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Articles
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Can President Obama Save the Environment?
President Bush has left a regulatory wasteland in his wake these last eight years, and it won't be easy for President Obama to undo all of the Bush rollbacks.
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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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Mekong a 'Treasure Trove' of 1,000 Newly Discovered Species
A rat believed to be extinct for 11 million years, a spider with a foot-long legspan, and a hot pink cyanide-producing "dragon millipede" are among the...
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The president-elect's proposed Artists Corps is one plank in his push to revitalize the arts in education.
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Suicides of Soldiers Reach High of Nearly 3 Decades
Suicides among soldiers in 2008 rose for the fourth year in a row, reaching the highest level in nearly three decades, Army officials said Thursday.
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Campaign Aims To Help Children In War Zones
Kiva and Save The Children are educating millions of children trapped in war zones around the world and helping their parents earn higher incomes.
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Tamils in US To Protest Lanka 'Genocide'
A pro-Tamils organisation, will organise a rally and hunger strike to urge US President Barack Obama to bring an end to the "genocide" in northern Sri Lanka.
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Iraq War Hits American Soldiers Hard
After a troubled American soldier killed five others at a combat-zone counseling center, we should stop denying that war changes our brave men and women.
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Despite the Sri Lankan government's declaration of victory over the Tamil Tigers, tens of thousands of innocent Tamils have been displaced and need a solution.
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The Environmental Cost Of The Iraq War
Years of war in Iraq have destroyed a once fertile landscape. Find out how you can help Iraqis rebuild their environment and their communities.
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U.N. Security Council Passes Resolution Condeming Violence Against Women
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Hillary Clinton led the charge today at the Security Council - demanding an end to sexual violence against women.
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50,000 Innocent Sri Lankans Trapped Behind Front Lines
Civil war has raged in Sri Lanka for decades. Now, 50,000 civilians are trapped where the militant Tamil Tigers fight the unrelenting Sri Lankan government.
Blog posts
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Who really gives a crap about autism... Parents dealing with it everyday do!
Who really gives a crap about autism... Parent dealing with it everyday do!. My son went a week with out going to defecating. Then on Thursday the flood gates opened. We have had the crap flying ev...
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Hospital Shelled in Sri Lanka, 9 Civilians Killed - But Does Anyone Care?
Posted by: Jim McDonald As the deadly violence continues to escalate in Sri Lanka I am distraught by the lack of attention it’s receiving. Just last week a hospital in northern Sri Lanka, where...
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Working at a Buddhist Dharma Center
Spencer, former Causecast video intern, here to tell you that in our increasingly busy, disconnected, and consumerist world, the meditative path can be one of the best ways to help the world - and ...
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The I Live Here Foundation is born!
I Live Here came out of a creeping realization that I knew little of how most of the world lived. My ignorance felt selfish. After nine months of intensive reading, I made my first research trip...
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My first day in Northeast Congo marks the first day of preparation for the Peace Conference. After 11 years of war, America called a cease-fire and peace talks have begun. There are five gener...
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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...
