Dead Sea shrinks and land sinks
The Dead Sea in Jordan is shrinking at an alarming rate, causing some 3,000 massive sinkholes to spread along the coasts of the sea, and with many more expected to come.
The sea has shrunk by a third since the 1960s when its major water source – the River Jordan – was diverted for upstream projects in Israel, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan.
Now, the projects have backfired for many residents and farmers that live or work near the sea, as the once verdant and fertile land is become increasingly barren.
And the fact that the ground can open up at any time and swallow whatever in its path is a deepening prob Read more
Haiti’s ‘orphans’ easy prey post-quake
A Haitian judge is expected to rule today whether there is sufficient evidence to try the 10 jailed American missionaries for child trafficking.
They were arrested for trying to bring 33 children they believed were orphans out of the earthquake-hit country.
The children, whose ages ranged from 2 months to 12 years, are now staying in a temporary home.
Haitian officials have given warning that child traffickers could take advantage of the chaos after the quake.
The 7.0-magnitude quake on January 12 killed 170,000 people, made more than one million homeless and left many children vulnerable in Haiti.
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Wall Strett e le previsioni economiche per il 2010
L’ultimo giorno di attività per Wall Street nel 2009 mentre il mondo si riflette su un turbolento anno per l’economia globale. E’ ancora molto alta la rabbia delle persone e degli investitori per i bonus multi milionari dei banchieri. In particolar modo negli Stati Uniti, stato dove la recessione uficialmente non è ancora finita.
