John Holmes

A Warning Shot

ToffeeWeb News (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

John Holmes sees the prospect of selling AJ as a troubling shift in recent transfer strategy

Introducing the GMTR Big Board

Give Me The Rock (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008

Well, Nels has finally gone and done it. GMTR now has a Big Board, and it’s 4 times as big as Yahoo’s Big Board. If Yahoo and GMTR were male porn stars, we’d be John Holmes, snorting cocaine off the backs of truck stop toilets and turning tricks to support our habits… or… you get [...]

The Exhausted Man

The Reverse Cowgirl (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008

Yesterday, I came across this New York Times obituary for John Holmes. I guess I wouldn't have thought such a thing would exist, but there you have it. Sadly, it's marred by a printing error that repeats the first paragraph twice. I guess it's sort of tragic, isn't it?

Experts: EU, US must reconsider biofuel policy

Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008

U.N. undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs John Holmes attends an international conference on food supplies held at the European Parliament in Brussels, Thursday, July 3, 2008. Europe and the U.S. must reconsider their biofuel policies because of rising food prices around the world, aid officials and food policy experts urged Thursday.

Experts: EU, US must reconsider biofuel policy

Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008

... by about 50 million worldwide to more than 850 million in 2007, according to the U.N. food agency.John Holmes, U.N. undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs, singled out Somalia, Ethiopia and western African countries such as Guinea as being the worst hit by food shortages and rising prices.He said the EU must "look again" at its plan calling for biofuels to fuel 10 percent...

Experts: EU, US must reconsider biofuel policy

kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008

... 50 million worldwide to more than 850 million in 2007, according to the U.N. food agency.

John Holmes, U.N. undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs, singled out Somalia, Ethiopia and western African countries such as Guinea as being the worst hit by food shortages and rising prices.

He said the EU must "look again" at its plan calling for biofuels to fuel 10 percent...

Experts: EU, US must reconsider biofuel policy

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008

Last updated July 3, 2008 8:24 a.m. PTExperts: EU, US must reconsider biofuel policyBy JAN SLIVA U.N. undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs John Holmes attends an international conference on food supplies held at the European Parliament in Brussels, Thursday, July 3, 2008. Europe and the U.S. must reconsider their biofuel policies because of rising food prices around the world,...

Experts: EU, US must reconsider biofuel policy

Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008

... by about 50 million worldwide to more than 850 million in 2007, according to the U.N. food agency.John Holmes, U.N. undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs, singled out Somalia, Ethiopia and western African countries such as Guinea as being the worst hit by food shortages and rising prices.He said the EU must "look again" at its plan calling for biofuels to fuel 10 percent...

Afghan situation worsening, UN relief chief says

Global Security (Free subscription) | 01/07/2008

Afghan situation worsening, UN relief chief says IRNA - Islamic Republic News AgencyTehran, July 1, IRNA Afghanistan-Holmes The humanitarian situation inside Afghanistan is getting worse, with civilian casualties rising and food prices soaring, the United Nations relief chief said, calling for the international community to revise its assistance plans to the strife- torn country. According to...

• Afghan situation worsening, UN relief chief says, urging new approach - YubaNet.com

UN calls for new humanitarian effort in Afghanistan

International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 01/07/2008

The UN humanitarian affairs chief and coordinator of relief called Tuesday for a new international action plan for Afghanistan, warning that humanitarian problems there were getting worse as a result of soaring food prices, declining security and increasing civilian casualties."It's becoming clearer and clearer that the humanitarian situation is not only serious but deteriorating," John Holmes,...

U.N. aid chief urges Zimbabwe to ease NGO clampdown

Alertnet (Free subscription) | 01/07/2008

GENEVA, July 1 (Reuters) - Two million Zimbabweans were directly affected by President Robert Mugabe's crackdown on aid groups ahead of last week's election that extended his long term in power, the United Nations top aid official said on Tuesday. John Holmes, the U.N.'s under-secretary general for humanitarian affairs, warned that another poor harvest in Zimbabwe stood to increase the...