EARTHQUAKE/ My hope as a man in front of the rubble

It was a long interminable rumbling. You wake up unexpectedly at 3:30 in the morning, even my daughter, who usually waits to the last possible moment to get up for school. Moments of fear and my mind quickly races to L’Aquila where I work, where since last December we lived...

ABRUZZO EARTHQUAKE/ A displaced person: the situation is grave

The hours pass as they try to save as many survivors as possibile from the terrible earthquake that hit Abruzzo last night. Marco Gentile lives near Aquila and is one of tens of thousands of people who have had to leave their homes during these last hours. He tells...

TRO expresses serious concern over the last witness to leave Vann

By Charles Ratnam – TNS   VAVUNIYA – “It is with distress and concern that TRO Headquarters – Vanni notes the departure of the expatriate staff of the International Committee of the Red Cross from the LTTE controlled Vanni,” Tamils Rehabilitation Organization...

San Diego Jet Crash Witness Video

I am a San Diego photojournalist, and was in the area on December 8 when I my husband called to tell me about the F-18 jet that crashed into two homes, killing four. I dashed to the crash site with my still and video cameras.Read the story and check out the video

World famous electoral experts terms Pakistan’s general elections,free, fai...

"Written by www.daily.pk    Monday, 10 November 2008 18:28 The World famous electoral experts have termed February 18, 2008 General elections as free, fair and transparent, projecting Pakistan as “First world democracy”, Secretary...