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Taking Liberties
World  (tags: taking liberties, Taking Liberties (Since 1997), Basic Liberties, citizen rights, individual rights, tyranny, Tony Blair, Guantanamo Bay, civil liberties, civil libertarians, injustice, rights )

JohnMicha
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 2 hours ago - truthawaits.com
This is a must see docuementary concerning the destruction of British citizen rights since 1997. TAKING LIBERTIES is a shocking but hilarious polemic documentary that charts the destruction of all your Basic Liberties under 10 Years of New Labour.
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Red Cross: Burma Cyclone Death Toll Could Rise to Nearly 128,000
World  (tags: burma, cyclone, death toll, Humanitarian Aid )

In a Mirr
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 3 hours ago - foxnews.com
On Wednesday, the U.N. raised its estimates on the number of people impacted by the cyclone. John Holmes, the head of humanitarian affairs at the U.N., said that between 1.6 million and 2.5 million were "severely affected" and in desperate need of relief,
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Cargill: Key Player in Global Food Crisis
World  (tags: )

Lana
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 10 hours ago - foodandwaterwatch.org
While millions of people around the world face severe hunger the handful of agribusiness corporations that dominate the global agricultural market are seeing huge profit
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Saudis Secretly Funneled Weapons to Anti-Hezbollah Forces
World  (tags: violence, war, terrorism, palestine, middle-east, israel, Refugees&Relief, lebanon, Lebanese army, hizbollah, hezbollah, Saudi Arabia, bush, bushadministration )

Juliana
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 10 hours ago - tayyar.org
JERUSALEM – With U.S. approval, Saudi Arabia in recent months provided weaponry to militias associated with anti-Syrian Lebanese opposition leaders to bolster them against the Hezbollah terror organization, informed security officials told WND.
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UN Warns of 'Second Catastrophe' in Myanmar (Child Trafficking)
World  (tags: HumanRights, corruption, UnitedNations, Child trafficking, child sex trade, Burma/Myanmar )

Ladyhawk
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 11 hours ago - news.yahoo.com
The UN said that child traffickers are targeting the youngest and most vulnerable survivors of the catastrophe, and that two suspects have already been arrested after trying to recruit children at a relief camp.
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UN to Meet Over Myanmar
World  (tags: Refugees&Relief, australia, asia, ethics, United Nations, china )

Jeff
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 13 hours ago - tvnz.co.nz
The United Nations has estimated those affected by the Myanmar cyclone at up to 2.5 million and called an urgent meeting of big donors and Asian states as the Myanmar junta continued to limit foreign aid.
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Quake-Damaged Dam Could Flood City
World  (tags: world, china, Refugees&Relief, earthquake, government )

Cal
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 14 hours ago - buzzle.com
Chinese officials have warned that a second disaster could hit the south-western city of Dujiangyan, where 500,000 people live, after Monday's earthquake caused cracks to appear in a dam protecting the city.
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China: Struggle to Reach Quake Trapped
World  (tags: China, Earth quake )

Ben
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 15 hours ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Chinese rescuers are battling heavy rain and blocked roads to reach thousands of people trapped or injured by Monday's devastating earthquake. 60,000 people remain missing.... The official death toll is more than 12,000, and looks set to rise sharply..
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Lebanon's Sunni Bloc Built Militia, Officials Say
World  (tags: world, violence, war, terrorism, middle-east, lebanon, Lebanese army, hizbollah, hezbollah, Hariri, Saudi Arabia, bush, bushadministration, Israili-State-Terrorism, israels 60th ethic cleansine of palistin )

Juliana
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 16 hours ago - tayyar.org
The Future movement used a security firm to assemble a private force, officials say. But the fighters were no match for the Shiite group Hezbollah.
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That We Are Indeed Being Visited By Advanced Extraterrestrial Civilizations and Have Been for Some Time;
World  (tags: 9/11 ufo research aliens humanity gove )

Sophia
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 17 hours ago - disclosureproject.org
dedicated to all ufo believers and our own gregory and john michael t
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New Storm Heads Toward Burma
World  (tags: world, burma, myanmar, weather, environment )

Cal
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 20 hours ago - time.com
Another powerful storm headed toward Burma's cyclone-devastated delta, where so little aid has reached that the U.N. warned on Wednesday of a "second wave of deaths" among an estimated 2 million survivors.
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Burma/Myanmar: Many Cyclone Survivors Traumatized
World  (tags: Burma/Myanmar, Cyclone victims )

Ben
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 1 day ago - burmanet.org
Survivors of Cyclone Nargis—especially children and the elderly—have undergone severe trauma and many will have long-term psychological problems because of the storm and their fight for survival during its aftermath, say aid workers.
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Burma/Myanmar: More Words, or Positive Action?
World  (tags: Burma/Myanmar, Cyclone victims, Military Dictatorship, 'HUMANRIGHTS!' )

Ben
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 1 day ago - burmanet.org
Everyone is running out of words to express their feelings about the Burmese generals. What the generals are doing is making the world furious. It’s time to call their actions a humanitarian crime. It’s impossible to find logical reasons...
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'No Access' to Burma Cyclone Zone
World  (tags: Burma/Myanmar, Inhumane Generals, Genocide )

Ben
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 1 day ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Burma's military rulers have tightened access to areas hit by Cyclone Nargis, in spite of international pleas to allow foreign aid workers in. A UN official says the regime has erected more checkpoints to ensure foreigners cannot reach affected areas.
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1,50,000 South Asian People Trafficked Annually: UN Report Identifies India as Main Transit Point
World  (tags: South Asia, trafficking, children, women, UnitedNations, prostitution, exploitation )

Kelli
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 1 day ago - nation.ittefaq.com
The ever-increasing number of female and child trafficking is very alarming especially in South Asia. According to UNODC India is an origin transit and destination country for trafficking in person. There are no numbers to measure the extent and magnitude
 

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