Category: WORLD

Time to Think: Need for ‘Medical Response Teams’ as International Assistance during Catastrophic Earthquakes

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By: Dr. Kumar Raka, Editor-ICN & Rebecca Brindza, Executive Editor-ICN (Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it – George Santayana) Tel Aviv: Earthquakes are one of the most devastating forms of natural disaster. They usually strike without warning, produce widespread damage, and can cause massive loss of life. The recent quakes that struck Haiti (2010), Japan (2011), Nepal (2015) and Iran & Iraq (2017) showed that temblors of sufficient magnitude can wreak havoc. The catastrophic situation often press demand for international assistance. There have been widespread debates…

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Japanese PM Shinzo Abe Visits Flood-Hit Western Japan As Death Toll Reaches 178

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Rescue workers were going door-to-door, looking for survivors or victims of the disaster.Abe canceled a planned trip to Europe and the Middle East this week to oversee the emergency response. TOKYO: Japanese PM Shinzo Abe is currently in Okayama inspecting the extent of the damage.The toll in record rains that have devastated parts of Japan has risen to 178, the government’s top spokesman said Wednesday. Tens of thousands of rescue and recovery workers and volunteers dug through the debris, as the search for dozens still missing enters its fifth day.Most of the deaths…

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Has the World Changed since the Infamous Vietnam War (1954-75) Brutally Imposed by America?

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By: Dr. Mohammad Aleem, Editor-ICN Group NEW DELHI: It was 2006 when the Penguin Books India approached me to translate a book from English to Hindi. It was a very famous one, named, “Good Muslims, Bad Muslims” by a scholarly writer, Mahmoud Mamdani from the Columbia University. The title soon attracted my attention as it had enticed the publisher to get it translated in Hindi, so a large number of Indians could also read this book. But what was in it which made it so popular? As I think over…

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62 Dead, Nearly 48 Missing As Heavy Rain Hits Japan

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Japan’s Fire and Disaster Management Agency said an additional 3.1 million residents were advised to evacuate. TOKYO: More than 60 people are dead and 4 dozens missing after record rainfall caused rivers to burst their banks in Hiroshima and other areas. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued warnings of “historic” rains, landslides and rising rivers for parts of the main island of Honshu. The agency said the weather system was positioned between western and eastern Japan, and that heavy rains were expected to continue into Sunday. “Rescue efforts are a battle with…

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THE MAN WHO HELPED IN MAKING AMERICA A GREAT NATION ON THE EARTH: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

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By: Dr.Mohammad Aleem (Chief News Editor-ICN Group)  NEW DELHI: Benjamin was at heart a good writer, so he was a good observer of human feelings and sentiments also. He writes in the same chapter of the book while observing his men on the battlefield in these words: “This gave me occasion to observe, that, when men are employed, they are best contentented; for on the days they worked they were good-natured and cheerful, and, with the consciousness of having done a good day’s work, they spent the evening jollily; but on…

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REMEMBERING AMERICA THROUGH THE EYES OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN- AN ORDINARY MAN OF EXTRAORDINARY FEATS AND TRAITS

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By: Dr.Mohammad Aleem (Chief News Editor-ICN GROUP) Benjamin Franklin was such a man of huge stature and height, and most of all, those capabilities which had the power to influence and change many lives. NEW DELHI: A question arises so simply here, that why should we read, and know about a man and his works, who have died some two centuries back, and lived not on this land, but many oceans far away? But, I do believe, that, some men and women have always a great power to attract and allure us…

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Massive Protests Across US Against Trump’s Immigration Policies

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Trump has made fighting immigration both illegal and legal a major plank of his “America First” policy agenda. NEW YORK: The main rally on Saturday was in Washington, D.C., but hundreds of marches, protests and rallies took place across the country in major cities like New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Milwaukee, Denver, Miami, St. Louis, San Francisco and Los Angeles The protesters called for three demands: they want separated migrant families to be reunited immediately; they want the government to end family detentions; and they want the Trump administration to end…

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A Taste Of Liberty On The Hudson: Concluding Part

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By: Barnali Bose, Editor-ICN NEW YORK: Liberty, one of the keywords in the Indian constitution was incorporated into it from the French Constitution.And what better way could there be to get a feel of it but at the Liberty State Park, the Ellis Island and the Liberty island located between New York City and Hudson County,New Jersey ? Through the looking glass: The second statement of the American Declaration of Independence states : “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their…

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Five dead after shooting at newspaper office in Annapolis, Maryland

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US media have named a suspect held by police as Jarrod Ramos. He is reported to have unsuccessfully sued the newspaper group in 2012 for defamation. A shooting at the offices of the Capital Gazette, a newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland, killed five people Thursday, in what police are calling a “targeted attack.” The suspected gunman entered the building with a shotgun and smoke grenades and walked through the lower level of the building, where the newspaper is housed, Anne Arundel County deputy police chief Bill Krampf said. Journalists dived under…

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A Taste Of Liberty On The Hudson: Part 3

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By: Barnali Bose, Editor-ICN NEW YORK: Liberty, one of the keywords in the Indian constitution was incorporated into it from the French Constitution.And what better way could there be to get a feel of it but at the Liberty State Park, the Ellis Island and the Liberty island located between New York City and Hudson County,New Jersey ? A visit to Lady Liberty,the Silent Sentinel As the Statue cruise gradually sailed away from the Ellis island, scenes of the  immigration that has so well been depicted on the walls of the Ellis…

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