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Top 10 crises of the year: HIV/AIDS
Estimated 10 million infected people without treatment in the developing world, making it one of 2009's Top 10 humanitarian crises, according to Doctors Without Borders. Other crises that made the list released... Security concerns force 600 UN workers out of Afghanistan
After the recent spate of attacks and heightened security concerns the UN announced its decision to temporarily relocate 600 members of its international foreign staff based in Afghanistan. The international body... Indian Floods: Seva Bharati saving lives
Floods have devastated Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and bordering districts of Maharashtra. With millions losing their homes and families many government and non-government organizations have... Think Humanity, "a positive change for refugees in Africa"
In 2006 my daughter, Aimee Heckel, traveled to Uganda to visit a refugee camp as a journalist on assignment. She wrote a series on the life of refugees. My life changed. Education was a problem in the camp so I...
created by Think Humanity | 17 wks ago | updated 17 wks ago
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IMF Should Not Condone Abuses
The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has again asked the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to not condone the human right abuses committed by the Sri Lankan government by providing the funding. The Sri Lankan govenrment... End the farse, free doctors
Robert Templer, Asia program director of the International Crisis Group called government of Sri Lanka to alter course, provide a clear timetable to resettle the IDPs, and release the doctors. An estimated... 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... US Journalists Laura Ling & Euna Lee get 12 Years Hard Labor
A twelve year sentence of hard labor was handed down to US journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee in North Korea on Monday. " North Korea on Monday sentenced two American journalists to 12 years of hard labor in...
created by Blue Crush | 28 wks ago | updated 28 wks ago
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Sri Lanka doctors 'to be tried'
By Charles Haviland BBC News, Colomb group of doctors who worked in Sri Lanka's rebel-held war zone are being held on suspicion of collaborating with Tamil... US Out of Step on Cluster Bomb Ban
A report "Banning Cluster Munitions: Government Policy and Practice" released jointly by Human Rights Watch, Landmine Action and Landmine Monitor points out that 96 signatories to the Convention on... Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers 'defeated'
The only question now is, will LTTE leaders flee overseas, fight to the end, commit suicide, or surrender." Mahinda Rajapakse said he would return home as "a leader of a nation that crushed terrorism". ... Rajapakse declares the defeat of the LTTE
Hon. Mahinda Rajapakse, the President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, and the Commander in chief of the armed forces has stated that he would come home a country devoid of terrorism. " The... Volunteer Abroad Tanzania Dar Es Salaam Arusha Children Orphans
http://www.abroaderview.org Our programs allow you to take part in meaningful community service work, while discovering the people, sights, smells and tastes of Tanzania. Volunteering in Tanzania is a way to... UN Security Council slams the LTTE, lauds the GoSL
UN Security Council, after it's first formal session on the situation in Sri Lanka has come down heavily on the LTTE. Furthermore, it has acknowledged the legitimate right of GoSL to combat terrorism.The UNSC has... Leo & Kate Help Last Titanic Survivor Millvina Dean
" LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- The last survivor of the sinking of the Titanic in 1912 is getting a hand from Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. The "Titanic" stars, along with director James Cameron, have contributed...
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