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Forest Fires In Greece Ease Up, Tension Mounts

On Monday, severe forest fires eased up near the Greek capital, but the fallout from the fires has been negative. Forest fires have been raging for four days outside Athens. Three hundred firefighters and soldiers were deployed to fight the fires. No casualties have been...

Peru: PM Yehude Simon to Quit Following Bloody Protests

The Peruvian prime minister, Yehude Simon, has announced that he will be resigning his post following bloody protests that saw at least 34 people killed in fighting.  Simon went on to apologize to the...

Wolf on COG, State of Emergency & Congress Breaking the Law

My 'representative' replied to my questions about the on-going State of Emergency and Continuity of Government procedures, but he didn't respond:"In response to the call to action outlined in the article “To All...

'Hundreds' of children in US have Swine Flu

As not to be expected by now the virus is starting to spread and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said that a child from the Bronx and an adult from Brooklyn are in hospital are expected to be confirmed as having...

Attawapiskat state of emergency ignored by Government

The Attawapiskat First Nation in northern Ontario is preparing to evacuate 700 children out of fears that continued exposure to toxic fumes is making them sick. In 1979, 30,000 gallons of hydrocarbon oil was...

Thai troops face anti-government protesters

Shots were fired as Thai troops were trying to disperse anti-government protesters that prompted the government to declare a state of emergency. Major protests in Bangkok halted the Asian summit happening in the...

Obama Breaks With Europe And Israel

Obama Breaks With Europe And Israel, Plans 2009 ‘State Of Emergency’ Rule By: Sorcha Faal, and as reported to her Western Subscribers (Traducción al Español abajo) whatdoesitmean.com Russian Foreign Ministry reports on the upcoming meeting between President Obama...

State of Emergency in U S Northeast: Many Still Without Power

President Bush declared a state of emergency and authorized the use of federal funds to help New Hampshire and Massachusetts residents, the areas worst affected by the ice storm that ravaged the Northeastern US...

Forest Fires in Patagonia Force State of Emergency

The Argentine government has declared a state of emergency in the Tierra del Fuego province due to forest fires that have now engulfed over 500 hectares of land and forced the evacuation of over 70 people. Teirra...

Update: Deaths rise to 110, and 19 Remain Missing in Brazil: 1.5 Million Peop...

Sat, November 29 2008" The number of deaths caused by rain that reaches Santa Catarina since the end of last week already reaches 110, according to Civil Defense reported this Saturday (29).78,707 are homeless...

970 still disappeared in Nepal

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday asked the government to form a high level commission to investigate the cases of disappearances as 970 Nepalis still remain disappeared.Issuing a report, the commission has pointed out that the state forces and the Maoist...

Italy declares Pompeii a state of emergency

Many years ago I took a train from Naples out to Pompei and even back then was slightly disappointed with it - it felt wrong somehow - the sellers selling cheap tat seemed out of place. I was uplifted though...

Iraq lawmakers renew state of emergency - Yahoo! News

"Parliament extended Iraq's state of emergency Monday as gunmen snatched 14 employees from shops in downtown Baghdad in the second mass kidnapping in as many days. Dozens of bodies were found in and around...

Widespread power outage hits Los Angeles

A widespread power outage hit Los Angeles on Monday, knocking out electricity to thousands of customers, snarling traffic and stranding high-rise office workers in elevators or trains as officials scrambled to...

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