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Saudis Say Syria Death Toll May Be 90,000: Kerry
World  (tags: Syria, deaths, civil war )

Stan
- 88 days ago - dawn.com
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday the death toll in Syria may have reached 90,000, citing figures given to him by his Saudi counterpart Prince Saud al-Faisal.
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Stop Gun Smuggling To Mexico! ACTION
World  (tags: guns, crime, deaths, Mexico, gun acquisition, smuggling arms, usa )

Nancy
- 287 days ago - mycuentame.org
More than 70% of the weapons seized in Mexico in the last three years and submitted for tracing came from the U.S. 10994,08817,08837,10933,10527,10510,21045,07010, 07065,07111,07724 Postal Codes if you wish...
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ACTION ALERT: Stop Illegal Amazon Loggers From Killing and Torturing Citizens! PLEASE SIGN !
World  (tags: crimes, humans, deaths, amazon loggers, killers, laws, enviornment )

Simone
- 373 days ago - forcechange.com
Illegal loggers in the Amazonas state of Northern Brazil regularly harass and murder innocent citizens. The lack of police forces around these rural settlements prevents authorities from monitoring and responding to these crimes.
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ACTION ALERT: Tell DOW Chemicals to Assume Responsibility for World's Worst Industrial Disaster! PLEASE SIGN !
World  (tags: industrial disaster, tragedy, deaths, clean up, bhopal gas leak, humans )

Simone
- 529 days ago - forcechange.com
The 1984 Bhopal gas leak, a tragedy considered one of the worst industrial disasters in the world, has too soon been forgotten. On the night of December 2, 1984, a toxic gas leak from the Union Carbide pesticide plant, a subsidiary of the Dow Chemical
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ACTION ALERT: Reform the BART Police Force and Stop the Violence! PLEASE SIGN !
World  (tags: BART police, investigation, violence, deaths, tatics, reforms, management )

Simone
- 604 days ago - forcechange.com
BART police have shot and killed three people in the last three years. After the death of Oscar Grant in 2009, BART police promised to reform, but so far they still have not made the promised changes. They need to reform their tactics.
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Hiroshima Peace Declaration
World  (tags: war, peace, Hiroshima Peace Declaration, Hiroshima, atomic bomb, deaths, nuclear weapons, Japan )

Naoko
- 649 days ago - mdn.mainichi.jp
Hiroshima Peace Declaration, by Kazumi Matsui, Mayor of the City of Hiroshima - on August 6, 2011
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Quake Death Toll Feared to Top 1,800; Thousands More Unaccounted For
World  (tags: Japan, catastrophe, destruction, deaths, unaccounted for, earthquake, Fukushima, feared, nuke plant, emergency )

Naoko
- 797 days ago - japantoday.com
The loss of life and destruction caused by Friday's catastrophic earthquake in Japan grew Saturday, with the combined number of people who have died or remain unaccaounted for expected to exceed 1,800, while an explosion occured at a nuclear power >>
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Suicide Law in UK 'Would Lead to 1000 Deaths a Year'
World  (tags: Suicide, law, UK, deaths, doctors )

Anna
- 935 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
More than a thousand Britons will die by doctor-assisted suicide each year if a U.S. law is imported, a think-tank will tell MPs and peers today.Safeguards to limit the law to those patients who are terminally ill will also become meaningless as some.....
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ACTION ALERT: Believe in Zero: End Child Mortality ! PLEASE TAKE ACTION !
World  (tags: children, deaths, preventable deaths, end child mortality, protection )

Simone
- 960 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Once again, UNICEF and their partners have announced a spectacular piece of news. The number of preventable child deaths worldwide has dropped from 24,000 to 22,000 just this month.
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Reports Highlight Plight of Poorest Children
World  (tags: children, poverty, illness, deaths, save the children )

Michelle
- 984 days ago - bbc.co.uk
Save the Children says there have been four million preventable child deaths over the past 10 years because states have failed to help the poorest.In another report, the UN children's agency Unicef also highlights a huge divide between child
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Cambodia Prepares for Historic Verdict From Genocide Tribunal
World  (tags: Cambodia, genocide, deaths, victims )

Nancy
- 1027 days ago - edition.cnn.com
Carrying burning incense sticks and pink lotuses and wearing scarves of mourning, dozens of people marked the deaths of 14,000 victims of the 1970s Khmer Rouge regime at the S-21 torture prison in the Cambodian capital Sunday,
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Commonwealth Games : No Medals for Labourers
World  (tags: labour, Migrant Workers, India, Commonwealth Games Delhi 2010, wage, exploit, economic growth, dangerous, deaths, working condition )

Naoko
- 1195 days ago - ipsnews.net
If medals are being given out for backbreaking labour on miserable wages and impossible working conditions, thousands of migrant workers, slaving to complete stadia and other facilities for the October Commonwealth Games in the Indian capital, will be
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Dutch Cull First of 40,000 Goats to Counter Q-Fever Outbreak, Which Has Killed 6 People
World  (tags: dutch government, animal slaughter massacre, pregnant goats, sheep, q fever, humans, deaths )

Simone
- 1243 days ago - google.com
The Dutch government on Monday began culling the first of thousands of pregnant goats and sheep targeted for destruction because they carry a disease that killed six people earlier this year. Humans rarely contract the bacterial sickness known as
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Dozens of Crew Missing, Thousands of Animals Drowned as Cattle Ship Sinks Off Lebanon
World  (tags: animal trade, live animal exports, cruelty, stunk, deaths, drowning, lebanon )

Simone
- 1246 days ago - blogs.timeslive.co.za
At least 51 people are missing and nearly 40 000 sheep and cattle have drowned after the Panamanian-flagged livestock carrier Danny F II rolled over and sank 11 miles off the coast of Lebanon on Thursday night. The ship was en route from Montevideo,
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2 Mexican Politicians Sought; Drug Cartel Link Alleged
World  (tags: Mexico, government, politics, corruption, conflict, crime, drugs, Cartels, murder, deaths, cover-up, being sought, Wanted )

Dee
- 1401 days ago - cnn.com
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (CNN) -- Mexican authorities were searching Wednesday for two politicians accused of belonging to the Familia Michoacana drug cartel, which is blamed for killing more than 30 federal police officers in a series of attacks since Sat..
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