by Bernardo Parrella On Monday April 6th, at 3:32am local time (01:32 GMT), L’Aquila, capital city of the central Abruzzo region, 60 miles northeast of Rome, was stricken by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake [en]. Even if the country is not new to such tragedies, this is Italy’s worst earthquake in three decades. The latest figures […]
Italian quake died for 260 people
260 people have died in the Italian quake, including 16 children.28,000 have been left homeless and over 17,000 people are in tent camps. Aftershocks from the earthquake sent new fears through the tent camps that shelter thousands of survivors, and Pope Benedict XVI said Wednesday that he would visit the shocked and injured people […]
The School and the Schoolboy in India
Many of us India have always wondered about where the tax payer’s money is going. Ever since Rajiv Gandhi made that famous statement about 15 paisa of every rupee allocated by the state was actually utilised for the given purpose, the figure has slid down now to 5 paisa! So this story of a young […]
Whom to Blame for Mumbai Attacks
Over the past year, India has become a testing area for terrorists. They plan and execute and if it works then similar attacks can be planned in some other parts of the world. In such circumstances a question arises: who is the winner? And the answer is of course the terrorists. They killed the […]
In the Congo, Fighting Continues
by Elia Varela Serra As the world celebrates Barack Obama‘s victory as the next president of the United States, AfroSpear reminds us that the conflict in the province of North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo hasn’t stopped: In this era where a man of African descent has secured the throne of the most powerful nation of the world, […]
Green Initiatives in Dobbs Ferry
Green Initiatives. By Trustee Larry Dengler Posted by permission “America is ready to turn the page. America is ready for a new set of challenges.” -Senator Barack Obama Part 1. What has been done. —Our Village joined ICLEI, The International Conference of Local Governments on Sustainability. Membership in this international conference is restricted to […]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- Next Page »