Four leading energy and transport companies have pledged to fund a further, five-year second phase of the of the Global Road Safety Initiative (GRSI), the world’s largest joint commitment of private sector resources toward road safety in low- and middle-income countries. The Initiative will be managed by the Global Road Safety Partnership, a not-for-profit hosted project of the International...
Quick, someone call Richard Goldstone. The IDF reports (and documents) a 900% increase in humanitarian aid to Gaza in 2009 as compared with 2008. The aid is supplied by various international organizations - the International Red Cross, UNRWA, WFP - and is imported into the Gaza Strip via the Kerem Shalom Crossing near the Egyptian border."We are investing major resources to enable the flow of
By Alisha A. Pina CRANSTON, R.I. -- A family of seven is being helped by the Red Cross after their Potter Street home was badly damaged from a fire early Sunday morning. Crews arrived at 163 Potter St. about 4:45 a.m. and the house was fully involved. Fire officials say only one man was home at the time of the blaze and he was outside before the first responders arrived. There were no injuries, but...
A fire early Sunday morning at 1026 Oriskany St. in Utica sent one firefighter to the hospital and displaced a woman and her two children from their home, according to a news release from Chief Fire Marshal Raymond Beck.
Jerusalem - A prisoner exchange deal for the release of the Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit kidnapped by Hamas could be signed in the coming days, Israeli media reported Sunday quoting Hamas as saying to Arab media. Real progress has been made (in the ...
A 64-year-old unemployed restaurant worker and a 21-year-old laid-off salesman were among at least 80 people left homeless by a five-alarm fire that gutted a 41-unit apartment building in Northeast Philadelphia before dawn Sunday.
All of us will have heard the news and seen the distressing footage of the unprecedented floods which have devastated Cockermouth and Workington when the rivers Derwent and Cocker broke their banks. We have grieved for the brave policeman who lost his life while helping others and we send our condolences to his family. Our hearts go out to all those affected by the floods. We have seen how the Emergency...
For the last two months the number one search term entered by the readers of The Soft Landing has been “toothbrush,” so we set out to locate BPA, PVC and Phthalate-free toothbrushes for the whole family. We were pleasantly surprised in many cases, and of course disappointed at the same time by the number of companies that wouldn’t even respond. Here’s a preliminary list to get...
If you believe senior Canadian diplomat Richard Colvin, the Conservative government turned a blind eye to the abuse of Afghan prisoners for more than a year while publicly feigning ignorance of the problem.
The Sri Lankan government has failed to make adequate welfare provision for the 136,000 Tamil civilians it plans to release from internment camps, rights activists and opposition parties said Sunday.
“Yeah, and I heard talking to someone with HIV on the phone is dangerous too.” This British Red Cross spot with Konnie Huq focuses on the fear many people still have of close contact with anyone who is HIV positive or living with AIDS. According to them: “For World AIDS Day 2009, the British Red Cross carried out a survey of 16-25-year-olds in the UK, which showed that 85 per cent...
Red Cross vehicles pulled up in front of houses in the Sunset Hills neighborhood Saturday morning. To the naked eye, the houses looked undisturbed - definitely not showing signs of damage from a catastrophic storm. But to the crews of local disaster-assessment volunteers participating in an American Red Cross regional disaster drill, a fictional tornado damaged each structure. Some homes were more...
For the 4th year in a row, Penn State has collected more units of blood than Michigan State in the 16th Annual PSU-MSU Blood Donor Challenge! Final Score: PSU – 2127 MSU – 1914 Since 1994, Penn State has won the annual contest 11 times, steadily increasing its collection totals each year. With over 2,500 people attempting to donate [...]
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Admit it. You look forward to going to the mailbox every day during the holidays. You pull the bundle from the box then quickly file through the pile of miscellaneous catalogs, looking for that bright red, green, silver or white envelope that promises yet another holiday greeting from a loved one. But for our troops spending the holiday ensuring our freedom and helping the world, they are lucky to...
City Council President, Eric Garcetti, will be presenting Michael Torchia, founder of Operation Fitness with a resolution from the City of Los Angeles for his work as a health expert and his Shape Up America Campaign. Torchia will receive this resolution marking August 1st, 2009 as an official "Health And Fitness Day" in Los Angeles. The presentation will take place on Friday, July 31st, 2009, 10:00
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