Friday, 30 August 2013

Minister moves fast on Pike mine re-entry plan

August 30

Solid Energy's board has approved a staged re-entry proposal and it's in the hands of Energy Minister Simon Bridges, RadioLive reports. "I'm not prepared to put a timeline on this but we're moving...

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Cebu ferry tragedy toll now 96

August 30

Two more bodies were recovered from the wreck of the MV St. Thomas Aquinas late Thursday afternoon, bringing the confirmed death toll in the August 16 sinking of the ferry off Cebu to 96, with 41 still...

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Enforced disappearances in Sri Lanka

August 30

As the world marks the International Day of the Disappeared today the London based human rights group Amnesty International (AI) called on the government to investigate thousands of cases of enforced...

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Enforced disappearances still an appalling reality in the Americas

August 30

Enforced disappearances in the Americas are not only an inheritance of the dark past of the authoritarian governments of the 1970s and 80s, but also an appalling ongoing practice, Amnesty International...

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Nepal marks Int'l Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances

August 30

Nakkali Budhamagar had given birth to her first child, when the ‘people’s war’ was launched in Rolpa in 1996. She was so focused on raising her child that she hardly noticed the rebellion around her....

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Five things you should know about disappearances

August 30

Every year in dozens of countries around the world, thousands of men, women and children are detained by state authorities for no reason, never to be seen again. They are the “disappeared”. In 2012...

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In Kashmir, 'half-widows' suffer in silence

August 30

Forty-year-old Haleema Begum was once a proud and happy homemaker, but now she lives on the support of her parents and neighbours. Haleema became a half-widow 12 years ago when her husband, Mushtaq...

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30 August: International Day of the Disappeared

August 30

The International Day of the Disappeared (30 August) is a reminder that a great number of people are missing as a result of conflicts around the world. Each year, on this day we commemorate those...

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Thailand must do more on The Day of The Disappeared

August 30

Thai authorities have failed to honor past pledges to resolve cases of enforced disappearance and hold those responsible to account, Human Rights Watch said today. August 30, 2013 is the International...

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Chile marks International Day of the Disappeared

August 30

It has been 40 years, but Gabriela Zuñiga is no closer to knowing what happened to her husband than she was the day he was taken by Chilean security forces on Aug.15, 1974. “I don’t know where he...

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Nepal: ICRC support programme for families of disappeared

August 30

A comprehensive support programme, aptly named ‘Hatemalo Accompaniment Programme’, run by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) with support from the local NGO Kopila Nepal has served...

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Ghosts linger in Halifax

August 30

In April 1912, the Titanic went down after colliding with an iceberg during its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City. But it was Halifax, on Canada's eastern coast, which dealt with...

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INS Sindhurakshak: Six submarine victims identified

August 30

The Indian Navy on Thursday identified the bodies of six victims of the August 14 INS Sindhurakshak submarine disaster. The remains were handed over to their respective families. FSL director Dr...

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