Two Bosnian Serb commanders were found guilty Monday of war crimes for burning to death Muslim women, children, and elderly men during the conflicts in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 1990s.
In this interview, Kim Young Seong, a North Korean defector, discusses his time doing forced labor in a mine, the 1990s famine, the military's ubiquitous presence, and people's growing desire for change.
Most women in Burkina Faso grow food for their families, but cannot own the land they cultivate. In this diary from the field, the president of an international development organization explores the lives of women farmers in the West African nation.
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger of California is under heavy pressure from industry to approve the use of a pesticide on local agriculture that's been linked to illnesses including cancer, miscarriages, and neurological problems.
In the wake of violent protests by Uighurs in Xinjiang earlier this week -- over 150 are reportedly dead and 800 injured -- the Chinese government needs to acknowledge the grievances of this minority group, said a human rights watchdog Wednesday.
AIDS activists were arrested just outside the U.S. Capitol building yesterday while protesting President Obama's failure to honor his campaign promises to spend over $1 billion a year on global AIDS and to fund housing for HIV-positive people in need.
The recent cancellation of Haiti's $1.2 billion debt is a huge victory for the impoverished country, which will now have greater resources to invest in "desperately needed relief" for its people, says a coalition of groups fighting poverty worldwide.
Unless immediate action is taken, climate change could reverse 50 years of progress in the fight against global poverty, warns a humanitarian group calling on G8 leaders to prioritize climate change at their first in a series of meetings today.
Due to a lack of funds, the United Nations is cutting back an emergency food aid program in North Korea, where an estimated 9 million people may go hungry due to cereal shortages this year.
The United Nations-backed Congolese army is failing to protect civilians and has instead contributed to a substantial rise in human rights violations in the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo, reports an international human rights watchdog.
Just back from a trip to
Tunisia to support a
Sphere Arabic Training of
Trainers (ToT), hosted by
IFRC N-Africa. One of the
nice things I saw is
during a 'social' day is
water harvesting methods
in mosques (or zaouias/
zawiyas, Sufi study
places) in K...
Keep up the good work!
Washington can be a very
lonely place when you are
fighting for progressive
ideas like Medicare for
All and an end to the
occupations of Iraq and
Afghanistan. It is
for that reason I wanted
to thank all my friends
at...
"Payne Creek Village is
like many subdivisions -
speed-bump-quietened
roads with names such as
Quail Run, Fawn Lane and
Mallard Drive. A brick
entrance monument greets
visitors adjacent to the
management office.
By the numbers
Cost Comparis...
"As the residential
market continues to
grapple with the current
recession, the
manufactured housing
market seems to be going
through a cycle all its
own – a cycle that
experts say is
outperforming its site
built home sibling....."
Source an...
"Addiction to
prescription painkillers
— which kill
thousands of Americans a
year — has become a
largely unrecognized
epidemic, experts say.
http://articles.mercola.c
om/sites/articles/archive
/2009/11/21/Whats-the-Rea
l-Pandemic-in-US-H...
"European scientists and
health authorities are
facing angry questions
about why H1N1 flu has
not caused death and
destruction on the scale
first feared, and they
need to respond deftly to
ensure public support.
Accusations are flying in
British and...
Received from cban.ca:
*look*
Minister of Agriculture,
Gerry Ritz: Incorrect and
alarming statements about
Terminator in CanadaOur
Minister of Agriculture
has made incorrect
statements on Terminator
technology to Chinese
officials - he stated
that C...
"Dr. Anthony Morris, a
distinguished virologist
and former Chief Vaccine
Office at the U.S.
Federal Drug
Administration (FDA),
states that “There
is no evidence that any
influenza vaccine thus
far developed is
effective in preventing
or mitigat...
According to an article
in The Independent, the
GLOBAL number of swine
flu deaths so far is
6,250. Of course a
tragedy for the affected
families, no doubt.
However, let's again put
these figures in
perspective: that's
PEANUTS compared with the
20.5 MI...
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mp;feature=player_embedde
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Dr. Mercolas comments
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/2009/11/14/Expert-Pediat
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