JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Unknown attackers wielding machetes and guns killed more than 1,000 civilians in the neighborhood of an Ivory Coast town controlled by forces fighting to install the internationally recognized president, the Catholic charity Caritas told The Associated Press Saturday. (more)
The recent devastation in Japan has brought celebrities together to do their part. At the forefront are those in the music industry, with Universal Music Group announcement that they would be releasing a digital only compilation album with the label’s biggest stars to benefit relief efforts. (more)
Last May 31st in Afghanistan, a world away from American backyard barbeques and military parades, Sayeed Mussa vanished into thin air. Mr. Mussa was spirited away to an unknown location to be executed for his faith in Jesus Christ. No, his captors were not the Taliban insurgents but Afghan government officials, bankrolled by U.S. taxpayers and defended by American troops. (more)
TEHACHAPI, Calif. — Two wildfires that erupted and spread quickly near the Mojave Desert have destroyed dozens of homes and forced evacuations in remote areas of California as hundreds of firefighters work to contain the flames. (more)
North Korea is to seize five properties owned by South Korea at the Mount Kumgang tourist resort, say reports. (more)
One month ago, singer Wycef Jean’s “NGO” (for”Non-Governmental Organization) called “Yelle Haiti” raised just over $1 million to help victims of the 7.0 Haiti Earthquake. At the time, scores of non-profit organizations sprang up to announce some kind of effort to assist the quake-damaged country. (more)
As the pace of food and medical aid arriving into the impoverished country increased, doctors say that public health is now Haiti’s major concern. (more)
Thank goodness President Barack Obama told the world last June that the United States could be seen as “one of the largest Muslim countries in the world.” If it weren’t for that declaration there wouldn’t be one Muslim country helping out in Haiti. (more)
Democrats in Massachusetts on Saturday unleashed a furious battery of attacks on Republican Senate candidate Scott Brown, saying he favors turning away rape victims from hospitals, failed to provide health insurance for his campaign workers and is a tool of big banks and the Tea Party movement. (more)
Well, it’s been a quiet week in Keith Olbermann, where all the women aren’t as strong as Keith Olbermann, the men aren’t as good-looking as Keith Olbermann, and the children aren’t as above-average as Keith Olbermann. (more)
Richard Morse, the American manager of the iconic Hotel Oloffson which served as the inspiration for the Hotel Trianon in Graham Greene’s The Comedians, said that the stench of death in Port-au-Prince was becoming unbearable and people were resorting to desperate measures. (more)
THE death toll from Haiti’s catastrophic earthquake will reach 10s of thousands of people, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said. (more)
Chilling new video obtained by CBS shows a series of buildings collapsing in Port-au-Prince, the capital city of Haiti that lies right next to the epicenter of the devastating magnitude 7.0 Jan. 12 earthquake. Port-au-Prince is the country’s most populated city. (more)
