Guinea profile
Ruled by strong-arm leaders since independence, Guinea has been seen as a bulwark against instability in neighbouring Liberia, Sierra Leone and Ivory Coast. However it has also been implicated in the conflicts that have ravaged the region. After independence in 1958 Guinea severed ties with France and turned to the Soviet Union. The first president, Ahmed Sekou Toure, pursued a revolutionary socialist agenda and crushed political opposition. Tens of thousands of people disappeared, or were tortured and executed, during his 26-year regime. --- READ MORE
Magnitude 4.5 - NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
| Magnitude | 4.5 |
|---|---|
| Date-Time |
|
| Location | 4.975°S, 151.498°E |
| Depth | 136.3 km (84.7 miles) |
| Region | NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA |
| Distances | 114 km (70 miles) SW of Rabaul, New Britain, PNG 162 km (100 miles) ENE of Kimbe, New Britain, PNG 687 km (426 miles) NE of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea 2498 km (1552 miles) N of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia |
| Location Uncertainty | horizontal +/- 24.2 km (15.0 miles); depth +/- 8.9 km (5.5 miles) |
| Parameters | NST= 34, Nph= 36, Dmin=113.5 km, Rmss=0.99 sec, Gp=101°, M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=5 |
| Source |
|
| Event ID | usc0003hvh |
After fleeing Guinea, Dominique Strauss-Kahn maid now finds life upended
The hotel maid who accused the chief of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, of sexually assaulting her has had her life upended by the incident and subsequent worldwide attention, her lawyer told reporters in New York. Her lawyer, Jeffrey Shapiro, told the Associated Press that the woman is an honest woman with no agenda, and she had no idea who the man she was accusing was until a day or two after the incident. --- READ MORE
0 comments: