By Ian Shalapata (WINDSOR, ON) – Earthquakes Canada, a division of Natural Resources Canada, is reporting an earthquake and after shocks cantered around 18-20 km northeast of Shawville, QC, in the Ottawa Valley. The initial reports are of a 5.2 magnitude quake originating at 9:43 am this morning. Twenty minutes later an aftershock was registered [...]
(LOS ANGELES, CA) – Vinh Chuong “Jimmy” Kha, 50, and Felix Kha 26, were sentenced in federal district court in Los Angeles to serve 42 and 46 months, respectively, in prison for crimes related to illegal international trafficking of rhinoceros horn, announced Ignacia S. Moreno, Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division [...]
(RAIGMORE, SCOTLAND) – Police yesterday co-ordinated a search for a hillwalker who was reported to have fallen in the Torridon area. Police were notified that a man had fallen whilst on the Liathach Mountain, close to Torridon shortly after 2:35 pm on Tuesday 14 May 2013. Torridon and Kintail Mountain Rescue Teams, and RAF Rescue [...]
By Dan Foy (MOOSONEE, ON) – Members of the Moosonee Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have responded to a report of a human skull found near the shore of James Bay at a location known as East Point. East Point is located approximately 75 miles north east of the Town of Moosonee at the north end [...]
By Jean-Marc St-Jacques (WHITEFISH FALLS, ON) – On Saturday, May 4, 2013 at 1:00 pm, officers from the Espanola Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report that a woman had fallen into the water in the Whitefish Falls area of Curtin Township. Officers along with EMS, the Fire Department, and members from [...]
(PARIS, FRANCE) – With two months to go before the World Congress on the Death Penalty due to take place in Madrid from June 12 to 15, 2013, France reaffirms its firm and constant opposition to the death penalty everywhere and under all circumstances. This Congress, organized by the “Together against the Death Penalty” association, [...]
(PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC) – Czech Prime Minister Petr Nečas has sent a letter of condolence to the Prime Minister of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China, Li Keqiang, in connection with the tragic earthquake in south-western China, which on Saturday deprived over 180 people of their lives while injuring more than 11,800 [...]
(MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY) – The Uruguayan Parliament’s adoption of the Equal Marriage Act on 10 April will bolster human rights protections and bring an inclusive society for all a step closer. Uruguay is the second country in Latin America to allow equal marriage for same sex couples – after Argentina legalized it in 2010. “The approval [...]
By Kate Shuetze (LONDON, ENGLAND) – Authorities in Papua New Guinea must take urgent action to prevent and punish ‘sorcery’-related violence, following reports six women and a man were abducted and subjected to acts of appalling cruelty by a group who accused them of witchcraft. Komape Lap from the Southern Highlands claims he and six [...]
(BUDAPEST, HUNGARY) – “The lessons the past teaches us and the tribute we pay to the millions of Holocaust victims impose upon us the moral duty to avert such tragedies in the future. Today we do not simply recall the macabre periods in European history, but we also vow our support for our common future, [...]
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