by Brendan Zehner | Nov 22, 2013 | Monitor
Russia Ordered to Release Greenpeace Activist Karin Matussek & Nicholas Brautlecht/Bloomberg Businessweek Russia must release a Greenpeace ship and crew members once the Netherlands pays surety of 3.6 million euros, a UN court ruled today. Typhoon Haiyan...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Nov 21, 2013 | Monitor
By Patricia H Kushlis It’s been more than a week since Typhoon Haiyan (known in the Philippines as Yolanda) devastated the central Philippines leaving cities, villages, fields, roads, people and coconut plantations destroyed in its wake. This is the 26th tropical...
by Brendan Zehner | Nov 15, 2013 | Monitor
Watchdog Discusses Syrian Weapon Plan Mike Corder/USA Today The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons was discussing a plan to destroy its estimated 1,000-metric-ton arsenal, which includes mustard gas and the deadly nerve agent sarin. Syria says it...
by Marcin Michniowski | Nov 14, 2013 | Monitor
U.S. carrier starts Philippine storm relief as Aquino comes under pressure Stuart Grudgings / Reuters A U.S. aircraft carrier “strike group” started unloading food and water to the typhoon-ravaged central Philippines on Thursday, as President Benigno...
by Brendan Zehner | Nov 14, 2013 | Monitor
ASP Senior Fellow for Energy and Climate Andrew Holland wrote an editorial for Weather.com entitled, What Typhoon Haiyan Means for National Security. He focuses on the devastating typhoon which recently hit the Philippines. Super Typhoon Haiyan made landfall in the...
