FACTBOX-Reunion Island
14 Aug 2008 00:04:11 GMT
Source: Reuters
Aug 14 (Reuters) - France's Reunion island wants renewable energy to fuel 100 percent of its electricity by 2025 and all its transport by 2050. Here are some key facts about Reunion.
* Reunion is ...
Mexico anti-drug officials worked for cartel -govt
13 Aug 2008 23:59:47 GMT
Source: Reuters
MEXICO CITY, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Six members of a government crime-fighting unit have been arrested on suspicion of working for a powerful drug cartel run by the country's most-wanted man, the attorney ...
U.S. flies aid into Georgia, backs ceasefire
13 Aug 2008 23:53:19 GMT
Source: Reuters
(refiles to clarify Rice will be in Tbilisi on Thursday)
* Bush orders humanitarian aid to Tbilisi
* Russia says will punish looters
* U.S. says stands by "democratically-elected" ...
Angola: Doubts Over Free and Fair Elections
13 Aug 2008 23:19:27 GMT
Source: Human Rights Watch
(New York, August 13, 2008) – Intimidation of opposition parties and the media ahead of parliamentary elections in Angola, as well as interference in the electoral commission, threaten prospects for a ...
Lebanon bomb kills 15 in attack on army
13 Aug 2008 22:39:52 GMT
Source: Reuters
(Adds U.N. Security Council statement, paragraph 11)
By Nazih Siddiq
TRIPOLI, Lebanon, Aug 13 (Reuters) - At least 15 people including nine soldiers were killed in Lebanon on Wednesday, according ...
More than 80 pct of Indonesia bird flu cases die
13 Aug 2008 22:30:10 GMT
Source: Reuters
WASHINGTON, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Late diagnosis and treatment means that more than 80 percent of people infected with H5N1 avian influenza in Indonesia have died, researchers reported on Wednesday.
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McCain-Russia crisis highlights need for experience
13 Aug 2008 22:24:58 GMT
Source: Reuters
(Refiles to change dateline to Aug 13)
By Alister Bull
WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich., Aug 13 (Reuters) - John McCain warned on Wednesday Russia's invasion of Georgia was a stark reminder the world is a ...
Bush orders aid to Georgia, Rice to visit Tbilisi
13 Aug 2008 21:45:08 GMT
Source: Reuters
(Updates with Rice, more Pentagon, analyst comments)
By Tabassum Zakaria
WASHINGTON, Aug 13 (Reuters) - President George W. Bush on Wednesday ordered the Pentagon to deliver aid and sent Secretary ...
Judge tosses police charges in Katrina bridge case
13 Aug 2008 21:41:24 GMT
Source: Reuters
HOUSTON, Aug 13 (Reuters) - A New Orleans judge on Wednesday dismissed charges against seven policeman accused of killing two people on a bridge amid the chaos that followed Hurricane Katrina in 2005 ...
McCain-Russia crisis highlights need for experience
13 Aug 2008 21:40:01 GMT
Source: Reuters
By Alister Bull
WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich., Aug 14 (Reuters) - John McCain warned on Wednesday Russia's invasion of Georgia was a stark reminder the world is a dangerous place and demands experience in ...
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CWS appeal: Assistance to Iraqi refugees and displaced
13 Aug 2008 20:26:00 GMT
Source: Church World Service-USA
July 28, 2008
The population in Iraq has suffered for years as a consequence of the US-led war in 2003 and, earlier, sanctions that were imposed after the Gulf War in 1991. The widespread ...
Red Cross worker saves drowning girl
13 Aug 2008 17:31:00 GMT
Source: British Red Cross Society - UK
A
British Red Cross worker in Indonesia risked his life to save a drowning girl, shattering his heels in the process.
Georgia / Russian Federation: Large-scale humanitarian aid
still needed
13 Aug 2008 16:41:21 GMT
Source: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) - Switzerland
Geneva/Tbilisi/Moscow (ICRC) – Tens of thousands of people are in need of emergency help in areas affected by the armed conflict involving
Georgian, Russian and South Ossetian troops, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
"The Rebuilding Starts Now"
13 Aug 2008 13:53:00 GMT
Source: Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) - Norway
The Russian president has ordered an end to the fighting in Georgia. "Now the work to help the IDPs will start at full strength," says Secretary General Elisabeth Rasmusson.
NRC is sending people ...
VIDEO: ActionAid response to E. Africa food crisis
13 Aug 2008 09:23:00 GMT
Source: ActionAid
ActionAid's head of emergencies, Roger Yates, talks about what's causing the food crisis in Kenya and Ethiopia, and what needs to be done to help people cope.
For more information, read the ...
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