Human Security

Texas residents clean up from Hurricane Dolly flooding

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Residents of South Texas were trying to salvage what was left of soggy possessions and beginning the long process of drying out their homes on Friday as the remnants of Hurricane Dolly threatened still more rain in the area.                

Catholics To Pope: Lift Birth Control Ban

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Dissident Catholic Groups Publish Letter Citing "Catastrophic Effects" Of Church's Ban (AP) More than 50 dissident Catholic groups from around the world have written an open letter asking Pope Benedict XVI to lift the church's...                

Report faults mining methods in Utah mine collapse

bostonherald.com     3 hrs ago   167 related          

By Associated Press Friday, July 25, 2008 - The operator of a collapsed Utah mine violated safety protocols by cutting coal pillars that should have been left standing to prevent cave-ins, federal regulators said yesterday. The...                

Crying Baby Led To Tornado-Hit Home Rescue

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Child Was Found Between Flattened First And Second Floors Of House, Grandmother Found Dead This is a state police handout photo of destruction in an area in Epsom, N.H. seen Thursday July 24, 2008 after a severe storm passed...                

UN says as much as 25 percent of cyclone aid lost to Myanmar currency controls

bostonherald.com     3 hrs ago   28 related          

By Associated Press Friday, July 25, 2008 - Added 7m ago BANGKOK, Thailand - As much as 25 percent of cyclone relief aid in Myanmar is being lost because of the military government’s foreign exchange system, a United Nations...                

Tourists evacuated from Greek island

msn.com     2 hrs ago   39 related          

2,000 travelers ordered out as precaution; blaze destroys pine forest ATHENS, Greece - More than 2,000 tourists were evacuated from hotels in the island of Rhodes as forest fires raged for a fourth day, the Fire Service and...                

Tarantulas, fire ants lurk in Texas floodwaters

iht.com     3 hrs ago   22 related          

South Texans eager to salvage what they can from waterlogged homes struck by Hurricane Dolly have another problem: The floodwaters they're slogging through are laced with stinging fire ants, snakes and even deadly tarantulas.                

California wildfires now 98% contained

usatoday.com     2 hrs ago   11 related          

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California fire officials say the thousands of blazes sparked by a massive lightning storm are 98% contained after burning for more than a month. Of the more than 2,000 fires ignited during the June 21...                

Stay at home and shelter if storm hits - MetService (NZPA)

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"This is no ordinary storm. It is one of the largest and deepest lows we've seen for some years," MetService spokesman Peter Kreft said. The intense low was predicted to move over Cape Reinga in the Far North later today and...                

Billionaires cough up some dough to fight smoking

foreignpolicy.com     3 hrs ago   164 related          

They've tackled malaria and AIDS, but now two billionaire philanthropists are taking on another developing world health-scourge: smoking. Former Microsoft Chair Bill Gates and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg just pledged...                

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