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Sep 9 2008 - 12:01pm
Grassroots Groups Respond in Storm-Hit Haiti
Local women's and community groups are providing emergency relief in
arts of Haiti hit hard by four back-to-back hurricanes -- most
recently Ike -- hat have affected nearly 1 million people in total.
http://us.oneworld.net/article/357351-grassroots-groups-respond-storm-hit-haiti
From: MADRE
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Sep 9 2008 - 11:57am
Burma Self-Sufficiency Requires Int'l Commitment
Although humanitarian groups gained "unprecedented ... access" to the
Burmese regions suffering most after Cyclone Nargis, the "process of
transitioning from relief to self-sufficiency will require
international help well through 2009 and perhaps beyond," states an
international refugee agency.
http://us.oneworld.net/article/357312-continued-growth-requires-more-international-support
From: Refugees International
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Sep 9 2008 - 9:40am
Immigration Raid Reveals Political Agenda
Local activists and workers believe a recent immigration raid on a
Mississippi factory was executed as part of a political agenda to
counter the rise of unions and changing demographics that threaten the
state's conservative Republican establishment, writes David Bacon, a
journalist focused on workers' rights.
From: New America Media
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Sep 9 2008 - 9:34am
Back-to-School Not So Simple in Georgia
Roughly 20,000 Georgians found temporary asylum in more than 100
Tbilisi public schools following the recent conflict, but their
situation is marked by serious uncertainty as classes are slated to
start next Monday.
http://us.oneworld.net/article/357311-who-comes-first-displaced-georgians-or-local-students
From: EurasiaNet.org
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Sep 9 2008 - 1:31am
Development Aid Declining Worldwide
To reach major anti-poverty goals by 2015, the international
community must address the declining flow of aid to poor countries,
the collapse of international trade talks, and developing countries'
debt burdens, says the United Nations.
http://us.oneworld.net/article/357360-development-aid-declining-worldwide
From: United Nations
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Sep 8 2008 - 7:47pm
Afghanistan: U.S.-NATO Airstrikes Bring Higher Civilian Toll
WASHINGTON, Sep 8 (IPS) - Ramped-up U.S. and ATO airstrikes in
Afghanistan are causing an increased civilian death oll, raising
concerns about the fallout from civilian deaths on the ar effort
against the Taliban insurgency, according to a major new eport by
Human Rights Watch (HRW) released here Monday.
http://us.oneworld.net/article/357363-afghanistan-us-nato-airstrikes-bring-higher-civilian-toll
From: Inter Press Service
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