The death toll from last week’s devastating floods in several Asian countries has more than doubled, as rescue teams race against time to find and rescue thousands missing amid mud and debris. At least 753 have died in Indonesia, 465 in Sri Lanka, 185 in Thailand and up to 34 in Malaysia. While Thailand andContinue reading “Nearly 1,500 Dead in Asia Floods”
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Super Typhoon Ragasa caused three deaths in the PHILIPPINES before brushing TAIWAN, where it killed 14 and left 22 still missing. From there it moved on to HONG KONG and southern CHINA on its path to VIETNAM, LAOS and northern THAILAND. On Ragasa’s tail, Tropical Storm Bualoi (Opong) is expected to hit Bicol in theContinue reading “Super Typhoon Ragasa Rages Across Six Nations”
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In the early hours of August 3, gunmen raided an orphanage near Port-au-Prince, and abducted Irish missionary Gena Heraty along with seven Haitians, including a three-year-old. Praise God, they have now all been released. Gena, who has lived in Haiti since 1993, helped found Kay Christine, a home for those with special needs at St.Continue reading “Abducted Missionary, Orphans Released in Haiti”
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Nearly 90 percent of the capital Port-au-Prince, Haiti, is now under the control of gangs. Other areas of the Caribbean island have also fallen to mass abductions, rapes, murders and other gang violence in the four years since the assassination of their president. An estimated more than 13,000 people have died in gang violence sinceContinue reading “Child Soldiers of Haiti”
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