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• Roma former security guard returns to Kosovo to rebuild a life and a future

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 716
  Source: UNHCR The Toplica family waited a long time before deciding it was safe enough to return to their old neighbourhood in Kosovo. Now, they are back and thriving.
  4 hours ago

• SRI LANKA: Rehabilitating the Rice Bowl

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 716
  MAG (Mines Advisory Group) Seventy-seven families are scheduled to return to Pallaikuli village - which they fled in 2008 during heavy fighting between the Sri Lankan Army and the LTTE (Tamil Tigers) - following MAGs clearance ...
  9 hours ago

• Iraq VP threatens to veto vote law over refugees

  
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  Source: Reuters * Iraqi VP wants guaranteed parliamentary seats for refugees * Fresh doubt over January election date BAGHDAD, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Iraqs Sunni Arab vice president threatened on Sunday to veto a ...
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• IRAQ: Minority communities in Nineveh appeal for protection

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 716
  Source: IRIN Iraqs minority communities in the northern province of Nineveh have appealed to local and national authorities for protection amid warnings of an increase in attacks against them in the run-up to Januarys national elections.
  1 day ago

• Displacement Effect Tutorial

  
  FrancescoMugnai.com — Authority: 536
  Information: In this tutorial I will be showing you how to use the displacement Filter to your advantage and create a stunning black and white illustration. You will learn how to create clipping masks by using splatter brushes and how to manipulate image adjustments to sort out coloring and shadow composition. This ...
  2 days ago

• MEDICAL TEAMS INTERNATIONAL SENDS AID TO EL SALVADOR SURVIVORS

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 716
  Medical Teams International (PORTLAND, Ore. Nov. 13, 2009)—Hurricane Ida hit El Salvador last weekend which triggered flooding and massive landslides. The death toll has risen to 144 and thousands of people have been displaced ...
  2 days ago

• 2012

  
  [CinemaRatty] Latest Articles — Authority: 165
  Tonight I saw 2012 , starring John Cusack and Chiwetel Ejiofor. Let me first state: its completely ridiculous. John Cusack plays author Jackson Curtis who seems to be late for everything in life: work, picking his kids up for a camping trip, saving his family from apocalyptic catastrophe, etc. When we meet him, he ...
  3 days ago

• INTERVIEW - Venezuela would be "mad" to fight Colombia

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 716
  Source: Reuters * Governor of border state blames Chavez for crisis * Urges mediation of Latin American neighbors * Says thousands of jobs lost from drop in trade By Andrew Cawthorne SAN CRISTOBAL, Venezuela ...
  3 days ago

• Senior UNHCR official visits Yemen amid continuing displacement

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 716
  Source: UNHCR Janet Lim, head of operations for the UN refugee agency, visits a camp for the displaced in northern Yemen amid a surge in the number of arrivals.
  3 days ago

• Lutheran World Relief Alarmed by Violence in Northern Colombia

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 716
  Lutheran World Relief (LWR) - USA Baltimore -- Lutheran World Relief is concerned over increased violence against LWR partners in northern Colombia, South America. In the province of Córdoba, murder rates over the last two ...
  3 days ago

• Stormy Monday Skates, Micro Dirt, Mandala, Breaks Selection and Surfrider Foundation 2010 Calendar

  
  Shelter Surf Shop — Authority: 109
  New Goods and Used Boards for the week: Stormy Monday Skates – Recycled Skate, Re-Shaped for New Life. Hand Made in Long Bach, CA Decks w/ Grip – $90 Complete -$180 Used EHO Breaks Selection Diamon Tail Quad – $400 (Martin, Drop us a Line!) Used Mandala Pin Tail “Tri Plan Hull” – $425 ...
  3 days ago

• Displacement’s Call for Crowdsourcing

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 607
  The increasing severity of global displacement creates the need for a responsive use of the world’s advancing digital technologies. The tangle of humanitarian crisis might be severely truncated if crowdsourcing , like that of Ushahidi , which developers created in the immediate wake of 2008’s Kenyan electoral ...
  3 days ago

• DR Congo: Asking MONUC to Speak Up

  
  Refugees International blogs — Authority: 116
  Public statements made by the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the DR Congo, MONUC, have been the subject of much controversy in recent months. On October 28, a group of international agencies focusing on protection sent a letter to the top UN official in the country, Alan Doss. In the letter they criticized the ...
  4 days ago

• In Brief : Suspected AWD kills eight on Kenyan island of Lamu

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 716
  Source: IRIN Eight people have died on the Kenyan island of Lamu and others have been hospitalized following a suspected outbreak of acute watery diarrhoea (AWD), an official said.
  4 days ago

• Philippines storm survivors struggle to rebuild – video news report

  
  dailyQi — Authority: 138
  Philippines storm survivors struggle to rebuild (12 Nov 09) – video news report from Al Jazeera’s Divya Gopalan Parts of the Philippines, including the capital Manila, are still suffering from the effects of a series of deadly storms that have killed at least 1,000 people over the past three months. More than ...
  4 days ago

• we bad.

  
  throw another bear in the canoe — Authority: 524
  So far today I have: taken the dog out and thrown his ball for him put away the massive tea shipment that arrived yesterday made tea drunk some of same slowly and mindfully eaten two thirds of a very good muffin (paying attention while eating good food: best meditation available!) (although I like to think ...
  5 days ago

• YEMEN: Hundreds displaced by fighting on Yemen-Saudi border

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 716
  Source: IRIN Hundreds of civilians have been fleeing their villages along the border with Saudi Arabia following clashes between Yemens Houthi-led Shia insurgents and the Saudi armed forces, according to a UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) official.
  5 days ago

• Djibouti repatriates 40 Somali asylum seekers -UN

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 716
  Source: Reuters * Deportees included six women and seven children * UN says Djibouti breached Geneva Conventions By Frank Nyakairu NAIROBI, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Djibouti has forcibly sent 40 asylum seekers ...
  5 days ago

• Appeasement is a universal trait when it comes to world leaders

  
  International Political Will — Authority: 99
  I believe the word is “appeasement.”Obama, after first making an allegedly “bold” stand on the Israeli settlement issue a few months ago (even though his “bold stand” was the same as every other president that came before him…) has caved. Given in. Cried ‘Uncle.’ Bent over.Appeased.Except when the ...
  5 days ago

• Surprising rebel attack kills 9 Colombian soldiers

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 716
  Source: Reuters * Guerrillas show they still have offensive capacity * More shows of force expected before May election (Adds context, color, paragraphs 8-9) By Hugh Bronstein BOGOTA, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Nine ...
  6 days ago

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