Disastrous Consequences
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| Originally published | October 2007 |
| Editors | Eric M. Cazdyn |
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| ID | 2113647 |
About Disastrous Consequences
The past few years have seen numerous natural disasters, from the 2004 tsunami in Southeast Asia to the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. Many believe that these disasters will only increase as global warming intensifies. . . .
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... " We are now at the point where accommodation costs are pricing students out of certain universities, which will have Disastrous Consequences for students from poorer backgrounds being able to access education...
Climate change played major role in Libya floods
... The huge impact shows how intense weather can combine with a vulnerable population with Disastrous Consequences, the scientists say...
How Argentina learned to love the US dollar
... Anecdotal stories abound of people keeping money buried in the garden, hidden in the walls or even secreted in heating systems - occasionally with Disastrous Consequences if there is an unexpected cold snap and the cash isn t retrieved before it goes up in smoke...
Post Office scandal: Call for full and fair compensation
... " Many hundreds of people suffered Disastrous Consequences by reason of the misuse of data from Horizon, and thousands more suffered very significantly...
Suppressing China won't make America great - Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang
... Who will bear its Disastrous Consequences? " He also said the diplomatic crisis caused by the balloon incident could have been averted but the US acted with " the presumption of guilt"...
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... Utah s Great Salt Lake is running out of waterThis July, the largest salt water lake in the Western Hemisphere reached its lowest level ever recorded, and experts say the shrinking of the Great Salt Lake could have Disastrous Consequences for the ecology, economy, and people of northern Utah...
Congo peat: The 'lungs of humanity' which are under threat
... " If this plan is not stopped it will have Disastrous Consequences, " said Irene Wabiwa Betoko from Greenpeace Africa...
How facial recognition is identifying the dead in Ukraine
... A question of accuracyCritics however point out that facial recognition technology is by no means always correct - and that in a time of war, errors could have potentially Disastrous Consequences...
Post Office scandal: Call for full and fair compensation
By Michael RaceBusiness reporter, BBC News
The head of an inquiry into the Post Office scandal has called for action and law changes to stop issues " blocking full and fair compensation".
Sir Wyn Williams said schemes Set Up to compensate sub-postmasters wrongly accused of crimes was a " patchwork quilt with some holes in it".
Hundreds of sub-postmasters were convicted due to accounting errors caused by the faulty Horizon IT system.
Sir Wyn has set out recommendations to the government and Post Office .
Between 2000 and 2014, More Than 700 Post Office managers were given criminal convictions when faulty accounting software, called Horizon, made it look as though money was missing from their sites.
The cases constitute Britain's most widespread miscarriage of justice and there has been a public inquiry, led by Sir Wyn, which has been examining The Treatment of thousands of sub-postmasters and to establish who was to blame for the wrongful prosecutions and why nothing was done to prevent them.
In a report laid before Parliament on Monday, the retired judge said there was no " valid legal reason" why the government and Post Office " cannot give effect to The Commitments they which they have made" in providing " full and fair" compensation.
He Said if the parties sought to abandon such commitments they should provide a " full detailed justification for such a change of heart".
Sir Wyn warned " No Doubt , any such purported justification would be subject to The Most anxious scrutiny and, in all probability, withering criticism".
The former High Court judge has long held concerns about the slow progress of compensation for Post Office staff.
He Said it had been 16 months since he first started to hear the experiences of sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses, which He Said " consisted of graphic descriptions of hardship and suffering".
" The effect of The Evidence upon me hasn't changed. It hasn't lessened to a degree, " he added.
" Many hundreds of people suffered Disastrous Consequences by reason of the misuse of data from Horizon, and thousands more suffered very significantly. "
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
