Thousands of civilians were seen Monday fleeing in all directions from the ’safety zone’ as mortar, artillery and Multi Barrel Rocket Launcher (MBRL) rockets hit the entire area demarcated by the Colombo government as safety zone. At least 36 civilians were killed and 76 wounded throughout the day in Va’l’lipunam, Chuthanthirapuram and in Maaththa’lan. The [...]
Sri Lanka: Vanni hospital shelled Puthukkudiyiruppu Hospital in the northern Vanni region was shelled this afternoon, killing at least two people and injuring at least five others. The compound sustained two direct hits. http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/MUMA-7NV388?OpenDocument&RSS20=02-P "We're shocked that the hospital was hit, and ...
Guantanamo’s Untried for Relocation ABC News By BRIAN ROSS and LUIS MARTINEZ January 16, 2009 The U.S. military has prepared a list of U.S. military bases that could be used to house as many as 250 detainees currently being held at the ...
Ogham Stone interviews Hedy Epstein, Holocaust Survivor Hedy Epstein is an elderly American Jew. She has seen much of history. Born in Freiburg, Germany in 1924, she grew up in Nazi Germany. In 1938, fearful ...
Tamilnet claims SLA shells its own “Safety Zone” SLA attacks 'safety zone' using short-range mortars, gunfire claims lives [TamilNet, Thursday, 05 February 2009, 20:59 GMT] Sri Lanka Army (SLA) on Thursday shelled in torrents not allowing people to come out of bunkers throughout the day ...
Mali rejects Tuareg Ceasefire request
The Malian army has rejected a ceasefire proposal from the Touareg rebels led by Ibrahim Ag Bahanga said the ministry of defense, a day after the head of the armed forces, general Gabriel Poudiougou, visited ...
The Malian army has rejected a ceasefire proposal from the Touareg rebels led by Ibrahim Ag Bahanga said the ministry of defense, a day after the head of the armed forces, general Gabriel Poudiougou, visited ...
An Unhealthy State: Travellers and Healthcare An Unhealthy State; Travellers and healthcare. According to a Health Board Research Paper published in 1987, the infant mortality rate of 'Travellers' aka 'Member of the Travelling Community' aka 'Tinkers' aka 'Knackers' aka 'Pavees' aka ...
Hamas Police seized Food and Blankets from Gazans reports Haaretz Hamas police in Gaza broke into a warehouse full of United Nations humanitarian supplies and seized thousands of blankets and food packages, a United Nations spokesman said Wednesday, a rare public clash between the international ...
Drug Resistant Tuberculosis Increase XDRTB.org is an extraordinary effort to tell the story of extremely drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) and TB through powerful photographs taken by American Photographer James Nachtwey. 'XDR-TB' is the abbreviation for extremely drug-resistant tuberculosis, also called extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis. ...
Difer: We identified names of Israeli officers involved in Gaza massacre GAZA, (PIC)-- The French legal expert in international law and coordinator of the international alliance for prosecution of Israeli war criminals Jill Difer has asserted that his group succeeded in identifying names of Israeli army ...