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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... 
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.)... 
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... 
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... 
created by CynicalPatriot | 19 wks ago | updated 19 wks ago
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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... 
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. "... 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... 
Sri Lanka Stops Aids Despite Confirming No Dangerous Intentions
"Sri Lankan authorities Monday ordered a foreign-owned ship carrying aid for Tamil civilians to leave the island without unloading its cargo."This order was given despite accepting there was no ill-intention."Sri... 
M.I.A. and The Sri Lankan Navy UPDATES
UPDATE 3:The ship that was carrying humanitarian aid for the IDP's was ordered to leave the island without unloading its cargo."COLOMBO (AFP) — Sri Lankan authorities Monday ordered a foreign-owned ship carrying... 
Sri Lankan Businessman arrested in connection with relief ship
Sri Lankan Business man arrested in connection with controversial relief cargo ship MV Captain Ali.The Syrian flagged ship was currently detained by the Sri Lankan Navy after it illegaly crossed over to Sri Lankan... 
created by israeli.agent | 24 wks ago | updated 24 wks ago
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Sri Lankan President to citizen : work towards country's progress
Sri Lankan President Rajapakse says it is enough celebration of the victory over LTTE and urged the nation to work towards the economic progress. The victory is meaningful only if it is translates to the overall progress of the country. It is easy to fell into the trap of... 
Sri Lanka allows UN and their vehicles in the biggest WDP camp
Sri Lanka Government allows UN and their vehicles in largest refugee camp. Since the possible threat from LTTE terrorists diminishes with the passage of time, Government of Sri Lanaka reportedly started allowing...
created by israeli.agent | 25 wks ago | updated 25 wks ago
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