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World News tagged with Politics

The Obamas' State Dinner for India a Green Affair
World  (tags: world, politics, india, u.s )

Cal
- 2 hours ago - theglobeandmail.com
The stars come out as President welcomes Indian PM Manmohan Singh for first official state dinner
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Sri Lanka Seizes Australia-Bound Boats
World  (tags: world, Refugees&Relief, 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', 'HUMANRIGHTS!', conflict, asia, politics )

Cal
- 23 hours ago - abc.net.au
Sri Lanka's navy says it has intercepted two fishing trawlers carrying 60 asylum seekers heading for Australia.
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France Finds Monsanto Guilty of Lying
World  (tags: crime, corruption, ethics, europe, humans, news, politics, world )

Daphna
- 1 day ago - current.com
France's highest court has ruled that U.S. agrochemical giant Monsanto had not told the truth about the safety of its best-selling weed-killer, Roundup. The court confirmed an earlier judgment that Monsanto had falsely advertised its herbicide as "biodeg
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Take Action- ACT FAST to Beat Poverty!
World  (tags: petition, world, politics, humanrights, humans, freedoms, ethics, children, Refugees&Relief )

Daphna
- 2 days ago - change.org
This Thanksgiving, as you rejoice in the bounty of food, family, and friends, you have a very real opportunity to make a change. By signing one simple pledge, you can help people who lack many of the necessities we're thankful for, like food
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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
- 3 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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Sri Lanka to Release 136,000 Tamil War Refugees
World  (tags: Refugees&Relief, conflict, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', HumanRights, humanrights, world, war, politics, goodnews )

Cal
- 3 days ago - news.yahoo.com
Sri Lanka will release next month the remaining 136,000 Tamil refugees still in the squalid and overrun government camps where they've been detained since the country's civil war ended six months ago, a top official said
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Afghanistan's Firebrand--Interview With Malalai Joya
World  (tags: world, Afghanistan, women, society, politics, humanrights, conflict )

Cal
- 3 days ago - motherjones.com
The outspoken former Afghani parliament member on warlords, women's rights, and failed US policy in her homeland.
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KENYA---Samburu People 'Under Attack' Over Land Rights
World  (tags: conflict, africa, china, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', world, politics, violence, humans )

Cal
- 3 days ago - peopleandplanet.net
Cultural Survival says the government there has been carrying out "massive and well-organized attacks on Samburu villages by combined police and military forces and the use of government-funded mercenaries from Somalia." The aim, it seems, is to support o
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Palin: 'Jews Need a Place to Live'
World  (tags: Palin, politics, world, israel, humanrights, middle-east )

Cal
- 3 days ago - jpost.com
Former US vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin disagrees with the Obama administration's demand that Israel halt settlement construction, although her reason for that opinion is puzzling to some (or at the least demonstrates she's not familiar with the
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Gaza Smuggling at Pre-Cast Lead Volume
World  (tags: world, conflict, middle-east, israel, violence, Hamas, politics )

Cal
- 6 days ago - jpost.com
Smuggling into the Gaza Strip from Egypt beneath the Philadelphi Corridor has returned to the busy levels that prevailed before Operation Cast Lead last winter, The Jerusalem Post has learned.
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MIDEAST: Palestinians Threaten Unilateral Independent State
World  (tags: middle-east, israel, politics, government, conflict, UnitedNations, world, news, interesting )

Cal
- 6 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
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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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Climate Deal Key to Fight "Devastating" Hunger-UN
World  (tags: politics, world, climate change, society )

Cal
- 8 days ago - reuters.com
The United Nations said on Monday that agreeing a climate change deal in Copenhagen next month is crucial to fighting global hunger, which Brazil's president described as "the most devastating weapon of mass destruction".
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Tell Congress: End Global Hunger- Take Action
World  (tags: petition, world, politics, humanrights, government, freedoms, ethics, death, children )

Daphna
- 9 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.
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