A look at 8 news stories from the past year or so that have fallen out of the mainstream media spotlight, but are still important enough to care about.
Icaris Celnet stands in the ruins of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011, the eve of the first anniversary of the earthquake that killed more than 230,000 people and displaced some 1.5 million more. - Still recovering from a devastating earthquake in 2010, Haitians prepare to vote in a new president while two former presidents return from exile. [BBC.com]
- New Zealand officials revisit building codes, prohibit new buildings in Christchurch for 6 months following quake in February [NewZealandHerald.com]
- Chaos in Somalia has led to an increased presence of AlQaeda terrorists, who have killed 50 African Union peacekeepers in the past 2 weeks [WashingtonPost.com]
- Crisis in Darfur allows for continued rape of girls and women [RadioDabanga.com]
- Group funded by Rev. Pat Robertson files lawsuit in NYC Ground Zero mosque case [UPI.com]
- New Jersey politicians work to pass anti-bullying and harassment bill for colleges in honor of Tyler Clementi, whose suicide came after being secretly videotaped by a college roommate [HRC.com]
- Remember the Large Hadron Collider that was supposed to end the world? It didn't, and the unit is still being used to learn more about the universe. [Reuters.com]
- Philippine police capture militant linked to 2003 airport bombing [CanadianPress.com]
- Today in History by the Associated Press [Associated Press.com]
- Twitter posts tagged #westernma in Western Mass. [MassLive.com]
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The Large Hadron Collider is located underground in Switzerland, and is the largest particle accelerator in the world.
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