Cold weather and snow have complicated rescue efforts in Turkey, four days after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake decimated much of the southeastern part of the country. Turkish authorities are racing to provide shelter for thousands of victims left homeless by the quake. Officials say the death toll from Sunday’s tremor has risen to 523 with [...]
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October 27, 2011
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October 4, 2011
Senate Reaches Deal to Avert Government Shutdown
After blocking one Democratic proposal, the Senate voted, 79 to 12, to approve a straightforward seven-week extension of financing for government agencies that were due to run out of money on Friday, simultaneously replenishing accounts at the Federal Emergency Management Agency that this summer’s string of natural disasters had nearly exhausted. “It shows us the [...]
October 1, 2011
US Congress blocks £128m in aid for Palestinians
The Palestinian Authority has accused the US of “collective punishment”, after the US Congress blocked $200m (£128m) in aid in response to President Mahmoud Abbas’ bid for UN statehood. The decision to freeze the payments was reportedly made by three congressional committees on 18 August, before Abbas’ planned bid for statehood recognition at the UN [...]
September 29, 2011
US government shutdown: spending bill clears House of Representatives
The US House of Representatives has passed a stopgap spending measure to avert a government shutdown this weekend and refill disaster aid coffers drained by a series of recent storms, fires and tornadoes. The measure passed the House with the unanimous permission of all members present in a chamber that was nearly deserted because Congress [...]
September 29, 2011
Pakistan: mission impossible | Editorial
Our story that Save the Children flew eight expatriate aid workers out of Pakistan in July for fear that they could have been arrested by Inter-Services Intelligence is a classic example of a term the CIA itself invented: blowback. As we reported in July, the CIA organised a fake vaccination programme in Abbottabad in an [...]
September 28, 2011
Democrats agree to no additional disaster aid in US budget dispute
September 28, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Democrats agree to no additional disaster aid in US budget dispute By Joseph Kishore 27 Sep 2011 The Democratic Party-controlled Senate passed a spending measure on Monday night that includes no additional emergency aid to victims of natural disasters. The move was a complete capitulation to Republican demands that [...]
September 19, 2011
Imran Khan: ‘America is destroying Pakistan. We’re using our army to kill our own people with their money’
When Barack Obama announced in May that American commandos had killed Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Imran Khan was furious. “The whole of Pakistan felt this way. Wherever I went I felt this humiliation and anger in people. It was humiliating because an American president announces it, not our president. And because it was the [...]
September 17, 2011
Pakistani prime minister cancels UN trip to deal with floods
Pakistan‘s prime minister has cancelled a trip to attend the United Nations in New York, where he planned to rebuild frayed relations with the US, saying he needs to co-ordinate emergency aid for flood victims at home. Yousaf Raza Gilani’s decision was intended to stave off criticism made last year when Pakistan’s president, Asif Ali [...]