Posts Tagged Emergency management

Carlsbad residents urged to cutback water use

CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) — Carlsbad residents and businesses are urged to voluntarily cut back on water usage before summer arrives. City officials say that starting water conservation measures now will be a test run for when the city’s water conservation, emergency response and drought management ordinance begins April 1.

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Syrian army launches offensive on Damascus suburbs

Syrian rebels take their position behind a wall as they fire  their guns during a battle with the Syrian government forces, at Rastan area in Homs province, central Syria, on Tuesday Jan. 31, 2012. Syrian troops crushed pockets of rebel soldiers Tuesday on the outskirts of Damascus, fueling some of the bloodiest fighting of the 10-month-old uprising, as Western diplomats tried to overcome Russia's rejection of a draft U.N. resolution demanding President Bashar Assad halt the violence and yield power. (AP Photo)

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian troops battled army defectors in a string of towns in the mountains overlooking Damascus on Wednesday in a new assault to crush rebellious areas around the capital, activists said.

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