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15 Mar 2011 14:00

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World: Terrible human suffering at hospital in Bahrain

  • Truly heartbreaking video: Al Jazeera English takes us to a hospital in Bahrain, where doctors and medical staff are treating people horribly abused, beaten and teargassed. Many, it seems, have taken to sleeping in the hospital, so fearful are they about being caught up in the violence if they venture outside or return home. source
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30 Apr 2010 09:01

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U.S.: The oil is coming ashore! The Gulf Coast is screwed, guys.

There are reports that oil has gotten ashore already from the massive oil spill. Louisiana has already declared a state of emergency. This could be very bad. source
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08 Apr 2010 11:05

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World: Thailand’s Red Shirts don’t plan to quit anytime soon

Up next on the Red team’s social agenda: Mass street rally on Friday, in defiance of the country’s state of emergency. source
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07 Apr 2010 10:39

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World: State of emergency No. 2: Red Shirts too much for Thailand

  • Dudes apparently stormed the Parliament today. The blood-spilling, angry-at-government protesters have held parts of the capital at their whim for days, and now Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva’s government has called a state of emergency. Why? To give the military more control. (However, they can’t harm civilians.) Have fun with that, guys. source
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08 Nov 2009 20:16

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U.S.: I’d uh, get out of Louisiana if I were you. Hurricane Ida’s coming.

The hurricane-ravaged state, still smarting from Hurricane Katrina four years later, called a state of emergency already. Hopefully the Category 2 doesn’t get stronger. source
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22 Sep 2009 20:12

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U.S.: The southeast is trying to recover after a major flood

  • eight people have died in the floods, largely centered around Georgia source
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13 Apr 2009 09:21

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World: That situation in Thailand is still pretty crazy, guys

The state of emergency, along with the heavy protests over the government, continues. And it’s escalating. source
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12 Apr 2009 09:55

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World: Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, on getting attacked

  • I believe the people have seen what happened to me. They have seen that the protesters were trying to hurt me and smash the car.
  • Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva • Who barely made it out of a tense situation alive. Protesters have been calling for a dissolution of the government for days. Despite the scene, Thai troops – who are out and about, with tanks in tow – have not directly taken on the protesters. Abhisit says he will do his best to bring peace to the situation and restore order. • source
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12 Apr 2009 09:45

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World: A state of emergency couldn’t stop the protesters in Thailand

In this photo, the Thai prime minister’s secretary, Niphon Promphan, was pulled out of a car after protesters attacked him. source
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01 Feb 2009 14:29

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U.S.: The ice storm has kept the lights off in Kentucky

  • 400,000 people are still without power source
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