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President Jean-Bertrand Aristide returns triumphantly to the National Palace at Port-au-Prince, Haiti, October 1994. Jean Bertrand Aristide returned to Haiti in October 1994 after 3 years of forced exile. [15] Operation Uphold Democracy officially ended on 31 March 1995, when it was replaced by the United Nations Mission in Haiti (UNMIH).
The now-familiar peace symbol was originally a specifically anti-nuclear weapons icon.. The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ushered in the "atomic age", and the bleak pictures of the bombed-out cities released shortly after the end of World War II became symbols of the power and destruction of the new weapons (the first pictures released were only from distances, and did not contain ...
The exercise simulated a Soviet conventional attack on European NATO forces 3 days before the start of the exercise (D-3), transitioning to a large scale chemical war (D-1) and on day 1 (D+1) of the exercise, NATO forces sought political guidance on the use of nuclear weapons to stem the Soviet advance which was approved by political leaders.
This combination of before and after images shows damage at the Dzaoudzi Port on the French Territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean after Cyclone Chido, Dec. 16, 2024.
[81] [82] Nuclear war could yield unprecedented human death tolls and habitat destruction. Detonating large numbers of nuclear weapons would have an immediate, short term and long-term effects on the climate, potentially causing cold weather known as a " nuclear winter " [ 83 ] with reduced sunlight and photosynthesis [ 84 ] that may generate ...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — It's been a terrifying week for the people of Haiti, where gun battles between gangs and the police have gripped the capital, Port-au-Prince, and left bodies laying ...
Up to 20% of medical staff had left Haiti by the beginning of the year. [179] Even before violence escalated shutting down all but one of the capital's hospitals, Haiti had the worst conditions for childbirth in Latin America and the Caribbean, with only "war-torn countries like Sudan and Yemen" having higher mortality rates. [110]
The Federation of American Scientists provide solid information on weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear weapons and their effects; The Nuclear War Survival Skills is a public domain text and is an excellent source on how to survive a nuclear attack. Ground Zero: A Javascript simulation of the effects of a nuclear explosion in a city