Rice hails arrest of Karadzic, hopes Mladic next
24 Jul 2008 03:35:19 GMT
Source: Reuters
SINGAPORE, July 24 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Thursday hailed the arrest this week of wartime Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic and said she hoped his army chief Ratko ...
Strong quake jolts north Japan, 99 injured
24 Jul 2008 03:24:55 GMT
Source: Reuters
(Updates with details, new byline, dateline)
By Chisa Fujioka
HACHINOHE, Japan, July 24 (Reuters) - A strong earthquake jolted northern Japan early on Thursday, injuring at least 99 people, ...
Top Israeli officer stresses Iran on first US visit
24 Jul 2008 03:11:12 GMT
Source: Reuters
WASHINGTON, July 23 (Reuters) - Israeli Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi, on his first visit to Washington as Israel's top military officer, said on Wednesday it was crucial to block what he called " ...
Hurricane Dolly hits South Texas, flooding feared
24 Jul 2008 02:58:42 GMT
Source: Reuters
(Dolly downgraded to tropical storm; details from Mexico)
By Joe Mitchell
BROWNSVILLE, Texas, July 23 (Reuters) - Hurricane Dolly moved inland after tearing into the South Texas coast on Wednesday ...
Dolly weakens to tropical storm over Texas
24 Jul 2008 02:45:17 GMT
Source: Reuters
WASHINGTON, July 23 (Reuters) - Hurricane Dolly has weakened to a tropical storm as it moved inland over Texas after drenching the Texas-Mexico coast with heavy rains, the National Hurricane Center ...
Hurricane Dolly
24 Jul 2008 02:41:00 GMT
Source: Tropical Storm Risk
Hurricane Dolly struck the United States at about 21:00 GMT on 23 July.
Magnitude 6.4 quake near Russia's Kuril Islands
24 Jul 2008 02:12:28 GMT
Source: Reuters
WASHINGTON, July 23 (Reuters) - A 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of Russia's Kuril Islands in the northern Pacific, the U.S. Geological Survey reported on Wednesday.
The quake was ...
Ailing Hong Kong ambulances undergo health checks
24 Jul 2008 02:02:41 GMT
Source: Reuters
BEIJING, July 24 (Reuters) - Hong Kong's ageing ambulances are to receive emergency checkups after a series of breakdowns, with half the 250-strong fleet expected to be replaced, a newspaper said on ...
Cuba silent on Russian bomber report: Fidel Castro
24 Jul 2008 01:30:02 GMT
Source: Reuters
HAVANA, July 23 (Reuters) - Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro on Wednesday said Cuba does not have to explain or "ask forgiveness" about a report out of Russia this week that Russia might use ...
UN council to take up Cambodia-Thai dispute
23 Jul 2008 23:16:21 GMT
Source: Reuters
(Adds French and Vietnamese ambassadors, diplomat)
By Louis Charbonneau
UNITED NATIONS, July 23 (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council will hold a special meeting on a border dispute between ...
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ACT Appeal: Assistance to Returnees, Burundi
23 Jul 2008 14:47:00 GMT
Source: Action by Churches Together (ACT) - Switzerland
Appeal
Burundi
Assistance to Returnees AFBI81
Appeal Target: US$ 826,589
Geneva, 10 July 2008
Returning Burundian populations from neighboring countries require specific support ...
Tea in the desert
23 Jul 2008 14:39:00 GMT
Source: Oxfam GB - UK
I've just got back from my first trip for Oxfam, to the remote and inaccessible reaches of the Somali and Afar regions of Ethiopia, which is near to the country's borders with Somalia and Djibouti ...
Catholic Relief Services AIDSRelief Milestone
23 Jul 2008 09:54:00 GMT
Source: Catholic Relief Services (CRS) - USA
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Jed Hoffman
Catholic Relief Services
+410 234 3180
jhoffman@crs.org
CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES MILESTONE: MORE THAN 325,000 PEOPLE IN COMPREHENSIVE HIV ...
Soaring food prices set to undermine HIV treatment advances
23 Jul 2008 09:23:00 GMT
Source: Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD) - UK
Embargoed until Monday 28 July 2008
Soaring food prices set to undermine HIV treatment advances
As HIV and AIDS experts prepare for the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, the aid ...
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