappeared in the city of Donetsk. According to details; the three activists were abducted...
Man held after 2 French women paramilitaries killed
Posted by: nazish7
Toulon :: France | updated 2012-07-27 13:11:25 -0700 | disasters-news
A suspect was held in a massive manhunt after an armed man shot dead two women paramilitary gendarmes in a village in southeast France. Investigators said the gendarmes , aged 29 and 35, were intervening in a family dispute when...
Syrian opposition says UN peacekeepers sent to Syria should be armed
Posted by:
saleh1966
İstanbul :: Turkey | updated 2012-07-27 13:12:07 -0700 | disasters-news
The Syrian opposition group known as the Syrian National Council has urged the United Nations to send armed peacekeepers to Syria.This request comes on the eve of the opening of the G20 summit in Mexico, where Syria is expected to...
Women of the world: ignored & oppressed!
Posted by: neazahmad
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2012-06-16 04:42:33 -0700 | disasters-news
Every year the world celebrates Women’s Day. The idea is to highlight the plight of women and bring to our notice the persistent abuse, negligence and downright apathy they suffer in our society day in day out. So far so...
European Parliament votes full support for Tibet against China's inexcusable human rights abuses
Posted by: Torquil
Strasbourg :: France | updated 2012-06-18 14:19:48 -0700 | disasters-news
On Thursday the European Parliament passed a resolution on Tibet. Tibet rights supporters welcomed the resolution and called for inspectors to be allowed to visit Tibet. China showed no hint of self realisation however, let alone remorse, as it continues...
Urgent: Women's Rights activists go missing in Ukraine
Posted by: Torquil
Donetsk :: Ukraine | updated 2012-06-18 15:35:39 -0700 | disasters-news
International women's rights activists, Femen, posted urgent calls for help via facebook and internet media today after 3 of their activists were abducted just before protests in Ukraine against the sex trade surrounding the Euro 2012 events in Donetsk. Femen...
Russia arms Syrian government with defensive missile system
Posted by: StephenManual
Moscow :: Russia | updated 2012-07-27 13:14:05 -0700 | disasters-news
Russia’s state-controlled arms exporter chief Anatoly P. Isaykin said on Friday that his company was exporting one of the latest defensive missile systems to Syria on the demand of Bashar al-Assad’s government. He said the advanced technology could be used...
France seeks use of force against Syrian dictator
Posted by: StephenManual
Paris :: France | updated 2012-07-27 13:17:07 -0700 | disasters-news
Finally, France has come out and sought military intervention in Syria like the NATO forces did in Libya to oust dictator Col. Muammer al-Qaddafi. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius told a news conference on Wednesday that the country had urged...
115-year-old tortoise couple 'divorce' each other
Posted by: Samantha86
Korneuburg :: Austria | updated 2012-07-27 13:17:15 -0700 | disasters-news
A 115-year-old pair of tortoise has divorced each other after a long and healthy relationship and it seems that the female had run out of patience. It seems that the old tortoise pair could no longer stand the sight of...
Child Abuse in Britain!
Posted by: neazahmad
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2012-06-13 18:49:50 -0700 | disasters-news
Child abuse is usually associated with Third World countries but here in the West the abuse is rampant. A recent report supposed to be released next September children are being abused, particulaly young girls for sexual gratification. The report has...
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