Pakistan acceptence of Indian aid..

Although this news is quite common in this world that one country supporting another in the natural disaster however in the Indian subcontinent the relation ship between India and Pakistan is not so good that both...

Pakistan Taliban's voice need to be heard!

In Pakistan the floods are worsening more and more and aid agencies are calling international help, as BBC reported today. Meanwhile, the Pakistan Taliban refused foreign aid for the flood disaster with fear...

Palestinian Corruption and Humanitarian Aid Where your Money Goes

Palestinian Authority is accused of corruption by many but receives more humanitarian aid per capita from the international community than any other country in the world. The billions of dollars that are meant...

Monsanto in Haiti: About mixing aid, politics, and commerce

Last week, Newsweek announced Monsanto is moving into Haiti, in a big way. This is a typical example of using aid as a cover for unethical commerce brought in an All-American-Way: using politics, aid and foreign...

Haiti Earthquake: Human Trafficking a Major Concern-UNICEF

Human Trafficking - Child Disappearance in Haiti With aid flowing into Haiti at an unprecedented rate from around the world and pictures of orphaned children, the world has come together to help the orphans of...

Haiti: Distribution Routes working-Haiti Aid Rolls - Ban Ki Moon

Nine days after the powerful 7.0 earthquake in Haiti, Ban Ki Moon, Secretary General of the United Nations announced that effective distribution routes had been established in Haiti. "I know that there were...

South Korea Gives Aid To North Korea For The First Time In Years

For the first time in nearly two years, South Korea has given humanitarian aid to North Korea. South Korea says the move has nothing to do with the recent attempts at nuclear disarmament by North Korea. There are speculations that millions of people in North Korea are...

Public Defenders- Scales of justice Tilted and Eyes Wide Open

NPR will be airing a program today on 'All Things Considered' (check your local area for broadcast times) that deals with indigent legal services and the Public Defenders Office in Detroit, MI.  While this...

Red Cross closes 4 offices in Sri Lanka

International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) closed its four offices from Sri Lanka, after the government asked to scale down its operations in the country. "COLOMBO (AFP) – The Red Cross on Monday announced the...

Niger Crisis escalating after EU suspends all aid to the Country.

By, Uwe Paschen. E.U. Suspends all aid to Niger and freezes all accounts. After Failure of the Niger Government to comply with EU demands as reported in an earlier post. (See links at the end of this post.)...

Economist declares economic 'train wreck' in America's future

" If you thought last week’s job numbers were bad, take a look at the latest from Morgan Stanley’s chief economist, Richard Berner. In a research note that’s been making the rounds of economics blogs this...

Sri Lanka asks aid agencies to scale down operations

Sri Lanka asked International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and other aid agencies to scale down their operation amid increasing pressure from international community to ease the restrictions on aid agencies....

Sri Lanka imposing tax on humanitarian aids

Sri Lankan government trying to get millions of pounds of humanitarian aid by imposing a 0.9% tax on all the funding for aid groups. Although this was unveiled in 2006, it was not enforced immediately. Now, the...

UN expert says Israeli seizure of aid ship a crime

The problem is Hamas. If they would give up terrorism then they would be able to get enough aid to rebuild." A U.N. human rights investigator on Thursday called Israel's seizure of a ship carrying relief aid for the Gaza Strip "unlawful" and said its blockade of the...

Tamil refugees forced into sex rackets

Sri Lankan military is alleged running prostitution ring using women kept in the Camp. It is further alleged, no action was taken by the senior government officials although it was brought to their attention. "...

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