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'Humanitarian Tragedy' Unfolding in Ivory Coast
By Betwa Sharma - AOL NewsUNITED NATIONS -- Though the world's attention is fixed on Libya, the fighting in another hot spot -- Ivory Coast -- is escalating. The power struggle between the country's two leaders has claimed hundred of lives and displaced 1 million people. On Friday, France and Nigeria circulated a draft resolution in the U.N. Security Council, imposing sanctions on Laurent Gbagbo, the incumbent president who has refused to step down, and his advisers. The resolution will also stop heavy weapons from entering the capital, Abidjan. "The first consensus is that we are facing a humanitarian tragedy in ...
Plane Crash: Polish Flight Crew Had Inadequate Training, Review Finds
By David Sessions - Politics DailyA preliminary investigation has revealed that the crew flying the plane that went down in a Russian forest on April 10, killing many of Poland's top government officials, lacked adequate training for the situation, the Associated Press reports. The crew was cobbled together at the last minute, and did not have training for special flight situations. Russian officials in Moscow also said there were passengers in the plane's cockpit before it went down. Investigators heard other voices on cockpit recording, but did not say whether they influenced the pilot to land once the plane entered a thick ...
Gulf Oil Spill: Flow May Be 14 Times Greater Than First Thought
By David Sessions - Politics DailyThe government initially estimated that 5,000 barrels of oil per day are pouring into the Gulf of Mexico from the BP well that exploded April 20. That number came -- hastily -- from government scientists in Seattle, and quickly filtered through the media. Now, independent teams of analysts are using other technologies to calculate the size of the spill, and concluding that the government estimate is way off. In an analysis for NPR, Steven Wereley of Purdue University used particle image velocimetry, a scanning technology used to determine volume and movement of fluid. Wereley analyzed a video ...
Kentucky Recruit Killed In Car Wreck
By Brian Grummell - AOL NewsSad news for the Kentucky family as CatsPause.com reports that a Wildcat football recruit was killed in an auto wreck. John Keye, a 6'-4", 220 pound wide receiver was a verbal commitment expected to choose the Wildcats on signing day.He was killed in Butts County, Georgia, an area described as a rural county just south of Atlanta. He was reportedly the vehicle's passenger.Scanning the list of Kentucky commits, he was one of the most highly regarded players in their signing class. Sadly, his death mirrors the death of another Kentucky signee last year. Tennessee linebacker Chris Mosby died in a ...
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