GenevaLunch » survivors http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:57:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg GenevaLunch http://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Survivors cheer Turkey, but snow hampers rescue work http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/28/survivors-cheer-turkey-but-snow-hampers-rescue-work/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/28/survivors-cheer-turkey-but-snow-hampers-rescue-work/#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2011 06:57:20 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=62928 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Work continues to find survivors and clear rubble five days after the area around the town of Ercis was struck 23 October by a 7.5 earthquake, but snow and freezing rain are hampering the effort and causing major problems for victims, many of whom are still reportedly without shelter. Survivors have been [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/28/survivors-cheer-turkey-but-snow-hampers-rescue-work/feed/ 0 Deepwater blaze in Gulf of Mexico: rig sinks (update) 2 http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/04/22/deepwater-blaze-in-gulf-of-mexico-rig-sinks-update/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/04/22/deepwater-blaze-in-gulf-of-mexico-rig-sinks-update/#comments Thu, 22 Apr 2010 18:20:33 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=40696 GenevaLunch.com Coast Guard says leak may be 8,000 barrels crude oil a day Obama calls disaster a number one priority Update 23 April 07:00  Louisiana, USA (GenevaLunch) – The oil rig that was ablaze in the Gulf of Mexico has sunk, extinguishing the fire, the US Coast Guard said late Thursday Swiss time. The Coast Guard [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/04/22/deepwater-blaze-in-gulf-of-mexico-rig-sinks-update/feed/ 1 Cartagena opens with US still considering landmine treaty http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/27/cartagena-opens-with-us-still-considering-landmine-treaty/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/27/cartagena-opens-with-us-still-considering-landmine-treaty/#comments Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:45:19 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=32528 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - The United States heads into the Cartagena Summit, which opens Sunday 29 November in Colombia, now saying that it is continuing to review its policy on signing the international Mine Ban treaty. The US is sending a sizeable official observer team to the summit, with groups from the State Department, Pentagon, [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/27/cartagena-opens-with-us-still-considering-landmine-treaty/feed/ 4 Indonesian ferry sinks: 240 saved but 29 die http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/23/indonesian-ferry-sinks-240-saved-but-29-die/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/23/indonesian-ferry-sinks-240-saved-but-29-die/#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:14:04 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=32097 GenevaLunch.com (AP video) A ferry with more than 242 people aboard sank in heavy seas off the island of Sumatra Sunday. A dramatic rescue operation brought some 240 people to safety, but at least 29 people died, and it was clear that the ferry’s manifest did not list all the people aboard, not uncommon in a [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/23/indonesian-ferry-sinks-240-saved-but-29-die/feed/ 0 Air France tells crash victims’ families “no hope” of survivors http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/06/04/air-france-tells-crash-victims-families-no-hope-of-survivors/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/06/04/air-france-tells-crash-victims-families-no-hope-of-survivors/#comments Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:54:51 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=19325 GenevaLunch.com The explanation for what precisely happened to flight AF447 over the Atlantic is still missing, but Air France Thursday 4 June told the families of victims that enough information is now available to know there is no hope of anyone surviving the crash. Yahoo/AP

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