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China urges deferral of Bashir war crimes case
Reuters Canada - 6 Hours ago
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - China, the biggest investor in Sudan, said on Wednesday a war crimes indictment against Sudan's president would have a 'disastrous' impact on the Darfur conflict and called for the
China urges deferral of Bashir war crimes case (Reuters) Yahoo! News Australia
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Canada sends $4M in humanitarian aid to Gaza
CTV.ca - 3 Hours ago
Canada is donating $4 million in humanitarian relief to the embattled Gaza Strip, Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon announced Wednesday. Cannon told reporters that $3 million of the Ottawa funding
Canada donates $4m to humanitarian relief in Gaza Yahoo! Canada
Canada gives $4M for Gaza relief CBC
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The 2nd Annual Honda Helpful Awards Honors Humanitarians in Southern California
MarketWatch - 5 Hours ago
/PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Southern California Honda Dealers Association Celebrates Efforts of Inspiring Individuals with 2009 Honda Vehicles During Special Presentation at Petersen Automotive Museum,
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Over 60,000 Bhutanese refugees want to resettle - U.N.
Reuters UK - 5 Hours ago
KATHMANDU, Jan 7 (Reuters) - More than half the Bhutanese refugees living in camps in Nepal for over 18 years want to resettle in Western countries under a scheme started last year, the United Nations
Over 8,000 Bhutanese refugees resettled from Nepal: UNHCR Kyodo
Over 8,000 Bhutanese refugees living in Nepal resettled in 2008 Xinhua News Agency
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Israel to Halt Bombings Daily for Three Hours
Middle East Times - 5 Hours ago
By SANA ABDALLAH (Middle East Times, with agency dispatches) Published: January 07, 2009 Palestinians sheltering in a U.N. school in the southern Gaza Strip after fleeing their homes on Jan. 7. Israeli
Israel Briefly Halts Gaza Attacks To Allow In Humanitarian Aid RTTNews.com
Israel to halt Gaza bombing for 3 hours NDTV
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Israel agrees to Gaza "humanitarian corridor"
CCTV - 57 Minutes ago
Israel agrees to idea of humanitarian corridor Source: CCTV.com | 01-07-2009 16:14 Israel has agreed to a 'humanitarian corridor' proposal promoted by the United Nations Security Council. Prime Minister
Israel agrees to 'humanitarian corridor' in Gaza Ireland On-Line
Israel to open humanitarian corridor in Gaza Strip Topnews.in
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Genocide and the new sovereignty
Guardian Unlimited - 11 Hours ago
In marking the 60th anniversary of , I argued that it is states that commit genocide, but only individuals who can be punished by the convention. The convention is therefore capable of punishing perpetrators
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Brian Brivati: Genocide makes a new definition of sovereignty an imperative
Guardian Unlimited - 11 Hours ago
In my first article marking the 60th anniversary of the genocide convention, I argued that it is states that commit genocide, but only individuals who can be punished by the convention. The convention
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Humanitarian crisis in Gaza Strip
Jakarta Post - 17 Hours ago
Israeli strikes on Gaza Strip have sparked serious humanitarian problems as thousands, including injured civilians, are trapped in war zones without adequate shelter, medicine, food or clean water. What
UN: Gaza Humanitarian Crisis Is Worsening Sofia News Agency
No Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza? Huffington Post
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'Humanitarian corridor' plan to help relieve crisis in Gaza
The Scotsman - 9 Hours ago
FRANCE and Egypt announced an initiative to stop the fighting in Gaza today as Israel agreed to a 'humanitarian corridor' for vital supplies. The countries' presidents did not release details of the proposal,
Israel says it will open a food corridor in Gaza Uzbekistan News
'Humanitarian corridor for Gaza Strip Yahoo! India
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humanitarian crisis full blown
The Gulf Today - 6 Hours ago
GENEVA: The international Red Cross on Tuesday warned that increasing numbers of civilians in the Gaza Strip are being killed during Israel's military offensive, locking the territory in a 'full blown'
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Israel launches 'humanitarian truce'
Jerusalem Post - 7 Hours ago
The IDF announced on Wednesday that the army would cease operations in Gaza for three hours in order to allow emergency aid into the Gaza Strip unmolested. Slideshow: Israel had said late Tuesday that
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Despite Acute International Pressure Israel Readies "Third Stage" in Gaza Campaign
Global Insight - 7 Hours ago
Israel announced that it was planning to expand its sweeping offensive against Hamas in the war-torn Gaza Strip yesterday despite growing international pressure for a ceasefire. Global Insight Perspective
Israel bows to international pressure with 'humanitarian aid corridor' after bombing Mail Online UK
Israel bows to international pressure after bombing UN school in Gaza's darkest Mail Online UK
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Lebanese PM: Israel committing "war crimes" against civilians
Xinhua News Agency - 8 Hours ago
BEIRUT, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Seniora said Wednesday that the Israeli killings of civilians in Gaza are characterized as 'war crimes,' which are witnessed by the whole world,
Is Israel committing war crimes? Crikey Media
Former pilot: Israel committing war crimes in Gaza Persian Journal
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Israeli Short and One-Sided Truce at 1 p.m. for Humanitarian Aid
Israel National News - 10 Hours ago
Israel News Photo: Flash 90 Check It Out More (IsraelNN.com) Israel will halt its Cast Lead operation in Gaza one hour after high noon Wednesday to allow for more humanitarian aid to pass through Gaza
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Give safe passage to Gaza refugees: UN
NDTV - 12 Hours ago
The United Nations on Wednesday asked neighbouring countries of Palestine to provide a safe passage to the civilians caught in the Israeli military offensive in the Hamas ruled Gaza strip.'Those who are
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UNHCR team reaches towns in eastern DRC
Xinhua News Agency - 13 Hours ago
NAIROBI, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- UN refugee agency's staff have taken part in a joint assessment mission to an area of northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, a country hit by deadly attacks in recent
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Human rights data bank system eyed
Philippine Daily Inquirer - 14 Hours ago
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) in Negros Oriental plans to put up a data bank to enhance its investigative and monitoring functions. CHR special investigator Jesus Caete said the system will fulfill
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A plane of the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry has brought humanitarian aid
Itar Tass - 15 Hours ago
MOSCOW, January 6 (Itar-Tass) , a ministry source told Itar-Tass. ?An Ilyushin Il-76 cargo aircraft landed in Egypt at 9:25 p.m. Moscow time on Tuesday,? the source said. ?The plane was carrying power
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Baguio Youth to Form Alliance for Human Rights
Bulatlat.com - 15 Hours ago
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Posted by Bulatlat BAGUIO CITY (246 kms. North of Manila)â?? The young generation of Baguio is ready to face the New Year with the resolve to forge a group of human rights defenders
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Chinese activist sentenced to 2 1/2 years on fraud charges
China Post - 18 Hours ago
BEIJING -- An Internet writer and activist in southern China has been sentenced to over 2 years in prison on charges of impersonation and fraud, human rights groups said Tuesday. Chen Qitang, who wrote
Chinese activist sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison Brisbane Times
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Human rights lawyers and cyber-dissidents Nguyen Van Dai and Le Thi Cong Nhan were
Reporters Sans Frontières - 21 Hours ago
Human rights lawyers and cyber-dissidents Nguyen Van Dai and Le Thi Cong Nhan were arrested at their Hanoi homes on 6 March 2007 on charges of hostile propaganda against the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
YT Person of the Year 2008, lawyer and human rights advocate Shada Nasser:"I wish Yemen Times
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Israel Allows Humanitarian Aid into Gaza
NewsMax.com - 21 Hours ago
JERUSALEM -- Israel says it has agreed to set up a 'humanitarian corridor' to ship vital supplies to the people of the Gaza Strip. The office of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says in a statement that the
Israel presses on with Gaza attack Siasat Daily
After Lebanon fiasco, Israel talks down Gaza aims Jordan Times
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Tony Blair welcomes humanitarian lull but more access needed
Topnews.in - 3 Hours ago
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Mideast Envoy Blair Welcomes Humanitarian Lull In Gaza Nasdaq
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Dubai Cares Joins UAE-based Humanitarian Organizations in a United Front against
Emirates News Agency - 42 Minutes ago
(WAM) - Dubai Cares is joining a united front of UAE-based relief and charitable organizations to pledge humanitarian assistance and mobilize the UAE community to help alleviate the suffering of children
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