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Take Action on Tibet ! Four Petitions ! TAKE ACTION !
World  (tags: tibet, humans, environment, protection, humanrights )

Cher
- 50 days ago - change.org
On Monday, a high-level delegation sent by President Obama met with the Dalai Lama at his home in Dharamsala, India to discuss the Obama administration's strategy on Tibet and how the President can assist in pushing for a resolution to the issue during
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Sign Petition: Empower Women and Girls in Afghanistan
World  (tags: world, Afghanistan, women, children, human, rights, freedom, education, literacy, vocational, training, empowerment, protection, sexual, abuse, trafficking, abduction, exploitation, healthcare )

Tom
- 81 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
The Afghan Women Empowerment Act will protect women and girls against sexual and physical abuse, abduction, trafficking and exploitation, and give them a chance for a better life through literacy education, vocational training and health care services.
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Britons Outraged Over US Conservatives Criticism of British Health Care
World  (tags: britain, nhs, conservatives, lies, socialist, healthcare, government, public, option, republicans, corruption, dishonesty, cover-up, americans, abuse, illness, disease, treatment, prevention, medicine, protection, safety )

Tom
- 82 days ago - voanews.com
Britons are outraged and speaking out in response to comments among Conservatives in the United States attacking Britain's national health care system as socialist, evil and Orwellian. Such criticism has sparked an outpouring of NHS support in Britain.
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Lead Poisoning Sickens 600 Kids in China
World  (tags: world, China, lead poison, contamination, environment, pollution, children, illness, health, prevention, protection, risks )

Dee
- 85 days ago - abcnews.go.com
More than 600 children have been sickened with lead poisoning in a northern Chinese province where authorities shut a smelter earlier this week thought to have caused the contamination,
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Thank UN Peacekeepers for Making Our World a Safer Place ! TAKE ACTION !
World  (tags: humans, UN peacekeepers, safer place, world, protection )

Cher
- 94 days ago - change.org
Right now, more than 100,000 UN peacekeepers are risking their lives in 16 of the world's most dangerous conflict areas. But though their work is critical to American national security, it's often forgotten.
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Mexico Floods President's Home State With Police
World  (tags: Mexico, government, conflict, corruption, crime, fear, death, Drug Cartels, retaliation, murder, protection, violence )

Dee
- 113 days ago - cnn.com
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (CNN) -- In response to a spate of attacks allegedly by a drug cartel, Mexico more than tripled the number of federal police officers patrolling the state of Michoacan, a government spokeswoman said.
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Sign Petition: Tell Congress to Help Afghan Girls
World  (tags: world, afghanistan, usa, war, troops, obama, politics, military, government, americans, girls, rights, freedoms, culture, family, education, health, food, protection, medicine, safety )

Tom
- 128 days ago - thehungersite.com
Schools torched. Classrooms hit with poison gas. Acid thrown in their faces. Girls risk life and limb to learn even as attacks by insurgents mount. You can help: The Afghan Women Empowerment Act would fund educational opportunities and keep them safe.
33 comments
Sign Petition: Tell Peru to Protect Indigenous Rights & Save The Amazon
World  (tags: world, violence, amazon, rainforests, indigenous, peoples, protesters, ecology, environment, ecosystems, globalwarming, conservation, habitatdestruction, humans, nature, protection, government, corruption, oil, gas, money, business, corporate, greed )

Tom
- 149 days ago - change.org
Indigenous peoples have peacefully protested for two months demanding their lawful say in decrees that will contribute to the devastation of the Amazon's ecology and peoples, and be disastrous for the global climate. Pres. Garcia responded with violence.
21 comments
Sign Petition: Provide Water for the World
World  (tags: world, clean, water, sanitation, poor, health, prevention, protection, risks, safety, illness, health, humans, disease, children, rights, technology, science, government, obama )

Tom
- 149 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
In his Inaugural Address, President Obama said, "let clean waters flow." With those words, he brought recognition to the suffering of 884 million people who do not have access to clean water and 2.5 billion without adequate sanitation.
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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
- 149 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.
19 comments
Sign Petition: Ask Congress to Improve the Lives of Children Worldwide
World  (tags: world, america, government, obama, congress, global, financial, crisis, UNICEF, children, health, disease, illness, death, treatment, prevention, protection, medicine, healthcare )

Tom
- 188 days ago - change.org
Despite significant progress in children's health, 25,000 children under five years old still die from mostly preventable causes each day. With today's global financial crisis, vulnerable newborns and young children face greater challenges than ever.
24 comments
Sign Petition: Help Children With HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa
World  (tags: world, children, hiv/aids, africa, medicine, humanrights, humans, healthcare, illness, prevention, research, protection, treatment )

Tom
- 209 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Nine out of ten children living with HIV call sub-Saharan Africa home. Approximately three million children are themselves infected with HIV, about 90 percent of whom contracted the virus from their mother during pregnancy, delivery or breastfeeding.
18 comments
Russia Bans Bloody Hunting of Baby Seals
World  (tags: world, russia, arctic, whitecoats, government, putin, ban, baby seal, hunting, bloody, cruel, wildlife, protection, goodnews )

Tom
- 234 days ago - reuters.com
Russia has banned baby seal hunting after Prime Minister Vladimir Putin called it a "bloody industry." "The bloody sight of the hunting of seals, the slaughter of these defenseless animals which you cannot even call a real hunt, is banned in our country."
21 comments
The Man-Eater: Sumatran Tigers Critically Endangered
World  (tags: world, animals, tigers, endangered, extinction, environment, protection, wildlife, government )

Tom
- 248 days ago - news.scotsman.com
INDONESIA'S tiger catchers have to protect humans from tigers and protect tigers from humans. The elite teams of rangers and conservationists rush to the scene every time villagers report attacks or sightings of critically endangered Sumatran tigers.
6 comments
Police Chasing Traders of Endangered Species
World  (tags: world, Jakarta, poaching, sun bears, tiger pelt, police, traders, Endangered Species, animals, wildlife, endangered, protection, extinction, politics, government )

Tom
- 248 days ago - old.thejakartapost.com
The National Police have deployed their rapid reaction brigade (SPORC) to hunt down members of syndicates involved in the trade and collection of endangered species in the country, following the arrests in Jakarta last week of five such traders.
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