Music Therapy Making a Difference in World Catastrophies

Music undoubtedly plays a major role in our lives no matter where we live. Momentous occasions are marked with their own song, whether it is a graduation, wedding, or a funeral. It adds depth and commonality,...

Scientology Volunteer Ministers begin year-long tour

MANCHESTER—The local arm of Church of Scientology-led relief group, the Volunteer Ministers, today announced planned stops along a 12-month tour of the North West, bringing their travelling disaster relief...

The Obama plan has no end in sight for the bad news

Homelessness and unemployment spike with gas prices by the end of March 09. Obama says the job loss problem is not over and he still has no plan for any industry except for a window plant in Pa. that employs about 60 workers, according to Barack. The Stock Market is still...

Australia holds day of mourning for wildfire victims

Australia held a day of mourning today for the Australia wildfire victims; the worst wildfire disaster in the country's history. Tens of thousands of people attended the memorial service in Melbourne. There were a...

The OBAMA "change"

Well I guess most of us will get a little change. Big Union corporate “talent” that run their companies into the ground will get the big money and the rest of Americans will be lucky to get a little change....

Waterford Wedgwood: a 'national disaster' - crystal collapse

Update : Waterford Crystal Workers Occupy Plant------Waterford is synonymous with crystal glass. The production of Waterford Crystal is part of Irish heritage and today comes the news that Waterford Wedgewood...

39 people feared dead after blaze guts Nairobi supermarket

The 39 people who went missing  after a massive fire broke out in a large supermarket in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, are feared dead. So far, one person has been reported dead. The man jumped from the...

Disasters 2008: Over 211 million people affected & 325 000 killed

The year 2008 was a dramatic year for many. According to the Center for Research on Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), a Belgium based organisation, 321 disasters killed 235 816 people, affected 211 million others,...

Guatemala fears more landslides; calls off search

A threat of further landslides has forced the Guatemalan authorities to call off the search for bodies among the rubble, as 30 people are still labeled as missing. About 800 people have been evacuated from the...

Mozambique: Floods threaten hundreds of thousands of people

Hundreds of thousands of Mozambicans are threatened by floods, which are caused by heavy rainfall. According to the authorities, the rain season has been the worst in many decades. As a result, the...

Environmental Disaster in East Tennessee

Here is a great blog detailing first hand accounts of the Coal Ash Spill in Tennessee the past week. The site is anti-TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) but shows eye-witness accounts of life in the valley of the environmental disaster.

Christmas with Flood..

Christmas ceremony moved from Saint Lucas Church to local gymnastic hall because of flood..And for anticipation, in Christmas ceremony at Cathedral Saint Marie, there're 5.000 additional sits for the...

Ecological disaster tourism - the world's most polluted tourist spots

Eco-tourism is slowly gaining groud as a way to protect and cultivate some of the most popular tourist spots around the world. MSN has put together some of the most polluted man-made disaster spots for you to...

Climate Change Now the Main Driver of Natural Disasters

"Most natural disasters today are linked to climate change, says the UN emergency relief coordinator. From 1988 through 2007, over 75 percent of all disaster events were climate-related and accounted for 45...

24th anniversary of Bhopal gas tragedy

"Bhopal, Dec 03: The city on Wednesday observed the 24th anniversary of what is termed the world's worst-ever industrial disaster -- the Bhopal gas tragedy -- the effects of which continue to be visible till...

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