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• HATS OFF TO GAZA

  
  Desertpeace — Authority: 586
  International Solidarity….. are not just words but ACTION. One cannot expect every justice minded person to put their lives on hold (and risk) and board the next mercy ship to Gaza. To even expect this of people is totally unrealistic. There are family commitments, work or school responsibilities, umpteen ...
  3 days ago

• Single-issue approaches to postcolonial problems

  
  MoStFab — Authority: 419
  Back in the spring this year, when the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, one could fear several bad consequences. One obvious possibility was that the Sudanese government might kick out all humanitarian organisations from Sudanese territory, leaving a huge ...
  6 days ago

• Troops stocking winter aid for Iraqi residents

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 175
  Killeen, Texas native, Sgt. Chester Temple, unloads water filters during the stocking of a humanitarian aid warehouse on Camp Taji, Nov. 21. The unit, along with their counterparts from the 37th Brigade, 9th Iraqi Army Division, will distribute water filters and blankets to Iraqi residents in the coming months. Photo ...
  6 days ago

• More news: IDF schedules 213 truckloads of basic goods to go to Gaza today

  
  UN-Truth — Authority: 126
  This, Madame Secretary [Hilary Clinton], is positive reinforcement:  when the IDF, exceptionally, schedules over 200 truckloads of what they call “humanitarian aid” — really, the most basic goods — to enter Gaza, it is worth writing about. This is the third time in the past two weeks that we’ve had such an ...
  1 week ago

• Building a More Effective Military Defense for Greater National and Global Security Through Humanitarian Relief and Sustainability

  
  ResourcesForLife.com — Authority: 470
  Activism Summary . In tough economic times, it’s even more essential to achieve the greatest value from money spent on defense and national security . A nation’s armed forces and military personnel must be fully trained and equipped to meet modern threats to national security. The threats we face today are ...
  1 week ago

• Nuru International Works to End Terrorism by Eliminating Extreme Poverty – Civilian and Military Response Turns Toward Humanitarian Aid

  
  ResourcesForLife.com — Authority: 470
  Activism Summary . Nuru International works to end extreme poverty by focusing on empowering people through programs in agriculture, education, and healthcare, as well as water and sanitation. In the Kiswahili language of Kuria, Kenya, the word Nuru means light. Ending Poverty to Eliminate Terrorism . Nuru ...
  1 week ago

• Tennessee students meet needs in Zimbabwe

  
  NEED - The Humanitarian Magazine — Authority: 116
  A water purifier installed at Nenyunga Clinic courtesy of JourneyPartners. Photo | Jim Wilson Students from Carson-Newman College push wheelbarrows filled with stones along the dry dirt in Nenyunga, Zimbabwe. Sweat splashes their faces but smiles can’t be contained. The students know that the well they are ...
  1 week ago

• Does every little gift really make a life-changing impact for children around the world? World Vision goes around world to find the answer – and the true spirit of Christmas

  
  Today is a good news day — Authority: 128
  "Beginning November 19, join World Vision and thousands of people around the world on the Spirit of Christmas tour as a team from the Christian humanitarian agency travels around the globe in search of the Christmas spirit. The month-long tour will feature interviews and stories with children and families in the ...
  1 week ago

• Climate Change and Security

  
  Wednesday-Night — Authority: 137
  Chatham House Briefing Paper - Cleo Paskal : How climate change is pushing the boundaries of security and foreign policy ; More of Cleo’s publications ; International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) Climate Change and Security ; The Regional Impacts of Climate Change The Cold War was ...
  1 week ago

• Canada & the world II

  
  Wednesday-Night — Authority: 137
  G8 Summit July 8-10 2009 ; Canada & the Arctic Harper aims to grow nuclear co-operation with India and Canada inks trade deal with India 29 October Harper to visit China, India, Singapore … trips that observers say could generate commercial and diplomatic dividends. Mr. Harper will make a separate trip ...
  1 week ago

• Red Cross to Seek Donations Through Online Gifts Catalog

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 905
  From a new online catalog, the charity is selling items like phone cards for the military.
  1 week ago

• Man hikes Appalachian Trail to inspire child sponsorships

  
  NEED - The Humanitarian Magazine — Authority: 116
  This blog was submitted by Kevin Selders A 27-year-old Nashville resident recently returned from his 2,200-mile journey toward saving lives. Chris Hennig completed the grueling Appalachian Trail, which crawls through 14 states, in an effort to inspire child sponsorships through World Vision . The hike comes at a ...
  1 week ago

• Humanitarian aid to Gaza up by 900 percent, says Israel

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Jerusalem, Nov. 17 (ANI): The inflow of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip has gone up by approximately 900 percent in 12 months, the IDF has said.“We are investing major resources to enable the flow of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip,” The Jerusalem Post quoted Col. Moshe Levi, head of the IDF’s Gaza ...
  1 week ago

• We tortured Iraqi prisoners to avenge our troops’ killing, says convicted British soldier

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  London, Nov. 17 (ANI): A former corporal in the British Army, who is accused of the brutal beating and torture of Iraqi prisoners, has said that he acted out of revenge over the killing of four UK soldiers.Donald Payne, 35, told a public inquiry that he tortured Iraqis to avenge the murder of three Royal [...]
  1 week ago

• Glogal Update: Congo’s Army Accused of Striking Villages as Refugees Waited for Measles Shots

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 905
  The medical charity Doctors Without Borders has accused the Congolese Army of attacking the villages of Rwandan refugees as they waited for measles shots offered by the charity.
  1 week ago

• The International Humanitarian City (IHC) supports DIHAD 2010

  
  Dubai Chronicle — Authority: 451
  Dubai Proves yet again to be the Leader in the Humanitarian FieldDubai proved yet again to be the leader in building Communities capabilities while addressing the needs of the misfortunate countries, and facing global challenges in the region and beyond. The Emirate of Dubai is to host for the 7th year the Dubai ...
  1 week ago

• 217 “humanitarian” truckloads of goods to be passed into Gaza today

  
  UN-Truth — Authority: 126
  This is news. For months, the Israeli Ministry of Defense’s “Coordinator of [Israeli] Government Activities in the Territories” or COGAT, has been putting Gazans on a very strict “diet”. Only when a high-level American delegation was in town, or maybe Tony Blair, were there even 100 to a max of 112 or so ...
  1 week ago

• Relief group says simple, effective tactic in global AIDS fight also one of most neglected

  
  Today is a good news day — Authority: 128
  "A proven and cost-effective strategy for turning the tide on global AIDS still remains significantly underutilized, World Vision warned in advance of World AIDS Day. Efforts to prevent mother-to-baby transmission of HIV must be urgently scaled up in high-prevalence countries to avoid needless infection of children, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Washington, Tokyo at odds on military base closure

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Tokyo, Nov 14 (RIA Novosti) US President Barack Obama and Japan Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama are at odds on a US military base in the southern Japanese island of Okinawa. Obama arrived here Friday to kick off his Asian tour.Newly appointed Hatoyama said in his election campaign earlier that he would close the US [...]
  2 weeks ago

• The Untreatable Wounds

  
  Save Darfur Weblog — Authority: 470
  In recent years Americans have heard a great deal about the “invisible wounds” some people carry with them after a traumatic experience. Whether it’s a story about a returning veteran of the wars in Iraq or Afghanistan , or that of a Katrina survivor , public awareness of invisible wounds has increased ...
  2 weeks ago

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