News tagged with 'west'. Found 73 tagged news.

Firebug using bags of leaves to set blazes

Toronto :: Canada | 2 days ago

Jaspreet Tambar Staff Reporter A west-end arsonist is using plastic bags of burning leaves to start fires under cover of darkness in cars, curbside trash and detached garages, police say...Sean Lenfesty said the neighbourhood around Jane St. and Dundas...

Tags: west

Qld man drowns trying to cross river

Brisbane :: Australia | 2 days ago

A man has drowned after being swept away in strong currents while trying to cross a river at Ballandean, 250km south-west of Brisbane, early on Saturday morning...Police said the man possibly got out of the vehicle before being swept. Police and state...

Tags: storm, wind, west, Brisbane

Intelligence chiefs were expecting Al-Qaeda spectacular

London :: United Kingdom | 5 days ago

The multiple attacks on Westerners in Bombay last night showed all the signs of an al-Qaeda strategy — picking on vulnerable Western “soft targets” but not in a country where there would be maximum security. The attacks on Western targets in Bali in 2002...

Tags: west, mumbai attacks, bomb, bombay, cia

Africa: Some $750 Million Sought in UN Appeals for East and West Africa

Dakar :: Senegal | 6 days ago

and refugees in the East African country. "The appeal outlines the humanitarian community's plans for collective response in 2009 to address humanitarian needs and assist early recovery needs," Aeneas Chuma, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in the country,...

Tags: africa, west

NetworkWorld: Sun, wind, algae: Future data center power sources?

Calgary :: Canada | 7 days ago

The potential for wind power in the upper Midwest United States has led some to dub the region the "Saudi Arabia of wind."...In particular, the difficulty of integrating wind power into utility companies' transmission grids is hampering adoption...Paul,...

Tags: wind, power, energy, algae, renewable, turbine, wind farm, west, Canada, wind power

Child hurt in South Side crash

University :: FL :: USA | 8 days ago

A crash on the South Side sent one child to the hospital in serious-to-critical condition Sunday. Just before noon, emergency crews responded to a crash at 69th Street and Racine Avenue, according to Fire Media Affairs Cmdr. Will Knight. A child was taken...

Tags: crash, children's hospital, west

Islamophobia In the West: How Muslims Should Respond ?

New Delhi :: India | 12 days ago

Posted by muslimindia

By Maulana Waris Mazhari        19/11/ 2008      Muslim India(Translated by Yoginder Sikand) Islamophobia is by no means a new phenomenon. Rather, it goes back to the earliest period of Islamic history. A massive storm...

Tags: islamophobia, muslims, west

WAPA to buy wind power for first time

Bismarck :: ND :: USA | 12 days ago

The Western Area Power Administration says its deal to buy up to 50 megawatts of wind power per year from Bismarck-based Basin Electric Power Cooperative for three years is a "precedent setting" way to meet its power demands and support renewable energy.

Tags: power, wind, west, energy, wind power, North Dakota, Bismarck Tribune

Monkey: Journey to the West, The 02, London

London :: United Kingdom | 16 days ago

Wagner had a word for his ideal notion of music theatre, synthesising all the arts...Now I'm just wondering what the Wagnerian term is for "total cack". Monkey: Journey to the West – the so-called opera/spectacular with a score by Damon Albarn (of Blur)...

Tags: West, Damon Albarn, Monkey, London

Muslims and the West

London :: United Kingdom | 17 days ago

Posted by muslimindia

By Maulana Waris Mazhari    Muslim India (Translated from Urdu by Yoginder Sikand) The issue of strained relations between Muslims and the West is a long-standing one, and it has taken a new turn following the attacks of 9/11. In recent years,...

Tags: Christian-Muslim relations, islam, Islamophobia, muslims, West, Western Culture