Breakthrough Accord Could Bring Reparations for Guatemala Massacre Survivors

November 26, 2008,  Rabinal, Guatemala: After months of delay, a new agreement between the President of Guatemala and civil society has breathed life into a long-running campaign to secure compensation for...

Try Again - National Survivors of Suicide Day Nov. 22, 2008

This is a music video I edited together for the hip hop artist SEEIN from Miami. It is about reaching out for help with the goal of preventing suicide. At the end people are presented with the 1-800-SUICIDE hotline...

UPDATE Subway Collapse... 17 Missing

Is poor construction the cause of this collapse?Sadly it looks like this could be the problem with designers and contractors being held.Update 11/17/2008 0548 PST"Update 11/17/2008 0548 PSTBEIJING (AFP) – The...

A photo gallery of Ike survivors at home in Galveston

This is a photo gallery of pics that were recently, post-Ike, taken in Galveston, Texas.Typical of most people in Galveston, the woman wearing the tank-top, Cat, was sliving with friends while she looked for an...

Massive Study to Investigate Near-Death Experiences

Cardiac arrest patients will lend invaluable insight into near-death experiences in a large study that will span across 25 hospitals and include 1,500 survivors within the US and UK.  Many individuals report seeing a white light or tunnel or having an out of body...

Ike survivors may wait weeks for hot meals, baths

"HOUSTON – Tens of thousands of residents first hunkered down to wait for Hurricane Ike's brutal punch. Those survivors on the wrecked Texas coast must now wait again — for food, water and ice, for the...

WE JUST MISSED THE BOAT! A mother and daughter on the Seine River

My daughter and I were traveling on a tourist boat on the River Seine just 4 days before this graphic accident, right next to the majestic Notre Dame. I remember lighting a candle in Notre Dame’s magnificent...

Metrolink Engineer May Have Sent Text Message Moments Before Crash

"r 12, 2008CHATSWORTH -- According to preliminary reports, the Metrolink engineer may have been text messaging from the cab of the train using a cellular telephone moments before the devastating crash. The engineer...

Bihar evacuation begins, 800 000 flood victims rescued

Rescuers have finally come to the flooded Bihar region of Norther India. The slow response of the Indian government drew criticism and accusations of racism earlier this week, and the evacuation efforts are seen by...

13 dead migrants, 46 survivors found on packed boat near Canary Islands

Opinion Barry Artiste Again, as I have always said, those Countries who deride the West rarely have people dying to get into Western Countries for a better life. Usually those people from these countries die by their...

The workers found the bodies of a mother protecting her child beneath the rub...

"Rescue workers looking for survivors in the rubble in China’s southwest region have found the heartbreaking bodies of a woman protecting her child in a collapsed house in Lixi. The death toll from the earthquake...

Malta fears 71 Illegal migrants drowned

Malta is a popular destination for human trafficking and illegal immigrants who wants to reach the European Union. Malta, the smallest of the 27 EU member states, is a target for Asian and Africans trying to get into Europe by boat from North Africa, with Libya being the...

Text message saves plane crash pair

Five people died in a plane crash in Canada, but two survivors were rescued hours after search teams received text messages which lead them to the crash site. " Lieutenant Commander Gerry Pash of the Victoria...

US Implicates Pakistani Agents in Kabul Bomb Attack

US officials accuse the Pakistani government of aiding terrorists. Officials here also said that they have solid evidence implicating the Pakistani government's intelligence agency, which has been accused of aiding terrorism before on numerous occasions by the Indian...

47 Killed in Congo Boat Accident

After leaving the town of Mobayi Bongo, a motorized boat with over 182 passengers was sunk. Approximately 47 people were killed during the incident and over 100 people are still missing."District Commissioner Mathieu Modeste Bella said that 47 bodies had been recovered from...

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