Mexican floods leave 300,000 stranded
Haroon Siddique and agencies Friday November 2, 2007
Rescuers were today racing against time to evacuate 300,000 people trapped by the worst floods to hit the Mexican state of Tabasco in 50 years, ahead of further predicted rainfall.
Military trucks delivered bottled water, food and clothing as health officials warned of the threat of cholera and other waterborne diseases.
A week of heavy rains, which caused rivers to overflow, has left at least (…)
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Mexican floods leave 300,000 stranded
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Fingerpointing Over Grounded Helicopters
28 October 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
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Sunday October 28, 2007 4:01 AM
By AARON C. DAVIS
Associated Press Writer
ORANGE, Calif. (AP) - State and federal officials on Saturday blamed each other for allowing nearly two dozen water-dropping helicopters to sit idle while deadly wildfires ravaged Southern California, and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger pledged to improve the state’s response to battling wildfires.
The head of the state’s firefighting agency lashed out at the Marines and (…) -
Calif. fires overwhelm firefighters
24 October 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
Calif. fires overwhelm firefighters Officials all but concede defeat to wildfires as estimated 1 million evacuate
Updated: 11:44 p.m. ET Oct. 23, 2007
SAN DIEGO - Faced with unrelenting winds whipping wildfires into a frenzy across Southern California, firefighters conceded defeat on many fronts Tuesday to an unstoppable force that has chased an estimated 1 million people away.
Unless the shrieking Santa Ana winds subside, and that’s not expected for at least another day, fire crews (…) -
KATRINA : TWO YEARS AFTER
7 September 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
A music video depicting the state of New Orleans 2 years after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina : New Orleans "N.O. LOVE ( The Road Home )"
– http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=95XH7...
and hurricane katrina banned footage :
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From the Bayou to Baghdad: Mission Accomplished? by Amy Goodman
5 September 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
Published on Wednesday, September 5, 2007 by TruthDig.com From the Bayou to Baghdad: Mission Accomplished? by Amy Goodman
During the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, several dozen public-housing residents and activists marched to the headquarters of the Housing Authority of New Orleans. The marchers occupied the offices for hours. As the military and police surrounded the building, Sharon Sears Jasper, a displaced resident of the St. Bernard housing project, spoke: “We are not (…) -
US Bio-Warfare Catastrophe Reported In Congo
5 September 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
1 commentUS Bio-Warfare Catastrophe Reported In Congo
September 5, 2007
By: Sorcha Faal, and as reported to her Western Subscribers
Disturbing reports from Russian Scientists working with the World Health Organization in the Democratic Republic of Congo investigating a ‘mysterious’ new disease outbreak killing both human beings and animals in that African Nation have reported to Russia’s State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology (VECTOR) that the cause appears to be the use of US (…) -
An Appeal for the Hurricanes Katrina and Rita International Tribunal
25 August 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
By Cynthia McKinney
Thanks David, for flying your Impeachment banner over the Pelosi visit to New Orleans. This is exactly the kind of action we need. In fact, please convince as many anti-war and pro-impeachment organizations to endorse the Tribunal. I feel for the people of the Gulf States. New Orleans (NOLA) is a police state. It is horrible. Please come to NOLA if you can on the August 29 thru Sept 2 or any one day. This is truly an issue that can unite us all because it’s just (…) -
South Asia Monsoon Crisis Presents An Opportunity To Learn And Prepare For Future Crisis.
15 August 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
by Brian McAfee.
Is the South Asia monsoon a harbinger of things to come and will we be ready next time around? The perennial monsoon floods that have devastated parts of Bangladesh, India, and Nepal are said to be the worst in 30 years.
The death toll has surpassed 2,200. meanwhile, the event has made over twenty million people homeless and has resulted in massive crop failure, ensuring hunger, poverty and homelessness for millions of men, women and children in South Asia for some time (…) -
The Failing
7 August 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
The failure of the I-35 Bridge in Minneapolis was an obvious failure of infrastructure, of deferred maintenance, of it’s not in the budget for this fiscal year. But over looked is the fact that this is our second warning not our first. The levees failing in New Orleans was an identical failure. The warnings were well known and just like the I-35 Bridge and hundreds of others they fell on deaf ears.
Our politicians like recalcitrant school children refuse to learn their lessons and spend (…) -
More devastating floods hit China
3 August 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
More devastating floods hit China
By Dragan Stankovic 3 August 2007
Parts of China, especially along the eastern Huai River, have had some of the heaviest rainfalls in 50 years. Continuous rain since mid-June has resulted in widespread flooding, affecting over 119 million people. Anhui, Sichuan and Hubei are the worst-hit provinces.
At least 3.6 million people have been evacuated, over one million houses have been damaged and another 452,000 destroyed. It is estimated that at least (…)