Chinese push and shove for last chance Games tickets
25 Jul 2008 04:01:06 GMT
Source: Reuters
(Adds details, paragraphs 3, 6, 13)
By Ian Ransom
BEIJING, July 25 (Reuters) - Unwashed, unfed and lacking sleep, tens of thousands of Chinese shouted, pushed and shoved for their last chance at ...
Prison director gunned down in Mexican border town
25 Jul 2008 03:10:27 GMT
Source: Reuters
By Ignacio Alvarado
CIUDAD JUAREZ, July 24 (Reuters) - A group of hitmen armed with automatic weapons ambushed the head of a giant prison in a northern Mexican city on Thursday soon after he ...
Tropical storm 09W
25 Jul 2008 02:13:00 GMT
Source: Tropical Storm Risk
Tropical storm 09W is forecast to strike Taiwan as a typhoon at about 06:00 GMT on 28 July.
China mosque collapse kills at least seven
25 Jul 2008 01:52:39 GMT
Source: Reuters
BEIJING, July 25 (Reuters) - A mosque under construction in northwest China has collapsed, killing at least seven people with others possibly buried under the rubble, Xinhua news agency said on Friday ...
UN report cites 'lessons' from south Sudan attack
25 Jul 2008 01:49:00 GMT
Source: Reuters
(Adds quotes from report; paragraphs 4, 7, 17)
By Louis Charbonneau
UNITED NATIONS, July 24 (Reuters) - An internal report on the U.N. mission in Sudan admits "lessons" were learned from ...
China vows to punish officials who fuel protests
25 Jul 2008 01:28:30 GMT
Source: Reuters
By Chris Buckley
BEIJING, July 25 (Reuters) - China has vowed to punish officials who cause mass unrest by mishandling public complaints, according to new rules on handling petitions and riots that ...
FEATURE-Afghan family devastated by suicide blast
25 Jul 2008 00:03:21 GMT
Source: Reuters
By Jonathon Burch
KABUL, July 25 (Reuters) - Abdul Wahid was asleep in England when he received a panicked phone call. "Buy a plane ticket and hurry to Kabul!" his brother's voice said.
...
Both drugs and condoms needed to stop HIV - study
25 Jul 2008 00:01:32 GMT
Source: Reuters
HONG KONG, July 25 (Reuters) - HIV infections could quadruple over 10 years if HIV-positive people who are taking antiretroviraldrugs become complacent and stop using condoms, researchers in Australia ...
Valuable seagrasses face global warming threat
25 Jul 2008 00:01:14 GMT
Source: Reuters
GENEVA, July 25 (Reuters) - Seagrass meadows, which are vital for the survival of much marine life and a source of household materials in Europe and Africa, face a mounting threat from global warming ...
Meditation slows AIDS progression, study finds
24 Jul 2008 23:38:09 GMT
Source: Reuters
By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor
WASHINGTON, July 24 (Reuters) - Meditation may slow the worsening of AIDS in just a few weeks, perhaps by affecting the immune system, U.S. researchers ...
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Colombia: FARC hands eight civilians over to ICRC
24 Jul 2008 19:06:09 GMT
Source: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) - Switzerland
Bogotá (ICRC) – Yesterday, 23 July, in a rural area of Vigía del Fuerte, Antioquia department, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
received eight civilians who had been held by the FARC-EP since 17 July 2008.
A life saved for 50p
24 Jul 2008 15:24:00 GMT
Source: Oxfam GB - UK
I watched as a woman's life was saved last week. It cost 50p.
The woman's name was Unda Awka, she was about 45, and her emaciated body looked like a pile of coat hangers covered in a thin layer of ...
Northern Uganda: Give Displaced People Real Options
24 Jul 2008 14:15:00 GMT
Source: Refugees International - USA
Contact: Camilla Olson and Melanie Teff
Peace negotiations over the past two years between the Government of Uganda and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) have ...
ACT Appeal: Cap. Building & Disaster RR/Management, Indonesia
24 Jul 2008 13:35:00 GMT
Source: Action by Churches Together (ACT) - Switzerland
Appeal
Indonesia
Capacity Building & Disaster Risk Reduction / Management - ASID82
Appeal Target: US$ 1,398,910
Geneva, 23 July 2008
Since a devastating earthquake struck ...
ACT Appeal: Follow-on Appeal, Gaza Crisis, OPT
24 Jul 2008 13:26:00 GMT
Source: Action by Churches Together (ACT) - Switzerland
Appeal
Occupied Palestinian Territories
Follow on appeal Gaza Crisis - MEPL81
Appeal Target: US$ 2,749,384
Balance Requested from ACT Alliance: US$ 1,324,384
Geneva, 18 July 2008
...
ACT Appeal: Floods in Assam, Orissa & W. Bengal, India
24 Jul 2008 13:21:00 GMT
Source: Action by Churches Together (ACT) - Switzerland
Appeal
India
Floods in Assam, Orissa & West Bengal ASIN83
Appeal Target: US$ 969,345
Geneva, 15 July 2008
Early monsoon rains along with a heavy depression over the Bay Bengal caused ...
ACT Appeal: Assistance to Returnees, REVISION 1, Burundi
24 Jul 2008 13:16:00 GMT
Source: Action by Churches Together (ACT) - Switzerland
Appeal
Burundi
Assistance to Returnees - AFBI81 Revision 1
Appeal Target: US$ 1,390,789
Geneva, 14 July 2008
This Revision is to include the proposal of ACT member Norwegian Church Aid ...
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