Serbia and Croatia did NOT commit genocide against Croatia, UN rules
The UNs top court ruled today that Serbia and Croatia did not commit genocide against each others people during the bloody 1990s wars sparked by the break-up of the former Yugoslavia. The International Court of Justice said Serb forces committed .
Denis McDonough accidentally names female hostage held by ISIS
The White House chief of staff accidentally named an American woman who is being held hostage by ISIS militants on live TV. Denis McDonough revealed the first name of the 26-year-old aid worker, whose identity has been kept from public knowledge for .
Tropical Cyclone Nathan: Elcho Island residents praying disaster will not.
Galiwinku resident David Djalangi, who is also a member of the Northern Land Council (NLC) executive, said many people on Elcho Island were staying in the temporary tent accommodation erected after Cyclone Lam. Were praying. Cyclone Lam moved over.
Aid effort kicks in after monster cyclone ravages Vanuatu
Most of the buildings have been destroyed, many houses have been destroyed, school, health facilities have been destroyed, he told the BBC from Japan, where he was attending a disaster management conference when the cyclone hit. Vanuatu police .
Thailand Floods 2011: Don Muang Airport Flooded
BANGKOK ��� Advancing Thai floodwaters breached barriers protecting Bangkoks second largest airport on Tuesday, halting commercial flights, as the prime minister warned that the capital could be swamped by up to 5 feet (1.5. scenario, the enormous pressure of floodwaters pushing downstream into the city could combine with monthly high tides this coming Friday and Saturday to overwhelm recently reinforced flood walls and embankments protecting the city.
Ukraine: Crisis deepens | socialistworld.net
NATO is fully backing the Ukrainian governments offensive and planning its own manoeuvres in neighbouring Poland. The build-up of Russian troops, equipment and fighter planes on its border with Ukraine make a military��.
More Than 2,100 Confirmed Dead In Afghanistan Landslide
KABUL, May 3 (Reuters) - Afghan officials gave up hope on Saturday of finding any survivors from a landslide in the remote northeast, putting the death toll at more than 2100, as rescuers turned their attention to helping the over 4000 people displ.. The U.N. mission in Afghanistan said the focus was now on the more than 4,000 people displaced, either directly as a result of Fridays landslide or as a precautionary measure from villages assessed to be at risk.
Seemorerocks: World weather - 02/10/2015
The UN childrens agency, Unicef, said new figures from the UN and the government of Malawi showed the number of people displaced stood at 230,000, compared with an original estimate of 174,000. About 64,000 hectares (158,147 acres) of land.. ���It looks like starting Wednesday, temperatures will really jump up,��� Stuart Seto, a weather specialist with the National Weather Service in Oxnard, told City News Service. ���The hottest temperatures will be Thursday,��.
International community failing Syria: rights groups
More than 20 human rights groups issued a joint plea Thursday for the international community to take responsibility for suffering civilians as Syrias war approaches its fifth year. In a report entitled Failing Syria, the organisations criticised.
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Nigerian ground troops have joined an offensive on the last known hideout of the Boko Haram Islamist militants, a military spokesman has told the BBC.. Witnesses compared the blast, which sent a plume of smoke hundreds of metres into the sky, to an earthquake.. Services were also held at Base Camp and in Nepals capital, Kathmandu.. Islamic State (IS) has stepped up its assault on the western Iraqi city of Ramadi, launching a series of suicide bomb attacks, officials say.
Extremely destructive earthquake and typhoon in Philippines.
People have been moved from tent cities (either due to being scared of aftershocks, or from having lost their homes) ��� usually to gymnasiums or safer locations. - People. A sink hole has opened up in Tagbilaran City. Purok 7B. Given that 360,000 people are still displaced (100,000 in shelters, and 260,000 outside of shelters) it could be that the destroyed count is actually closer to 20,000 houses (with previous unofficial reports giving a total of 30,000 possibly).
Guillotine display stuns Rothschilds tent city - The Cult of.
A guillotine, the symbol of the French Revolution, has been placed Wednesday in the center of Tel Avivs tent city, turning into one of the biggest attractions in this ongoing social protest. The surprising display arrived in��.
Tunisia: Manhunt continues for museum gunmen
TUNIS - Gunmen wearing military uniforms stormed Tunisias national museum on Wednesday, killing 17 foreign tourists and two Tunisians in one of the worst militant attacks in a country that had largely escaped the regions ���Arab Spring��� turmoil. Five.
The Years Most Forgotten Humanitarian Crisis
Despite an April UN resolution that ramped up the presence of French and African Union peacekeepers, reports of sectarian clashes, massacres, and displacement remain disturbingly common. Human Rights Watch has called for military leaders to be held .
On Visa pour limage Perpignan 2011 programme.
Port- au-Prince had been transformed into a vast emergency-tent city. In November, Venturi. Alvaro Ybarra Zavala had his work screened last year���this year hes moved up the Visa ladder to have an exhibition���. Not yet included in the programme, but also happening, according to BJPs Olivier, Days of Japan will organise an exhibition of Japan Earthquake coverage, and���.this is exciting���. Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Mali, Ceuta and Melilla, China and more.
The Cult of the Dead Fish: Tent-Cities in the US
All around the US, phenomenons called Tent-Cities are popping up as a response to the current economic crisis. There are large groups of people, banding together in open spaces, and they all have one thing in common: a��.
Somalias Deadly Cycle - The Real Truth Magazine
Though they are not constantly in the news, it is estimated that over nine million people have lost their lives due to civil unrest in Africa since the Cold War ended. About the same number are either refugees or have been displaced from their��.
Another Week in the Ecological Crisis, June 22, 2014 ��� A.
The stalemate gives investors little sign that there will be a pickup in demand under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), the UNs current main carbon market which has seen activity dry up after funnelling over $400 billion into.. After the meltdown, which followed a tsunami and earthquake in 2011, most of the material in the plants reactors resolidified, in difficult shapes and in confined spaces, wrapped around and through the structural parts of the reactors��.
Riots in Haiti: Deaths from Cholera Epidemic in Earthquake.
Violent demonstrations have so far avoided Port-au-Prince, the capital, but protesters in Cap-Haitien, Haitis second largest city, confronted U.N. soldiers with barricades of burning tires, reported The Associated Press... been hospitalized across the country, including in Port-au-Prince, where some 1.3 million people remain in tent camps after being displaced by the Jan. 12 earthquake. The first case was also confirmed Tuesday in neighboring Dominican Republic.
New Years Eve 2014: live
Fifteen minutes ago, around one million visitors gathered at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, to herald the start of 2015. Organisers laid on more than two kilometres of attractions from fun stages for shows, party tents, light and laser shows.
ISIS release 19 hostages from group of 220 Assyrian Christians kidnapped in Syria
The terrorists gave no explanation for why they had chosen to free the 19 men and three women, who were packed on a bus in the ISIS-held town of Shaddadeh, and arrived safely at the Church of the Virgin Mary in the nearby city of Hassakeh yesterday .
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High fives all round when first lady Michelle Obama makes a surprise visit to schoolchildren from Willow Springs Elementary School who were giving a theatrical performance at the Decatur House, a National Trust for Historic��.
Nepal earthquake: Tent cities spring up for displaced
Tent cities have sprung up for those displaced by the earthquake in Nepal, which is now reported to have killed some 2,500 people. Many Kathmandu. by the earthquake? If it is safe to do so, you can share your story by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.
Cyclone Nathan: Eastern Northern Territory residents bracing for second storm.
Communities along the eastern Northern Territory coast are readying for their second major storm event in just over a month, with Cyclone Nathan on course to make landfall early on Sunday. Residents in the eastern Arnhem Land communities from .
Dusting Will Not Get You Laid: Why Choreplay Will Kill Your Relationship
He picked up the basket and asked hopefully, Is this Lean In laundry? Choreplay is real.��� Oh dear. Have we really failed so miserably at equality that we have to sexualize household chores? Sandbergs ���Lean In��� philosophy is at least a nuanced and .
Leaked Samsung image reveals next generation Project Zero handset
A striking feature of the prototype are the thin left and right edges of the screen, and the displacement of the selfie camera toward the center of the top, it says. Previous. Plus Samsung said it is expecting a strong fourth quarter in the run up.
20,000 Iraqis besieged by Isis escape from mountain after.
Most of them crossed yesterday and today, this operation is ongoing and we really dont know how many are still up there on the mountain. Iraqi MP Vian. the UN has a presence. An RAF transport aircraft made the first airdrop of British humanitarian aid on the mountain on Saturday night, joining the US in dropping clean water, filtration devices, food and tents.. More news. Nepal earthquake: rescue attempts continue as death toll exceeds 2,000 ��� rolling report��.
Cyclone Nathan: Galiwinku tent city to be dismantled as Arnhem prepares for.
The temporary tent community set up for displaced Galiwinku residents after Cyclone Lam will be dismantled by emergency services on Saturday, as Arnhem Land prepares for another tropical cyclone. Galwinku residents living in battered homes are being .
Elizabeth Gilbert Ex-Husband Michael Cooper Profile - The.
The higher Elizabeth Gilbert climbs up the fame-o-meter, the more gut-wrenching the question becomes: Whats it like to be the guy whose heartbreak launched a multi-million-dollar feel-good franchise? This was an. Announced in July 2009, the project initially bore the title Displaced... A powerful earthquake struck Nepal this morning, registering 7.9 on the Richter scale outside the capital city of Kathmandu according to the United States Geological Survey.
Phillipines Hit Hard by Storm-- from BBC - Midtown blogger
Hundreds of thousands of people are reported displaced from their homes. President. In the typhoons path were areas already struggling to recover from a deadly 7.3-magnitude earthquake last month, including the island of Bohol, where about 5,000 people are still living in tents. Britains. The BBC Weather Centre says sustained wind speeds at landfall are currently forecast to be in the region of 120-130 km/h (75-80 mph), with gusts up to 180km/h (115 mph).
Boko Haram kills at least 68 people attending morning prayers
Boko Harams six-year insurgency to carve out an Islamic state in the northeast of Nigeria has killed thousands and displaced over 1.5 million people. The group gained. The slow government response sparked the movement Bring BackOur Girls that has.
Please Dont Let An Earthquake Hit When Im In The Shower
What would you do if you lived in a city where you faced the worlds greatest risk of dying in a catastrophic earthquake? I like to believe that Im prepared. I have water, blankets, sleeping bags, a tent, dry food, a crow bar, shovel, charcoal and go.