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Amnesty International USA: Child Execution in Iran
World  (tags: child executions, Iran war )

Birdie
- 9 days ago - amnestyusa.org
Amnesty International recently issued a major report Iran: the last executioner of children, As of May 2009, there were at least 137 known juvenile offenders awaiting execution in Iran.
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Clinton in Pakistan Encounters Widespread Distrust of U.S.
World  (tags: world, war, violence, american, terrorism, politics, middle-east, pakistan, afghanistan, drones, missile, strikes, death, killing, questions )

Tom
- 19 days ago - latimes.com
Not only radicals, but college students and respected journalists question Washington's intentions in Pakistan. The U.S. government is seen as arrogant, domineering and insensitive to their plight, and drone missile strikes are likened to to terrorism.
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Ethical? Tetley's Tata Tea Starving Indian Tea Workers Into Submission -- TAKE ACTION!
World  (tags: Human Rights, Tata/Tetley_Tea, India, starvation, corporate_abuse )

Just
- 8 days ago - iuf.org
"Tata, the transnational Indian conglomerate whose Tetley Group makes the world famous Tetley teas, has taken 6,500 people hostage through hunger. The hostages are nearly 1,000 tea plantation workers and their families on the Nowera Nuddy Tea Estate. . ."
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The International Community Needs to Acknowledge That Iraqi People Are Suffering the Devastating Consequences Due to the 'Weapon
World  (tags: mass weapon Du American weapoms Iraq fal )

Uhoud
- 16 days ago - iraqirabita.org
Young women in Fallujah in Iraq are terrified of having children because of the increasing number of babies born grotesquely deformed, with no heads, two heads, a single eye in their foreheads, scaly bodies or missing limbs
101 comments
Child Rape Epidemic in Zimbabwe
World  (tags: africa, children, conflict, corruption, crime, ethics, government, HumanRights, society, violence, rape as a weapon of war, rape virgin, rape children )

Kelli
- 8 days ago - guardian.co.uk
Tens of thousands of children have been sexually abused in Zimbabwe in a growing epidemic that has shocked human rights activists.
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Marine Parks Will Protect Dolphins and Whales
World  (tags: News, marine life, dolphins, whales, protection, marine park )

Katie
- 8 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
Colourful corals, basking sharks and dolphins will be protected under plans for a network of marine parks around England and Wales. The Marine and Coastal Access Bill will give the Government powers to set up a network of "marine conservation zones"......
7 comments
'Significant' Water Found on Moon.
World  (tags: world, news, Moon, Water found, NASA, Space, Science, Technology )

Katie
- 6 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Nasa's experiment last month to find water on the Moon was a major success, US scientists have announced. The space agency smashed a rocket and a probe into a large crater at the lunar south pole, hoping to kick up ice.
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Brazil Deforestation Drops to Lowest Level Since 1980s
World  (tags: world, News, Brazil, Environment, deforestation, Lowest )

Katie
- 6 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
Some 7,008 square kilometres of trees were cut down in the year to July, 45.7 per cent down on the previous year's figure and a quarter of the 2004 level, according to government figures.
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Giant Iceberg Spotted Off Australia.
World  (tags: News, world, Australia, environment, iceberg )

Katie
- 7 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
The ice chunk, measuring some 2,300 feet long with an estimated depth of more than 1,000 feet, caused a stir when it was sighted by experts based on Australia's remote Macquarie Island.
10 comments
Fort Hood Mass Shootings: 12 Killed By Alleged Gunman Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan
World  (tags: Army, Gunman, Texas )

Nancy
- 14 days ago - nydailynews.com
An Army shrink who specialized in treating combat stress snapped Thursday and launched a bloody rampage at Fort Hood Army Base in Texas that killed 12 people and wounded 31, officials said.
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16 Americans Dead as Helicopters Crash in Afghan Raids
World  (tags: US, military deaths, American soldiers, military helicopters, Afghanistan, raids, insurgents )

ON VACATI
- 25 days ago - timesonline.co.uk
16 Americans died in a series of helicopter crashes and Taleban attacks across Afghanistan in one of the bloodiest days since the 2001 invasion. Ten people were killed and at least 26 wounded when a Chinook helicopter crashed....more.
7 comments
Polygamy Enslaves Women. Make It Illegal World Wide.-Please Take Action !
World  (tags: humanrights, HumanRights, children, world, women, children )

Tierney
- 8 days ago - womensrights.change.org
Countries where polygamy is legal also have high rates of child abuse, gendercide, low literacy,child and female rape. Consequent to the lessening of the rights of one class of individuals, the areas that oppress women as a matter of law and/or indiffere
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Al-Qaida Linked Group Claims Baghdad Attacks - VIDEO!
World  (tags: world, us, al-qaida, twin suidide bombings, baghdad, Iraq, Islamic State of Iraq, killing people, political leadership, voting guidelines )

ON VACATI
- 24 days ago - news.yahoo.com
An al-Qaida linked group claimed responsibility for the twin suicide bombings in the heart of Baghdad that killed at least 155 people as Iraq's political leadership on Tuesday stepped up efforts to agree on new voting guidelines ahead of January election
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Meet the Five Almost-Endangered Species of 2009
World  (tags: world, Wildlife, Endangered Species, 2009 )

Katie
- 4 days ago - treehugger.com
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is out with its annual list of proposed candidate species, or "candidate notice of review." That is, plants and animals that the agency says may be designated as endangered unless conservation measures are taken.....
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Unmoved By Protests, Nepal Set to Host Animal Sacrifice Fair
World  (tags: News, Animal, nepal )

Katie
- 10 days ago - hindustantimes.com
India's animal rights activist and politician Maneka Gandhi's protest and Nepal's 'Budhha Boy' Ram Bahadur Bomjan's appeal won't be able to prevent the sacrifice of nearly half-a-million animals at this month's Gadhimai Mela in this Himalayan nation.
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