International Organizations

Boat Carrying Relief Supplies to Myanmar Sinks

Fox News (Free subscription) | yesterday

International Red Cross says a boat carrying relief supplies for Myanmar cyclone victims has sunk.

Increased international relief supplies delivered to Myanmar

worldwide-news.net (Free subscription) | yesterday

More aircraft carrying relief materials from the international community landed at the Yangon International Airport Saturday for the delivery to the hardest cyclone-hit regions of Myanmar. The international organizations and countri … Go to news source

And Now, the Islamophobia Observatory

Little Green Footballs (Free subscription) | yesterday

Who says Islamic nations aren't coming up with ground-breaking, innovative research? The Organization of the Islamic Conference is opening a new observatory! No, not that kind of observatory , silly. This kind . Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Secretary-General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu has stated that a project called the Islamophobia Observatory has been launched in order to eliminate the...

• Islamic nations launch "Islamophobia Observatory" - Jihad Watch

Red Cross sends first aid flight to Burma

Myanmar (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008

GENEVA (AP) — The international Red Cross says it sent its first aid flight to Myanmar to provide thousands of prisoners affected by last week's cyclone with clean drinking water and medical help...

Security agencies put on high alert for referendum

Myanmar (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008

A secret circular by the junta has directed all security agencies to be on high alert, monitor international organizations and disallow their free movement until May 10, the scheduled date for the ref...

Internet Users Help Nab Accused Child Predator

Information Week (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008

Interpol credits Internet users with helping to identify and locate a suspected child predator, who was arrested in New Jersey.

• Internet Users Help Nab Accused Child Predator - InformationWeek - All Stories

News roundup: U.N. stops sending aid to Burma

On Deadline (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008

Burma is still a big mess. CNN says the United Nations announced this morning that it's suspending aid shipments to the cyclone-stricken country because government officials seized some of the supplies that were delivered by the international organization. “The situation...

The Antennae Galaxies move closer

Space Spin (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008

New research on the Antennae Galaxies using the Advanced Camera for Surveys onboard the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows that this benchmark pair of interacting galaxies is in fact much closer than previously thought - 45 million light-years instead of 65 million light-years. The Antennae Galaxies are among the closest known merging galaxies. The two galaxies, also known as NGC 4038 and NGC 4039,...

Russia-Georgia Tensions over Abkhazia and South Ossetia independence (DR.ABDUL RUFF Colachal)

abdulruff | 05/09/2008

Russia-Georgia Tensions over Abkhazia and South Ossetia independence Even as a new president taking over the Kremlin reigns, long-standing tensions between Russia and Georgia over breakaway Abkhazia and South Ossetia regions in Georgia have

NASA's WMAP Poses For ESA's Gaia

Space News From SpaceDaily.Com (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008

Paris (SPX) May 09, 2008 - Sebastien Bouquillon, Ricky Smart and Alexandre Andrei have used the 2.2m telescope of the European Southern Observatory at La Silla, Chile, to take several photographs of NASA's Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) satellite in its orbit, which is about 1.5 million kilometres from Earth.

Interpol - Rest My Chemistry

Transbuddha.com (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008

Here’s a nice companion spot for yesterday's Radiohead clip by Robert Hodgin: This Blip Boutique spot for Interpol's ‘Rest My Chemistry'. Visual programming was handled by Aaron Koblin. Watch Interpol - Rest My Chemistry

NASA's WMAP poses for ESA's Gaia

Space Spin (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008

Sebastien Bouquillon (SYRTE/Obs. de Paris), Ricky Smart (INAF/OATo, Torino) and Alexandre Andrei (Observatorio Nacional, Rio de Janeiro) have used the 2.2m telescope of the European Southern Observatory at La Silla, Chile, to take several photographs of NASA's Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) satellite in its orbit, which is about 1.5 million kilometres from Earth. Perhaps surprisingly,...

GSK's Ernestine Harris Honored As Industry 'Rising Star' By Healthcare Businesswomen's Association

Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008

PITTSBURGH, May 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- An international organization dedicated to furthering the advancement of women in healthcare is honoring a GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Consumer Healthcare executive today during an awards luncheon at the New York City Hilton.

• GSK's Ernestine Harris Honored as Industry 'Rising Star' by Healthcare Businesswomen's Association - PR News Wire

Way to go Interpol !

[SecurityRatty] Lattest Articles (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008

Interpol appeal unmasks US actor as child abuse suspect Operation IDent-ification By John Leyden ? More by this author Published Thursday 8th May 2008 17:44 GMT Find out how to eradicate 99.7% of spam...

'No bias' against UK astronauts

BBC News (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008

UK government opposition to human spaceflight will be no bar to its citizens becoming astronauts, Esa says.

Russia-Georgia Tensions over Abkhazia and South Ossetia independence (DR.ABDUL RUFF Colachal)

abdulruff | 05/09/2008

Russia-Georgia Tensions over Abkhazia and South Ossetia independence Even as a new president taking over the Kremlin reigns, long-standing tensions between Russia and Georgia over breakaway Abkhazia and South Ossetia regions in Georgia have...

Impact of Kosovo Freedom: Focus on Democratic India (DR.ABDUL RUFF Colachal)

abdulruff | 04/11/2008

Impact of Kosovo Freedom: Focus on Democratic India (DR.ABDUL RUFF Colachal) Impact of Kosovo Freedom: Focus on Democratic India On 17 February 2008 , the Serbian Southern province of Kosovo in South-eastern Europe declared independence from Republic of Serbia and proclaimed itself new Republic of Kosovo . New Republic of Kosovo was later recognized by few sovereign states, mainly the USA . Kosovo...

• Impact of Kosovo Freedom: Focus on Mischievous India (DR.ABDUL RUFF Colachal) - abdulruff
• Kosovo Freedom: Guidance or Warning? - Sri Lanka Guardian

Experts to discuss security and coop in Central Asia within SCO

gumir | 04/09/2008

“The SCO and problems of security and cooperation in Central Asia” international scientific-practical conference will be held in Almaty on April 15. The event will be organized by the Kazakh Institute for Strategic Research under the President of Kazakhstan, Institute of the World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Kazinform reports. Leading experts of analytical