Emma Batha
Emma Batha joined AlertNet in 2005 after four years on the Reuters international editing desk in London. She has previously worked as a reporter on the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong and was Asia Pacific editor at BBC News Online.
Explosives threaten civilians after S.Ossetia ceasefire
Author: Emma Batha
Thousands of people uprooted during the fighting over South Ossetia will be risking their lives when they return home because of unexploded or abandoned munitions, aid workers and weapons experts warn.
"There will be a lot of unexploded ordnance lying around the streets and possibly even in people's homes which have been damaged, and in schools and health centres," said Robert MacGillivray, head of operations for Mines Advisory Group (MAG).
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Author: Emma Batha
Thousands of people uprooted during the fighting over South Ossetia will be risking their lives when they return home because of unexploded or abandoned munitions, aid workers and weapons experts warn.
"There will be a lot of unexploded ordnance lying around the streets and possibly even in people's homes which have been damaged, and in schools and health centres," said Robert MacGillivray, head of operations for Mines Advisory Group (MAG).
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Worst floods in 200 years hit Ukraine -Red Cross
Author: Emma Batha
The worst flooding in two centuries has devastated parts of Ukraine and Moldova, leaving more than 30 dead and dozens missing, according to the Red Cross. In Moldova, Europe's poorest country, homes with walls built of mud have "dissolved and crumbled like chocolate", Red Cross regional representative Joe Lowry says. ...
Author: Emma Batha
The worst flooding in two centuries has devastated parts of Ukraine and Moldova, leaving more than 30 dead and dozens missing, according to the Red Cross. In Moldova, Europe's poorest country, homes with walls built of mud have "dissolved and crumbled like chocolate", Red Cross regional representative Joe Lowry says. ...
Will Karadzic get a fair trial?
Author: Emma Batha
Former Bosnian Serb leader and war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic arrived in The Hague today to stand trial for genocide. News of his surprise arrest on a Belgrade bus last week came just days after the International Criminal Court indicted Sudan's president for genocide in Darfur.
Most people in the West generally assume that war crimes trials are a good thing. But do international tribunals actually deliver justice? John Laughland, author of a book on the history of political trials, thinks not.
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Author: Emma Batha
Former Bosnian Serb leader and war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic arrived in The Hague today to stand trial for genocide. News of his surprise arrest on a Belgrade bus last week came just days after the International Criminal Court indicted Sudan's president for genocide in Darfur.
Most people in the West generally assume that war crimes trials are a good thing. But do international tribunals actually deliver justice? John Laughland, author of a book on the history of political trials, thinks not.
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Hungry North Korea opens doors to aid workers
Author: Emma Batha
North Korea's surprise decision to ease restrictions on international aid operations as it battles chronic hunger is a major breakthrough which bodes well for future international cooperation, aid workers say. But aid groups have warned the secretive regime that they will halt a new aid programme if it reneges on promises to let them check the distribution of food. ...
Author: Emma Batha
North Korea's surprise decision to ease restrictions on international aid operations as it battles chronic hunger is a major breakthrough which bodes well for future international cooperation, aid workers say. But aid groups have warned the secretive regime that they will halt a new aid programme if it reneges on promises to let them check the distribution of food. ...
Climate change fund needs major boost - UN official
Author: Megan Rowling
Rich countries must provide extra cash to expand a fledgling U.N. fund to help poorer nations adapt to global warming, the U.N. climate change chief said on Tuesday.
The U.N. Adaptation Fund, which is financed by a green tax, has just 37 million euros (58 million dollars) in the pot at the moment. Yvo de Boer, head of the U.N. Climate Change Secretariat, told AlertNet that hundreds of millions of dollars would be needed each year to kickstart climate change adaptation, which includes measures such as switching to new crops, building flood defences and preparing for shifting patterns of disease.
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Author: Megan Rowling
Rich countries must provide extra cash to expand a fledgling U.N. fund to help poorer nations adapt to global warming, the U.N. climate change chief said on Tuesday.
The U.N. Adaptation Fund, which is financed by a green tax, has just 37 million euros (58 million dollars) in the pot at the moment. Yvo de Boer, head of the U.N. Climate Change Secretariat, told AlertNet that hundreds of millions of dollars would be needed each year to kickstart climate change adaptation, which includes measures such as switching to new crops, building flood defences and preparing for shifting patterns of disease.
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