Urgent!!! World’s mostly Islam friends of RP begin arriving for SNAMMM
March 14, 2010 3:18 pm· Comments Off
MANILA, March 14 — Top foreign ministry officials of foreign governments participating in a special thematic meeting of the 49-year-old Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) began arriving in Manila today, including no less than the President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Libya’s Ali Abdulssalam Treki.
Freezing weather, sand storms to hit central and east China
March 14, 2010 3:18 pm· Comments Off
BEIJING, March 14 — China Meteorological Administration (CMA) issued an alert Sunday morning, warning a temperature drop and sand storms brought by a cold wave would sweep central and east China over the next two days.
EU to impose sanctions on Iran if UN fails in action: Finnish FM
March 14, 2010 3:18 pm· Comments Off
HELSINKI, March 14 — The European Union will seek new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program should the United Nations fail to take any actions, Finnish foreign minister said Saturday.
Thai gov't likely to declare state-of-emergency: gov't source
March 14, 2010 3:18 pm· Comments Off
BANGKOK, March 14 — The government is likely to enforce a state-of-emergency decree Sunday to cope with the escalating tension in Bangkok after tens of thousands of provincial anti-government red-shirted protesters arrived in the city Saturday, The Nation online reported.
Premier says China to continue to work with other countries to tackle climate change
March 14, 2010 3:18 pm· Comments Off
BEIJING, March 14 — China will continue to work with other countries to advance the international efforts in tackling climate change, Premier Wen Jiabao said Sunday after the close of the annual parliament session.
Drug violence kills 25 in Mexico
March 14, 2010 2:44 pm· Comments Off
MEXICO CITY, March 14 — Drug-linked violence claimed 25 lives including five police officers in Mexico's Pacific coast Guerrero state Saturday, security officials said.
Russian airmobile hospital to help Chile quake victims
March 14, 2010 2:44 pm· Comments Off
MOSCOW, March 14 — Two Russian emergencies ministry planes have arrived in Chile carrying rescuers, supplies and equipment including a mobile hospital to help the earthquake-stricken country, a ministry's spokeswoman has said.
Conservation confab begins in Doha, focus on bluefin tuna
March 14, 2010 2:44 pm· Comments Off
DOHA, March 14 — An international conference to conserve endangered wildlife opened Saturday in Doha, Qatar, with focus on a Monaco-proposed ban on all cross-border trade in bluefin tuna from the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea.
UN chief visiting Haiti today
March 14, 2010 2:44 pm· 1 Comment
By Betwa Sharma
UNITED NATIONS, March 14 — Two months after a devastating earthquake hit Haiti, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is visiting the country for a second time today, to assess the situation on the ground and to prepare for the upcoming donors conference.
Storm leaves hundreds of thousands of families in northeast U.S. in dark
March 14, 2010 2:44 pm· Comments Off
NEW YORK, March 14 — Powerful winds are ripping through northeast U.S. Saturday with winds gusting over 80 kilometers per hour, and as much as 12 centimeters of rain falling across parts of the region.