26/11/2016
26 Nov, 2016 (RT)* – After years of dealing with failing health, Fidel Castro, leader of the Cuban revolution who steered the country through decades of a US economic blockade, has died, state media report.
**Fidel Castro. | Photo: Antonio Milena – ABr | Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Brazil License
Castro died in Havana on Friday at 10:29pm local time, Cuban television said. His death was announced by his brother Raul, who took the reins after Fidel stepped down.
“According to the will expressed by comrade Fidel, his body will be cremated in the early hours” of Saturday, Raul said.
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26/11/2016
By Qusai Alazroni*
QUDSAYA, Syria, 25 November 2016 (UNHCR) – Keeping a 100-square-metre apartment with bare concrete walls and a dirt floor warm during a harsh Syrian winter is tough for 70-year-old Aisha.
Aisha stands in the middle of an unfinished apartment turned into shelter for internally displaced people in the hard-to-reach town of Qudsaya, Syria. © UNHCR/Qusai Alazroni
She lives in an unfinished building converted into a shelter for internally displaced people in hard-to-reach Qudsaya, a mountain town a few kilometres from Damascus that has been largely cut off by war.
“I burn plastic and cardboard in order to get some warmth during the winter,” says the grandmother, who fled her home in rural Damascus five years ago with her two daughters and three grandchildren, after fighting erupted.
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26/11/2016
25 November 2016 – Underlining that violence against women and girls is not only a human rights violation but also a serious obstacle to sustainable development, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for “meaningful” action to prevent and respond to such violence.
Transparent. Photo: Belinda Mason, Silent Tears “Violence against women and girls is a human rights violation, public health pandemic and serious obstacle to sustainable development.” Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General
“Violence against women and girls imposes large-scale costs on families, communities and economies,” Secretary-General Ban said in his message on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
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