Humanitarian Organizations

Corporate Donors Support American Red Cross Response to Hurricane Dolly

prnewswire.com     42 mins ago   8 related          

Corporate Donors Support American Red Cross Response to Hurricane Dolly Annual Disaster Giving Program Members Give Generously as Red Cross Requests Additional Donations WASHINGTON, July 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Hurricane...                

William Fisher: Did You Give at the Office?

huffingtonpost.com     4 hrs ago   2 related          

This is the conclusion of a new white paper prepared by two prominent organizations, OMB Watch and Grantmakers Without Borders. It accuses the courts of being "overly deferential" to the U.S. Treasury Department, which is...                

Fort Lewis' Madigan gets new top nurse

nwsource.com     2 hrs ago   2 related          

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SEATTLE -- A nurse who treated victims at the Pentagon on Sept. 11, and at one of the Army's worst air disasters took command at Madigan Army Medical Center at Fort Lewis this week. Maj. Gen. Patricia D....                

BAKU: Armenian Serviceman Defects To Azerbaijan

usc.edu     10 hrs ago   14 related          

ARMENIAN SERVICEMAN "DEFECTS" TO AZERBAIJAN ANS TV July 24 2008 Azerbaijan An Armenian serviceman has defected to Azerbaijan to escape "torture" in his army. The serviceman, identified as Paruyur Stepanyan, met representatives...                

Blood Drives 10-29-06

sharon-herald.com     7 hrs ago   1 related          

BLOOD DRIVES Mercer County Chapter of the American Red Cross will hold these blood drives this week: • 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Mercer County Career Center, 776 Greenville Road, state Route 58, Coolspring Township. • Noon...                

Maine storms bring flood warnings

usatoday.com     6 hrs ago   2 related          

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The National Weather Service posted a flood warning along the Kennebec River in central Maine and a flood watch Down East a day after severe thunderstorms and possibly a tornado hit the state. Some towns,...                

An interactive guide to Bush-administration lawbreaking

codewolf.com     10 hrs ago          

An interactive guide to Bush-administration lawbreaking - The recent release of Jane Mayer's book The Dark Side revealed that a secret report by the International Committee of the Red Cross determined "categorically" that the...                

Giving Kids a Hand When Disaster Strikes (U.S. News & World Report)

yahoo.com     6 hrs ago          

U.S. News & World Report - Hurricane Dolly was no Katrina, but that doesn't mean it wasn't traumatic for children--even if they live 1,000 miles away from South Texas. CNN endlessly flashed photos of Dolly's sinister spiral,...                

German prosecutors ask police to trace Nazi atrocities unit

earthtimes.org     6 hrs ago          

Ludwigsburg, Germany - German war-crimes prosecutors have asked police to begin a hunt for surviving ex-servicemen from a 7,500-man Nazi military unit accused of some of the worst atrocities of the Second World War in Poland....                

Missed meeting costs the Red Cross

unionleader.com     6 hrs ago          

By ALEC O'MEARA Union Leader Correspondent 20 minutes ago LONDONDERRY – By zeroing the Red Cross out of the proposed budget because of their absence from its meeting, the budget committee recommended a budget of approximately...                

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