30 die of hypothermia in UkraineJanuary 31, 2012 - 16:26 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Ukrainian authorities say that the number of people who died of hypothermia in recent days has reached 30 as the country grapples with an unusually severe cold spell. The Emergency Situations Ministry said on its website Tuesday, January 31 that most of the victims were found frozen on the streets. On Monday officials put the death toll at 18 people. Temperatures plunged to minus 23 C (minus 10 F) in the capital Kiev and elsewhere in Ukraine as schools and kindergartens closed and authorities set up hundreds of heated tents for the homeless, AP reported.  Top stories The UN's target is a 2 C (3.6 degree Fahrenheit) limit on warming from pre-industrial levels for manageable climate change. Foreign Ministry spokesman Tigran Balayan noted in his Facebook page that he has no intention to change his current job. Intrauterine devices "and implants are more effective because women can forget about them after clinicians put the devices in place." The government of Armenia hosted a sitting on coordination of buildings’ construction in the center of Yerevan.   |  Related sections Latest news Top ECB official says "urgent financial overhaul" needed  Peter Praet also called for a eurozone-wide deposit insurance program similar to the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.Genocide monument unveiled in South Australia Representatives of the Armenian, Pontian Greek and Assyrian communities gave appropriate readings from the Bible.Peace mediator Annan to visit Syria soon – spokesman Fawzi has repeatedly said that Annan, whose plan has failed to stop the violence, would travel to Syria when the time was right.Syria’s Assad invited to NAM summit in Tehran NAM is an international organization of states considering themselves not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc. |
