http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=95153439&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK From Sydney to Seoul, London to Lima, and Dubai to Davis Station in frozen Antarctica, hundreds of millions of people are expected to switch off their lights on Saturday to mark "Earth Hour"….
Archives for March, 2011
Kimberley Process to allow Zimbabwe diamond sale
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=95104296&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK The chairman of the Kimberley Process has agreed to allow Zimbabwe to sell diamonds from its disputed Marange fields, deputy mines minister Gift Chimanikire said on Friday….
Earth Hour aims for hope in darkened world
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=95095035&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Lights will go out around the world Saturday with hundreds of millions of people set to take part in the Earth Hour climate change campaign, which this year will also mark Japan's earthquake and tsunami….
Tibet exile govt accepts Dalai Lama retirement
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=95095025&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK The Tibetan parliament-in-exile agreed on Friday to accept the Dalai Lama's resignation from politics, paving the way for a new leadership structure within the movement….
At least 75 killed in Myanmar quake
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=95092266&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK At least 75 people were killed and hundreds left homeless Friday after a strong earthquake hit Myanmar, with fears that the death toll could rise significantly….
Japan death toll tops 10,000 as plant smoulders
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=95079370&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK The death toll from Japan's worst post-war disaster topped 10,000 Friday as the operator of a radiation-belching nuclear plant warned that work to stabilise it may take another month….
Tokyo fish market reeling after nuclear food scare
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=95079382&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Tokyo's usually frantic Tsukiji fish market, the world's largest, would normally hum with tourists but two weeks after a devastating earthquake and tsunami visitors are few and traders look worried….
Japan death toll tops 10,000 as plant keeps fuming
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=95052821&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK The death toll from Japan's worst post-war disaster topped 10,000 Friday as the operator of a radiation-belching nuclear plant warned that work to stabilise it may take another month….
US applauds Iran rights investigator move
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=95049333&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK The United States welcomed as a "historic milestone" a move Thursday by the UN rights watchdog to appoint an investigator specifically for abuses in Iran….
UN rights council votes for investigator on Iran
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=95049327&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK The UN human rights council on Thursday voted to step up international scrutiny of Iran by appointing an investigator to monitor the country amid a crackdown on dissent and surge in executions there….