1. was

2. YEAR OF DESTRUCTION AND DISASTER

3. MAN MADE AND

4. Thai Red Shirt anti-government protesters

5. 32 miners who survived for 69 days underground after an accident at the San Jose copper-gold mine

6. A helicopter crash killed nine American troops from the NATO-led force in Afghanistan.

7. A US army soldier fighting with Taliban in Afghanistan.

8. A Palestinian youth is arrested by Israeli soldiers for throwing stones.

9. Blast in karachi Pakistan

10. Explosion that rocked the holy town of Varanasi on the bank of the river Ganga.

11. WE CAN CONTROL ALL MAN MADE DISASTERS

12. NOT NATURAL DISASTERS

13. CHILE EARTHQUAKE

14. CHINA EARTHQUAKE

15. EAST COAST BLIZZARD

16. GUATEMALA SINKHOLE

17. HAITI EARTHQUAKE

18. ICELAND Volcano

19. MACHU PICCHU LANDSLIDE

20. NASHVILLE FLOODS

21. PAKISTAN FLOODS

22. RUSSIA WILDFIRES

23. PERTH‘S DELUGE OF RAIN CAUSED LANDSLIDE

24. INDONESIA — MT. MERAPI WROUGHT DEVASTATION IN KINAHREJO VILLAGE

25. TSUNAMI-STRIKES -INDONESIA

26. We, the peoples of the United Nations, determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind, and to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal right of men and women and of nations large and small....And for these ends to practice tolerance and live together in peace with one another as good neighbors...have resolved to combine our efforts to accomplish these aims. Preamble, Charter of the United Nations. I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent. Mahatma Gandhi If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children. Mahatma Gandhi

27. HAPPY NEW YEAR

28. This is a beautiful planet and not at all fragile. Earth can withstand significant volcanic eruptions, tectonic cataclysms, and ice ages. But this canny, intelligent, prolific, and extremely self-centered human creature had proven himself capable of more destruction of life than Mother Nature herself.... We've got to be stopped. ~Michael L. Fischer, WE STILL HAVE HOPE. CREATED BY RAJIV VERMA