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International News StoryIndia is a country that heavily relies on train transportation and has the fourth largest railroad network in the world. One of the worst, if not the worst, train crashes in India happened on August 21, 1995, near the city of Firozabad. One train heading toward New Delhi had stopped because a cow that the train had hit had gotten into the engine and messed up the braking system. The other train was also heading in the same direction toward New Delhi but did not receive warning that the first train had stopped. When the trains crashed, immediately, several crew members were crushed and died. Because the crash occurred at 2:55 a.m., most people were sleeping, and it served as a rude awakening to most of them. Survivors recall seeing mutilated bodies, body limbs and flesh, and much blood. Between both the trains, they were more than 2,200 people aboard. 300 of these people were killed in this accident, and over 400 were injured.
FIRE! Stop, Drop, and Roll! Or suffocate to death...
International News StoryOn August 28, 1995, there was a train that caught fire in Baku, Azerbaijan. The fire started as it was leaving the Ulduz station and heading toward the Narimanov station. There was an electrical malfunction in the train, causing sparks to fly from the high voltage cables and smoke to form. As the fire started engulfing the train, the passengers did not know what to do. Windows were being broken, the lights went out, and people started screaming. The train passengers were suffocating from carbon monoxide. People tried to jump out to their escape, but sadly, there were not many survivors. In this tragic incident, the death toll was 337 deaths, and 200 others were injured. The unfortunate accident was mainly caused by electrical malfunctions.
(Blessed) Mother Teresa
September 5, 1997OBITUARY
After spending her whole life dedicated to the poor in many cities throughout the world, Mother Teresa of Calcutta died today, September 5, 1997, at age 87 in Calcutta, India.
Agnes Bojaxhiu was born on August 26, 1910 to Nikollë and Drana Bojaxhiu in Üsküb, Ottoman Empire. When she was very young, around age 8, her father died, leaving her mother to take care of her. Her mother decided to raise her as a Roman Catholic, and she dedicated her life to the church soon after. At age 18, she joined a missionary and became a nun at age 21. Teresa served as a schoolteacher in eastern Calcutta for almost twenty years before moving on to serve the poor throughout the world. In her time at Calcutta, she saw a vision from God that told her to help and serve the poor while living among them.
Throughout her life she established schools in slums, health clinics, orphanages, Pure Heart Homes for sick and dying homeless people, centers for the malnourished, shelters for the homeless, rehabilitation hospices for lepers, homes for alcoholics and drug addicts, homes for abandoned children, a leper colony, and old people's homes.
In her life, she received much recognition for all the work she had done. Mother Teresa was given the Ramon Magsaysay Award for International Understanding in 1962. In 1971, she was awarded the first ever Pope John XXIII Peace Prize. In 1979, Mother Teresa received the Nobel Peace Prize. A year later, she was given the highest civilian recognition from India: Bharat Ratna. In 1983, Mother Teresa was given the Order of Merit by the United States and United Kingdom, and a year before she died, she was given honorary citizenship of the United States in 1996.
On October 19, 2003, Mother Teresa was beatified by Pope John Paul II. Upon being beatified, she was given the name “Blessed” by the Catholic church. Mother Teresa needs one more miracle in order to complete the process of becoming a saint in the Catholic church.
Mother Teresa was an advocate for love to every person. “Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.” Peace to all.
International Criminal Court
International News Story
On July 17, 1998, representatives from the countries of United States, Israel, China, and Iraq met to finally agree on a system that would control international court cases. The agreement that was made created the International Criminal Court. This court system would have jurisdiction over any international cases that involved war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, and the crime of aggression. The vote was 120 for the court to 7 against it. By the beginning of 2001, over 139 states had signed the Statute, thus making the International Criminal Court permanent. The International Criminal Court, which is governed by the Roman Statute, was the first permanent international criminal court ever established.
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