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.

Floods in Pakistan

Floods and heavy rains have deluged more than 4.5 million acres in southeastern Pakistan, damaging at least 1.19 million homes. At least 233 people have died, and an estimated 80% of cash crops in Sindh province have been destroyed.
The National Disaster Management Authority says there's no chance of the floodwater receding anytime soon.
Countries, including the U.S., Iran, Japan, and China, have provided or pledged aid.

22 Shiite Pilgrims Found Dead In Iraq

While traveling on a bus to a Syrian shrine, 22 Shiite Pilgrims where forced off the bus and then shot one by one. It is currently unknown why they where killed. The bodies where found a little ways from the main highway between Baghdad and the Jordanian border. The event took place in Iraq's Sunni-dominated Anbar province

"Japan's Energy Reality"

This article shows us how japan is recovering after there masive natural disaster. It manly shows how they are shutting down a few nuclear reactors and cutting balk on unneeded electricity

Explosion Kills 11 In New Delhi

On Wednesday at around 10:15 AM a bomb went off just outside The Delhi High Court. The attack killed around 11 people and injured 76 more. As paramedics rushed to the scene, the police received a description of the suspects by a witness. The bomb was concealed in a briefcase and hidden outside gate number 5, used by litigants and lawyers. The attack was pulled off by an Islamic extremist group and they are considered to be very dangerous.

Texas Wildfires

Texas fires that have consumed around 600 houses are 30% contained. Caused by drought, 5K residents misplaced. Firefighting crews started to gain control of the wind-stoked blaze that has raged unchecked across parched Central Texas for days, leaving a trail of charred properties in its wake and causing thousands of people to flee. The blaze in Bastrop is the most catastrophic of the more than 180 fires that have erupted in the past week across Texas, marking one of the most devastating wildfire outbreaks in state history. Three aircraft capable of scooping 1,500 gallons of lake water at a time also helped set the flames down a small portion.