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Published Aug 19 2012 by Bend Bulletin

Learn to prepare for emergencies

Learn about emergency preparedness at a free event Sept. 15 in Sisters.

The second Emergency Preparedness Fair is open to all and will offer information ranging from how to put together an emergency kit to tours of emergency vehicles for kids.

The event is bringing together experts from across the state to...

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Emergency rule: Eastern leaders, northern govs support Jonathan

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan's declartion of emergency rule in three North East states received the support of South East governors and other political leaders yesterday.They urged him to wield such a stick again in any part of the north where insurgency ... [Published Nigerian Compass - 18 mins ago]

Entities: Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, emergency, Enugu

First reported 10 hours ago - Updated 47 mins ago - 2 reports

Piedmont Airlines

Pilot becomes toast of the town as he makes emergency belly landing. Plane escapes fire as passengers are safely evacuated.

Newark: A US Airways flight, with 31 passengers and 3 crew members on board, made a dramatic belly landing at the Newark International Airport on Friday night after technical problems arose in the aircraft in mid-air. According to a report published in ... [Published Daily Bhaskar - 2 hours ago]

Entities: emergency, Ed Powers, Piedmont Airlines

First reported 5 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 3 reports

Emergency official: 50 to 60 injured in US parade...

Emergency official: 50 to 60 injured in US parade crash, 3 flown by helicopter; no fatalities ... [Published South China Morning Post - 4 hours ago]

Entities: emergency

First reported 20 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 3 reports

Parliamentary emergency session called for next Tuesday

5/18/2013 3:45 PMBAGHDAD/ Aswat al-Iraq: Parliament Speaker Usama Nujaifi called today for holding an emergency session to discuss the security deterioration and the latest Baghdad and other provinces explosions.In a press statement, he pointed the "failure ... [Published Aswat al Iraq - 12 hours ago]

Entities: emergency, Baghdad, Intelligence, Security

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 3 reports

Why Adamawa is under emergency rule, by FG

Posted by: on May 18, 2013 in Featured, News Leave a commentThe Federal Government, for the first time since the declaration of emergency rule in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states, explained the inclusion of Adamawa State yesterday.The government gave the ... [Published The Nation Nigeria - May 18 2013]

Entities: Military/Armed Forces, emergency, State of Emergency, Rules of Engagement

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated 17 hours ago - 4 reports

Emergency Rule: Expert Advises Military To Provide Hotline

$PRESIDENT, Association of Industrial Security and Safety Operators of Nigeria (AISSON), Dr. Ona Ekhomu, has advised the military authorities to provide hotline and online platforms where citizens could easily provide tips on Boko Haram fighters, their ... [Published The Guardian Nigeria - May 18 2013]

Entities: Military/Armed Forces, Boko Haram, emergency

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 3 reports

Economic losses from disasters underestimated, ‘out of control’

Economic losses caused by disasters have been underestimated by at least 50 percent, and are “out of control”, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said.The head of the world body was speaking on Wednesday at the New York launch of a U.N. report on ... [Published Thomson Reuters - May 17 2013]

Entities: Disaster, Japan Earthquake & Tsunami, Risk Management, Hurricane Wilma, San Felipe (United States)

Blogs

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A little bit will become a lot [Published Oz Conservative - 3 hours ago] Paul Martin was the Liberal Party Prime Minister of Canada from 2003 to 2006. There is a clip of a speech he made that was uploaded to YouTube in 2009 (I don't know when the speech itself was given). In the speech he talks about the necessity of nations ...
Green diary rescue: Pedal power, electric cars,... [Published Daily Kos - 6 hours ago] Every week Daily Kos diarists write dozens of environmentally related posts. Many don't get the readership they deserve. Helping improve the odds is the motivation behind the Green Diary Rescue. In the past seven years, there have been 226 of these ...
Being sociable could save your life in a disaster [Published Raw Story - 7 hours ago] Topics: Robert Sampson ♦ social infrastructureLike Raw Story on FacebookAccording to a researcher, being sociable and connected to your neighbors could save your life in the event of an emergency. Writing for New Scientist magazine, Sociologist Robert ...
North Korea sets up emergency committee to deal... [Published H5N1 - 13 hours ago] Via Yonhap News: N. Korea sets up emergency committee to deal with bird flu threat. Apparently the North Koreans aren't distinguishing between H7N9 and H5N1; it's all just "bird flu." Excerpt:North Korea has set up an emergency committee as part of a ...
ubalert: Wildfire in Castaic Threatens Nearby H... [Published Twitter - ubalert - 13 hours ago] ubalert: Wildfire in Castaic Threatens Nearby Homes- http://t.co/QgG9S5DesR #fire #fb ...

Audio/Video

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Will Republican Ask for Disaster Help After Den... [Published The Young Turks - YouTube - 23 hours ago]
Witness: I saw broken, bloody limbs [Published CNN.com - Video - May 18 2013]
American Red Cross Celebrity Ambassador, Elisab... [Published American Red Cross - YouTube - May 17 2013]
American Red Cross Celebrity Ambassador, Elisab... [Published American Red Cross - YouTube - May 17 2013]
Emergency Department Telemedicine Initiative to... [Published UC Television - YouTube - May 17 2013]

Press Releases

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UnitedHealth Group Acts to Support Texans Affec... [Published Business Wire - May 17 2013]
SBA Extends Closing Date of Disaster Loan Outre... [Published PR Newswire: Financial Services - May 17 2013]
Los Angeles Department of Public Health is Nati... [Published EON Consumer - May 17 2013]
Los Angeles Department of Public Health is Nati... [Published Business Wire Health News - May 17 2013]
University of Phoenix and MGM Resorts Internati... [Published Auto & Transportation - May 17 2013]