Beijing: Finland has topped the list of countries where mothers enjoy the best conditions in the world, while India ranks a low 142nd, below China and Pakistan, according to a new global report.
The annual report called 'State of World's Mothers 2013' was issued by an international NGO "Save the Children" before the Mother's Day in mid-May.
The report was featured by a ranking list of Mothers' index, showing the conditions of mothers in 176 countries, Xinhua news agency reported.
Among the reviewed countries, Finland was ranked the best country for being mothers followed by Sweden, Norway, Iceland while Democratic Republic of Congo was considered to be the toughest place....
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05:47 PM, May 08, 2013
United Nations: Six Indian peacekeepers and a local interpreter, serving with the United Nations mission in strife-torn Congo, were wounded when their patrol was ambushed in what is being termed as a "targetted and deliberate" attack. The six peacekeepers were part of the Indian contingent serving with the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO). They were ambushed along with their interpreter while returning from a patrol...
09:56 AM, Oct 19, 2012
Kinshasa: Rebels in Congo said on Friday they had seized the eastern town of Bunagana on the border with Uganda after days of fierce fighting with government troops during which an Indian UN peacekeeper was killed and thousands of residents displaced. More than 2,000 civilians had crossed the border into Uganda the past few days to escape the bloodshed, at least 2,200 more had been uprooted and 600 Congolese soldiers...
01:50 AM, Jul 07, 2012
Brazzaville (Republic of Congo): Homes and buildings collapsed in the Congolese capital after an arms depot exploded on Sunday, killing at least 206 people and entombing countless others in crushed structures including inside two churches that buckled while parishioners were celebrating Mass, officials and witnesses said. The shock waves shattered windows in a three-mile (five-kilometer) radius surrounding the barracks storing the munitions, including across the river that separates Brazzaville, the...
09:52 AM, Mar 05, 2012
Brazzaville: Around 200 people were killed on Sunday when an arms dump exploded in Brazzaville, capital of the Congo Republic, a senior official in the presidency said, citing hospital sources. Hundreds more were injured by the blasts which rocked the riverside capital of the oil-producing nation early in the day, flattening houses near the scene and sending a plume of smoke high above the city. "According to sources at the...
08:55 PM, Mar 04, 2012
Brussels: A Belgian judicial adviser has recommended the country's courts reject a legal bid to have a book featuring fictional boy hero Tintin banned for racism, court documents showed. Valery de Theux de Meylandt, a Belgian Procureur du Roi whose opinion is requested and typically followed by the court, advised judges in a written statement to rule against campaigner Bienvenu Mbutu Mondondo's application to have "Tintin in the Congo" banned...
11:56 AM, Nov 02, 2011
Burundi: Armed men from Congo burst into a pub in the central African nation of Burundi and killed 36 people, an official said on Monday. One wounded man said an attacker yelled, "Make sure there's no survivors." Burundi, a tiny nation still reeling from a civil war that killed more than 250,000 people, is awash in weapons but attacks like the one on Sunday night are rare. Still, the region...
03:26 AM, Sep 20, 2011
Kinshasa: Fifty-three people were feared dead on Friday after a plane crashed as it tried to land in bad weather at Kisangani airport in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the Congolese airline operating the flight said. "The pilot tried to land but apparently they didn't touch the runway," Stavros Papaioannou, chief executive of Hewa Bora airline, told Reuters by telephone. "Fifty-three dead, that is the last figure I have," he...
09:12 PM, Jul 08, 2011
Kinshasa: The number of reported victims of a mass rape by gunmen in Democratic Republic of Congo has risen by about 70 to as many as 170, the UN refugee agency said on Friday. Congo said the mass rape, the largest reported in the turbulent central African country in nearly a year, may have been perpetrated by former rebels that the government had been trying to integrate into the national...
03:01 AM, Jun 25, 2011
United Nations: India and 14 other countries were on Friday elected to the 47-nation UN Human Rights Council, which is based in Geneva. India was not in competition for the seat since there were four countries and four seats for the Asia block. With 189 countries voting, Indonesia received 184 votes, Philippines 183, India 181 and Kuwait 166. Other countries to be elected to the Council included Burkina Faso, Botswana,...
11:33 PM, May 20, 2011
Dakar: The African nation of Congo has been called the worst place on earth to be a woman. A new study released shows that it's even worse than previously thought: 1,152 women are raped every day, a rate equal to 48 per hour. That rate is 26 times more than the previous estimate of 16,000 rapes reported in one year by the United Nations. Michelle Hindin, an associate professor at...
08:34 AM, May 12, 2011
Washington: The United States has expressed condolences to the families of victims aboard a UN plane that crashed en route to Congo. "We are deeply saddened to learn of the loss of life in the United Nations plane that crashed flying into Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo," State Department spokesman Mark Toner said. "We extend our most sincere condolences to the families of the victims; to the Special Representative...
08:57 AM, Apr 05, 2011
United Nations: A United Nations plane crashed while trying to land at the airport serving Congo's capital Kinshasa on Monday, killing least 20 people, a government official said. The plane lost control in high winds as it came in to land and left the runway, the Health Ministry official, Joseph Kiboko, said. He told Reuters that at least 20 of the 29 passengers and three crew had died. "We sent...
11:23 PM, Apr 04, 2011
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09:00 AM, Feb 02, 2011
Ahmedabad: The deadly Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever or Congo fever claimed another life in Gujarat, taking the death toll to four. A 25-year-old doctor identified as Shabbir Ali died in Ahemadabad due to Congo fever. Shabbir Ali was working in a civil hospital and was being treated in Sterling hospital in Ahemadabad. Both his kidneys were damaged and internal haemorrage occured in his organs. The rare deadly virus had earlier...
09:04 AM, Feb 01, 2011
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10:24 AM, Jan 28, 2011
Ahmedabad: A rare, contagious and deadly virus has surfaced in Gujarat, leading to three fatalities so far. There is an atmosphere of fear in Kolat village, 20 km from Ahmedabad. 30-year old Amina Momin, who was infected with the virus died earlier this month. Villagers say that they are scared as they are not sure about how the virus spreads and how people die so quickly. The disease is extremely...
09:33 PM, Jan 19, 2011
Ahmedabad: The fatal Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever caused by an animal tick-borne virus has surfaced in Gujarat, claiming the lives of three people including a doctor and a nurse. In the wake of the deaths, the state health department has gone on alert and a survey has been undertaken to find out the affected people. A team from the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) is likely to arrive in Ahmedabad...
02:51 PM, Jan 19, 2011
Kinshasa: At least 19 people including the pilot were killed in a plane crash in the Democratic Republic of Congo, police said. The accident took place around midday on Wednesday when the plane was landing at the airport in Bandundu, the capital of Bandundu province, spokesman of the UN mission in Congo, Madnodje Mounoubai, was quoted as saying by Xinhua. Police said two survivors were found. The aircraft was owned...
08:58 AM, Aug 26, 2010
New Delhi: Three Indian Army soldiers serving with the UN peacekeeping force in the Congo were killed and seven injured when their camp was attacked by rebels, the defence ministry here said on Wednesday. "Three of our men were killed and seven injured when Mayi rebels attacked their camp at Kirumba," a ministry official said. The soldiers belong to the 19 Kumaon Regiment. Kirumba is located some 500 km from...
02:54 PM, Aug 18, 2010
