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U.N. urges aid for quake-ridden Indonesia
Jakarta :: Indonesia | about 1 hour ago
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The United Nations' health agency says Indonesia needs financial help to recover from two earthquakes and prepare for future disasters...World Health Organization said in a release Friday that urgent aid was needed in Indonesia in the wake of the September...
Tags: Indonesian, U.N. World Health Organization, health facilities, Indonesia, Jakarta, Environment, Republics, Disaster, Disaster Accident, Health Medical Pharma
West Sumatra quake victims to be relocated
West Sumatra quake victims to be relocated The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Sat, 11/21/2009 9:23 PM | National The central and...
Tags: Indonesia, Indonesian, Disaster, earthquake
Verizon Wireless opens new Kona store
Hilo :: HI :: USA | about 9 hours ago
Credibility Verizon Wireless will open its second "evolution" communications store today at Kona's Lanihau Center. The newly remodeled store is double the size of the previous store at that location and offers consumers hands-on interaction with wireless voice,...
Tags: Royal Kona Resort, News Services Verizon Wireless, tax relief, Hilo, Hawaii, Disaster, Disaster Accident
Snyder to host event to help businesses sale to government
Little Rock :: AR :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility Friday, February 24th to help small and disadvantaged businesses in central Arkansas learn to do business with the federal government. �There are lots of opportunities out there for small businesses to work with the federal government. We want Arkansans...
Tags: small businesses, Arkansas Earthquake Advisory Council, Little Rock, Index of Arkansas-related articles, Outline of Arkansas, Arkansas, United States Marines, Vic Snyder, Business Finance, Emergency management, Disaster, Disasters, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Disaster Accident, Pulaski, Pulaski County Arkansas, Little Rock Arkansas, Empowerment zone
GREATER HORN OF AFRICA: Preparing to mitigate negative impact of El Niño
Nairobi :: Kenya | 2 days ago
Credibility World Bank. "Drought and floods affect directly or indirectly millions of people each year, in particular the poor who are the most vulnerable." Greater Horn of Africa is prone to extreme climate events such as drought and floods, which often have severe...
Tags: East Africa, Horn of Africa, negative impact, El Niño, disaster risk, risk reduction, Moses Gitari, Kenya, Nairobi, Climate change, Effects of global warming, El Niￃﾱo-Southern Oscillation, International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, Disaster, Disaster preparedness, International organizations, Risk, Disaster Accident, Environment
AFRICA: Digesting a "mouthful" of climate change
Kampala :: Uganda | 2 days ago
Credibility Disaster risk reduction as a tool for climate change adaptation is a "technical mouthful" said Rachel Shebesh, chair of the African Parliamentarian Initiative for Climate Risk Reduction...The legislative body of the African Union met in Midrand, halfway...
Tags: African Union, Organization of African Unity, South Africa, climate change, natural disaster, Uganda, Kampala, Demography, Population, Refugee, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Norwegian Refugee Council, Forced migration, Persecution, Internally displaced person, Disaster Accident, Social Issues, War Conflict, Politics, International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, Disaster risk reduction, Adaptation to global warming, Disaster, Climate risk, Disaster preparedness, Natural disasters, Global warming, Environment, African countries, Least Developed Countries, International Committee of the Red Cross, Red Cross, United Nations General Assembly observers
Firefighters get revved up
Kingston :: Jamaica | 2 days ago
Credibility He further added that in employing unconventional measures in getting the job as a firefighter and fire chief done, the matter of leadership has to play an important role when it counts and with little or no loss of life. "Leadership is about resilience...
Tags: fire chiefs, Jamaica, Kingston, Occupational safety and health, Fire chief, Disaster, Psychological resilience, Disaster Accident, Positive psychology, Firefighting, Emergency management
IAA: Israel's ancient wonders face ruin
Athens :: Greece | 2 days ago
Credibility Israel's greatest archeological treasures are in danger of being destroyed by natural disasters and vandalism, and preventative measures must be taken, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) warned on Wednesday...The event hosted experts from around the...
Tags: Israel Commission for UNESCO, IAA, Israel Antiquities Authority, Hanan Kislev, public awareness, natural disaster, Greece, Athens, Israeli culture, Disaster preparedness, Disaster, Kislev, Environment, Archaeology of Israel, Government of Israel, Disaster Accident
'2012' Review: Doomsday Porn with Cusack, Harrelson
Shanghai :: China | 2 days ago
Credibility The nutbag with the $250 million budget is director and co-writer Roland Emmerich, who for all his deficiencies as a teller of stories and wrangler of actors can never be accused of thinking small. In Independence Day he had Martians attack Earth; in...
Tags: China, Shanghai, Roland Emmerich, 2012, Chiwetel Ejiofor, The Day After Tomorrow, Independence Day, Disaster films, Doomsday films, films, Disaster!, Entertainment Culture, Godzilla
UNDP, Swiss Embassy launch disaster-management project
Beirut :: Lebanon | 2 days ago
Credibility The country’s political crisis may have been resolved for now, but Lebanon is still exposed to a looming danger of a different kind: natural disasters such as floods, forest fires, landslides and above all earthquakes pose a very real threat to the country’s...
Tags: UNDP, Lebanon, Swiss Embassy, Beirut, Disaster, Emergency management, Disaster preparedness, Humanitarian aid, United Nations Development Programme, Disaster Accident, Environment
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