Humanitarian Crises

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Just say no to sharia law

Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 3:26 PM EST (Guardian Unlimited)

"This Saturday's London rally against sharia law and all religious tyrannies should be huge. Millions of people are suffering at the hands of clerical regimes, especially our Muslim brothers and sisters in countries like Saudi Arabia and Iran.

world-news, peter-tatchell, britain, gay-rights, sharia-law, human-rights, activism, islamism, islamic-extremism

Unicef's state of the world's children report 2009: Where is the worst place in the world to grow up?

Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 3:15 PM EST (Guardian Unlimited)

Seeded by Carloz

Unicef's 2009 state of the world's children report tells us what it's like to grow up in the poorest - and richest - places in the world. Find out which is which• Get the data

world-news, unicef, afghanistan, poverty, children, quality-of-life, infant-mortality, child-mortality

Medicine before politics as PA doctors learn in Israel

Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 1:36 PM EST (JPost.com)

Seeded by krishna-167929

"Thirty physicians, nurses and graduate nursing students from the West Bank visited Haifa's Rambam Medical Center this week for a day-long seminar on cancer treatment.

world-news, medicine, israel, palestine, haifa, jenin, hebron, bethlehem, cancer

Muslim countries seek blasphemy ban

Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 12:47 AM EST (Yahoo! News)

Seeded by krishna-167929

"Four years after cartoons of the prophet Muhammad set off violent protests across the Muslim world, Islamic nations are mounting a campaign for an international treaty to protect religious symbols and beliefs from mockery — essentially a ban on blasphemy that would put them on a …

world-news, u-n, pakistan, algeria, fascists, free-speech, human-rights, democracy, islamic-extremism, islam

Genetically modified food for thought: GM crops have a role in preventing world hunger

Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 5:59 PM EST (Independent.co.uk)

Seeded by Carloz

Two articles: Genetically modified food for thought

science, genetically-modified-food, gm-food, genetics, hunger, gm-crops, uk

French aid worker seized in Chad - ICRC

Seeded on Tue Nov 10, 2009 9:30 AM EST (alertnet.org)

Seeded by petercasier

A Frenchman working for the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) has been seized by armed men in eastern Chad, the aid group said on Tuesday.

world-news, icrc, aidworker, chad, darfur, humanitarian

Jihadis Behead Teacher in the Philippines

Seeded on Mon Nov 9, 2009 1:56 PM EST (BBC News)

Seeded by krishna-167929

"Police in the southern Philippines say the severed head of a kidnapped schoolteacher has been found in a bag at a petrol station.

world-news, philippines, teacher, beheading, islamic-extremism, jihad, abu-sayyaf-terrorism

Turkey: Indicted Sudan leader won't attend summit

Sun Nov 8, 2009 10:40 AM EST

By Associated Press (Clipped by krishna-167929)

Turkey said Sunday that Sudan's internationally indicted leader, President Omar al-Bashir, will not attend a conference of Muslim nations in Istanbul.

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