OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorThe military Junta relocating cyclone victims out of their refugee camps and sending them back to their devastated villages, further adds insult to injury by telling the...
Myanmar's military rulers have recently let foreign aid workers in to the country, and then this..." MYANMAR’S ruling junta lashed out at foreign aid donors Friday, saying cyclone victims did not need supplies of...
Reports today say Robert Mugabe is ready to form a unity government in Zimbabwe. Only time will tell if this is genuine or if it is an attempt to stall for time and hope that international attention turns elsewhere."Robert Mugabe's regime signalled early today that it is...
The free crack-pipes and needles offered by Canadian drug programs aren't cool, says the United Nation drug control board.But are Hep C and AIDS epidemics any better? I'm pretty sure no one walks by a safe-injection...
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Considering all the drug gear already available at needle exchanges, I'm surprised no one thought of this sooner. "The B.C. Ministry of Health will provide crack-pipe mouthpieces to people who smoke crack, as...
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"The movie Blood Diamond has the diamond industry so freaked out that they’ve been waging a massive PR campaign to refute the movie’s revelations about conflict diamonds. From LA Weekly:
The timing of the film’s release, moved up from December 15 to December 8, is a...
"I recently spoke with a former senior TV producer for Reuters who worked in Iraq between 2003 and 2004. She told me that, over the years, she has worked closely with the French army, NATO troops in the Balkans, and UN peacekeepers in covering war and conflict, but she said...