Fire Crew Returns From One Blaze, Spots Another
- June
- 16
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A Dayton East District fire crew returning Sunday afternoon from a fire on the West Side spotted smoke billowing from another fire at a home along Saint Joseph Avenue in Dayton.
That fire crew called in the fire and, after a second engine arrived, quickly determined that no one was at the home at 580 Saint [...]
Ghanaian Nurses An Endangered Species
- May
- 27
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The Ghanaian nurse is like an endangered species bound for extinction.
Nurses in Ghana have so many ‘natural’ enemies to contend with and they do not seem to have the ability or the strength to fend these threats off.
Their numbers in the country is dwindling fast to the detriment of the overall health sector, and the [...]
Hundreds arrested in immigration raids at poultry plants
- April
- 21
MOUNT PLEASANT, Texas - Federal agents say their case for a series of workplace raids in five states was strengthened by identity theft victims who recounted stories of plummeting credit scores and medical benefits denied.Federal authorities carried out the sweeps Wednesday, arresting hundreds of workers at Pilgrim’s Pride chicken plants on charges of identity theft, [...]
Texas judge holding custody hearing for polygamists kids
- April
- 21
Authorities raided the Eldorado ranch and spent a week collecting documents and disk drives that might provide evidence of underage girls being given to adult men in marriages by the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, which owns the ranch.The children, first taken to shelters in Eldorado, were later moved to a [...]
Firm policing fearless gang members clash
- April
- 21
For months, police in the Southwestern District have focused on dangerous gangs, using aggressive tactics to engage suspected offenders displaying gang colors and signs.
And, police say, frustrated gang members and criminals seem to be pushing back. In six weeks, three officers have either been shot or shot at, including Tuesday’s gun battle near a city [...]
Plan to tap St. Johns River alarms ecoactivists; water district downplays fears
- April
- 21
“There’s plenty of water now if we just use it wisely,” said Wodder, who called on residents, water authorities and state officials to spare the St. Johns River through more aggressive conservation.
Kirby Green, director of the St. Johns Water Management District, which oversees the river, said improved water efficiency can spare the river temporarily.
By one [...]
France to crack down on ‘proanorexia’ websites
- April
- 20
Giving young girls advice about how to lie to their doctors, telling them what kinds of food are easiest to vomit, encouraging them to torture themselves whenever they take any kind of food is not part of liberty of expression, Health Minister Roselyne Bachelot said in a speech in parliament.
The messages sent out here are [...]
US panel urges China not to repatriate North Koreans
- April
- 20
The US Commission on International Religious Freedom said in a 49-page report that North Korea employs stringent security measures to stop the spread of religion, especially Protestant Christianity, which has connections with past US intervention and modern-day South Korea.
Some of the harshest treatment is inflicted on refugees sent back to North Korea from China, the [...]
Zimbabwe strike flops concern in South Africa
- April
- 20
Fears of a fierce crackdown by President Robert Mugabes government and the desperate need of many Zimbabweans to make enough money to subsist in the face of a collapsing economy undermined the strike.
It was the second setback in two days for the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) after a High Court judge on Monday [...]
6 Somali pirates arrive in Paris
- April
- 20
PARIS - Six Somali pirates captured after the rescue of hostages aboard a French luxury yacht arrived in Paris on Wednesday for eventual trial, police said.The six were brought to France aboard a military plane and quickly placed in detention.French troops caught the pirates April 11 in a land chase in Somalia. About half a [...]
