Chile says rebuilding after quake could take years
DICHATO, Chile - Chile's president says it will take three years to rebuild the region wracked by an earthquake and tsunami, something all too clear to the people cleaning up this splintered tourist town.
Nations:Chile People:Ban Ki-moon Augusto Pinochet Source:(AP)
2010-03-05
Britain raises international terror threat level
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain raised its international terrorism threat level to 'severe' -- its second highest level of terror alert -- from 'substantial' on Friday, Home Secretary (interior minister) Alan Johnson said.
Nations:Afghanistan Saudi Arabia People:Hillary Clinton Ban Ki-moon Hamid Karzai Activities:Anti-terror War in U.K. Source:(Reuters)
2010-01-23
Haiti aid relief steps up gear as US troops pour in
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AFP) - US troops led by Marines fanned out across the ruined Haitian capital Tuesday, as the US military ramped up a huge aid operation for desperate survivors one week after a massive quake.
People:Hillary Clinton Bill Clinton Ban Ki-moon Activities:2010 Haiti Earthquake
2010-01-19
U.S. and U.N. boost Haiti aid security as food drops in
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - U.S. troops protected aid handouts and the United Nations sought extra peacekeepers in earthquake-shattered Haiti on Monday as marauding looters emptied wrecked shops and desperate survivors began to receive medical care and air-dropped food.
Nations:Canada Brazil U.S. People:Bill Clinton Robert Gates Ban Ki-moon Barack Obama Activities:2010 Haiti Earthquake
2010-01-17
U.S. troops to help Haiti security, aid flows in
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - U.S. troops will help U.N. peacekeepers keep order on Haiti's increasingly lawless streets, the country's president said on Sunday as aid workers struggled to get food and medical assistance to desperate earthquake survivors.
People:Ban Ki-moon Hugo Chavez Activities:2010 Haiti Earthquake Source:(Reuters)
2010-01-16
Haitians pray, cry for help in the ruins
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Prayers of thanksgiving and cries for help rose from Haiti's huddled homeless Sunday, the sixth day of an epic humanitarian crisis that was straining the world's ability to respond and igniting flare-ups of violence amid the rubble of Port-au-Prince.
Nations:U.S. Spain People:Ban Ki-moon Activities:2010 Haiti Earthquake Source:(AP)
2010-01-16
U.N. confirms death of Haiti mission chief Annabi
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. mission chief in Haiti, Hedi Annabi, died in Tuesday's earthquake that devastated the country's capital, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced on Saturday.
Nations:Canada Iraq Cambodia Brazil People:Ban Ki-moon Activities:2010 Haiti Earthquake Source:(Reuters)
2010-01-16
Quake workers in Haiti rescue living, mourn dead
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - All rescuers saw of Saint-Helene Jean-Louis when they arrived at the collapsed University of Port-au-Prince building were the top of her head and her left hand.
Nations:Mexico U.S. People:Hillary Clinton Ban Ki-moon Activities:2010 Haiti Earthquake Source:(AP)
2010-01-16
Haiti aid flow grows; feuds over reaching victims
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Hungry, haggard survivors clamored for food and water Saturday as donors squabbled over how to get aid into Haiti and rescuers waged an increasingly improbable battle to free the dying before they become the dead.
People:Bill Clinton Ban Ki-moon Barack Obama George W. Bush Hillary Clinton Activities:2010 Haiti Earthquake
2010-01-15
Obama to delay start of Asia trip to attend Fort Hood memorial
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will delay the start of his visit to Asia this week to attend a memorial service for soldiers killed in a mass shooting at a U.S. military base, an administration official said on Sunday.
Nations:South Korea People:Barack Obama Activities:2009 Fort Hood Shootings Source:(Reuters)
2009-11-07
Quake landslides wipe out 4 villages in Indonesia
PADANG, Indonesia - At least four Indonesian villages were obliterated by earthquake-triggered landslides that buried as many as 644 people including a wedding party under mountains of mud and debris, officials said Saturday.
Nations:Indonesia Denmark Switzerland Netherlands South Korea Australia Source:(AP)
2009-10-03
SKorea aborts rocket launch minutes before liftoff
SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea on Wednesday aborted its first domestic launch of a rocket just minutes before scheduled liftoff because of a technical problem, delaying space ambitions that have threatened to anger rival North Korea.
Nations:South Korea India North Korea People:Kim Jong Il Bill Clinton Lee Myung-Bak Bill Richardson Barack Obama
2009-08-19
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