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Nov 3, 2007 5:58 AM CDT

'Biblical' Flood Ravages Mexico

Million flee homes amid fears of disease, food and water shortages

(Newser) - Shortages of food, drinking water, and medicine threaten southeastern Mexico, where muddy flood waters cover 80% of the state of Tabasco and almost a million people have had to flee their homes. "The scene here is terrible, it's biblical," a Red Cross official told the Guardian, as a...

Junta Cremates Protesters

Oct 7, 2007 5:05 PM CDT

Junta Cremates Protesters

Crackdown carries on, as soldiers arrest more activists and the wounded are refused treatment

(Newser) - Burma's army is burning the bodies of activists in secret cremations, hiding their true death count forever, the Sunday Times reports. Locals near Rangoon report trucks are driving by a crematorium at night as smoke rises constantly from its chimneys. Rumors of victims burnt alive have swept the city, but...

Taliban Kidnaps Red Cross Staff

Sep 27, 2007 4:55 PM CDT

Taliban Kidnaps Red Cross Staff

Group says humanitarian workers will be released soon

(Newser) - Taliban fighters kidnapped four Red Cross workers southwest of Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, yesterday, Reuters reports. A Taliban spokesman says the group has "nothing against the Red Cross," was unaware at the time that the kidnapped were Red Cross staff, and that the four would be released soon. The...

Taliban Frees 4 More Captives

Aug 30, 2007 10:17 AM CDT

Taliban Frees 4 More Captives

Last Koreans also scheduled for release

(Newser) - Taliban militants released four of their remaining seven South Korean hostages today. The two men and two women were released to Red Cross officials on a road in central Afghanistan, the AP reports. The Red Cross is on its way to pick up the three remaining hostages from the original...

8 Korean Hostages Freed

Aug 29, 2007 6:56 AM CDT

8 Korean Hostages Freed

Taliban freeing prisoners after reaching a deal with South Korea

(Newser) - The Taliban released eight hostages today, a day after reaching a deal with the South Korean government. Three who were released earlier this morning were brought to the town of Ghazni by tribal elders—acting as mediators—then handed over to the Red Cross. South Korea has agreed to pull...

Peru Quake Toll Reaches 450

Aug 17, 2007 1:59 AM CDT

Peru Quake Toll Reaches 450

More expected as rescuers dig through rubble

(Newser) - The death toll from a powerful earthquake that devastated a province in Peru has reached 450, but the numbers are expected to rise even higher as rescuers dig through rubble. At least 1,500 have been injured. Government doctors have called off a national strike to care for the wounded,...

Drug Giant Sues Red Cross Over ... Red Cross

Aug 9, 2007 10:52 AM CDT

Drug Giant Sues Red Cross Over ... Red Cross

Johnson & Johnson claims trademark infringement

(Newser) - Pharmaceutical behemoth Johnson & Johnson has filed a lawsuit in federal court against the American Red Cross over its signature logo, the Wall Street Journal reports. The suit claims the humanitarian organization is violating the Johnson & Johnson trademark by licensing the signature red cross symbol to companies for use...

China Flood Toll Nears 700

Jul 30, 2007 2:35 PM CDT

China Flood Toll Nears 700

Millions homeless in devastating deluge

(Newser) - Massive flooding, landslides, and mudflows caused by weeks of violent rainstorms have killed 652 people in China and forced 5M out of their homes. Across the country, 452,000 houses have been destroyed, and officials are forecasting continued severe rain for China's southwest, northeast, and northwest regions in the coming...

Hamas Releases Audio of
Israeli Soldier

Jun 25, 2007 9:49 AM CDT

Hamas Releases Audio of Israeli Soldier

A year after capture, Cpl. Gilad Shalit says his health is failing

(Newser) - In the first proof that he is alive a year after capture, Hamas militants today released an audio recording of Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier seized in a cross-border raid near the Gaza strip. In the message posted on the group's web site, Shalit said a year in prison is...