Due to a quirk in Brazilian electoral law, candidates can put any name they want on the ballot, as long as it isn't offensive. At least eight candidates have chosen to be known as "Barack Obama" in the Oct. 5 elections.

Along with other major players in the chocolate industry, Nestle USA committed to ending child labor on cocoa farms by July 2005. But the child labor abuses on West African cocoa farms continues unabated. Send the message below to Nestle to demand

Hundreds of thousands of people all over Mexico marched on Saturday in protest of the extreme kidnappings and violence that persist. They dressed in white and held candles, some with pictures of loved ones who had disappeared.

The prosecutor at the International Criminal Court is bringing genocide charges against Sudan's president, Omar Hassan al-Bashir. Two other officials high in the government are also indicted for crimes against humanity. Bring them to justice!

As President Robert Mugabe asserts his power and stifles opposition, citizens are sexually abused, tortured, intimidated, and murdered. Help bring peace, stability and justice to Zimbabwe by signing this Care2 petition.

Footage from a video camera handed out by an Israeli human rights group appears to show Jewish settlers beating up Palestinians in the West Bank. An elderly shepherd, his wife and a nephew said they were attacked by four masked men for allowing their

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TNN[Wednesday, March 26, 2008 07:42] NEW DELHI: Despite the huge diplomatic snub by China as it summoned India's ambassador at 2am on Saturday to protest against Tibetan activists breaking into the Chinese embassy in Delhi, the government here is silent

New York, March 25 - The scheduled meeting between the Dalai Lama and Indian Vice President Hamid Ansari was canceled at the last minute, a move the exile Tibetan government suspects is taken under pressure from Beijing, according to an IANS report.

Violence against protesters, monks and civilians in Tibet is quickly escalating as the deadly crackdown continues. Sign this Care2 petition to the Olympic Games Officials and the United Nations to make sure help is on the way for the people of Tibet!