The earthquake off Taiwan at the end of December that shattered internet connections for millions in Asia demonstrated starkly how vulnerable the vital network is to interruptions. Only a comprehensive back-up system in the infrastructure could prevent total paralysis, specialists warn.
Now that Niger’s most vulnerable have been mostly taken in hand, relief agencies are widening their ministrations to children who feel only a gnawing ache in their bellies — those at ”moderate” risk for severe malnutrition. Meanwhile, in neighbouring Burkina Faso, food shortages are affecting about 500 000 people.
The World Food Programme (WFP) said on Monday that thanks to the outpouring of international aid in recent days to help hungry Niger, emergency food distribution to 270 000 people could begin this week. ”Our goal is to distribute 4 000 tonnes of food this week,” WFP country director Gian Carlo Cirri said.
Clone or hoax? The scientific method to verify whether the Raelien sect, as it claims, really has managed to produce a baby clone named ”Eve,” is nothing more than a simple DNA test.
The September 11 terror attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon were meticulously planned and carried out with military precision.