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Eric Jon Magnuson
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Eric Jon commented on the article |Coincidentally enough, MSF released its annual list of the "Top 10 Humanitarian Crises" today (http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/publications/topten/2009/). Among this year's "winners" are: Sri Lanka, DR Congo, and Sudan. (Burma and Zimbabwe appeared in last year's list, along with DR Congo and Sudan.)
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Eric Jon commented on the article |Another country to note is what is now Bangladesh: See this Global Voices roundup post (http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/08/27/bangladesh-mourning-senator-edward-kennedy/), this CNN story (http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/27/bangladesh.kennedy.impact/), and this DPA story (http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/southasia/news/article_1497561.php/Top-Bangladeshi-leaders-mourn-death-of-a-true-friend-in-Kennedy).
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Eric Jon commented on the article |Just in case, it looks like the cluster above has been replaced by http://news.google.com/news/story?pz=1&ned=us&hl=en&ncl=djps1OfW1vrnwLMGOdCmi_Lg7H2hM&cf=all&scoring=n (even though the individual items are pretty much the same).
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Eric Jon commented on the article |
You may also want to look at the full Google News story cluster, at http://news.google.com/news/story?pz=1&ned=us&hl=en&ncl=dIWojEsJ888QzQMVgDIWehpkz7ljM&cf=all&scoring=n.
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Eric Jon commented on the article |Just in case, the full text of the statement mentioned in the VOA story is at http://www.hrw.org/node/84759.
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Eric Jon commented on the article |Just in case, the related ICTJ press release on the South African letter (including the full text of the statement and the official list of signatories) is at http://ictj.org/en/news/press/release/2822.html.
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Eric Jon commented on the article |The official death toll has been "at least three" (two German women and the Korean) for the past day, as there's been no definite word on the others. (However, during much of Monday, the reported toll was indeed seven or nine.)
Most stories have identified the group for which the victims were working as the Dutch organization World Wide Services Foundation (although I haven't been able to dig up a website for it yet). Both DPA (http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/273434,extra-german-victims-of-yemen-killings-were-theology-students.html) and AFP (http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hcdow08p9tOiMW6MohNhvNPhj8kQ) are reporting that the two Germans were students at a German bible college who were also working for the Dutch group.
The full Google News cluster is at http://news.google.com/news?pz=1&ned=us&hl=en&topic=w&ncl=deFnwiHT74aEdCMSfAbAX_vM_0eYM&cf=all&scoring=n. -
Eric Jon commented on the article |Just in case, Mercy Corps (http://www.mercycorps.org/pressreleases/15806), CARE USA (http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/241510/124481766066.htm), and OCHA (http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/SODA-7SXM69?OpenDocument) have issued new "clarification" press releases.
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Eric Jon commented on the article |Just in case, the site for the current Darfur Fast for Life is actually at http://fastdarfur.org (no "for" in the URL).
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Eric Jon commented on the article |
To expand a little on Sudan, DR Congo, and Somalia, according to a new OCHA press release (http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/SHIG-7S6HBL?OpenDocument)...
"The combined number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and refugees in 16 countries in Central and East Africa now exceeds 11 million, up from 10.9 million in December 2008."The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Somalia and Sudan continue to be the countries with the largest IDP populations. Sudan has over 4 million IDPs, the DRC and Somalia have over 1.3 million IDPs each."
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