The earthquake debris in Chile and the coastal floods Chilean President Michelle Bachelet has announced emergency measures to deal with the destruction caused by Saturday's massive earthquake. The 8.8 magnitude quake - one of the most powerful recorded - devastated central parts of the country, killing more than 700 people. Troops are being deployed to help with rescue efforts and prevent looting. A curfew is in force in some areas. Basic supplies are to be distributed as rescuers reach...
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic is due to begin outlining his defence as his genocide trial at The Hague resumes. The trial has been adjourned since November after the tribunal appointed a lawyer to represent Mr Karadzic. He has been conducting his own defence and boycotted the start of...
Resource Page Aims to Help Users Share Information About People who Might be Affected by Massive Earthquake Font size Print E-mail Share 0 Comments A flooded area is seen after an earthquake in Pelluhue, about 200 miles southwest of Santiago, Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010. An 8.8-magnitude earthquake hit...
By Agence France Presse (AFP) Monday, March 01, 2010 - Powered by Ahmad Gharabli Agence France Presse OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Sixteen people including two Israeli policemen were wounded in clashes at Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound on Sunday, after police entered to arrest...
By Agence France Presse (AFP) Monday, March 01, 2010 - Powered by Mustafa Haji Abdinur Agence France Presse MOGADISHU: The Islamist Al-Shabaab militia announced Sunday it had “banned” World Food Program (WFP) operations in famine-plagued Somalia, where the UN says half the population...
TALCA, CHILEA deafening roar rose from the convulsing earth as buildings groaned and clattered. The sound of screams was confused with the crash of plates and windows. Then the earth stilled, silence returned and a smell of damp dust filled the air as stunned survivors ran from their homes. A...
By JOSHUA MITNICK TEL AVIV—Two confrontations between Israelipolice and Palestinian demonstrators in Jerusalem underlined the spreading turmoil after Israel's decision to declare shrines in two West Bankcities as national heritage sites. On Feb. 21, Israel added the two shrines to the list...
By YUKA HAYASHI TOKYO—Will global markets start to treat Japan as the next Greece? Bond traders up to now have been relatively sanguine about Tokyo's massive pile of government debt. But that attitude could be tested over the next three months, as Japan's new center-left government nears a...
THOUSANDS of people have gathered at Sydney Opera House ready to strip down and have their photograph taken by renowned artist Spencer Tunick. Crowds began gathering from 3am with more than 2500 eager participants assembled by...
![The Sugar Warehouse dominates the James Watt Dock. Sugar refining began in Greenock in 1765.[4] John Walker began a sugar refinery in Greenock in 1850 followed by the prominent local cooper and shipowner Abram Lyle who, with four partners, purchased the Glebe Sugar Refinery in 1865.](http://cdn3.wn.com/vp/i/20/b7a1429e6fb64a.jpg){kind=small}
