For the first time in nearly two years, South Korea has given humanitarian aid to North Korea. South Korea says the move has nothing to do with the recent attempts at nuclear disarmament by North Korea. There are speculations that millions of people in North Korea are...
NPR will be airing a program today on 'All Things Considered' (check your local area for broadcast times) that deals with indigent legal services and the Public Defenders Office in Detroit, MI. While this...
International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) closed its four offices from Sri Lanka, after the government asked to scale down its operations in the country. "COLOMBO (AFP) – The Red Cross on Monday announced the...
By, Uwe Paschen. E.U. Suspends all aid to Niger and freezes all accounts. After Failure of the Niger Government to comply with EU demands as reported in an earlier post. (See links at the end of this post.)...
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" If you thought last week’s job numbers were bad, take a look at the latest from Morgan Stanley’s chief economist, Richard Berner. In a research note that’s been making the rounds of economics blogs this...
Sri Lanka asked International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and other aid agencies to scale down their operation amid increasing pressure from international community to ease the restrictions on aid agencies....
Sri Lankan government trying to get millions of pounds of humanitarian aid by imposing a 0.9% tax on all the funding for aid groups. Although this was unveiled in 2006, it was not enforced immediately. Now, the...
The problem is Hamas. If they would give up terrorism then they would be able to get enough aid to rebuild." A U.N. human rights investigator on Thursday called Israel's seizure of a ship carrying relief aid for the Gaza Strip "unlawful" and said its blockade of the...
Sri Lankan military is alleged running prostitution ring using women kept in the Camp. It is further alleged, no action was taken by the senior government officials although it was brought to their attention. "...
"Sri Lankan authorities Monday ordered a foreign-owned ship carrying aid for Tamil civilians to leave the island without unloading its cargo."This order was given despite accepting there was no ill-intention."Sri...
Sri Lankan Business man arrested in connection with controversial relief cargo ship MV Captain Ali.The Syrian flagged ship was currently detained by the Sri Lankan Navy after it illegaly crossed over to Sri Lankan...
Sri Lankan President Rajapakse says it is enough celebration of the victory over LTTE and urged the nation to work towards the economic progress. The victory is meaningful only if it is translates to the overall progress of the country. It is easy to fell into the trap of...
Sri Lanka Government allows UN and their vehicles in largest refugee camp. Since the possible threat from LTTE terrorists diminishes with the passage of time, Government of Sri Lanaka reportedly started allowing...
Interesting blog from private citizens in Pakistan who have joined in a effort to provide relief to the displaced citizens from the SWAT valley. "Our Swat Relief drive on Day 3 [Saturday] was hectic to say the...
"Japan sends relief items for displaced Sri Lankans Friday 15th May, 02:16 PM JST TOKYO — Japan sent relief items such as tents and sleeping mats to Sri Lanka on Friday to aid a...