International Aid Workers Today

Bill Gates On India's First Polio-Free Year

Seeded on Thu Jan 26, 2012 2:19 PM EST (Forbes)

Today marks the a year since the last case of new polio infection in India — a major step toward eliminating the virus there.

health

Al Jazeera Video: "Witness-- Jerusalem SOS"

Wed Jan 25, 2012 12:41 PM EST

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(Text link to video) Arabs and Jews...working together! :-)

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world-news

Bill Gates on Using His Money to Save Lives and Fix U.S. Schools, and Steve Jobs (+ Video)

Seeded on Tue Jan 24, 2012 8:12 PM EST (Yahoo! News)

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With a pledge to give away 95 percent of Gates' personal wealth, the Gates Foundation claims to have granted more than $26 billion since 1994. While some of that money is devoted to improving U.S.

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A synagogue finds refuge in a mosque

Seeded on Tue Jan 24, 2012 7:30 PM EST ()

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Near the corner of Westchester Avenue and Pugsley Street in Parkchester, just off the elevated tracks of the No. 6 train, Yaakov Wayne Baumann stood outside a graffiti-covered storefront on a chilly Saturday morning.

us-news

Armenian Genocide-- "I may not go to France again if genocide bill passes":Erdoğan

Seeded on Tue Jan 24, 2012 7:16 PM EST ()

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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has hinted he may not visit France again if a proposed bill that would criminalize the rejection of Armenian genocide claims passes in the country's Senate today. When asked what his reaction would be in the event the bill …

world-news

Britain: Protests over Muslim exhibition in Huddersfield

Seeded on Tue Jan 24, 2012 6:57 PM EST ()

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ANGRY Muslims in Huddersfield have denounced a group in the town. They claim that the Ahmadiyya Muslims are not true Muslims and have condemned them for hosting an exhibition of the Holy Koran. “The World Muslim League in April 1974 declared that the Ahmadiyya are false …

world-news

Attack by Islamic sect kills at least 143 in north Nigeria

Seeded on Sat Jan 21, 2012 6:14 PM EST (The Washington Post)

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KANO, Nigeria — A coordinated attack by a radical Islamist sect in north Nigeria’s largest city killed at least 143 people, a hospital official said Saturday, representing the extremist group’s deadliest assault since beginning its campaign of terror in Afr …

world-news

Carnival Questions Captain's Judgment as Death Toll Rises: Captain ordered Ship Off Programmed Course

Seeded on Wed Jan 18, 2012 2:20 PM EST (Business Week)

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The captain of a Carnival Corp. cruise liner ordered the ship off its programmed route . . . Captain Francesco Schettino, who is in custody amid a criminal probe, may have steered the boat closer to Giglio to give passengers a better view of the Tuscan island, Foschi said.

world-news

Nails through their hearts | World | DAWN.COM #Syria #BasharCrimes

Seeded on Wed Jan 18, 2012 12:31 PM EST ()

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clip from article: As protestors gathered after Friday prayers, chanting slogans against Bashar al-Assad, Mohamed heard a loud bang and fell on the road.

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Shi'ite worshippers in Gaza Being Brutalized

Seeded on Wed Jan 18, 2012 1:11 AM EST ()

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Armed Hamas men broke into a gathering of some 30 Shi'ite worshippers in the Gaza Strip last Friday and brutally attacked them, Haaretz has learned. Hamas militants arrested 14 of the men and beat up the rest.

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