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Articles
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U.S. Humanitarian Aid to Pakistan - Where It's Going
The U.S. is sending $110 million in humanitarian aid to Pakistan. What is all this money for and where is it going? Karen Murphy puts on her investigative hat.
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Taliban blamed for Lahore Pakistan bombing
Pakistan's government has blamed Taliban fighters for a bomb attack in Lahore which killed 23 people and left hundreds more injured.
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Howarth Bouis discusses breeding nutrient-rich plants to help alleviate worldwide malnutrition
Plenty Magazine interviewed the director of HarvestPlus, Howarth Bouis, to understand how malnutrition can be cured with better plants. The number one probl... -
Number of juveniles held at Guantanamo almost twice official Pentagon figure
On Sunday, the Pentagon admitted that 12 juveniles - those under the age of 18 at the time their alleged crimes took place - have been held at Guantanamo Bay.
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Troops battle to end Mumbai siege
Commandos are battling the last few militants at a landmark Mumbai hotel, two days after the start of attacks which have killed at least 144 people.
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Campaigners are hailing moves by more than 100 countries to sign a landmark treaty in Norway to ban current designs of cluster bombs.
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Creative Disruption: Citizen Voices (African Bloggers on the Cutting Edge)
A Kenyan blogger found a way to get information from the crowd. Now she wants to take the idea to other parts of the world in trouble.
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Aid work 'increasingly hazardous'
Aid agencies are struggling to help those most in need as operating environments become increasingly hazardous, a medical charity said.
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Police See Flurry Of Cockfighting In The Nation
The drugged-up roosters bred for fighting are outfitted with a metal blade tied to one ankle.
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Mario Cuomo: Lincoln and Obama -- My Comparison
I delivered this speech in President Obama's hometown of Chicago on Friday, February 13th, the day after the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth.
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Polio Makes Its 'Final Inch' Toward Global Eradication
With a chance of winning an Oscar on Sunday, the director of "The Final Inch" says she hopes her documentary will shed light on the often over-looked issue.
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Eco Detour: Extreme Voluntourism
Kenya’s Maasai women speak out.
Blog posts
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CARE Sounds Alarm as Women, Girls Flee Violence in Pakistan
CARE Sounds Alarm as Women, Girls Flee Violence in Pakistan Distribution of Tents, Emergency Supplies Underway (Article from WWW.CARE.ORG) ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (May 13, 2009) - CARE fears tha...
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3 million refugees need our support. Check out my latest blog post at Causecast. http://blog.causecast.org/2009/06/09/pakistans-refugee-crisis/
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Pakistan’s ‘Invisible Refugees’ Burden Cities
It's heartening to find that people in Pakistan have opened their homes to refugees fleeing the conflict in Swat Valley, often complete strangers. ========= http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/18/...
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The developing world is so far down on the economic food chain that, as I've said before, they just can't care about anything other than survival. Because of this, their contributions to global car...
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Hello again everybody! In this blog, I hope you won't be offended and at some point if you are by what I say, I'm really sorry and I hope you continue reading the rest of the blog because it's not ...
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Mr. Obama's First Four Weeks as a War President
Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW), Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW), Afghanistan Veterans Against the War (AVAW), Vets for Peace (VFP), Military Families Speak Out (MFSO), and Gold Star F...
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The mission is crucial... so is your support
You're on patrol on the Afghan-Pakistan border. You keep your head on a swivel and your eyeballs clickin'. When you return to the FOB (Forward Operating Base), you still can't let your guard down. ...
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Culture Today: Victims of Domestic Violence paint a brighter future
Art and culture are effective media which can be extensively used to create awareness about the issues of domestic violence and thereby reduce the vulnerability of women to succumb to it. An art ex...
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Eco Maniac: Dirt Cheap Housing
Sometime last week, whilst researching more on strawbale houses, I came across another building technique that I hadn't been aware of previously – earth-bag or superadobe. Then, on Saturday I went ...
