Interlude – ‘The North Wind Blew South’

January 10, 2009

The North Wind Blew South from Keith Loutit on Vimeo. Tweet

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Gaza map round up

January 10, 2009

Stefan Geens over at Ogle Earth has done a great job of compiling UN maps and imagery of the Gaza situation and it is all available for viewing in Google Earth via this network link.  In the meantime Mikel Maron has been working frantically to update the Gaza portion of OpenStreetMap.  He writes about the […]

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Please be patient while I migrate to Media Temple!

January 9, 2009

Please be patient while I roll over to a hosted service.  Hopefully, I have a bit more freedom and some interesting options. You an already see the developments if you are using an iPhone.  Just open https://www.aidworkerdaily.com/ in your Safari browser and you should be presented with a nice mobile version on the site! I […]

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AlertNet’s ‘Latest blogs from Gaza’

January 9, 2009

AlertNet has compiled an impressive list of blog entries from folks inside Gaza.  Most, it seems, are staff of international aid organizations including CARE International, OXFAM, Save the Children and Islamic Relief.  FYI – It is a compilation of filings from aid agency sites.  Here’s a sample: With international journalists barred from Gaza, local aid […]

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Facebook group ‘throws’ shoe protest in Bosnia

January 8, 2009

Civic activists throw shoes at a poster of Bosnian Croat leader Dragan Covic during an action named “Into the New Year with Shoe” in Sarajevo January 3, 2009. A few hundred activists threw shoes at posters of Bosnian Serb, Muslim and Croat political leaders and the top international envoy, protesting against their policy in the […]

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Reuters – ICRC says Israel broke international law in Gaza

January 8, 2009

GENEVA, Jan 8 (Reuters) – Relief workers found four starving children sitting next to their dead mothers and other corpses in a house in a part of Gaza City bombed by Israeli forces, the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Thursday. The ICRC accused Israel of delaying ambulance access to the hit area […]

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NYTimes – U.N. Suspends Food Aid Into Gaza

January 8, 2009

The New York Times is reporting that food aid into shipments into Gaza by the UN have been stopped after one of it’s contract drivers was killed, it appears, entering from Israel.  A map of the area is below: JERUSALEM — The United Nations suspended its food aid deliveries into Gaza on Thursday after one […]

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‘Ethiopia imposes aid agency curbs’

January 6, 2009

The BBC is reporting that “Ethiopia’s parliament has passed a controversial bill imposing tight restrictions on aid agencies.”  From the article: Foreign agencies are prohibited from a number of areas including human rights, equality, conflict resolution and the rights of children. Local groups that receive more than 10% of their funding from abroad are also […]

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‘Telecommunications Targeted During War’

January 6, 2009

GigaOm has written an article about the targeting of telecommunication systems in Gaza.  PalTel, the local provider, has lost 90% of it’s infrastructure.  From the article: Israel’s strikes into Gaza continue apace, and news stories are pointing out that the conflict is being fought online as well — Twitter, YouTube and hacking web sites are […]

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Open Steet Map team working hard to update Gaza map

January 6, 2009

I just heard from Mikel Maron that the OpenStreetMap team is working hard to update routes within Gaza in an effort to provide better data sets for humanitarian groups.  I love this type of on-the-fly work and I have a lot of respect for the OSM team and their willingness to drop what they are […]

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