1001 reasons to commence the Last Judgment and Resurrection

[Guest guest]

BBC, June 11, 2003

 

" At least 17 people have been killed by a suicide bomber on a bus in

central Jerusalem, Israeli police have said. Dozens of people were

injured in the blast, which happened during rush-hour on one of the

city's main thoroughfares.

 

About an hour after the explosion, an Israeli helicopter gunship

fired missiles at a car in Gaza City, killing at least six people,

Palestinian medical sources said. "

 

Tel Aviv, Israel

 

 

" A new round of clashes has broken out in the Democratic Republic of

Congo, as United Nations troops deploy to stop bitter ethnic

fighting in the town of Bunia.

 

The latest fighting is in North Kivu province between the rebel RCD-

Goma and the RCD-ML groups, a separate conflict to that between

ethnic Hema and Lendu militias around Bunia. "

 

Bunia, DR Congo

 

 

" A mass grave has been discovered in the Indonesian province of

Aceh, according to an independent human rights organisation.

 

The Indonesian National Commission of Human Rights is investigating

what it calls credible reports of a mass grave in the area of

Biruen, an area which has seen fierce fighting in recent weeks. "

 

Acheh, Indonesia

[Guest guest]

BBC, June 13, 2003

 

Up to 400 people have been killed in recent fighting around the

capital, Monrovia, Liberia's health minister has said. Peter Coleman

said that 150 bodies had been found in New Kroo Town, scene of

fierce fighting between rebels and government troops.

 

Monrovia, Liberia

 

 

American soldiers have been involved in heavy fighting against

Saddam Hussein loyalists killing up to 100 Iraqis, according to US

military officials. They say 27 Iraqis were killed after an American

tank was fired on with rocket-propelled grenades in Balad, about 60

kilometres (35 miles) north of Baghdad.

 

Balad, Iraq

 

 

Irish military police are investigating claims that peacekeepers in

Eritrea used prostitutes - some as young as 15. Nearly 200 Irish

soldiers have been based in the capital as part of the mission

overseeing the border demarcation with Ethiopia. For the past 18

months, the troops have worked to protect the UN headquarters and

staff in Asmara.

 

Eritrea

[Guest guest]

BBC Wednesday, 25 June, 2003

 

UGANDA

 

Security forces in Uganda are hunting for 16 schoolgirls who have

been abducted by the notoriously brutal rebel group the Lord's

Resistance Army.

 

If they are not found quickly, the girls' fate will likely be that

of thousands of others who have been kidnapped over the past 17

years of fighting between rebels and the government.

 

They will become sex slaves for militia commanders.

 

The LRA, which has earned a terrifying reputation for its brutality

against the people of northern Uganda, has abducted an estimated

20,000 children over the years.

 

According to New York-based Human Rights Watch some 5,000 of them

have been abducted since June 2002. It blamed the number on the

return of LRA rebels to Uganda after the government intensified a

military offensive against their bases in neighbouring Sudan last

year.

 

 

Majar al-Kabir, IRAQ

 

Six UK soldiers killed in Iraq were shot by civilians after weapons

searches in homes turned into a bloody showdown, according to

residents.

And Prime Minister Tony Blair told the Commons tension between

British troops and Iraqis reluctant to disarm could have led to the

killings.

 

The soldiers' deaths could lead to the deployment of thousands of

extra troops to Iraq as an urgent review of troop numbers, tactics

and equipment gets under way.

 

 

Hatat Mountains, YEMEN

 

Yemeni troops have launched an offensive against Islamic militants,

killing at least 10 during an attack on their hideout, military

sources said.

 

The militants, who were believed to be hiding the Hatat mountain in

the south of the country, have been blamed by authorities for an

attack on an army medical team that left seven people wounded in

Abyan province on Saturday.

[Guest guest]

BBC June 28, 2003

 

 

BRAZIL

 

New satellite information from Brazil has revealed a sharp increase

in the rate of destruction of the Amazonian rainforest.

 

The information shows the speed of deforestation increased by 40%

between 2001 and 2002 to reach its highest rate since 1995.

 

Figures from the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) show

more than 25,000 square kilometres of forest were cleared in a year -

mainly for farming.

 

 

Kashmir, INDIA

 

At least six Indian soldiers and two militants have died during a

gun battle at a military base in Indian-administered Kashmir, police

say.

 

The battle erupted when suspected Muslim separatist rebels attacked

the camp at Sunjwan, about 10 kilometres (6 miles) south of Jammu,

the winter capital.

 

 

Texas, USA

 

A Texan woman who hit a pedestrian and left him to die stuck in the

windscreen of her car has been jailed for 50 years.

A jury at Fort Worth sentenced 27-year-old Chante Jawan Mallard to

50 years in prison for killing a homeless man, Gregory Biggs, as

well as to 10 years for tampering with evidence.

 

Both sentences are to run concurrently.

 

It took the jury less than an hour to convict Ms Mallard, after

hearing how she drove nearly two miles (3.2 kilometres) home with Mr

Biggs wedged inside her car, then left him to bleed to death in her

garage.