A 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck southwest China Monday afternoon, and was centered in Sichuan province. It struck in the middle of the school day, 2:30 p.m. local time, and toppled at least eight schools. Factories and one hospital collapsed, trapping hundreds, state media said.

07.05.2008
UN officials on Wednesday declared Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta a "major disaster" as corpses were seen floating through flooded waters and enormous logistical problems hampered humanitarian aid efforts. "Basically the entire lower delta region is under water," said Richard Horsey, the Bangkok-based spokesman for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Aid.

28.04.2008
The world has commemorated another anniversary of Armenian genocide by the Ottoman Empire in 1915-1923. Most countries, as well as Russia, acknowledged the fact of misdeed. However, Turkey refused to do it; anyway, the EU not to accept Turkey. Turkey and Armenia have practically no relations, but international geopolitics is involved in the issue of genocide. The relations between the two countries are improving at local level. Why are politicians so adamant?

28.04.2008
Iran does not think that the USA might attack the country, because the US military has been up to the neck in Iraq and Afghanistan for years. An official spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Mohammad-Ali Hosseini stated that the Iranian administration does not think that the USA is ready to get into a new disaster, which will inevitably lead to lamentable consequences for the whole world, not just for Iran alone