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Relief Agencies Accuse Burmese Junta of Hoarding Food Aid and Handing Out Rotten Rice
World  (tags: Burma, Cyclone Nargis, international aid, allegations, relief agencies, UN, food supplies, hoarding, military authorities, rotten rice, low-grade food, Rangoon airport, Médecins sans Fronitières, docs without borders )

Jill
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- 51 days ago - independent.co.uk
Burmese military authorities keeping best-quality supplies donated for cyclone victims, an estimated 2 million in desperate need, handing out rotten & low-grade food; allegation adds new dimension to indifference & incompetence of regime's response to cyc
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UN Frustrated at Burma Response
World  (tags: Burma/Myanmar, Cyclone victims, UN )

Ben
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- 53 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said he is "immensely frustrated" at Burma's slow response to the cyclone that hit the country nine days ago. Mr Ban said the aid that has been trickling into Burma could be just a 10th of what was needed.
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Burma Impounds UN Aid Deliveries
World  (tags: Burma/Myanmar, Cyclone victims, UN, MSF, Military Junta, Corruption, 'HUMANRIGHTS!' )

Ben
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- 56 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
The World Food Programme has halted aid shipments to Burma after the contents of its first delivery were impounded on arrival in the military-ruled country.
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Fears Rise Over Burma Aid Delays
World  (tags: Burma/Myanmar, UN, Aid )

Ben
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- 58 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
The UN says its planes carrying vital food supplies cannot enter because they still do not have permission to land. But the regime has now given permission for at least one US aid flight to land in the country.
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UN Cuts School Children's Meals
World  (tags: UN, children, food crisis )

Elisa
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- 72 days ago - smh.com.au
A "SILENT tsunami" unleashed by costlier food is threatening 100million people, the United Nations has warned, revealing that its World Food Program has begun cutting the provision of school meals to some
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Petition: A Dream for Darfur: Write to the UN Security Council
World  (tags: petitions, olympics, china, darfur, russia, us, uk, un, world, war, violence, terrorism, society, politics, news, humanrights, HumanRights, government, humans, 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', 'HUMANRIGHTS!', china, conflict, freedoms, crime, corruption, asia )

Terrah
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- 86 days ago - dreamfordarfur.org
The United Nations, especially the permanent five members of the Security Council, are allowing the Darfur genocide to continue. Urge the Ambassadors from the US, the UK, Russia and France to help China insist that Khartoum immediately admit the
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Africa Food Price 'Tsunami' Fear
World  (tags: EU humanitarian crisis, Africa, oil prices, rice, wheat flour, maize, food aid, farming sector, rise in prices, emergency measures, UN )

LL
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- 87 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
EU Development Commissioner Louis Michel has warned that rising world food costs could lead to a humanitarian crisis in Africa. He said it was less visible than the threat of rising oil prices but had the potential effect of a "real economic and humanita
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Saudi Arabia: Why Are Foreigners Losing Their Heads?
World  (tags: 'HUMANRIGHTS!', death penalty, middle-east, injustice, UN )

Elisa
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- 100 days ago - worldcoalition.org
Rizana Nafeek, a Sri Lankan servant sentenced to death by a Saudi court, is facing decapitation. ACAT-France and ECPM have joined forces to defend poor immigrants at risk of capital punishment in Saudi Arabia.
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The United Nations' Tepid Response to Tibetan Protests
World  (tags: UN, Tibet, Tibetans, Protests, China, Human rights )

Live
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- 111 days ago - blog.studentsforafreetibet.org
'We are following the situation and we urge that care be taken by all concerned to avoid confrontation and violence,' said spokeswoman Marie Okabe, when asked for the UN position on the situation.
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Kenya Crisis: Support Kofi Annan
World  (tags: Kenya, UN, government, ethics, freedoms, conflict, africa, HumanRights, Refugees&Relief, violence, politics )

Lauren
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- 124 days ago - avaaz.org
A presidential election tainted by vote-tampering - now Kenya's future hangs in the balance, with over 600 killed and 250,000 made homeless. We need to act fast.
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World  (tags: queen of england, tony blair, israels 60th ethic cleansine of palistin, palistiine, world, usa, un, Ethnic cleansing, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', freedoms, corruption, society, government )

Sunshine
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- 131 days ago - israels60thbirthday.com
To think that they claim being "peace mediators"... I wonder if Tony Blair, the "Middle East envoy" will also be celebrating the elimination of Palestine in Windsor Castle??
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Rediscovering the Forgotten Crops - World
World  (tags: world, crops, rare, forgotten, millet, un, food )

Chrissy
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- 138 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Over the last century about 75% of the world's crop varieties have been lost, data from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) suggests. UN researchers say that we now rely on just three crops: wheat, rice and maize.
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ON THIS DAY - 1971: Britain Allowed to Sell Arms to South Africa
World  (tags: britain, uk, south africa, arms, guns, commonwealth, un, on this day, 1971 )

Chrissy
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- 164 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
The Commonwealth Conference in Singapore has ended with a compromise over the wording of the Declaration of Commonwealth principles. Talks centred around Britain's proposal to sell arms to South Africa, despite a voluntary United Nations embargo on arms
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Palestine, Palestinians and International Law (By Francis A. Boyle) - Media Monitors Network
World  (tags: intrnaltion law, cia, mossad, joradan, UN, usa, palistine, israel, brainwashing, middle-east, Govtfearmongering, corruption, 'HUMANRIGHTS!' )

Sunshine
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- 174 days ago - mediamonitors.net
Growing up in the U Sduring the late 1950s and early 1960s while strongly supporting the just struggle of African Americans for civil rights, I was brainwashed at school as well as by the mainstream news media and popular culture to be just as pro-Israel
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ON THIS DAY - 1991: Last Ditch Efforts to Avoid Gulf War
World  (tags: history, iraq, bush, un, war, kuwait, usa, Javier Perez de Cuellar )

Chrissy
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- 176 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
The United Nations Secretary General will leave shortly for Baghdad in a final diplomatic effort to avoid war against Iraq. Javier Perez de Cuellar is expected to raise the possibility of sending a UN peacekeeping force to Kuwait to oversee the peaceful
 

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