People watch a US missionary doctor, who did not want to be identified, confirm the man lying in the bed died of cholera outside a hospital before being transported home in the town of Droin, Haiti, Friday Oct. 22, 2010. An outbreak of cholera in rural central Haiti has killed at least 142 people and […]
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Archive | October 23, 2010
The Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) volunteers on standby near Mt. Merapi
October 23, 2010 
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October 23, 2010 (KATAKAMI / THE JAKARTA POST) — The Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) has posted 175 volunteers to areas near Mount Merapi following to a recent alert status declared by the Volcanic Technology Development and Research (BPPTK) Yogyakarta. “We have to be ready whenever the disaster hits us. We have to train local residents […]
Read moreWikiLeaks data shows U.S. failed to probe Iraqi abuse cases
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October 23, 2010 (KATAKAMI / Reuters) – WikiLeaks released nearly 400,000 classified U.S. files on the Iraq war on Friday, some detailing gruesome cases of prisoner abuse by Iraqi forces that the U.S. military knew about but did not seem to investigate. The Pentagon decried the website’s publication of the secret reports — the largest […]
Read moreRussian President Dmitry Medvedev To Host Fresh Armenian-Azerbaijani Summit
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (right) welcomes Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Serzh Sarkisian (left) and Ilham Aliyev, to St. Petersburg in June. October 22, 2010 YEREVAN (KATAKAMI / RFERL.ORG) — The presidents of Russia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan are to meet next week for talks on resolving the long-standing dispute over the region of Nagorno-Karabakh, […]
Read morePalestinians urge water strategy
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October 22, 2010 (KATAKAMI / FRANCE 24 / AFP) – Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayaad on Friday called on the international community to help find a solution to the difficult access to water in the occupied territories. More should be done for the Palestinians to have access to the available resources respecting international rules on […]
Read morePM Netanyahu’s Remarks at the Conference on the Future of the Jewish People at the Israel Museum
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October 22, 2010 (KATAKAMI / PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE) — Natan Sharansky is a hero of the Jewish people. He is also a great chess player, and of course I raise that because, aided by the late Tommy Lapid, I played with him the only game of chess – after the age of 15 – before […]
Read moreAbbas and Saudi king discuss stalled peace talks
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October 22, 2010 (KATAKAMI / FRANCE24 / AFP) – Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas held talks on Friday with King Abdullah that focused on the stalled peace process with Israel, the official Saudi news agency SPA reported. They discussed “developments in the Palestinian issue and efforts exerted to put the peace process back on the right […]
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