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The Black Market Cigarette Trade In Asia
The illegal tobacco trade in Asia is gaining speed and claiming lives. 80% of all smokers worldwide live in developing nations.
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Ivory Back On The Market: Elephant Poaching On The Rise
Selling off old stockpiles of ivory has reinvigorated international demand for ivory and therefore, illegal elephant poaching in Africa.
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The pitfalls of Africa's aid addiction
Where I come from in West Africa, we have a saying: "A fool at 40 is a fool forever", and most African countries have now been independent for over 40 years.
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Zimbabwe Troops 'Eat Elephants'
Zimbabwean soldiers are being given elephant meat for their rations, a wildlife campaigner has told the BBC
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Taxing Pot Could Become A Political Toking Point
An Assemblyman from San Francisco argues that it's time to tax and regulate the state's biggest cash crop in the same manner as alcohol.
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Mexico Making Limited Drug Possession Legal: Smart Move?
In 2008, drug warfare led to 6,300 deaths in Mexico. So it's no shock that Mexico is now going to great measures to end its war against drugs.
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Is A High Fructose Corn Syrup Tax The Solution To The Nation’s Obesity Problem?
A doctor at G.W. University has proposed taxing companies that use high fructose corn syrup in their products. Is this a solution to our obesity woes?
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Somali Judge Killed For Sentencing Pirates
A Somali judge, committed to pursuing justice and restoring order in a lawless Somalia, has been murdered for sentencing pirates to prison.
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Top Green New Year Resolutions
Is it finally time to stop smoking, clean out your closets, or lose ten pounds? You can do all of those things while making positive environmental changes.
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Slavery Today - Yes, It Still Does Exist
Statistics show that a million to four million kids are trafficked into slavery every year, and that there could be as much as 30 million slaves in the world.
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Food may contain environmental estrogens
A discovery that two commonly used food additives are estrogenic has led scientists to suspect that other ingredients may be capable of altering hormones.
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Causecast leader Sean Carasso discusses the world of social causes, Starbucks, the global recession, and why you should attend Invisible Children's The Rescue.
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Economic Fallout...Mothers do not lynch me...What is a Dad to do???
Today I was let go from my job at 9:30 AM. It was the first time to have such a situation occur in my life. Through no fault of my own my company decided to give up on the current expansion project...
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With over 25 years of Nursing experience(mostly pediatrics) I feel "seasoned" enough to chime in on this topic. I would NEVER Vaccinate a child these days. NO child can come out healthy after ov...
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Smile For The Really Big Camera
In the world of medical imaging, picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) are computers or networks dedicated to the storage, retrieval, distribution and presentation of images. Typicall...
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Written by Joshua Gamson Midway through Milk, Harvey Milk is celebrating his victorious campaign for City Supervisor after many failed attempts. One of the people he greets at the party is Sylve...
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I returned from a retrieval mission in Mexico, one of a series, that left me little time to recuperate before beginning arrangements for our missions to Cambodia and Thailand. The Abolish Slavery m...
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Dare to Dream: A Falling Whistles Blog Entry
Here is an article from my friend Sean Carasso taken from the http://www.fallingwhistles.com/blog April 22, 2009 Dare to Dream by: Sean Carasso Hello everyone. This journal is a bit long a...
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The following excerpt is from a featured article posted on The Nation’s website. Socialism’s all the rage. “We Are All Socialists Now,”Newsweek declares. As the right wing tells it, we’re alr...
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Cynthia McKinney Released and Returned!
Cynthia McKinney Has Been Released From Prison In Israel and Is Back In The United States. Below Is a Letter From Her and The Phone Call She Made While In That Prison. Hello, Well, al...
