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UN raises Burma cyclone estimate
The UN has sharply increased its estimate of those severely affected by Burma’s cyclone to 2.5m people.
The figure was revised up from the 1.5m previously thought to be in need, following the storm 12 days ago.
Since Cyclone Nargis struck, hardly any foreign aid workers have been allowed into [...]

Posted by bosskitty May 14th, 2008 | Tags: Accountability, Burma, China, consequences, cyclone, Disaster, earthquake, humanitarian, Myanmar, Red Cross, relief, survivors, Three Gorges Dam, UN, victims | Category: Accountability, Burma, Casualties, China, Disaster, Emergency Management, Environment, Human Rights, Myanmar, Red Cross, World Health, bio hazards, catastrophe, consequences, critical resources, cyclone, food, global community, humanitarian, hunger, infrastructure, pollution, state of emergency | Leave a comment

‘We will not be deterred’ Benazir’s memorable quotes
* “I told him on my oath in his death cell, I would carry on his work.” — Recalling a visit to her father, former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, before his execution in 1979.
* “The primary message of the visit [...]

Posted by bosskitty December 27th, 2007 | Category: Bhutto, Elections, Musharraf, Pakistan, Pakistan Bloggers, assassination, state of emergency | Comments (1)

Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) director IA Rehman told the BBC that Pakistan was in danger of becoming a “Gestapo state” if such disappearances were to go unchecked.
Human rights workers in Pakistan have demanded the release of one of their leading workers who they say has been detained by government officials. Akhtar Baloch, the [...]

Posted by bosskitty November 13th, 2007 | Category: Accountability, Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Bhutto, Human Rights Watch, Islamic Jihad, Javed Ibrahim Paracha, Lawyers, Middle East, Musharraf, Muslims, Nafisa Hoodbhoy, Pakistan, Politics, Propaganda, Rashid Rehman, Revolution, South East Asia, Taliban, US State Department, War on Terror, World Order, policy, profiteers, state of emergency, terrorists | Comments (3)

LAHORE/LONDON (Reuters) - Pakistani police put opposition leader Benazir Bhutto under house arrest for a week on Tuesday as the Commonwealth threatened suspension unless President Pervez Musharraf repealed a state of emergency.
Army chief Musharraf set off a storm of criticism when suspended the constitution, sacked most judges, locked up lawyers, rounded up thousands of opposition [...]

Posted by bosskitty November 12th, 2007 | Category: Bhutto, Bush, Casualties, Cheney, Collateral, Condoleezza Rice, Corruption, Deception, Defiance, Democracy, Elections, Foreign Policy, Holy War, Horror Flick, Hypocracy, Islamabad, Islamic Jihad, Lahore High Court, Marshal Law, Musharraf, Nuclear, Pakistan, Russia, Taliban, US State Department, War, civil war, consequences, escalation, nation building, profiteers, responsibility, state of emergency, terrorists | Leave a comment

Oil Price Rise Causes Global Shift in Wealth
Iran, Russia and Venezuela Feel the Benefits
High oil prices are fueling one of the biggest transfers of wealth in history. Oil consumers are paying $4 billion to $5 billion more for crude oil every day than they did just five years ago, pumping more than $2 trillion [...]

Posted by bosskitty November 10th, 2007 | Category: Accountability, America, Casualties, Children, Clean Energy, Dillusion, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Legacy, Oil, Oversight, Prophesy, Russia, Science, War Cost, Waste, World Order, administration, catastrophe, climate change, consumers, critical resources, displaced persons, infrastructure, liability, negligence, pollution, poverty, responsibility, state of emergency, survivors | Comments (1)

Thousands perched on rooftops in Mexico floods
Flood waters pour through devastated Mexican city
Rains flood thousands of homes in Mexico
FOOD, WATER RUNNING OUT

Thousands of people perched on roofs in southern Mexico on Saturday, desperate to [...]

Posted by bosskitty November 4th, 2007 | Category: Andres Granier, Bush, Casualties, Chiapas, Felipe Calderon, Mexico, No Border Wall, Outsource, Politics, Public Health, Tabasco, Villahermosa, catastrophe, contamination, floods, humanitarian, pollution, prejudice, resonsibility, state of emergency, survivors | Comments (2)

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Gen. Pervez Musharraf declared a state of emergency in Pakistan on Saturday, suspending the constitution, replacing the chief justice before a crucial Supreme Court ruling on his future as president, and cutting communications in the capital.
Emergency rule imposed in Pakistan General Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan’s president, has imposed emergency rule in the country.
Emergency [...]

Posted by bosskitty November 3rd, 2007 | Category: Bhutto, Bush, Cheney, Condoleezza Rice, Constitution, Corruption, Democracy In Action, Musharraf, Pakistan, betrayal, bigotry, civil liberties, conspiracy, dictatorship, disinformation, state of emergency, warheads | Comments (1)

Pakistan’s Bhutto Cancels Trip to Dubai Amid Rumors Musharraf Will Impose State of Emergency
KARACHI, Pakistan — Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto abruptly canceled plans to travel abroad Wednesday, saying she had heard rumors the government could impose a state of emergency during her absence.
She said at a hastily arranged news conference that senior party [...]

Posted by bosskitty October 31st, 2007 | Category: 1984, Bhutto, Bush, Cheney, Dillusion, Election, God, Human Rights, Musharraf, Orwellian, Pakistan, Taliban, Tehran, disinformation, state of emergency | Comments (14)

Iran is running 3,000 atomic centrifuges
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday Iran had met a planned target of installing and running 3,000 atomic centrifuges used in enriching uranium, Iranian news agencies reported.
Iran had said it aimed to have that many centrifuges, which are set up in interlinked networks or “cascades” of [...]

Posted by bosskitty September 2nd, 2007 | Category: Ahmadinejad, Allah, Arab Nations, Ayatollah Khamenei, Black Ops, Bomb, Bush, Casualties, Cheney, Collateral, Corporate corruption, Donald Rumsfeld, DoubleSpeak, Fear, Foriegn Policy, Global Power, Hypocracy, IAEA, India, Iran, Iraq, Islamabad, Israel, Missile, NATO, Nuclear, Occupation Army, Oil, Orwellian, Pakistan, Pentagon Corruption, Politics, President, Propaganda, Revolutionary Guard, Saudi Arabia, Soldiers, Syria, Tax Dollars, The Divider, The Liar, Time Bomb, UN, United Nations, WMD, War, War Contractors, War Cost, War Games, War on Terror, Waziristan, Weapons of Mass Destruction, World Order, administration, catastrophe, disinformation, empire, escalation, intelligence, military, national intelligence, national security, profiteers, resonsibility, state of emergency, terrorists, troops | Comments (1)