Finally Bangladeshis have to make their own way out of Libya
Region: BangladeshFinally Bangladeshis have to make their own way out of Libya Dr. Shamimul Moula, Ph.D. (Scoop) 27 February, DHAKA: Labour, Employment and Expatriate Welfare Minister Engineer Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain urged the strande... more
Views: 955BD Government declines to pull out all Bangladeshis from Libya
Region: BangladeshBD Government declines to pull out all Bangladeshis from Libya Dr. Shamimul Moula, Ph.D. Dhaka, 28 February (Scoop news) Bangladesh Government has no plan to pullout all Bangladeshi Citizens from Libya at this m... more
Views: 1179One Million Evacuated in China as Typhoon 'Morakot' Hits
Region: Nepal
The typhoon named Morakot speeding at about 120 kilometers per hour have caused extensive damages in the West China, according to the official Chinese news agency Xinhua. Over 505,000 from Fujian and 490,000 inhabitants o... more
Views: 1610Gustav Destroys Homes, Sparks Flooding in Cuba
Region: Cuba
Hurricane Gustav smashed tens of thousands of homes, toppled trees and telephone poles and washed out roads in Cuba, but no deaths were reported Sunday as the massive storm roared away from the island. Gustav made a direc... more
Views: 1198Bolivar Peninsula Braces for Brunt of Ike, 50 Airlifted
Region: Texas
Bolivar Peninsula lies directly in the path of Hurricane Ike's fierce march towards Houston and mainland Texas. The peninsula acts as a breakwall protecting Galveston Bay and considering the flooding expected around Galves... more
Views: 142177058, 77059, 77062, 77520, 77546, 77571, 77586, and 77598 EVACUATION
Region: Texas
As the Gulf coast prepares for Hurricane Ike, Harris County Texas has called for widespread evacuations, effective by noon on Thursday. The postal codes that have been issued a mandatory evacuation notice are 77058, 7... more
Views: 2064Oil rises in Asia as Gustav to hit US
Region: SingaporeOil prices rose Monday in Asia to above $116 a barrel on expectations Hurricane Gustav will damage drilling and refining operations as it approaches the Louisiana coast. Light, sweet crude for October delivery was up $1.0... more
Views: 737Hurricane Gustav's threat to the Gulf Coast halted about 15 percent of U.S. refining capacity
Region: United Statesabout 2.4 million barrels of refining capacity have been halted, roughly 15 percent of the nation's total, according to figures from Platts, the energy information arm of McGraw-Hill Cos. The U.S. Gulf Coast is home to nea... more
Views: 681As Hurricane Gustav takes aim at the Gulf Coast, billions of dollars are at stake
Region: United StatesAs rain started to fall on this city's empty streets Sunday night nearly 2 million people from the Louisiana coast evacuated. The Port of New Orleans shut down as the Coast Guard closed the lower Mississippi River. The F... more
Views: 739John McCain tore up the script for his Republican National Convention on Sunday
Region: United StatesAs rain started to fall on this city's empty streets Sunday night nearly 2 million people from the Louisiana coast evacuated. McCain orders convention curtailed for Gustav. Officials said that as part of the convention's ... more
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