Posts Tagged ‘victims’
by The Library of Congress A Christian aid organisation is helping an area of north east India that was struck with a strong earthquake last weekend. Tearfund is working with partner agencies in the Himalayan region, where a 6.9 magnitude earthquake in the state of Sikkim knocked down thousands of homes and destroyed roads [...]
by SMU Central University Libraries The Anglican Diocese of Hyderabad and the ACT Alliance of church development agencies have launched separate appeals for funds as a second round of severe flooding hits Pakistan. Some communities were still recovering from last summer’s devastating floods when heavy monsoon rains deluged the country’s Sindh Province in recent [...]
by National Library of Ireland on The Commons Prayers are being said in churches across Wales today for the four men who died in a flooded colliery in the Swansea Valley last week. Phillip Hill, 45, Charles Breslin, 62, David Powell, 50, and Garry Jenkins, 39, all died when the Gleision Colliery near Cilybebyll, [...]
by San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives Hundreds of people turned out to pay their respects to the six people murdered in a knife attack in Jersey last weekend. The Requiem Mass at St Thomas’ church in St Helier was celebrated by Monsignor Nicholas France, Catholic Dean in Jersey, and Fr Stanislaw Adamiak, [...]
by National Library of Ireland on The Commons Nick Clegg wants to see those involved in last week’s violence take up community service in the areas where they wrought havoc. Under the Deputy Prime Minister’s plans, rioters and looters will be made to meet their victims face to face by taking part in “community [...]
by The Library of Congress The Government has pledged £52.25m in emergency aid for victims of the drought in the Horn of Afirca. International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell is to visit Kenya over the crisis in the region, brought on by failed rains and soaring food prices. He said the funds would go towards [...]
by Oregon State University Archives Cumbria was united in grief on Thursday for the one year anniversary of a shooting rampage in which 12 people were killed. Mourners held a two-minute silence and flags flew at half mast in tribute of Derrick Bird’s victims. The Rev John Bannister led a special service at St [...]
by Bibliothèque de Toulouse It is 25 years to the day since an explosion tore through the nuclear plant at Chernobyl, sending a radioactive cloud across large parts of Europe in what was the worst nuclear accident in history. A church service began at 1.23 am local time in Kiev, marking the time of [...]
by The Library of Congress Many of the services in Christchurch were held out in the open because of damage to church buildings. The Rev Alan Webster conducted a service on the lawn outside the Christchurch South Library. He told NZPA news service: “Quite a few churches around the city do not have clearance [...]
