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World News tagged with Government

Britain's War Inquiry Panel Opens Hearings on Iraq
World  (tags: iraq, world, government, Britain, politics, war )

Cal
- 12 hours ago - latimes.com
One of the first officials interviewed about the decision by Tony Blair's government to join the U.S.-led war speaks of 'drumbeats in Washington' before 9/11 to oust Hussein.
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Children of Nigeria: Channel 4 Returns to Africa's Witch Children
World  (tags: abuse, children, corruption, crime, culture, death, dishonesty, education, environment, ethics, family, freedoms, government, law, murder, religion, society, safety, violence, sadness, HumanRights, children labeled witches )

Kelli
- 13 hours ago - childwitches.blogspot.com
Tonight's Dispatches special shows intrepid Brit Gary Foxcroft returning to the Nigerian region where he uncovered widespread cruelty to children accused of witchcraft by rogue church pastors.
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Sri Lanka: Australian Complicity in Genocide
World  (tags: Sri Lanka, Sinhalese, Tamil, Tamils, HumanRights, humanrights, conflict, asia, Australia, government, capitalism, racism, abuse, politics, corruption, freedoms, disease, hunger, internment camps, concentration camps, death camps, genocide, holocaust )

Simon
- 4 days ago - greenleft.org.au
Sri Lanka's war against the Tamil people has not ended. 250,000 Tamil people face nightmare conditions detained behind barbed wire in violation of international law, in concentration camps where they are killed, or subjected to torture, rape, disease, etc
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Protect Children From Crisis
World  (tags: children, government, health, education, families, poverty )

Kelli
- 5 days ago - straitstimes.com
UNITED NATIONS- UN OFFICIALS on Thursday urged cash-strapped governments not to cut back spending on health and education, warning it could drive millions of children and families into the poverty trap.
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Time to Take a Stand for Refugees
World  (tags: world, Refugees&Relief, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', government, interesting, asia )

Cal
- 6 days ago - greenleft.org.au
On November 15, Indonesian authorities said they had shot and wounded two Afghan refugees they said were trying to escape after their boat was intercepted three days earlier.
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Obama in South Korea: Security, Trade Agreement Focus of Talks
World  (tags: world, asia, government, news, OBAMA )

Cal
- 6 days ago - latimes.com
The president should find a receptive audience in President Lee Myung-bak. The two are expected to reaffirm their alliance, but the U.S.-Korea free-trade agreement remains in question.
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Gambia: Country's Witch Hunt Activity Brought to African Commission
World  (tags: children, corruption, crime, death, ethics, freedoms, government, HumanRights, Refugees&Relief, terrorism, violence, africa )

Kelli
- 7 days ago - childwitches.blogspot.com
The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has on Thursday 12th November, brought to the attention of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Right the gross human rights violations that are committed in The Gambia and some African countries
6 comments
MIDEAST: Palestinians Threaten Unilateral Independent State
World  (tags: middle-east, israel, politics, government, conflict, UnitedNations, world, news, interesting )

Cal
- 7 days ago - ipsnews.net
Following the political deadlock between the Israelis and Palestinians, the Palestinian Authority (PA) has decided to take the matter directly to the U.N. Security Council.
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In China, U.S. Strikes Conciliatory Tone
World  (tags: usa, china, government, politics, diplomacy, world )

Cal
- 7 days ago - msnbc.msn.com
Obama's trip stands in stark contrast to visits by his predecessors
1 comment
Afghans Say Poverty, Not Taliban, Main Cause of War
World  (tags: world, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', politics, Afghanistan, freedoms, conflict, news, society, war, violence, government, interesting )

Cal
- 7 days ago - news.yahoo.com
Most Afghans see not Taliban militants but poverty, unemployment and government corruption as the main causes of war in their country, according to a report by a leading aid group released on Wednesday
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Send More Books to Africa! _Please Take Action!! VIDEO
World  (tags: interesting, humans, goodnews, government, africa )

Tierney
- 8 days ago - change.org
For many children in Africa, the gift of books truly is a gift of hope. Access to an education is one of the only opportunities young people have to end the cycle of poverty and attain a better quality of life than previous generations.
15 comments
Guinea-Bissau: Cocaine's Traffic Hub
World  (tags: world, drug trade, interesting, death, news, society, government )

Cal
- 9 days ago - latimes.com
The unstable nation, along with other West African countries, makes an ideal stop for cartels smuggling drugs from South America to Europe.
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Copenhagen Climate Change Agreement Is Impossible
World  (tags: world, News, government, Copenhagen, Climate Change )

Katie
- 9 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
World leaders have finally accepted that it will be impossible to come to a deal on climate change this year and have moved their attention to setting new dealines for a global agreement.
4 comments
Tell Congress: End Global Hunger- Take Action
World  (tags: petition, world, politics, humanrights, government, freedoms, ethics, death, children )

Daphna
- 10 days ago - change.org
Almost 11 million children die each year before their fifth birthday, and 60 percent of those deaths are caused by malnutrition and hunger-related diseases. Worldwide, more than 1 billion people do not have enough to eat.
11 comments
Act By November 18th - President Obama, Please Discuss Darfur While in China
World  (tags: 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', 'HUMANRIGHTS!', africa, conflict, freedoms, government, HumanRights, humanrights, Refugees&Relief, Refugees&Relief, violence, war, Darfur, Sudan )

Gillian
- 10 days ago - thehungersite.com
We have an opportunity to make sure the genocide that continues in Darfur (a western province of Sudan) is top-of-mind during President Obama's upcoming trip to China. China is Sudan's largest trading partner and most important international backer.
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