New tsunami alert; Chileans rattled CONSTITUCION: Powerful aftershocks sent terrified people scrambling for the hills in tsunami-prone coastal areas in Chile as aid began to pour into towns after the army managed to quell looting. Four days after giant waves swept hundreds to their... Women 05 Mar, 2010
Heavy rain hits Haiti's quake-ravaged capital PORT-AU-PRINCE: The first heavy rain since the earthquake briefly doused Haiti's capital Thursday night as relief officials changed tack on dealing with the homeless, demphasizing plans to build big camps outside Port-au-Prince. Instead, they want the... Women 26 Feb, 2010
Haiti's quake survivors don't wait for gov't plan PORT-AU-PRINCE: Haiti's government and aid groups have been wrangling for five weeks over a plan for housing earthquake survivors, but the people haven't waited. Rows of makeshift tents sprouted in open fields around the wrecked capital, and Haitians... Women 18 Feb, 2010
Jolie jets to Haiti earthquake survivors LOS ANGELES: Angelina Jolie dashed from the Super Bowl to visit Haiti earthquake survivors in a Dominican Republic hospital. The movie star slipped out of Miami, Florida after cheering the New Orleans Saints to victory and flew to Santo Domingo's... Travel Abroad 09 Feb, 2010
Disease spreads in quake-hit Haiti PORT-AU-PRINCE: Haiti's desperate earthquake survivors faced a new deadly threat as the United Nations reported a rise in cases of diarrhea, measles and tetanus in squalid tent camps for victims. A vast foreign aid effort is struggling to meet... Women 30 Jan, 2010
Haiti earthquake survivors beg for aid PORT-AU-PRINCE: Rescuers pulled dazed survivors from the ruins of Haiti’s flattened capital as thousands of US troops headed in today to shore up the beleaguered international relief effort. Six days after the magnitude 7.0 quake, aid workers... Women 19 Jan, 2010
Rescuers in Haiti cling to survivor hopes PORT-AU-PRINCE: Rescue teams clawed through the rubble of Port-au-Prince for the fifth straight day today still dragging out earthquake survivors even as bodies piled up and the UN said it had never confronted such a disaster. Amid new anger over the... Women 18 Jan, 2010
Officials work to speed aid to Haitians PORT-AU-PRINCE: With food, water and other aid flowing into Haiti in earnest, relief groups and officials are focused on moving the supplies out of the clogged airport and to hungry, haggard earthquake survivors in the capital. US Secretary of... Women 17 Jan, 2010
Hunger,thirst,frenzy grip Haiti PORT-AU-PRINCE: Precious water, food and early glimmers of hope began reaching parched and hungry earthquake survivors Saturday on the streets of this shattered city, where despair at times turned into a frenzy among the ruins. "People are so... Women 16 Jan, 2010
more about him Adams played a gas station attendant in Pink Cadillac.• Adams recorded his song (Everything I Do) I Do It For You in Spanish in 1992.• Adams was nominated for Best Original Song-Motion Picture at the 1991 Golden Globe Awards for his song... Travel Abroad 02 Nov, 2008
Quake-hit kids studying in tents Mianyang, May 22:China’s national anthem struck up and 200 young students bellowed along inside a huge tent at a camp for homeless earthquake survivors.“Classmates, this is our school,” the teacher said after the music abruptly cut off. “Each... Women 22 May, 2008
MIDWAY: Winter woes Of the seasonal blessings conferred on the planet by a benign Providence, winter is perhaps the least wanted. The dull days, the agonisingly elongated cold nights, the desertion of bubbly birds, the aloofness of the dazzling sun; Shakespeare was on his... 22 Nov, 2005
