People are vampires alive and living among today’s society? According to an ABC News article, the people in Zorazje in a Serbian village are terrified that Sava Savanovic, a vampire from long ago, has come back to life and is lurking and roaming somewhere in the mountains of western Serbia and is just waiting to commence […]
Homs: A Historic City in Ruins
By Rami Alhames Among the many Syrian cities and towns making news headlines today is Homs, a city which dates back to 2300BC. The colossal damage months of shelling has done can be seen in the destruction of historic buildings and architecture, hundreds of thousands of refugees and thousands of martyrs. Homs in history The […]
Armenian Villages Prone to Landslides
For landslip-threatened communities, resettlement seems the only viable option. By Christine Aghalaryan Voghjaberd is a village without much of a future. Sitting on an area subject to frequent land slippage, and at risk from rocks tumbling down from higher ground, the houses here seem destined to collapse sooner or later. It is just […]
Armenia-Azerbaijan: Learning to Give “Enemies” a Human Face
Armenian reporter describes evolution from blanket hostility to realisation that Azeris are people, not monsters. By Hayhuki Barseghyan When I saw a Facebook message saying that IWPR Armenia was seeking a journalist to write an article in partnership with an Azerbaijani reporter about the way history is taught in the two countries, I wondered whether […]
Piracy “Business” is Booming – for pirates, navies and merchenaries
From the SMCM (Somali Marine and Coastal Monitor): (and with a view on news with an impact on Somalia) The continuing plight of the sailors Efforts must be stepped up to free them (DailyStar) The state of uncertainty over the fate of the crew of MV Jahan Moni continues. There is little sign of […]
FLASH FLOODS HIT WASIOR DISTRICT WEST PAPUA VICTIM KILLED 110 PEOPLE
Jakarta: October 09, 2010 The death toll in flash floods Wasior, Wondama Bay, West Papua continue to grow. Until Friday morning (8/10), the amount found as many as 110 dead and 450 others were missing. "This latest data from Wasior," said Pitsaw Amafnini, Coordinator of Social and Environmental Network (Jasoil) Papua. Government Wondama Bay this […]