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MJ Death Preventable? Guidelines Needed in Entertainment Industry

Reports are coming out that MJ’s personal physician was with him when he died, shortly after taking a dose of Demerol, a narcotic painkiller. They also say his breathing slowed and then stopped. IF this is true, then his death should have been preventable with proper CPR,...

Cambodia: Survivor of S-21 Prison Camp Testifies Against Duch

Vann Nath, a survivor of prison camp S-21, took the stand today to testify against Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Duch.  Duch ran the prison camp S-21 in which all but 14 out of 15 000 captives were...

Shocking Reality of Sri Lanka: Sexual abuse, Death and Starvation

In this video, Channel 4 reports the reality of the interim concentration camps ran by the Sri Lankan government for fleeing Tamils civilians. Sexual abuse, death and starvation are reality to these fled civilians...

“Food From Heaven” Saved Millions of Dutch

64th Anniversary of WWII Test Food Drop Flight, April 29, 2009 Early morning, April 29, 1945 Delayed by horrendous weather for two days, a Lancaster bomber finally rumbled down the runway to begin a dangerous...

Starvation among Tamil kids. GOSL denies food supply!

Colombo deliberately  blocking food to Tamils. Another way of government to kill the tens of thousands people caught up in the war-zone. Health officials in Vanni report that several children faint from hunger within the so-called safety zone every day. Deliberate denial...

Untold Story; Sufferings of Tamils in Sri Lanka!!!

Why do these innocent Tamils have to suffer for the failure of the Sri Lankan government to end this conflict peacefully? If they are in the war zone they get cluster bombs from the army. If they are wounded and...

11 Srilankan Tamils reach the shores of Kakinada while 10 die

According to Hindu news paper report dated lined 1/05/09, out of the 21 fishermen in a boat who set sail from the war ravaged Mullaithivu area of Srilanka 10 died in high seas due to starvation on the high seas. The remaining 11 live but weak fishermen were spotted off the...

National Eating Disorders Awareness Week: February 22-28 2009

The National Eating Disorders group in the US created an awareness week which takes place during the last week of February each year in the hopes to prevent eating disorders and unhealthy body image, and to eliminate...

Salma Hayek's Breastmilk of Human Kindness

This was part of an ABC news report almost a week ago and I thought it deserved to be shared here. Salma Hayek, actress, activist, Covergirl model and lactating Mom breastfed a poor, starving African baby in...

A new face of poverty in Pakistan

The hunger and poverty is assuming alarming proportions in Pakistan. So far there were reports about suicides because of unemployment and poverty but a new phenomenon has emerged last week. Now the poor who cannot feed their children are leaving their children at charity...

UN: Gaza running out of food as Israeli blockade continues

UN tries to make it known that the Israeli blockade is out of proportion. It is hitting civilians unrelated to the ones Tel Aviv intended to hurt in the endless retaliation cycle. " The UN relief and works agency has said it will run out of food within the next 48 hours...

American spening, materialism and the world in images.

http://www.zimbio.com/American+economy/articles/75/Materialism+American+gluttony+rest+World

Food crisis looms in East Africa

Another food problem arise in africa, after haiti and now ethiophia and somalia. UN, especially FAO must respond this issue. UN should work harder to overcome this problems  " More than 14 million people...

No expenses spared at the G8 food shortages summit dinner

In a not so very surprising twist of irony, the G8 gathering finished a day of discussing food shortages and soaring food costs by tucking into a 19 course meal prepared by 25 chefs.Let's just say that no expenses...

She Survived to Tell the World, A Holocaust Story

"In an age when Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad openly declares the Holocaust a myth, it is increasingly important to tell people the truth of what happened, and Tosia Schneidner has made that her life’s mission.“There is no occurrence that was better documented...

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