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After Fort Hood: Count All the Dead

jallen — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:58:53 +0530

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 6 (New America Media) - Perhaps the most depressing aspect of Thursday's shoot-out at Fort Hood is that none of the 12 people who died in the melee will be counted as casualties of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

New America Media

Obama Urged to Find Climate Money

jallen — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:50:37 +0530

WASHINGTON, Nov 5 (OneWorld.net) - Climate analysts are calling on the Obama administration to use an international finance meeting this week to press for a swift end to subsidies for coal, oil, and natural gas companies around the world.

OneWorld US

Water Concerns 1 Month After Indonesia Quake

jallen — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:57:36 +0530

JAKARTA, Nov 4 (IRIN) - Thousands of survivors of an earthquake that devastated Indonesia's West Sumatra Province are still grappling with a lack of clean water and adequate sanitation more than a month after the disaster, relief workers say.

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Southern Researchers Fill Gap on Neglected Diseases

jallen — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:49:00 +0530

CANCUN, Nov 3 (IPS) - With HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis occupying the global health spotlight, few resources are devoted to the "neglected tropical diseases" like dengue fever, hookworm infection and schistosomiasis that afflict some 1 billion people.

Inter Press Service

Time to End 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'

jallen — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:42:29 +0530

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 2 (New America Media) - My nine years in the military, including four years as a cadet at West Point and almost two years deployed to Iraq where I was awarded the Bronze star, came to an abrupt end when the Army discharged me under the "don't ask, don't tell" policy.

New America Media

Typhoon Exposes Illegal Logging in Vietnam

jallen — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:08:13 +0530

HANOI, Oct 30 (IRIN) - While residents in Vietnam's low-lying coastal provinces were riding out Typhoon Ketsana, few knew that upriver the storm had unleashed a new hazard.

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After Drought, Somali Town Hit with Severe Floods

jallen — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:23:23 +0530

NAIROBI, Oct 29 (IRIN) - Flash floods caused by four days of torrential rains have displaced more than 15,000 people in the southwestern town of El-Waq near the Kenyan border and submerged most homes and businesses, say locals.

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Five Years Is a Lifetime to Wait for Affordable Health Care

jallen — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:42:47 +0530

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 28 (New America Media) - What do the health care proposals being discussed in Congress have in store for legal immigrants?

New America Media

Over 100 Democrats Push Obama on Immigration Reform

jallen — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:59:54 +0530

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 27 (New America Media) - Is immigration reform back?

New America Media

Displaced Pakistanis Get First Vaccinations Ever

jallen — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:26:17 +0530

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Oct 26 (IRIN) - Thousands of displaced children from South Waziristan have received measles vaccinations for the first time.

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