Tibetan high school students protest in west China
18 Mar 2010 04:26:43 GMT
Source: Reuters
* Protests in two towns, residents say
* Tibetan areas crawling with extra security forces
* March marks annniversary of Dalai Lama's exile
By Emma Graham-Harrison
BEIJING, March 18 (Reuters ...
China says probing report on deadly faulty vaccines
18 Mar 2010 04:22:10 GMT
Source: Reuters
By Ben Blanchard
BEIJING, March 18 (Reuters) - China's Health Ministry is probing a report in a domestic newspaper that faulty vaccines in northern Shanxi province were responsible for killing four ...
North Korea executes official for blunder - report
18 Mar 2010 03:58:40 GMT
Source: Reuters
By Jack Kim
SEOUL, March 18 (Reuters) - North Korea has executed a ruling party official blamed for a botched currency reform, in a desperate attempt to quell public unrest and stem negative impact ...
South Korea green growth to hurt environment - report
18 Mar 2010 03:14:47 GMT
Source: Reuters
By Jon Herskovitz
SEOUL, March 18 (Reuters) - A massive river restoration project at the centre of South Korean President Lee Myung-bak's green growth strategy will harm globally threatened bird ...
Very intense tropical cyclone Ului
18 Mar 2010 02:59:00 GMT
Source: Tropical Storm Risk
Very intense tropical cyclone Ului is forecast to strike Australia as a tropical cyclone at about 20:00 GMT on 20 March.
Child dies in Vietnam of H5N1 bird flu - paper
18 Mar 2010 02:03:27 GMT
Source: Reuters
HANOI, March 18 (Reuters) - A 3-year-old girl who lived near an illegal poultry slaughterhouse in Vietnam has died of H5N1 bird flu, state-run newspapers reported on Thursday.
The child from the ...
PRESS DIGEST - Vietnam newspapers - March 18
18 Mar 2010 01:49:51 GMT
Source: Reuters
HANOI, March 18 (Reuters) - These are some of the leading stories in the official Vietnamese press on Thursday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy ...
Clinton, Gates to Mexico to talk about drug fight
18 Mar 2010 01:05:01 GMT
Source: Reuters
WASHINGTON, March 17 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will lead a top-level delegation to Mexico on March 23 to discuss efforts to fight drug cartels, 10 days after three people ...
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On World Water Day, ADRA Water Projects Build Healthy Communities
17 Mar 2010 14:22:00 GMT
Source: Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) International
SILVER SPRING, Md.--As the world commemorates World Water Day on the 22nd of March, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) continues to provide clean water in needy communities around the ...
ACT Situation Report: Haiti Earthquake
17 Mar 2010 11:51:00 GMT
Source: Action by Churches Together (ACT) - Switzerland
Sitrep
Haiti - No 09/2010
Geneva, March 5, 2010
General situation: (OCHA)
The Government and humanitarian actors are coordinating to determine the scale of humanitarian needs in Nippes ...
ACT Situation Report: Haiti Earthquake
17 Mar 2010 11:45:00 GMT
Source: Action by Churches Together (ACT) - Switzerland
Sitrep
Haiti - No. 08/2010
Geneva, February 24, 2010
General situation:
• The Haiti Revised Humanitarian Appeal was launched in New York on 18 February by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- ...
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