Activists term Rio+20 summit a ‘hoax’
June 23rd, 2012 - 9:49 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 23 (IANS) As world leaders ended the Rio+20 summit with a 53-page statement called "The Future We Want", activists have slammed the UN Conference on sustainable development as ... Read more...
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New Zealand mayor sets longest interview record
April 30th, 2012 - 11:06 am ICT by IANS
Auckland, April 30 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A mayor in New Zealand has set a new Guinness World Record for the longest non-stop televised interview.Tim Shadbolt, mayor of the southern town of ... Read more...
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Vast groundwater reserves detected in Sahara
April 22nd, 2012 - 5:15 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 22 (IANS) Researchers have found vast groundwater reserves in the Sahara, one of the driest places on earth, that could help buffer climate change effects for years.Researchers from ... Read more...
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Moscow to host strip show for charity
November 12th, 2011 - 12:05 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Nov 12 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Russian capital will host a charity strip show to help homeless people survive the upcoming winter, a charity organisation said.The event, organised by the ... Read more...
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Sri Lankan govt. shelling killed thousands in last phase of civil war: UN
April 26th, 2011 - 2:31 pm ICT by ANI
Colombo, Apr 26 (ANI): A United Nations (UN) report has revealed that widespread shelling by the Sri Lankan government had killed most of the tens of thousands of civilians across the country ... Read more...
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Aid group sends doctors, nurses to Libya
March 8th, 2011 - 12:08 am ICT by IANS
Geneva, March 7 (IANS/WAM) Two medical teams of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) were dispatched to Libya to help the victims of the anti-regime unrest.The teams, comprising ... Read more...
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‘Sex dungeon’ discovered during cottage raid in UK
February 25th, 2011 - 5:27 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 25 (ANI): Police have discovered a masochistic sex dungeon when they raided a quiet country cottage in Britain on the suspicion of being a brothel.They found whips, masks, spanking paddles, ... Read more...
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Two ‘Save the Children’ aid workers kidnapped in Somalia
October 15th, 2010 - 8:55 pm ICT by BNO News
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA (BNO NEWS) -- Two aid workers with 'Save the Children' in Somalia's central Adado region were kidnapped after Somali gunmen raided the building where they were staying in.Adado district commissioner ... Read more...
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Taliban refresh their stamp on Afghan justice
October 8th, 2010 - 3:19 pm ICT by ANI
Kabul, Oct. 8 (ANI): The Taliban in Afghanistan appears to have expanded its judicial writ once again after a gap of eleven years.According to the New York Times, the insurgents are ... Read more...
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Mosquito Eating Fish From Mississippi Being Sent To Haiti
September 11th, 2010 - 7:32 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
September 11, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): Almost 2000 mosquito eating fishes from Mississippi will be traveling to Haiti in order to liberate the nation from the minute insect. This is ... Read more...
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Disease, hunger kill 17 flood survivors in Pakistan
August 31st, 2010 - 10:12 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 31 (DPA) At least 17 flood victims, including nine children, have died from disease and hunger in Pakistan's southern province of Sindh, officials and media reports said Tuesday.
Authorities have struggled ... Read more...
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Rescue efforts in Pakistan affected by ongoing heavy rain
August 4th, 2010 - 12:58 am ICT by BNO News
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- Rescue efforts after Pakistan's unprecedented flooding are being hampered by heavy rains in several regions, an aid group said on Tuesday.Pakistan is facing its worst floods in ... Read more...
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Uganda bomb blast shows Al Shabaab’s intent to attack the US homeland
July 13th, 2010 - 7:26 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Jul 13 (ANI): The killing of Nate Henn, an American aid volunteer along with 74 people in Uganda bomb blast, has raised new concerns about Al Shabaab's intent to attack ... Read more...
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Germany bans aid group linked to Hamas
July 13th, 2010 - 4:43 am ICT by IANS
Berlin, July 13 (IANS/AKI) Germany outlawed a charity group for having alleged links to Palestinian militant organisation Hamas, interior minister Thomas de Maiziere said.
Authorities believe the Frankfurt-based Internationale Humanitaere Hilfsorganisation (IHH) has ... Read more...
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Bomb blasts at World Cup viewing parties in Uganda kill 64, injure 71
July 12th, 2010 - 7:22 pm ICT by BNO News
KAMPALA, UGANDA (BNO NEWS) -- At least 64 people were killed and scores of others were injured after three bombs exploded at World Cup viewing parties in the Ugandan capital on late ... Read more...
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Taliban take aim at Officials to undermine counter-insurgency
June 10th, 2010 - 5:50 pm ICT by ANI
Kabul, June 10 (ANI): Government assassinations are nothing new as a Taliban tactic, but now the Taliban are taking aim at officials who are much more low-level, who often do not ... Read more...
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US expresses concern over Turkish aid body’s ties to Hamas
June 3rd, 2010 - 1:44 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 3 (ANI): The Obama administration has expressed concern over reports that the Turkish aid organization behind the ship Israel commandeered Monday had contacts with Hamas.Washington considers Hamas a terrorist organization, ... Read more...
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EU-India trade deal could cost lives, aid groups warn
April 26th, 2010 - 8:41 pm ICT by IANS
Brussels, April 26 (DPA) A planned free-trade deal between the European Union (EU) and India could cost lives if it stops Indian companies selling cheap "generic" AIDS drugs to even poorer states, ... Read more...
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Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingyas starve in Bangladesh
March 30th, 2010 - 10:26 am ICT by IANS
Dhaka, March 30 (IANS) Thousands of Rohingyas, Muslim tribals from Myanmar who have taken refuge in neighbouring Bangladesh following years of persecution, are allegedly facing "arbitrary arrest, illegal expulsion, and forced internment", ... Read more...
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Italy summons Pakistani diplomat over attacks on Christians
March 25th, 2010 - 1:23 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, March 25 (IANS/AKI) The Italian government summoned Pakistan's charge d'affaires in Rome to discuss the recent attacks reported against minority Christians in Pakistan.
The foreign ministry in Rome summoned the Pakistani ... Read more...
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Survivor Camps Uprooted By Heavy Rains In Haiti
March 22nd, 2010 - 9:24 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Mar 22, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Disaster is a never ending phase when nature is involved. A situation where you can do nothing but only surrender to the inevitable. Haiti which had ... Read more...
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Bomb blasts rocks Pakistani city following twin suicide blasts earlier
March 12th, 2010 - 11:42 pm ICT by BNO News
LAHORE, PAKISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- Three bomb blast left at least three people injured on Friday in the Pakistani city of Lahore, hours after a twin bomb attack that left more than ... Read more...
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Man pulled alive from the Haiti earthquake rubble
January 28th, 2010 - 8:01 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Port-au-Prince, Jan 28 (THAINDIAN NEWS) It was a miracle of sorts, when a man who had been buried in the Haiti earthquake rubble, was pulled out after 14 days. He was ... Read more...
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One killed, 10 injured in Peshawar car bomb attack (Second Lead)
October 15th, 2009 - 8:15 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 15 (IANS) A six-year-old child was killed and 10 others injured Thursday in a car bomb explosion in Pakistan's northwestern Peshawar city, police and eyewitnesses said.
A man detonated an ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Climate change fight back proposal for poorer nations fails to address financing shortages
September 21st, 2009 - 12:48 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, September 21 (ANI): Oxfam Australia, an international aid group, has said that the Australian government's proposal to allow developing nations to set weaker emissions targets failed to address financing shortages ... Read more...
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Sentenced for leaving water bottles for illegal immigrants
August 14th, 2009 - 4:30 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 14 (IANS) An Arizona man caught leaving water bottles in the desert for illegal immigrants has been sentenced to 300 hours of community service and a year of probation, an ... Read more...
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Aid workers killed in Sri Lanka war zone (Lead)
May 13th, 2009 - 6:38 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, May 13 (DPA) A volunteer doctor and a Red Cross worker were killed Wednesday in fighting in northeastern Sri Lanka as civilian casualties mounted in the region where government troops are ... Read more...
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Aid worker killed in Sri Lanka
March 18th, 2009 - 11:38 pm ICT by IANS
Geneva, March 18 (DPA) An aid worker was killed in the conflict area in northern Sri Lanka, the humanitarian organisation CARE International said Wednesday.
R. Sabesan, aged 24, worked for CARE and was ... Read more...
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Red Cross member killed in Sri Lanka’s war-zone
March 5th, 2009 - 8:23 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, March 5 (IANS) The Red Cross Thursday said one of its staff members was killed while his nine-year-old son was wounded in Sri Lanka's rebel-held north-eastern coastal village, where the advancing ... Read more...
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South African aid group denied entry to Gaza
January 24th, 2009 - 5:31 pm ICT by IANS
Johannesburg, Jan 24 (IANS) An aid mission consisting of 30 South African medical personnel wanting to provide assistance to the people of Gaza, which was ravaged by Israeli attacks in recent weeks, ... Read more...
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Lady Christian relief worker shot dead in Kabul
October 21st, 2008 - 4:04 pm ICT by ANI
Kabul, Oct 21 (ANI): The Taliban have reportedly shot dead a Christian lady social aid worker in Kabul, identified as 34-year-old Gayle Williams, accusing her of spreading her religion.According to a ... Read more...
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Japanese aid worker, driver kidnapped in Afghanistan
August 26th, 2008 - 3:10 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Aug 26 (DPA) A Japanese aid worker and his Afghan driver were kidnapped Tuesday in Afghanistan's eastern province of Nangarhar, the police said."The two men's vehicle was stopped by a group ... Read more...
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Two French aid workers kidnapped in Afghanistan
July 19th, 2008 - 4:31 pm ICT by IANS
Xinhua
Kabul, July 19 (Xinhua) Two French humanitarian aid workers working with a Paris-based international relief organisation have been abducted in central Afghanistan, the aid group said in its website. Action Against Hunger ... Read more...
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Sikh aid group in Malaysia bring food to 2,400 Nargis-hit people
June 3rd, 2008 - 5:45 pm ICT by ANI
Yangon, June 3 (ANI): United Sikhs Myanmar Disaster Relief, an aid group based in Malaysia, has been distributing rations to the victims of Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar through 70 local volunteers. ... Read more...
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Burmese kids risk facing starvation deaths
May 19th, 2008 - 2:52 pm ICT by admin
Melbourne, May 19 (ANI): Burmese children affected by Cyclone Nargis face the risk of dying of starvation unless food is rushed to them, international aid agencies have warned.
According to a news.com.au ... Read more...
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