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World's Largest Refugee Camp Keeps Growing
World  (tags: 'HUMANRIGHTS!', Refugees&Relief, world, africa, humanrights, violence )

Cal
- 4 days ago - msnbc.msn.com
U.N. seeks funds, land to help Somalis who have fled to Kenya
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Somalis Create World's Largest Refugee Camp
World  (tags: Refugees&Relief, africa )

Ana
- 6 days ago - google.com
DADAAB, Kenya (AP) -- The bloody conflict in Somalia has created the world's largest refugee camp, with 500 hungry and exhausted refugees pouring into this wind-swept camp in neighboring Kenya every day, the U.N. refugee agency said Friday.
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Film Depicts Horrors Kids Live Through in Darfur
World  (tags: africa, Darfur )

Ana
- 6 days ago - courierpostonline.com
The Cherry Hill pediatrician knew the Sudanese authorities would not allow him to bring home the drawings -- gifts from the children he treated at a camp for the hundreds of families displaced by the bloody conflict that plagued the African nation
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Allegations of Killings, Thefts in Zimbabwe Diamond Mining
World  (tags: Mugabe, killing, Zimbabwe, diamonds, diamond fields, violence, world, crime, africa, corruption, death )

Karen
- 11 days ago - cbc.ca
Zimbabwe, a country beset by poverty, cholera and political violence, also possesses great mineral wealth, and lately there have been allegations of government involvement in the theft of mined diamonds and killings of local panners, CBC News has learned.
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Central African Republic: International Court Charges DRC's Bemba
World  (tags: HumanRights, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', africa, crime, death, humans, humanrights, politics, world )

Cal
- 18 days ago - allafrica.com
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has committed for trial the former vice-president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Jean-Pierre Bemba, on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity including murder, rape and pillaging.
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Oil and Indians Don't MIx
World  (tags: 'HUMANRIGHTS!', africa, alaska, amazon, conflict, corruption, crime, government, society, violence )

Kit
- 22 days ago - truthout.org
There's an easy way to find oil. Go to some remote and gorgeous natural sanctuary, say Alaska or the Amazon, find some Indians, then drill down under them. If the indigenous folk complain, well, just shoo them away. Shooing methods include: bulldozers...
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Ethiopian Troops Cross Deeper Into Somalia: Residents
World  (tags: ethiopia, somalia, africa, violence, world )

Cal
- 22 days ago - reuters.com
Heavily-armed Ethiopian soldiers crossed into central Somalia on Friday and entered a town controlled by a pro-government militia nearly 30 kms (19 miles) from the border, residents said.
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Sign Petition: Help Promote the Roadmap to End Global Hunger!
World  (tags: world, hunger, poverty, refugees, relief, food, human, rights, aid, africa, asia, europe, middle-east, UN, obama, government, politics )

Tom
- 23 days ago - change.org
Friends of the World Food Program (WFP) and its coalition partners developed the Roadmap to End Global Hunger that will guide Congress and the new administration in establishing a comprehensive strategy to address global hunger.
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South Africa's Jobless Hope New President Delivers Work
World  (tags: government, president, Jacob Zuma, jobs, unemployment, politics, economy, africa )

Dee
- 24 days ago - nytimes.com
South Africa-Like birds perched on a wire, the jobless men sat along a concrete wall, idle on a sun-drenched day and voicing an ardent hope that their new president, Jacob Zuma, would deliver for them.
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Sign Petition: Thank UN Peacekeepers for a Safer World
World  (tags: world, war, violence, UN, peacekeepers, military, middle-east, africa, human, rights, protection, safety, food, medicine, freedom, government, conflict, Refugees&Relief, politics, GoodNews )

Tom
- 24 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
UN peacekeepers are risking their lives in the name of peace. These men and women in blue helmets, more than 100,000 in total - the second largest deployed military in the world - can be found in 16 of the world's most dangerous conflict areas.
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Sign Petition: 61 Years of UN Peacekeeping - Send a Letter Thanking Peacekeepers for Their Service.
World  (tags: world, humanitarian, relief, war, violence, UN, peacekeepers, middle-east, africa, darfur, zimbabwe, congo, sri lanka, human, rights, starvation, food, medicine, conflict, politics, terrorism, freedoms, death, humanrights )

Tom
- 35 days ago - humanitarianrelief.change.org
Take a minute to watch the message from George Clooney below. Then sign this letter and join us in thanking the 100,000 brave men and women from 118 countries serving as UN peacekeepers in 16 of the most volatile countries in the world.
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The Video Shell Oil Desperately Doesn't Want You to See
World  (tags: 'HUMANRIGHTS!', abuse, africa, big oil, conflict, corruption, crime, interesting, politics, violence )

Kit
- 35 days ago - alternet.org
For over thirteen years, multinational oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has done everything in its power to stop a trial from taking place at which the company must answer to charges that it colluded with the Nigerian military to commit serious human rights...
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Sign Petition: Would You Want to Lose Your Mom to a Disease That Could Be Prevented With a Vaccine?
World  (tags: world, africa, asia, medicine, treatment, prevention, rights, women, poverty, death, disease, immunize, health, cervical, cancer, vaccine )

Tom
- 43 days ago - change.org
500,000 women will be diagnosed with cervical cancer this year. More than half of them will die because they are poor and their cancer will not be diagnosed until it is too late to treat. Most will live in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.
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Rwanda: Canadian Court to Pass First Genocide Verdict This Week
World  (tags: HumanRights, humanrights, justice, government, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', world, africa )

Cal
- 46 days ago - allafrica.com
Following the announcement by Canadian judiciary that the verdict of genocide suspect Desire Munyaneza is due on Friday, different bodies have expressed optimism that he will be found guilty.
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U.N. Says South Sudan Tribal Violence "Worrying"
World  (tags: world, africa, death, violence, Sudan )

Cal
- 56 days ago - reuters.com
Tribal violence in south Sudan that has killed hundreds of people in recent weeks is worrying and the region cannot afford another war, a senior U.N. official said on Friday.
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