200 Million Depend On Melting Glaciers For Water

Communities in the Himalayan and Andes depend on glaciers to get their daily water. But since the average global temp. Has risen by 0.6 degrees Celsius the temperature of glaciers has increased by 1.5 degrees in just two decades. Over 10 million people depend on water from the glaciers and on top of that many city's depend on the irrigation that the glaciers give off to the food around Lima.
One stated "The availability of water is changing. For a short period of time, there will be more water. In Bolivia, for example, people are not necessarily unhappy about the warmer temperatures because they are able to grow more crops in the warmer climate. But it is not sustainable"

Iraq buys 3 billion in war planes from US

Basically Iraq has overflow money from there oil business. Now Iraq officials have asked to buy 18 new aircraft to boost there air force that consist of only 158 aircraft. The contract has been signed and this deal is going to go down already. This project will cost Iraq about 3 billion and will come with all the essential training and weaponry.

-Chris

Bullfight is banned in Barcelona

September 25 was the last bull fight in Barcelona, Spain. 20 thousand people gathered at the El monumental bullfighting arena in Barcelona for the last time to watch bull fighting before it is outlawed. El monumental is the largest bull ring in Spain and is nearly 100 years old. Bull fighting is being outlawed in the Catalonia part of Spain because animal rights activists gathered 180 thousand signatures saying that bull fighting is against animal rights and is just barbaric. There hasn’t been too much of an outcry because people know how brutal they treat the bulls. In Spain bullfighting is considered an artistic ritual adored by millions. So to some people it’s going to be hard to see it go away but the running of the bulls well still be an active event everyone can enjoy.

Libya transitional council believes mass grave found

Officals in Libya's transitional govement claimed this Sunday to have found a mass grave site. It holds the remians of 1,270 people. The government claims these are the victims of the 1996 massacre at Abu Salim prison.
Since there has been no excavation, media reporters have claimed the bones may not be of the prisoners. The NTC has called on international governments for help.
"... We need specialists in the field to help us in identifying the victims..." - Dr. Salem Fergani, a committe member
On June 28, 1996, prisoners were shot and killed for rioting over poor conditions and escaping their cells. The ousted leader Moammar Gadhafi did not acknowledge the killings and denied the crime having taken place.
"It could take years to identify all the bodies through DNA"- Fergani

Dengue Fever Outbreak in Pakistan

According to a health department spokesman, Dengue fever has killed 25 people and affected more than 6,000 over the past two months in Lahore, Pakistan.

There have been 6,000 documented cases. The 25 who died are all from Lahore, which is in eastern Pakistan. New cases of the virus-based disease are being reported with an average of 300 new cases everyday.

The virus-based disease is spread through mosquitoes. Schools have been closed down, and people aren't going to work or going shopping because they are fearful about catching the disease.

The outbreak of this disease has caused panic amongst the people . Hospitals are constantly crowded with people trying to get tested. Apparently, more poshest areas are being affected.

HUNGARIAN SLUDGE

Ten people died and serious damage to the environment was caused by the leak at a MAL Zrt plant in early October.

A government statement said the fine reflected the unprecedented volume of hazardous material released when reservoir walls were breached.

Some 184 million gallons flooded out. The company has two weeks to pay the fine or appeal.

"MAL Zrt will be obliged to pay a fine of over 135 billion forints for the environmental harm caused during the operation of the red mud reservoir," the ministry of rural development said on its website.

The alkaline substances - a byproduct of aluminium production - flooded into nearby towns and villages and across agricultural land in western Hungary.

It eventually spread across an area of over 15 sq miles and reached the River Danube, injuring more than 150 people.

Officials said it was Hungary's worst chemical accident but the firm was allowed to resume production barely two weeks after the accident.