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>>   Charities
Lavish parties out, events focused on charity in 
Washington Post - 13 Hours ago
At employers large and small, the holiday party has disappeared or become a shadow of its former self. In its place, bosses are planning help-the-hungry or cheer-the-children campaigns. One consulting     Add Comment

Lean years require a shift in how you give to charity 
Los Angeles Times - 8 Hours ago
The Union Rescue Mission in downtown Los Angeles is one of more than 39,000 charities in Los Angeles County. With so many to choose from, donors have a hard time sorting through them all to focus on just     Add Comment

St Winifred's choir reunites for charity version of 'There's Noone Quite Like Grandma' 
Telegraph - 9 Hours ago
Members of the St Winifred's School Choir, most of them grown up and with children of their own, have reunited to record a new version of the track, which spent two weeks at Number One in 1980 and has     Add Comment

Julian Knight: In the name of charity, get rid of chuggers 
The Independent - 16 Hours ago
But on walking into work I meet the manipulative face of modern charity; the teams of chuggers â?? a mix of charity collector and mugger â?? working the High Street. They are there every day, often the     Add Comment

UNICEF lauds Scotiabank for helping orphans, vulnerable children 
Guyana Chronicle Online - 7 Hours ago
At annual fund-raiser& UNITED Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF) representative, Dr Suleiman Braimoh, said Thursday if a country does not invest in its children today, it will not survive tomorrow.    Add Comment

Ronald McDonald House of Dallas invites community to The Trains at NorthPark 
North Texas e-News - 7 Hours ago
Presenting sponsor is Bank of :Texas: DALLAS, Texas - Ronald McDonald House of Dallas invites everyone to The Trains at NorthPark, a favorite holiday attraction that benefits the agency. Traveling across
Raising Money for the Ronald McDonald House Charity KHON 2
Ronald McDonald House celebrates McHappy Day WTOC TV
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Mendel Kaplan, 1936-2009 / Jewish leader, philanthropist, family man 
Haaretz - 8 Hours ago
Mendel Kaplan once told me that the key to success was focus. I witnessed it in all his efforts. Details concerned him greatly, but he never lost sight of the big picture. Indeed, he created the big picture.
South African Jewish leader Mendel Kaplan dies JTA
South African Jewish Leader Mendel Kaplan Dies at 73 Forward
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If you still have money to give to any charity, make sure you give it wisely 
Boston Globe - 8 Hours ago
Theres no surprise that charitable giving is down this year. A recession can make even the most altruistic person pull back. Fifty-one percent of charitable organizations responding to a poll by the Association     Add Comment

Katrina Kaif to sing for charity 
India Today - 9 Hours ago
Katrina Kaif is singing for charity. And, as the proverb goes, for Katrina too charity begins at home. Bollywood's reigning glamour queen will put to the acid test her Hindi skills when she records nursery     Add Comment

Convio Recognizes Nonprofits for Online Marketing, Fundraising, Advocacy and Email  
TMC Net - 9 Hours ago
(Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Convio announced the winners of its third annual Innovator Awards as revealed at a ceremony last night at the Convio Summit, the company's annual conference where more than     Add Comment

Israel-Palestinian conflict kills 8,900 in 20yrs: NGO 
AFP via Yahoo! - 10 Hours ago
JERUSALEM (AFP) The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has claimed almost 8,900 lives in two decades, the vast majority of them Palestinians, the Israeli human rights group B'Tselem said in a statement published
Israel-Palestinian conflict kills 8,900 in 20yrs: NGO (AFP) Yahoo! News
Palestinian-Israel conflict claims 8,900 lives The News International
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How to Build a More Effective Nonprofit Sector by Transforming Boards 
Fast Company - 11 Hours ago
Boards of directors, comprised of volunteers, have the decision-making authority and power over the direction and finances of nonprofit organizations. Although there are boards that are disappointingly     Add Comment

Nonprofit 'grateful' after Houstonians answer call for turkeys 
Houston Chronicle - 11 Hours ago
Good-hearted Houstonians responded en masse Saturday to a turkey shortage threatening to derail the city's annual Thanksgiving Day feast. Dozens of people and businesses donated to Houston's City Wide     Add Comment

UNICEF urges stepped-up response to crisis in Somalia 
People's Daily Online - 11 Hours ago
The UN children's fund UNICEF is urging stepped-up response to humanitarian crisis facing Somalia, saying it was running out for children in the Horn of Africa nation. UNICEF Deputy Executive Director     Add Comment

Trailwalkers end race to cheers, raising millions for Oxfam 
South China Morning Post - 14 Hours ago
Cheers rang out as teams in the Oxfam Trailwalker crossed the finish line one by one yesterday after their chilly 100 kilometres on the MacLehose Trail.    Add Comment

Charity warning to Scottish Government 
The Scotsman - 16 Hours ago
A LAWYER has accused a Scottish Government consultation of stoking fears that new legal vehicles for charities could become a 'risky white elephant'. Alan Eccles, a solicitor in the charities unit at     Add Comment

Feed the world? Band Aid 25 years on 
The Independent - 16 Hours ago
It's Christmas time (nearly) and quite soon it will be impossible to switch on the radio without being bombarded by the preachy strains of a slightly shambolic Christmas song recorded 25 years ago in     Add Comment

Buy your 2010 Greater Springfield charity calendar 
Brisbane Quest News - 78 Minutes ago
A glossy photo wall calendar depicting Greater Springfield â?? raising money for charities and the only local state secondary school â?? is now available for purchase. Paula McKie?s 2010 Our Greater Springfield     Add Comment

Charitable unity--only to a point: United Way of the Tonawandas dispute leads to  
Individual.com - 79 Minutes ago
NORTH TONAWANDA -- This story helped get George O'Neil fired before we even printed it. O'Neil, the executive director of the United Way of the Tonawandas and an opponent of the agency's proposed consolidation     Add Comment

N. Tulsa grocery deal took initiative: Nonprofit was a key player in bring- ing  
Individual.com - 79 Minutes ago
A successful team often benefits from a player who rises to the occasion. In the effort to land a much-needed north Tulsa grocery store, that player was the Tulsa Economic Development Corp. TEDC is a     Add Comment
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>>   Human rights
Clear the air on human rights 
Washington Post - 11 Hours ago
Obama also spoke eloquently of American respect for free expression, rule of law and other human rights, declaring these to be 'universal' values. But at the same time, the president and Secretary of
For blue skies, first clear the air on human rights Washington Post
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Rocket is fired at Afghan hotel housing foreign humanitarian workers 
Los Angeles Times - 8 Hours ago
Reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan - Suspected insurgents fired a rocket Saturday at a luxury hotel that had previously come under attack, injuring two people and rekindling fears that foreigners are being
Rocket is fired at Afghan hotel housingforeign humanitarian workers Lucianne.com
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Human rights body hails Kikwete's decision on death sentences 
Daily News TSN - 9 Hours ago
THE Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance yesterday hailed President Jakaya Kikwete for commuting from death row to life imprisonment sentences for 75 prisoners. The commission chairman, retired     Add Comment

US: Lynne Stewart; Heroic Human Rights Lawyer Jailed 
UN Observer - 10 Hours ago
'Defiant to the end as she embraced supporters outside the federal courthouse in Lower Manhattan, Lynne F. Stewart, the radical lawyer known for defending unpopular clients, surrendered on Thursday to
Lynne Stewart: Heroic Human Rights Lawyer Jailed Which judicial standards should  Baltimore Chronicle and Sentinel Newspaper
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Universal Access and Human Rights is the international theme for World AIDS Day  
TradingMarkets - 14 Hours ago
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Czech president signs Lisbon Treaty/EU Dirty Deal regarding human rights 
NYC Independent Media Center - 15 Hours ago
With the EU guarantee to the Czech president, that the Czech State should not be exposed to property claims of expelled Germans after World War II, the EU not only implicitly consents with ethnic cleansings,     Add Comment

Confronting Human Rights Abuses in US Prisons --an interview with Bret Grote from  
NYC Independent Media Center - 15 Hours ago
Confronting Human Rights Abuses in US Prisons --an interview with Bret Grote of HRC/Fed Up! By Angola 3 News Bret Grote is an investigator and organizer with Human Rights Coalition/Fed Up!, a prisoner     Add Comment

Greece violates Human Rights (again) 
Indymedia Ireland - 21 Minutes ago
Iranian political refugees are denied asylum â??Hello! Let me introduce myself. I am Mahmeud, one of the Iranian political refugees that United Nations High Committee for the Refugees has already recognized     Add Comment

Genocide Survivors Threaten to Cut Ties With Tribunal 
AllAfrica.com - 94 Minutes ago
Kigali The president of Ibuka, an umbrella body of Genocide survivors' associations, has threatened to cease cooperation with the Arusha-based International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) for what     Add Comment

Croatian Serb arrested for war crimes 
B92 - 5 Hours ago
Veritas Center Director Savo Å trbac said that Stanko KovačeviÄ?, suspected of having committed war crimes in Croatia, was arrested in Podgorica. Police arrested KovačeviÄ? on Friday according to an     Add Comment

Robert Newell Recieves Mercy Corps' Highest Honor - 2009 Humanitarian Hero Award 
Mercy Corps - 6 Hours ago
PORTLAND, OR - Portland-based Mercy Corps, one of the worlds leading relief and development organizations, recently recognized Davis Wright Tremaine partner Robert D. Newell with its highest honor, the     Add Comment

The Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky., Tom Eblen column: Tom Eblen: Acres of prime land  
Individual.com - 6 Hours ago
It's astounding when you think about it: Lexington Mall has been dead or dying since before this year's high school graduates were born. It's even more astounding when you realize that the 30-acre site
The Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky., Merlene Davis column: Human rights for Native  Individual.com
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CJ seeks report from IG in human rights cases F.P. Report 
Frontier Post - 7 Hours ago
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudary Saturday took suo moto notice on an appeal of parents whose daughter was allegedly killed by in-laws and the murder was shown as a suicide. The appeal     Add Comment

UN Committee condemns Burmaâ??s rights violations 
Mizzima News - 8 Hours ago
Burmaâ??s â??systematic and widespreadâ?? human rights violations came in for severe condemnation by a special committee of the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday,... New Delhi (Mizzima) â??
UN body condemns rights violations, growing number of executions and suppression  National Council of Resistance of Iran
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Human Rights Day Protest: Asylum is a HUMAN RIGHT 
Perth Indymedia.org - 9 Hours ago
Dec Gather: 12:30pm, Wesley Church (cnr Hay & William Sts) March: through the city Supported by organisations including: Australian Tamil Congress, Refugee Rights Action Network, Revolutionary Socialist     Add Comment

AI urges Obama to help end human rights abuses in IHK 
Pakistan Times - 10 Hours ago
Pakistan Times Jammu & Kashmir Desk SRINAGAR (IHK): Holding the Indian troops responsible for committing mass human rights violations with impunity in occupied Kashmir, global rights watchdog, the     Add Comment

Experts See Sustained Human Rights Movement Emerging in Iran 
Payvand Iran News - 10 Hours ago
Panel calls for long-term U.S. engagement on human rights, nuclear issues Washington - To overcome a legacy of suspicion and mistrust, the United States should inaugurate a process of long-term, patient     Add Comment

Rwanda genocide survivors may boycott UN court 
Tehran Times - 10 Hours ago
KIGALI (Reuters) â?? Survivor groups from Rwanda's 1994 genocide say they may stop sending witnesses to the UN tribunal in Tanzania, in protest at the court's recent acquittals of two genocide suspects.
Genocide survivors may boycott UN court New Vision
Rwanda genocide survivors may boycott U.N. court WOUB
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Anti-Iran resolution draws criticism from NAM, OIC 
Tehran Times - 10 Hours ago
The Non-aligned Movement (NAM) and the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) have condemned a UN anti-Iran resolution on human rights violation. In separate statements, NAM and OIC representatives
Anti-Iran resolution draws criticism from NAM ... Aljazeera.com
UN rights resolution criticizes Iran for post-election violations JURIST's Paper Chase
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UN General Assembly Condemns Post-Election Abuses in Iran 
Payvand Iran News - 10 Hours ago
Source: In a vote of 74 in favor, 48 against and 59 abstentions, the General Assembly committee responsible for social, humanitarian and cultural affairs - known as the Third Committee -adopted the resolution
UN panel condemns Iran's crackdown Recorder and Times
UN panel & Iran post-election crackdown GlobalSecurity.org
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