FRENCH SOLDIER STABBED IN THE THROAT OUTSIDE OF PARIS *

MILITARY SPOX SAYS THE STABBING OCCURRED ON SAT IN THE FRENCH COMMERCIAL DISTRICT OF LA DEFENSE *

THE SOLDIER'S INJURIES ARE CONSIDERED NON-LIFE THREATENING *

STABBING COMES JUST DAYS AFTER A BRITISH SOLDIER WAS KILLED IN A LONDON STREET DURING A SUSPECTED TERROR ATTACK *

TWO PEOPLE CONFIRMED DEAD IN HEAVY FLOODING THAT HAS PROMPTED HIGH-WATER RESCUES IN THE SAN ANTONIO AREA *

SAN ANTONIO FIRE DEPT SPOX SAYS A 29-YR-OLD WOMAN WAS TRAPPED IN HER CAR AND WAS SWEPT AWAY BY FLOOD WATERS AFTER CLIMBING ONTO THE ROOF... THE OTHER FATALITY WAS WOMAN IN HER 60S WHO WAS ALSO SWEPT AWAY IN HER CAR BY RUSHING WATERS *

THE FIRE DEPT HAS CONDUCTED MORE THAN 235 WATER-RELATED RESCUES *

WATER IS UP TO FOUR FEET HIGH IN SOME HOMES *

SAN ANTONIO AIRPORT RECORDED ALMOST 10 INCHES OF RAIN BY SAT AFTERNOON *

THREE MORE SUSPECTS ARRESTED IN THE KILLING OF AN OFF-DUTY SOLDIER IN LONDON *

SCOTLAND YARD SAYS COUNTERTERRORISM OFFICERS ARRESTED TWO MEN, 24 AND 28, AT A RESIDENCE IN LONDON *

A THIRD 21-YR-OLD MAN WAS ARRESTED SEPARATELY ON A STREET IN THE CITY *

FOUR OTHERS ARE ALREADY DETAINED IN CONNECTION WITH THE MURDER OF 25-YR-OLD SOLDIER LEE RIGBY, WHO WAS STABBED TO DEATH WHILE WALKING OUTSIDE THE ROYAL ARTILLERY BARRACKS IN SOUTH LONDON WED *

17 KILLED, 24 OTHERS WOUNDED IN EASTERN INDIA AFTER SUSPECTED MAOIST REBELS LAUNCH AN ATTACK ON A CONVOY OF CARS CARRYING LOCAL LDRS AND SUPPORTERS OF THE COUNTRY'S RULING CONGRESS *

ASSAILANTS SET OFF A LANDMINE AND THEN OPENED FIRE ON THE LINE OF CARS *

TWO STATE PARTY LEADERS AND FIVE POLICE OFFICERS WERE AMONG THOSE KILLED *

POLICE IDENTIFIED ONE OF THOSE KILLED AS MAHENDRA KARMA, A CONGRESS LEADER WHO FOUNDED A LOCAL MILITIA IN HIS STATE TO COMBAT THE MAOIST REBELS *

GAS PRICES ONLY ABOUT A PENNY HIGHER THAN A YR AGO, PETROLEUM ANALYSTS AT GASBUDDY.COM SAY *

THE WEBSITE PLACES ESTIMATES FOR THE NATL AVG AT $3.66 PER GALLON, 17 CENTS HIGHER THAN A MONTH AGO *

BUT ANALYST GREGG LASKOSKI SAYS A HOLIDAY WKND DOESN'T ALWAYS MEAN HIGHER GAS PRICES *

LASKOSKI SAYS PRICES TEND TO RISE IN SPRING, STAGNATE IN SUMMER AND THEN BEGIN TO FALL IN OCT *

FRENCH AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING WHETHER THERE IS A LINK TO THAT ATTACK *

NTSB INVESTIGATING A CARGO TRAIN COLLISION IN SOUTHEAST MO *

AUTHORITIES SAY A HIGHWAY OVERPASS COLLAPSED WHEN RAIL CARS SLAMMED INTO ONE OF THE BRIDGE'S PILLARS AFTER THE COLLISION *

THE CRASH DERAILED DOZENS OF TRAINS, ALL CARRYING FREIGHT *

SEVEN PEOPLE WERE INJURED, THOUGH NONE SERIOUSLY *

NEWS COMES A LITTLE MORE THAN A WK AFTER A COMMUTER TRAIN IN CT HEADED FOR NYC DERAILED AND HIT A WESTBOUND TRAIN *

RESCUERS CONTINUE SEARCH FOR THE PILOT OF THE ANGEL FLIGHT THAT CRASHED IN UPSTATE NY FRI NIGHT, KILLING TWO PASSENGERS *

INVESTIGATORS SEARCHED A POND SAT WHERE THE PLANE WAS FOUND SUBMERGED IN EPHRATAH, WEST OF ALBANY, AS WELL AS NEARBY WOODS *

FAA SAYS THE PLANE LEFT BEDFORD, MA, AND WAS HEADED TO ROME, NY *

ANGEL FLIGHT IS A NONPROFIT GROUP THAT ARRANGES FREE AIR TRANSPORTATION FOR SICK PATIENTS FROM VOLUNTEER PILOTS *

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How bad is it? GETTING FOOD TO THE REFUGEES – Samaritans Purse international relief work in the very troubled region of South Sudan –

By Daniel Emmons, SP staff member

 

With the rainy season having closed all roads into the Yida refugee camp and supplies of food running low, drastic measures were needed to relieve the threatening food shortage. A decision was made to airdrop 3000 metric tons (150 semi loads) of food from the World Food Program.

The plan included using huge Ilyushin-76 cargo planes, which would drop 32 metric tons of food per flight. The flights would have to commence as soon as possible and continue six days per week for a period of almost two months in order to supply the needs of the ever-growing refugee population.

 

The Yida refugee camp came into being as a result of people fleeing across the border into South Sudan because of the on-going conflict in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. This area has suffered great persecution. The government in Khartoum has dropped bombs on them, and forced them to hide in caves for their own safety.

 

Death from above at the hands of their own government and starvation due to the lack of food has combined to create a humanitarian crisis. Between 50,000 to 60,000 refugees have made the long and arduous journey to the Yida refugee camp, which is located in the vast wilderness area of northern Unity State of South Sudan. Samaritans Purse has been providing humanitarian aid to the camp since August, 2011, soon after the first refugees began arriving.

 

There is a small, dirt airstrip on the outskirts of the camp that is used to fly people in and out and for small shipments of supplies. For the drop to be safe and successful, it was necessary

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