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

  
  Today is a good news day — Authority: 129
  "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, ...
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• Washington, Tokyo at odds on military base closure

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 710
  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 [...]
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• Charter for Compassion

  
  Once A Wretch — Authority: 103
  I have heard of so much of random acts of kindness that rendered by people who we dont know are realise they are there. Yet when times of needs arises, they volunteered themselves to act. It can be just a simple act like holding an umbrella for us during the rainy days and when we dont have an extra hand or to ...
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• The Power of Produce

  
  NEED - The Humanitarian Magazine — Authority: 117
  Kevin Estrada under a canopy of cherry plum trees. Whether because of expense or inaccessibility, many people in the US do not get enough fresh produce. Lauren Anderson, founder and director of Produce to the People (PttP), realized this problem and did something about it. Lauren now runs the San Francisco-based ...
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• War’s ‘Lost Boy’ grows up to graduate from college

  
  Refugees United Blog — Authority: 115
  Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) — Kuol Dut was six when the swirling chaos of war churned through his village. He recalls playing in a field as neighbors raced toward him, screaming about militias attacking their homes. Even a boy of Kuol’s age knew that militias and soldiers slaughtered men, women and children in the ...
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• GG Central Breakfast Special

  
  Giulia Geranium — Authority: 419
  The special? Donate some time or funds (or both) to a humanitarian organization & we wont pester you about it until...tomorrow. If youre blogger, sneak in some do-gooder business. Its a deal, OK? Heres one of our very favorite organizations . Yes, were running late. What else is new? ...
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• CAUSA: Emergency Relief Needed in El Salvador

  
  CAUSA — Authority: 123
  Today it is being reported that severe flooding and landslides have left at least 144 dead across El Salvador in the wake of Hurricane Ida. At least, 72 people are reported to be still missing. According to civil protection authorities , the number of people seeking emergency shelter is around 12,930. 1800 homes ...
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• Thanksgiving comes early for Iraqi refugees in Knoxville

  
  Refugees United Blog — Authority: 115
  The war in Iraq hits home for many people in Tennessee, especially during the holidays. For a group of Iraqis in Knoxville, the war ultimately forced them seek refuge in the United States where they now celebrate American holidays. Sunday afternoon, several local families hosted a Thanksgiving party at Jubilee Farms ...
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• Save the Children Responds to Post-Hurricane Ida Emergency in El Salvador and Nicaragua

  
  Today is a good news day — Authority: 129
  "Save the Children has dispatched emergency teams to assist with the effort to provide relief to children and families in Nicaragua and El Salvador after a devastating late-season hurricane and torrential rains wrought havoc on remote villages in the two countries." Click here for more on the relief efforts. Visit ...
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• Proud homecoming for former refugee

  
  Refugees United Blog — Authority: 115
  U.S. Navy Cmdr. Hung Ba Le salutes two Vietnamese officers during a welcoming ceremony in Danang.  DANANG, Vietnam - On the day his family’s side lost the Vietnam War, 5-year-old Hung Ba Le fled his homeland in a fishing trawler crammed with 400 refugees. Thirty-four years later, he made an unlikely homecoming - ...
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• PETE SEEGER ON ISRAELI HOUSE DEMOLITIONS ~~ PART 2

  
  Desertpeace — Authority: 565
  Pete Seeger’s role in ending Israeli house demolitions By Nir Hasson Jeff Halper with American folk legend Pete Seeger in his home in New York. (Elyse Crystal) Anyone who owns a radio probably knows the song “Turn, Turn, Turn” (To everything there is a season) very well. A ...
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• IKEAs Soft Toy Aid 2009 Begins

  
  Giulia Geranium — Authority: 419
  For every soft toy you purchase from now until December 24, 2009, $1 will be donated to UNICEF and Save the Children. (See here for other countries currency donations.) This years campaign tag line is $1 is a Fortune . And so it is. This year, the soft toys got together & made a darling video . ...
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• PETE SEEGER ON ENDING ISRAELI HOUSE DEMOLITIONS

  
  Desertpeace — Authority: 565
  Pete Seeger’s role in ending Israeli house demolitions By Nir Hasson American folk legend Pete Seeger performing at his 90th birthday in New York in May. (AP) The banjo-playing Seeger, 90, is considered one of the pioneers of American folk music. He is ...
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• No More Deaths

  
  angelawd — Authority: 120
  Regardless of the fact that immigrants enter the country illegally, we should not let them die of thirst or wounds along the way. No More Deaths is a humanitarian organization bringing aid to immigrants crossing the US border into the Sonoran Desert. Heres a description of the work they do.
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• Students unite for documentary activism

  
  NEED - The Humanitarian Magazine — Authority: 117
  In 1999, Courtney Spence was a sophomore in Duke University. After doing research and getting involved in a documentary media program at Duke, Courtney was particularly struck by social activism and implementing change through documentary media. In combining the two ideas, she founded Students of the World . The ...
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• Torbay MP Adrian Sanders asks about humanitarian aid in Parliament this week

  
  People's Republic of South Devon The Peoples Republic of South Devon — Authority: 140
  Torbay MP, Adrian Sanders has been asking about humanitarian aid in Parliament this week. It wasn’t the only written question he submitted, with other issues including crime figures by children in care , and the budget of the Probation Services . The question he asked on humanitarian aid focused on Rwanda . ...
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• United Nations Takes Relocation Steps For Its Officials In Afghanistan

  
  Trends Updates — Authority: 604
  The United Nations staff and officials are in the process of being relocated as part of a security effort after the devastating Taliban attack on the UN officials, that left 5 people dead. The majority of United Nations workers in the region are either security experts or humanitarian aid workers. Even with the ...
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• One of Sudan’s Lost Boys visits University of Tampa, shares harrowing story

  
  Refugees United Blog — Authority: 115
  Valentino Achak Deng’s suffering led eventually to his moving book, which made it possible for him return to help his native village. Above is the Marial Bai Secondary School he built. TAMPA - The 7-year-old boy ran as militiamen destroyed his village. He trekked through the wilderness for hundreds of miles, ...
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• Praying for More Unemployed Grave-Diggers in Afghanistan

  
  Mountains of our Minds - Afghanistan — Authority: 103
  The lines between aid agencies and the military have become blurred in Afghanistan, Bamiyan where New Zealand troops are doing humanitarian work alongside their military duties. Photo: Bob McKerrow The earthquake in West Sumatra has occupied every waking moment of my life in the past five weeks and has ...
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• Finding Freedom

  
  NEED - The Humanitarian Magazine — Authority: 117
  This photo essay was submitted by Brennan O’Connor / NOMAD Photos. Brennan O’Connor is the Southeast Asian adviser for The Peoples of the World and president of NOMAD Photos agency, a Canadian cooperative of photojournalists dedicated to using the economic efficiencies and social power of a ...
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