G7 pledges to wipe out Haiti debt Al Jazeera | Group of Seven countries (G7) have pledged to cancel their bilateral debt with earthquake-ravaged Haiti, and urged international lenders to do the same, Jim Flaherty, the Canadian finance minister, has said. | "The debt to multilateral institutions should be forgiven and we'll work with these inst...
Clinton urges speed in Haiti case Al Jazeera | Bill Clinton, the former US president, has urged Haiti and the US to move quickly to find a resolution in the case of 10 US citizens accused of trying to smuggle 33 children out of Haiti after the country's devastating earthquake. | The 10 Baptist missionaries we...
Olympics Buzz: Jamaica not on bobsled list Kansas City Star More News | Jamaica's bid to get its four-man bobsled into the Winter Olympics appears to have failed. | A preliminary list of sleds that have entered the Olympics, obtained by The Associated Press on Wednesday, did not show Jamaica in the field. | A...
CARICOM against toxic waste ship passing through Caribbean waters The Gleaner | CARICOM has expressed its "gravest concern" over the possibility of a ship carrying radioactive waste passing through Caribbean waters. | "It has come to the attention of the Caribbean Community that a new shipment of vitrified high-level waste wil...
Venezuela deports suspected drug smugglers The News & Observer | CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuela deported alleged major drug traffickers to the U.S. and France on Tuesday, the country's top security official said. | Suspected Colombian drug kingpin Salomon Camacho Mora, French smuggling suspect Jean Marie Bonnam...
Nigerian militants promise strike on Shell line The News & Observer | LAGOS, Nigeria -- The main militant group in the restive Niger Delta says they will attack a Royal Dutch Shell PLC pipeline already hit in recent days by saboteurs. | The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta issued a statement Tuesday s...
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Hacking into the mind of the CRU climate change hacker The Guardian | Analysis suggests the hacker was in east coast of America and operated over a number of days, but much remains unknown | Hacker in staged photograph surrounded by computers. Phot...
HAITI: Minimizing food mayhem IRINnews web | PORT-AU-PRINCE, 3 February 2010 (IRIN) - As food distributions spread to more parts of Port-au-Prince, so have kilometre-long lines of hungry, at times angry, people pressed ...
Braddock man's water filter project could help Haiti Pittsburgh Tribune Review | Braddock has struggled mightily since the collapse of the steel industry in the 1980s and lost its biggest employer when UPMC closed its hospital there just a week ago. | Still, Richard "Dick" Wukich said his hometown is uniquely equipped to help t...
Couple helping Haitian orphans Star Tribune | PRINSBURG, MINN. -- A helping hand from west-central Minnesota reaches all the way to the north coast of Haiti, where it is aiding the relief efforts for orphaned children along with victims of the earthquake. | Volunteers and staff at the Children...
Group says agents want fees before releasing Haiti aid USA Today Posted | Comment | Recommend | | | By Andrew West, The (Fort Myers, Fla.) News-Press Cape Coral pilot David Beauvois tells Cape Christian Fellowship members on Saturday that the supplies and goods they flew to Haiti might...
UN admits daily problems with aid distribution; some schools reopen m&c | Port-au-Prince, Haiti/Washington - Almost three weeks after the devastating Haitian earthquake, the United Nations said Monday it was facing daily difficulties in the distribution of supplies to survivors. | There was better news, meanwhile, from the Haitian government, which reopened a few schools in capital Port-au-Prince and some outlying area...
For a career in aviation industry The Hindu | What should students keep in mind if they wish to make a career in the aviation industry? C.G. Krishnadas Nair, Managing Director of Cochin International Airport Ltd, highlighted the present state of the aviation industry and emerging job opportunities in an interview to G.KRISHNAKUMAR. | My advice to the students is to go for the best schools, w...
