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...
created by D.S.Rajput | 5 days ago | updated 5 days ago 44 views | 2 recommendations | 0 comments
Its been a collecting of pledges, wishes and differing opinion. The problem that is worrying me is the fact that there will be many third world governments. Holding out their hand in the effort to take a...
Well does this mean that there is another corruption scandle like cash for oil? It seems there is bad accounting and what is ment by "bilateral and multilateral" ways? Or is it just a case of sorry we...
The German "Robin Hood" banker who was charged with moving more than $11 million between people's bank accounts will only receive a 22 month suspended prison term. She moved money from rich peoples bank...
created by Gordon Clark | 4 wks ago | updated 4 wks ago 86 views | 36 recommendations | 3 comments
Today I read a simply wonderful and inspiring piece from the Jerusalem Post. It was titled "Sparking a Helping Hand". It went on to describe the wonderful life of Prof. Boris Rubinsky in his quest to invent new...
" Can I ask each of you to take off your respective political party hats for a little while and just ask you to listen to my talking points. Can I ask you to evaluate them without hitting the "Political Party Loyalty" reset button? For lack of time, I am only going to...
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...
"FAT, stupid Americans with no health insurance have attacked plans to stop them dying so easily."That's just one of many salvos being fired at U.S. conservatives who have been taking liberties with the truth about the United Kingdom's national health service."Bill McKay, a...
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.)...
created by Paschen | 23 wks ago | updated 21 wks ago 360 views | 59 recommendations | 11 comments
"Manmohan changed millions of lives: Time" " Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's speeches may not be winning him followers but his work does and his actions have "changed tens of millions of lives for the better",...
" Vancouver Olympics to feature US-style "free speech zones" Posted by Cory Doctorow, July 8, 2009 5:51 PM | permalink Craig sez, "Looks like Vancouver is getting free speech areas just like the RNC! Yipee! It's so nice of them to set...
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" Last Updated : 06 Jul 2009 09:04:54 AM IST CHENNAI: The five-year old daughter of migrant labourers Mohan (30) and Lalitha (27) from Andhra Pradesh was allegedly raped by an unknown person in the wee hours of...