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Chile troops tackle quake looters

admin — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:45:51 +0000

The Chilean military tries to restore order after the country’s devastating earthquake, arresting dozens and shooting a man dead.

Civilians die in Afghan offensive

admin — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 20:45:46 +0000

Nato has confirmed that two rockets fired at militants during its offensive in Helmand, south Afghanistan, missed their target and killed 12 civilians.The rockets struck a house in Marjah as thousands of Nato troops continued their operations to oust the Taliban.Nato’s commander Gen Stanley McChrystal said that “we deeply regret this tragic loss of life”.Coalition forces are aiming to build on gains in Operation Moshtarak, tackling snipers and booby-traps on day two.A third Nato death related to the operation has also been confirmed.
Operation Moshtarak, meaning “together” in the Dari language, is the biggest coalition attack since the Taliban fell in 2001.
The operation is also the first big test of US President Barack Obama’s new “surge” strategy for Afghanistan.
Rocket system suspended

Snowstorm paralyses Washington DC and eastern US

admin — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:07:23 +0000

The storm knocked down power lines and left hundreds of thousands of people without electricity.Nearly 2ft (60cm) of snow had fallen by noon on Saturday in cities across the region, the Associated Press reports.The governors of Washington DC, Virginia and Maryland have declared states of emergency.West Virginia, Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey are also affected. The National Weather Service declared a 24-hour blizzard warning for the Washington-Baltimore region until 2200 on Saturday (0300 GMT on Sunday).Most flights from the Washington-Baltimore area’s three main airports and Philadelphia International Airport have been cancelled.Hundreds of car accidents were reported, including two fatalities – a father and son who died while helping another motorist in Virginia.US national rail service Amtrak cancelled a number of trains between New York and Washington, and also between Washington and some southern destinations.Local weather forecasters said the Washington area could see its heaviest snowfall in 90 years.It comes less than two months after a December storm dumped more than 16in (41cm) of snow in Washington.
The usually traffic-heavy roads of the capital were deserted, while the city’s famous sites and monuments were covered with snow. The Washington Metro was operating only on underground lines, and bus services were cancelled.US government offices in the Washington area closed four hours early on Friday, while the Smithsonian museums and National Zoo were closed on Saturday.
Debi Adkins, who lives just outside the city of Baltimore, told the BBC: “The snow started at 1130 yesterday morning and it just hasn’t stopped… about 20 inches came overnight – and thunder and lightening.”I’m not going anywhere – I couldn’t if I wanted to. You just can’t get your cars out. The front door of the building I live in is closed shut, so I just can’t get out.”Ushaa Shyam Krishna in Chantilly, Virginia, said he – like many others – had stocked up on essential food items ahead of the storm.
“For the first few hours after the storm began, my daughter and I tried to shovel the snow, but now we have given up,” he said.”On Thursday the supermarkets were half empty – we went again yesterday and the shelves were totally empty.”

‘Thousands dead’ in Haiti quake

admin — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:01:07 +0000

Updated at: 2217 PST, Wednesday, January 13, 2010
WASHINGTON: The death toll in the Haiti quake could top 100,000, Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive told a US news channel Wednesday.
The final death toll could be “well over 100,000,” the prime minister told the US television channel after his Caribbean nation was struck Tuesday by a 7.0 quake.”I hope that is not true, because I hope the people had the time to get out. Because we have so much people on the streets right now, we don’t know exactly where they were living.
“But so many, so many buildings, so many neighborhoods totally destroyed, and some neighborhoods we don’t even see people, so I don’t know where those people are.”

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