FIRE-EARTH Report: UK 06

UK Foodbank Use Continues to Rise: 1,182,954 three-day emergency food supplies given to people in crisis

The Trussell Trust,  an anti-poverty charity that runs a network of over 420 foodbanks across the UK, provided 1,182,954 three-day emergency food supplies for people in crisis in the year to  March 31, 2017 including 436,000 to children.

The no. of food supplies provided in the previous year (2015-16) was 1,109,309, or about 74,000 fewer.

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FIRE-EARTH Alert: CVTP

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• Details are available from FIRE-EARTH PULSARS.

 

Anniversary of the Armenian Holocaust Commemorated

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Estimated 1.5 million Armenians exterminated by Turks

Armenians commemorated the 102nd anniversary of the Armenian genocide across Europe and the Americas. Thousands of demonstrators marched to Turkish embassies in Buenos Aires Los Angeles and Paris on April 24.

An estimated 1.5 million Armenians were exterminated within the Ottoman Empire and its successor state, the Republic of Turkey, between 1915 and 1923.

Human Holocaust: 270 Million People Killed in 20th Century

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The Century of Violence: Wars, Massacres, Slaughters and Oppression

About 270 million people were killed in the 20th Century political holocaust.

[Presentation prepared by an affiliated team of political scientists.]

• Available from FIRE-EARTH PULSARS.

Powerful Earthquake Strikes Central Chile

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M6.9 quake strikes 39km W of Valparaiso, Chile

The quake struck at a depth of about 25km offshore central Chile, but did not generate a widespread destructive tsunami.

Earthquake Details  [USGS]
Magnitude: 6.9 mww [thrust faulting, Nazca and Pacific plates]
Depth: 25.0 km
Time:  21:38:26.130 (UTC) on 2017-04-24

Distances [emsc-csem]

• 110 km NW of Santiago, Chile [pop: 4,838,000]
• 8 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile [pop: 283,000]

[Analysis available from FIRE-EARTH PULSARS.]