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• Pro-gun lobby strengthened following US campus shooting

  - 2007-04-22

  WASHINGTON AFP — The powerful US gun lobby, far from being weakened by last week's tragic college campus shooting, actually has emerged stronger, gun advocates said, stepping up calls Sunday for a better-armed US citizenry to prevent future attacks. Gun rights advocates said that following last week's massacre, in...

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• Bush orders review after US campus killings

  - 2007-04-20

  EAST GRAND RAPIDS, United States AFP — US President George W. Bush Friday ordered a review of the issues raised after a US campus rampage left 32 dead, and called for recommendations to avoid future tragedies. Top officials from the departments of education, justice and health will travel the...

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• At least 36 Indians among hajj dead: official

  - 2006-01-12

  NEW DELHI, India AFP — At least 36 Indians were among the hundreds of Muslims who died in a stampede during the pilgrimage to Mecca, an Indian official said. "We have identified 36 Indians so far, but the number is likely to go up as we are still collecting...

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• Survivors of Mecca pilgrim tragedy recount horror

  - 2006-01-06

  MECCA, Saudi Arabia AFP — Survivors of the collapse of a hostel in the holy city of Mecca recounted the horror of the latest tragedy to strike the hajj as the death toll rose to 76. "I heard one big noise," said Algerian pilgrim Tayeb Mizasha, 70, as he...

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• Search ends after 76 die in Mecca hostel collapse

  - 2006-01-05

  MECCA, Saudi Arabia AFP — Saudi authorities have given up the hunt for survivors from the collapse of a hostel in the holy city of Mecca that killed 76 people, the latest tragedy to strike the Muslim hajj or pilgrimage. Interior Minister Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz ordered a...

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• Dramatic papal appearance raises concerns for Roman Catholic Church

  - 2005-03-28

  VATICAN CITY AFP — The dramatic failure of Pope John Paul II to speak during his Easter blessing left the faithful and Vatican experts worried for his health, but also for that of the Roman Catholic Church. "Yesterday more than ever, it became obvious that a Church that touches...

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• Argentine protesters demand mayor's resignation after fire

  - 2005-01-02

  BUENOS AIRES AFP — Hundreds of Argentines, angry over a deadly nightclub fire that claimed 182 lives, have poured into the streets to demand the resignation of Buenos Aires Mayor Anibal Ibarra because they believed he was responsible for lax safety standards. Banging pots and pans, the protesters converged...

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• Tsunami survivors wait for help as international solidarity soars

  - 2005-01-02

  BANDA ACEH, Indonesia AFP — Relief teams are rushing to bring more food and water to millions of people left homeless and hungry after Asia's devastating tsunamis, but aid workers warned time was not on their side. International donations continued to flood in as US Secretary of State Colin...

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• 'Biggest relief effort ever' as Asian disaster toll approaches 28,000

  - 2004-12-28

  BANDA ACEH, Indonesia AFP — The biggest humanitarian relief operation ever mounted was under way along Asia's devastated shores as the death toll from a massive earthquake and the tidal waves it unleashed approached 28,000, amid fears it could rise much higher. With the scale of the catastrophe still...

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• Nagasaki mayor urge Americans to help abolish nukes on A-bomb anniversary

  - 2004-08-08

  TOKYO AFP ? The mayor of Nagasaki used the 59th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city to urge Americans to realise the extent of tragedy that nuclear weapons cause and to join global efforts to get rid of them. Three days after the world's first atomic bombing...

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