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World News tagged with suffering

9 More Charged in Mexico Day-Care Fire
World  (tags: Mexico, public officials, government, Daycare fire, children, death, crime, suffering, sadness, corruption, neglect )

Dee
- 142 days ago - edition.cnn.com
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (CNN) -- Arrest warrants have been issued for another nine people associated with a fire at a day-care center in northwestern Mexico in June that killed 48 children, the state-run Notimex news agency said Saturday.
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Take a Stand Against Wrongful Eviction
World  (tags: world, poverty, poor, shelter, homeless, water, sanitation, disease, suffering, health, harassment, corruption, discrimination, women, children, human, rights, safety, prevention, culture, humans, government )

Tom
- 168 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
For the more than 1.6 billion people suffering from some sort of shelter deprivation in the world, that future is bleak. Without access to adequate shelter, clean water or sanitation, upwards of 10 million people die each year from preventable diseases.
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Myanmar Calm Amid Dismay Over Trial
World  (tags: Myanmar government, military junta, Suu Kyi, suffering, trial, Govtfearmongering, lies, human rights, freedoms, corruption, abuse, dishonesty )

Dee
- 182 days ago - online.wsj.com
YANGON, Myanmar-As the trial of famed dissident Aung San Suu Kyi continues in this crumbling, monsoon-soaked city, residents are privately expressing anger and dismay over the proceedings. But they are giving little indication they intend to challenge--
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Sign Petition: End the Conflict - Bring Peace to Sri Lanka!
World  (tags: world, UN, refugees, relief, Sri Lanka, war, violence, humanrights, conflict, children, politics, suffering, humans, civilians, hunger, men, women, freedoms, culture )

Tom
- 200 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Target: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Please join the Better World Campaign in thanking the UN for the critical humanitarian and diplomatic work they have done thus far - and urge them to do everything in their power to end the suffering in Sri Lanka.
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Sign Petition: Urge the Government of Sudan to Reinstate Humanitarian Aid to Darfur
World  (tags: world, violence, sudan, darfur, al-bashir, united nations, war crimes, rape, murder, starvation, suffering, africa, conflict, human rights, civilians, genocide, icc, aid, medicine, disease, men, woman, children )

Tom
- 209 days ago - takeaction.amnestyusa.org
Without the food, water, and medicine provided by aid groups, millions of vulnerable men, women, and children in Darfur and throughout Sudan face starvation and disease. Act now to get these agencies urgently reinstated. The alternative is unthinkable.
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At Stake Are More Than Banks
World  (tags: world, Africa, Asia, Latin America, economy, rich, entitlemen, plutocrats, corporations, business, bailouts, poor, greed, poverty, g-20, leaders, famine, floods, starvation, women, children, hunger, mortality, suffering, death )

Tom
- 236 days ago - nytimes.com
The 500 richest people in the world earned more than the 416 million poorest people. The first group bears responsibility for the global economic mess but will be just fine; the latter group has no responsibility and will suffer the worst consequences.
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Southern Africa: Food Insecurity Looms As Floods Swallow Crops
World  (tags: world, africa, food, crops, nature, floods, rain, environment, climate, humans, suffering, endangered )

Tom
- 246 days ago - allafrica.com
Johannesburg -- As the water level in the upper Zambezi River continues to climb past its highest levels ever, destroying crops and road networks, disaster officials in Namibia and Zambia have warned that food security could worsen.
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Women in Congo Speak Out About Rape Despite Taboo
World  (tags: world, UN, Africa, Congo, Tutsi, rape, suffering, women, violence, humanrights, government, crime )

Tom
- 249 days ago - nytimes.com
Zamuda Sikujuwa shuffles to a bench in the sunshine, pushes apart her thighs with a grimace of pain and pumps her fist up and down in a lewd-looking gesture to show how the militiamen shoved an automatic rifle inside her.
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Sign Petition: Stop Rape of Women in the Congo!
World  (tags: world, obama, USA, UN, Africa, Congo, Tutsi, rape, suffering, women, violence, humanrights, government, crime )

Tom
- 249 days ago - www2.americanprogress.org
Since 1996, eastern Congo has been the epicenter of the deadliest war since World War II, and it remains a place where combatants on all sides routinely use rape and sexual violence as a weapon to destroy women, families, and communities.
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Sign Petition: Stop Cruel Fur Farming in China and Worldwide
World  (tags: world, china, animal, cruelty, fur, farming, bears, dogs, cats, pets, death, suffering )

Tom
- 262 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
This petition will be sent to the U.S. Ambassador to China and the Chinese Minister of Commerce to help get new legislation against the cruelty of fur farms in China and around the world. Thank you for taking your time to sign.
33 comments
AUSTRALIA FIRE PHOTOS: Animals, Aerials & the Aftermath
World  (tags: ian bushfires, devastation, tragedy, deaths, animals, photos, victoria state, crime, heartache, suffering )

Simone
- 287 days ago - news.nationalgeographic.com
February 9, 2009--A fire truck moves away from out-of-control flames, part of a wildfire about 78 miles (125 kilometers) west of Melbourne, Australia, on Saturday. As of Monday, fires across Victoria state and other parts of southern Australia have
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James Schuler Abuses Dog - Gets Away With It Because It Is Legal!
World  (tags: cruelty, animal abuse, legal loopholes, usa, abuse, corruption, suffering, pepie )

Eureka
- 319 days ago - animalsave.info
Owner, James Schuler, of 214 Temple St, Dunkirk, NY 14048-1422, (716) 366-1493 refuses all offers of help. Chautauqua County Humane Society, says horror of her life is legal. Dunkirk is hiding behind an inadequate law. Visit site, lots you can do! ACT!!
96 comments
Hungry Congo Refugees Get Soap, No Food
World  (tags: congo, refugees, food crisis, UnitedNations, humans, hunger, medical supplies, conflict, violence, war, suffering )


- 386 days ago - msnbc.msn.com
Refugees who haven't eaten for days cheered when the first humanitarian convoy in a week arrived Monday at their camp, but the jubilation turned into anger when U.N. workers dumped soap and jerry cans instead of food and sped on past rebel lines.
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Thirsty World: The Desperate Quest For Water
World  (tags: climate-change, conservation, government, habitat, humans, nature, protection, science, research, suffering, world, endangered, water crisis, planet in peril )

SirRobert
- 401 days ago - cnn.com
Planet in Peril: Billions of human beings around the globe each day are in a desperate search for fresh clean drinking water. What we take for granted becomes more valuable than gold to them, but these circumstances are beginning to change and spread!
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Chinese Police Drag Grieving Parents From Protest
World  (tags: children, safety, prevention, protection, destruction, suffering, world, china, ethics, death )

Ginger
- 541 days ago - news.yahoo.com
As if they can't look any worse than the US......DUJIANGYAN, China - Chinese police dragged away more than 100 parents Tuesday while they were protesting the deaths of their children in poorly constructed schools that collapsed in last month's earthquake.
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