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Saturday, November 21, 2009 5:18 AM

Red Cross/Crescent

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Red Cross/Crescent
Type: Organization
Name: Red Cross/Crescent (Red Cross)
First Reported 2 hours ago - Updated 21 mins ago - 2 Documents
Red Cross team joins Cockermouth floods rescue
Following heavy rains that brought devastating flooding to Cockermouth, Red Cross swift water rescue teams – equipped with two boats – have been helping in the operation to evacuate more than 200 people.Story continues below audio playerWorking alongside ... [British Red Cross - 21 mins ago]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents
UH OH: Former Red Cross chief: Feds’ new mammography policy is “a shocking thing”….
UH OH: Former Red Cross chief: Feds’ new mammography policy is “a shocking thing”. ... [Instapundit - 11/19/2009]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents
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United Nations
Zimbabweans Chased From Homes Total 3,000
Johannesburg The number of Zimbabweans displaced after some of their shacks in an informal settlement outside De Doorns, a farming town about 140km from Cape Town, South Africa, were attacked and demolished by local South African residents, has risen ... [AllAfrica.com - 11/19/2009]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 3 Documents (in Politics)
Harper government rejects call for public inquiry into Afghan prisoner torture
OTTAWA - The Harper government is dismissing calls for a public inquiry into damning allegations that the military handed over prisoners to face torture in Afghanistan.And it's waging a campaign against the federal intelligence officer who made the c ... [Macleans Online - 11/20/2009]
First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 9 hours ago - 2 Documents (in Health)
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United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF/ICEF)
Afghanistan: A deadly place for children
The country has the highest infant mortality rate in the world. Twenty five per cent of children die before they reach the age of five.The findings are published in UNICEF’s annual report, The State of the World’s Children on Universal Children’s Day ... [EuroNews - 9 hours ago]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 3 Documents
Well-heeled women prepare for stiletto race
Ninety-six shoe addicts have signed up for Friday's Stiletto Championship, which takes place after office hours on an indoor track in the old stock exchange building in central Paris.The only rule is to be perched on heels at least eight centimetres high. ... [ABC Online - 11/20/2009]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Environment)
Increased climate-linked disasters intensify demands on humanitarian community
- Climate change is putting increasing demands on the humanitarian community, the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said on Wednesday at its first-ever global meeting in Africa. 'World powers expect humanitarian ... [ReliefWeb - 11/19/2009]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Politics)
More Civilians Fleeing War-Torn Yemen
UN and International aid agencies say plight of civilians in Yemen is worsening amid increasing conflict along Yemeni-Saudi border. The agencies say IDP camps are becoming overcrowded as more and more people fleeing their homes arrivePhoto: APSaudi soldiers ... [VOA News - 11/19/2009]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents
Marathon and cultural show in Dubai to raise funds
A simple way to show compassion for the suffering masses, says organiserStaff ReportDubai: The Telugu cultural associations in the UAE along with the Red Crescent and the Indian Community for Welfare Committee are organising a marathon and a cultural ... [Gulf News - 11/19/2009]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents
Violence in Chad drives aid away
It was reported last week that attacks on and kidnappings of aid workers in Chad have caused sixaid organizations, including the International Committee of the Red Cross, tosuspend operations there. Undeterred, this morning the top U.N. official inChad ... [Foreign Policy Magazine - 11/19/2009]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)
Conflict of Nowhere people
In India, citizens do not have the liberty of being protected if their area gets caught in a conflict. Reason: Though India is a signatory of the Geneva conventions but as India does not declare zones of violence as conflict zones, it is difficult for ... [HardNews Magazine - 11/19/2009]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Medicine)
Beijing's poor visit illegal clinics
By Michael Bristow BBC News, Beijing The sign on the right with the red cross says 'clinic' In a village on the outskirts of Beijing, a red cross and the word 'clinic' has been hand painted on a sign hanging outside a backstreet shop.Inside there is a ... [BBC - 11/19/2009]

Quotes

"UNHCR welcomes the rapid humanitarian response of the local authorities and the fact that water, portable toilets and a mobile health clinic were provided within hours. In addition, the South African Red Cross has also been feeding the evicted with two hot meals a day. This is the first large-scale xenophobic attack affecting refugees and asylum-seekers in South Africa since a country-wide violence in May, 2008."
UNHCR condemns xenophobic attacks in South Africa [United Nations Multimedia - 44 mins ago]
"Most of the people we've rescued have been in shock. One minute it's raining heavily, then the next their home is filling with water and they're being evacuated by the Red Cross."
Policeman dies as devastating deluge strikes Britain [Guardian.co.uk - 8 hours ago]
..."We have no intention of redrafting the agreement," O Connor tells the House of Commons on April 5. "The Red Cross and the Red Crescent are charged with ensuring the prisoners are not abused."
Afghan detainee transfers [CBC - 10 hours ago]

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UNHCR condemns xenophobic attacks in South Africa [United Nations Multimedia - 44 mins ago]
Itty-bitty city ditty problem: St. Petersburg a... [St. Petersburg Times - 51 mins ago]
Red Cross rescue team joins Cockermouth floods ... [British Red Cross - 2 hours ago]
Japanese to head Red Cross Federation [Asahi.com - 2 hours ago]
Cholera outbreak hits Kasese district [New Vision - 3 hours ago]
Twilight Zone / Mourning uprooted olive trees i... [Haaretz - 3 hours ago]
QR17,845 donated for earthquake victims [Gulf Times - 3 hours ago]
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Moveme... [United Nations Multimedia - 5 hours ago]
Chilean pollies offer two second pledge [Sky News Australia - 6 hours ago]
Flood victim PC Bill Barker died doing what he ... [Times Online - 7 hours ago]
Guatemala slowly confronts widespread rape of w... [Christian Science Monitor - 7 hours ago]
Policeman dies as devastating deluge strikes Br... [Guardian.co.uk - 8 hours ago]
The dilemma of giving [The Australian - 8 hours ago]
Say hello to world peace [The Hindu - 8 hours ago]
Afghanistan: A deadly place for children [EuroNews - 9 hours ago]
Detainee treatment a concern 'for some time': M... [CTV.ca - 9 hours ago]
After 20 years, Salvadorans remember slain martyrs [National Catholic Reporter - 9 hours ago]
Afghan detainee transfers [CBC - 10 hours ago]
Ad Congress to focus on rebuilding nation [Manila Times - 10 hours ago]
A novel tribute to ANF cop who died fighting Na... [Deccan Herald - 10 hours ago]
Mexico [Student Operated Press - 10 hours ago]
Paris Stiletto Race To Have Nearly 100 Competitors [The Huffington Post | Full News Feed - 11 hours ago]
Floods: Biggest Rainfall Ever [Sky News - 11 hours ago]
'Biblical' Floods: Biggest Rainfall Ever [Sky News - 11 hours ago]
South Africa: UN refugee agency condemns xenoph... [ReliefWeb - 12 hours ago]
South Africa: Farmers Responsible for Attacks? [AllAfrica.com - 12 hours ago]
Xenophobia in De Doorns - SJC [Politicsweb - 13 hours ago]
Xenophobic attacks in South Africa draw condemn... [United Nations - 14 hours ago]
James: I swam 30 metres and finished strong [ParentCentral.ca - 14 hours ago]
South Africa: KZN Govt to Assist Nkwezela Storm... [AllAfrica.com - 14 hours ago]
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Blogs

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Nothing improves if we pull back [The Torch - Canada - 12 hours ago]
Richard Colvin's recent testimony before a parliamentary committee has caused quite the tempest:All detainees transferred by Canadians to Afghan prisons were likely ...
Holiday Gifts for Troops [SpouseBUZZ - 16 hours ago]
Wondering how to support our troops over the holiday season? Sending holiday gifts Care packages are a welcome treat for deployed servicemembers, especially ...
Canada Would Not Take Calls From International ... [Progressive Bloggers - 11/19/2009]
"According to our information, the likelihood is that all the Afghans we handed over were tortured," said Colvin, the former political director of the provincial ...
UH OH: Former Red Cross chief: Feds’ new mammog... [Instapundit - 11/19/2009]
UH OH: Former Red Cross chief: Feds’ new mammography policy is “a shocking thing”. ...
Torture, Canadian style (?) (Blast Furnace Cana... [Progressive Bloggers - 11/19/2009]
If what former diplomat Richard Colvin told a House of Commons committee today is true, than Canada may be guilty of even worse crimes of war than many of the personnel ...
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Audio/Video

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American Samoa Red Cross Chapter [American Red Cross - YouTube - 11/16/2009]
Scores killed in El Salvador storm aftermath - ... [Al Jazeera - YouTube - 11/09/2009]
George Washington University Students Talk Abou... [American Red Cross - YouTube - 10/23/2009]
How did the Red Cross deliver messages to Talib... [Slate Magazine - 10/23/2009]
Samoan Song [American Red Cross - YouTube - 10/19/2009]
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