RED CROSS popularity and RED CROSS trends

A rocket-propelled-grenade struck the local offices of the International Committee of the Red Cross in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi overnight, the organisation's spokeswoman said on Tuesday.

A ROCKET-propelled-grenade has struck the local offices of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Benghazi.

Picture showing South African president with his genitals exposed is covered with red and black paint by protestersA painting depicting the South African president, Jacob Zuma, with his genitals exposed has been vandalised, leading to ugly scenes at an art gallery in Johannesburg.One man painted a red cross across Zuma's face and penis while a younger man spread black paint over the image. The ...

THE IRISH Red Cross must address governance and financial control issues if it is to regain its reputation, which has become “tarnished” in recent years, the chairman of the Oireachtas public accounts committee has said.

The Irish Red Cross must address governance and financial control issues if it is to regain a reputation that has become “tarnished” in recent years, the chairman of the Public Accounts Committe said.

Tang Chengye, who is dying from an incurable disease, signed an organ donation agreement with the Red Cross Society of Anhui province in Chaohu city's Second People's Hospital, May 16, 2012.

The International Committee of the Red Cross was mobilizing personnel in Colombia to help facilitate the expected release of a French journalist captured more than two weeks ago by Marxist rebels.

Colombia's Farc guerrilla group has decided to free a French reporter they kidnapped two weeks ago, although they have not given a date for his release, a Red Cross official said on Sunday citing a statement from the rebels.

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's FARC guerrilla group has decided to free a French reporter they kidnapped two weeks ago, although they have not given a date for his release, a Red Cross official said on Sunday citing a statement from the rebels.

At this point, there are few people on this Island who haven't seen the video where a man -- wearing a Red Cross emblem -- hits and beats with a stretcher Andrés Carrión, who had shouted an anti-system slogan.

ISLAMABAD  - The Red Cross on Thursday suspended most of its aid projects in Pakistan and recalled foreign staff to the capital, following the brutal murder of a British worker. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said it had suspended activities run from Karachi and Peshawar, while it reviewed its operations after the killing of Khalil Dale. The move puts on hold activities ...

FAISALABAD - The University of Faisalabad (TUF) observes World Red Cross & Red Crescent Day at Amin Campus here the other day. The University of Faisalabad organized a programme followed by a rally at Amin Campus in context with World Red Cross & Red Crescent Day. The event was presided by Dr Abdul Karim Baloch, Rector, aimed to create awareness amongst the masses particularly among the...

FAISALABAD - The University of Faisalabad (TUF) observes World Red Cross & Red Crescent Day at Amin Campus here the other day. The University of Faisalabad organized a programme followed by a rally at Amin Campus in context with World Red Cross & Red Crescent Day. The event was presided by Dr Abdul Karim Baloch, Rector, aimed to create awareness amongst the masses particularly among the...

FAISALABAD - The University of Faisalabad (TUF) observes World Red Cross & Red Crescent Day at Amin Campus here the other day. The University of Faisalabad organized a programme followed by a rally at Amin Campus in context with World Red Cross & Red Crescent Day. The event was presided by Dr Abdul Karim Baloch, Rector, aimed to create awareness amongst the masses particularly among the...

The International Committee of the Red Cross said Thursday it was suspending its work in Pakistan pending a review of its presence in the South Asian country.

ISLAMABAD (AP) -- The Red Cross has suspended operations across much of Pakistan following the killing of a British nurse working for the organization late last month, the group announced Thursday....

Syrian rebels killed at least seven pro-government militiamen in a Damascus suburb on Wednesday, activists said, and an explosion wounded eight soldiers escorting UN ceasefire observers in the southern province of Deraa.

Int'l Red Cross urges Israel to transfer 6 prisoners to hospital, to allow family visits; UN also expresses concern.

International Committee of the Red Cross says violence has deprived 1.5 million of food, shelter, sanitation

GENEVA -- The Red Cross has won permission to visit a second prison in Syria as fighting continues unchecked in some areas and 1.5 million people now struggle to meet basic needs for food, water, shelter, power and sanitation, officials said Tuesday.International Committee of the Red Cross President Jakob Kellenberger said tens of thousands of people are sheltering in public buildings or other ...

A joint inquest into their deaths heard Angela Hoyt had reported Martin Collett to Hertfordshire police for harassment two days before she was killed but asked the police not to do anything, saying she wanted to resolve the situation herself.

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BRITISH aid worker found in an orchard with his throat slit and a note saying he was killed because no ransom was paid.

An official with the Nigerian Red Cross says at least 16 people were killed in an attack on church services at a university campus.

Body of kidnapped British doctor Khalil Rasjed Dale, who was working for the International Committee of the Red Cross, found by a Quetta roadside

The beheaded body of a kidnapped British doctor working for the International Committee of the Red Cross has been found dumped by the roadside.

Red Cross official found dead almost three months after his kidnapping in southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta.

The husband of the slain Brittany Dawn Killgore said in a statement Thursday that he is searching for a way "to use this tragedy for good." "Brittany's death cannot be in vain," Marine Lance Cpl. Cory Killgore said in a statement released by the San Diego County Sheriff's Department. "At this point I don't know how to use this tragedy for good, but others have found their way, and I hope to do ...

The Frenchman was on his way to the port city of Hudayda when he was kidnapped, a spokeswoman said

A Red Cross spokeswoman says a French staffer has been kidnapped in Yemen and there has been no contact with the abductors yet.

Georgia Tech professor Eric Gilbert has come up with a clever way to add impact to what's been labeled social media "slacktivism."

People in Mali have begun fleeing the Tuareg-seized city of Gao as empty prison cells and looted Red Cross warehouses have become the way of life.

"For more than eight years, we were chained together in pairs," says one officer

The International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva said its president would arrive in Damascus Tuesday to press for a daily two-hour suspension of hostilities to facilitate the delivery of aid.

ICANN's policy on the special protection of the Red Cross and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) names has triggered a very lively discussion including contributions by Konstantinos Komatis, Milton Muller, Wolfgang Kleinwächter, and myself (with Avri Doria's reply). There is an agreement that the exceptions are dangerous for ICANN's gTLD policy process which is in a formative and delic...

Russia has joined the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in calling for a daily two-hour humanitarian ceasefire in Syria.

The International Committee of the Red Cross said tonight it had distributed food and other aid to some neighbourhoods of the battered Syrian city of Homs but could not get clearance from authorities to enter the hardest-hit district of Baba Amr.

Forces spread through Deraa, "clean up" in Homs; Red Cross seeks access to fallen rebel stronghold.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Red Cross managed to get aid to Syrians fleeing fighting in the battered Baba Amro district of Homs, but was blocked for a third day from entering the former rebel bastion amid reports of bloody reprisals by state forces.

The Red Cross is trying to gain access to a war-ravaged neighbourhood in the Syrian city of Homs but it could be days before aid teams are allowed in, a spokesman said Sunday.

A spokesman for the Red Cross today confirmed the organisation is transporting the Sunday Times reporter's body, and that of French photographer Remi Ochlik, by ambulance to Damascus.

Aid workers were preparing to enter the neighborhood of Baba Amr, the epicenter of a four-week government effort to dislodge rebels and army defectors.

A French tuna fishing boat towed the liner towards the port in Victoria, where a line of ambulances, a Red Cross medical team and a fleet of small buses awaited its arrival.

THE Red Cross has entered a besieged neighbourhood of Homs in an attempt to evacuate all wounded, including two journalists.

More than 5,000 people are estimated to have been killed in the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad

In 2003, after the second Gulf War, the authors were medical doctors at the humanitarian Mission of the Red Cross Field Hospital in Baghdad, Iraq. Our experience in the field indicated that civilians were at a high risk for injuries caused by stray bullets. Whilst we were attending an out-patient activity, we saw a 10-year old boy with a deep lesion of the skin in the left frontal-parietal area...

FDA fines Red Cross for blood safety lapses, a study compares two popular weight loss surgeries and Paula Deen speaks up about diabetes.

Enquiries revealed that among those persons whose pictures shall appear in the calendar shall be those who have donated blood for more then 75 times.

Intelligence and security research group Stratfor was hacked Saturday by Anonymous, which released a list of clients and claimed to have taken emails, personal information and 90,000 credit card numbers. Having exposed the group's customers, hackers apparently used the card numbers to make donations to the Red Cross and other charities. The New York Times' [...]

Sad. A tropical storm hit the Phillipines this past weeknd and the death toll has claimed over 1,000 lives. Locally known as Sendong, the storm has left tens of thousands homeless. Hundreds are still unaccounted for and entire villages have been swept away. President Benigno Aquino declared a state of national calamity and the Red Cross continued to help [...]

New submitter yanom writes "I'm thinking about making a holiday donation to a charity, but I'm not sure where to give it. I've looked at organizations such as the Red Cross and Village Reach that promote disaster relief and health in the developing world. I want my money to have the biggest possible impact, so where should I send it?" Read more of this story at Slashdot.

The amazing Civil War career of Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross.

GENEVA (AP) -- Gamers worried their actions on the virtual battlefield could land them at the Hague war crimes tribunal can relax....

Durex and the Red Cross found themselves knee-deep in controversy but their reactions had very different outcomes

ZAMBOANGA, Philippines (AFP) - At least two people were killed and more than 20 others wounded in an explosion in a small hotel in the troubled southern Philippines on Sunday, rescue workers said.Philippine Red Cross personnel at the scene of the blast in the southern port city of Zamboanga said they had taken out at least two dead bodies and numerous severely injured people.Police investigator...

During the Second World War, Red Cross care packages for hospitalized Canadian soldiers abroad included a cross-stitch kit: embroidery floss, needles and a muslin canvas traced with a maple leaf. Since then — and especially in recent years — the medium’s aesthetic has evolved significantly

Charities like the British Red Cross can bring expertise and insight to elderly care, writes Nick Young.

The spread of HIV and AIDS among millions of people could be slowed if addicts who inject drugs are treated as medical patients rather than as criminals, says the International Federation of the Red Cross.