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India Restricts Coverage of Dalai Lama Visit
World (tags: china, asia, ethics, freedoms, humanrights, interesting, politics, society, tibet, world )

Daphna
- 1 day ago - cbc.ca

The Indian government on Thursday has refused to allow foreign journalists to cover the Dalai Lama's visit on Sunday to a region at the heart of a border dispute with China. The government did not give permits allowing foreign correspondents

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GOOD NEWS---MIDEAST: Israelis Show the Light to Palestinian Herders
World (tags: goodnews, GoodNews, israel, politics, society, news, humans, world )

Cal
- 5 days ago - ipsnews.net

Hundreds of impoverished Palestinian herders and farmers living in caves and tents in a remote area of the Palestinian West Bank have been provided free electricity due to the ingenuity of two Israeli physicists.

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Tell the U.N.: The Rapes Must Stop Now! -Take Action
World (tags: petition, world, UnitedNations, violence, humanrights, government, freedoms, africa, ethics, humans, politics, society )

Daphna
- 8 days ago - change.org

Just weeks ago in the West African country of Guinea, countless women were brutally raped in a public stadium when soldiers stormed a peaceful protest. The world reacted with outrage, but Guinea is just the tip of the iceberg.

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Pledge to Give Peace a Chance - The Petition Site
World (tags: world, war, Pledge, violence, society, humanrights, interesting, HumanRights, freedoms )

Daphna
- 9 days ago - thepetitionsite.com

Conflict is a characteristic of human existence, but when it's associated with violence, destruction and killing, it's no longer a healthy part of living. Everyone on this planet -- every woman, man, people of all faiths and all races -- must find a way

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Iranian Regime Accused of Stealing Billions
World (tags: world, ethics, iran, society, scandal, politics, government, corruption )

Cal
- 9 days ago - jpost.com

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's administration has been accused of extensive financial fraud after a dispute between government agencies revealed a $35 billion discrepancy in revenues from the country's oil sales.

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A New Hope for Africa: Young Liberian Activist, Kimmie Weeks
World (tags: war, africa, conflict, death, HumanRights, humans, interesting, children, Refugees&Relief, society, UnitedNations, world )

Daphna
- 14 days ago - gimundo.com

At ten years old, you were probably spending most of your time playing with Barbies or Matchbox cars. Not Kimmie Weeks: He was busy trying to save his country instead. Weeks, now 26, was born in the turbulent African nation of Li

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Kuwaiti Women Win Passport Rights
World (tags: world, society, humanrights, government, middle-east )

Daphna
- 15 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk

Kuwaiti women will be able to obtain their own passport without the consent of their husbands, following a ruling by the country's constitutional court. The court, whose decisions are final, said the previous requirement was in violation of g

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Sudan: Face of a Nation on the Brink
World (tags: africa, world, interesting, conflict, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', violence, society, politics )

Cal
- 16 days ago - allafrica.com

Today, Sudan stands on a precipice - of partition, and perhaps a return to all-out war. The next 18 months will determine not only the future of Sudan, but also what the coming decade will look like across the Horn of Africa.

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COUNTRIES WITH THE BIGGEST GAP BETWEEN RICH AND POOR
World (tags: society, world, money, gap )

Dandelion
- 18 days ago - finance.yahoo.com

The U.S. is among the top countries with high inequality between rich and poor.

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Guilty! Rich Nations Slammed At Climate Change Court
World (tags: world, society, interesting, humans, government, politics, CO2emissions, environment, globalwarming )

Daphna
- 19 days ago - treehugger.com

Thai and Bangladeshi farmers, a Nepalese mountain climber, a Filipino fisherman and an Indonesian women's advocate testified against developed countries in a trial yesterday that found the wealthiest nations responsible for the damages caused by global wa

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Spain Nabs 10 People Linked to Basque Separatists
World (tags: conflict, terrorism, politics, society, world, government )

Cal
- 22 days ago - cnn.com

Spanish police arrested a well-known Basque politician linked to the armed Basque separatist group ETA on Tuesday, along with nine suspected collaborators, the Interior Ministry said in a statement.

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No Nobel Prize for Mahatma Gandhi - Naresh Kadyan
World (tags: ethics, HumanRights, politics, society, freedoms, world )

Kadyan
- 27 days ago - nobelprize.org

Gandhi never received the Nobel Peace Prize, though he was nominated for it five times between 1937 and 1948. Decades later however, the Nobel Committee publicly declared its regret for the omission. When the Dalai Lama was awarded the Peace Prize in 1989

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No Nobel Prize for Mahatma Gandhi : Please Support This Petition - Naresh Kadyan
World (tags: ethics, freedoms, politics, world, HumanRights )

Sukanya
- 27 days ago - socialentrepreneurship.change.org

Secretary General for the National Khadi and Village Industries Board's Employees Federation Naresh Kadyan demanding the amendments in the rules and regulations for re consideration of Nobel Prize for peace to the father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi

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Robert Mugabe News
World (tags: 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', 'HUMANRIGHTS!', africa, conflict, corruption, crime, death, ethics, freedoms, government, HumanRights, humanrights, humans, politics, news, society, world, war, violence, unitednations )

Gorilly
- 30 days ago - robert-mugabe-news.newslib.com

It is horrid the things this freak does to the beautiful country of Zimbabwe its people its ecology and its dear creatures...Many links here if you have missed any... I throughly despise this thing that calls hisself a man his wife is just as bad. G

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Top Rwandan Genocide Suspect Arrested
World (tags: 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', 'HUMANRIGHTS!', asia, africa, death, ethics, crime, humanrights, humans, violence, war, world, society, corruption, conflict, children )

Gorilly
- 30 days ago - msnbc.msn.com

I so hope he gets what he deserves!!!!! Gorilly

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