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Friday 26 August 2011

Quick flash on US Irene and Abuja UN House bombing

This satellite image provided by NOAA and taken at 12:45 GMT Friday Aug. 26, 2011 shows Hurricane Irene as it moves northward along the U.S. eastern coastline with 110 mph sustained winds. (AP Photo/NOAA)
2 millon Ordered to relacate as Irene takes aim in US
MOREHEAD CITY, N.C. (AP) - Hurricane Irene caused extraordinary disruption Friday as it zeroed in for a catastrophic run up the Eastern Seaboard.
More than 2 million people were ordered to move to safer places, and New York announced plans to shut down its entire network of subways for the first time because of a natural disaster. Read more

Firefighters and rescue workers at the scene of  large explosion that struck the United Nations' main office in Nigeria's capital Abuja on Friday. Photo: AP
Explosion at UN House; Suicide bomber indicted
The Director-General of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) Prof. Bola Akinterinwa has described Friday’s blast of the United Nations House in Abuja as a sad development and a wake-up call for security agencies.
A truck load of explosives reportedly ran into the gate of the UN building at about 10.30 a.m. killing and wounding workers. Click to read more

3 comments:

  1. Please great citizen, come out and donate blood at the National Hospital to save live. Please!!

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  2. Hope those in the hospital are recuperating fine?
    I pray God will heal the wounded and grant the family of the departed the needed fortitude.

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  3. Why is it that all this Hurricane in America always have beautiful name? How ironic.
    God have mercy

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