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>>   Human rights
Angelina Jolie to visit Haiti: UNHCR 
France24 - 100 Minutes ago
US actress Angelina Jolie, seen here in the Dominican Republic on February 8, is due to arrive in quake-struck Haiti on Tuesday, the UN refugee agency said, a day after she visited Haitian children being
Angelina Jolie to visit Haiti: UNHCR (AFP) Yahoo! News
Angelina Jolie visits Haiti earthquake survivors in hospital Now Magazine
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UN Asks for $538 Million to Aid Pakistan's Humanitarian Crisis 
ABC News - 4 Hours ago
ABC's Nick Schifrin reports from Pakistan: The war that Pakistan has waged inside its own borders since 9/11 has cost the country $35 billion and displaced millions, including 3 million people in just
UN asks for $538M to aid Pakistan Sympatico
UN asks for $538M to aid Pakistan, but donor appeal comes amid weak world economy,  DCExaminer.com
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Double standards on human rights 
Guardian.co.uk - 86 Minutes ago
The Sunday Times last week carried an article in which the head of Amnesty International's gender unit, Gita Sahgal, was quoted criticising the organisation for its close association with Moazzam Begg.     Add Comment

Book Excerpt: Anatomy of an Iraq War Crime 
Time - 9 Hours ago
Blog this on: In late 2005, the 1st Battalion of the 101st Airborne Division's legendary 502nd Infantry Regiment deployed to a 330 square-mile sector south of Baghdad that had recently been dubbed the     Add Comment
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>>   US immigration
[AL: The irony of funding those who oppose granting American Jewish immigrants Israeli  
Independent Media Review Analysis - 4 Hours ago
Question: Do the American Jews contributing to NIF realize that some of the Arab NGOs they are providing funds to via NIF oppose granting Israeli citizenship to American Jews who move to Israel? The right     Add Comment

Immigration overhaul called a vital issue 
Miami Herald - 14 Hours ago
A group that supports an immigration policy overhaul said candidates could lose the Latino vote if they don't support it. Similar stories: â?¢ Latinos say their votes could tip 40 congressional races     Add Comment

Senators air views on Olivarâ??s American citizenship 
Manila Bulletin - 8 Hours ago
Two senators on Tuesday questioned Malacaangs adherence to the law that provides stringent policies for citizens with dual citizenship. In separate text messages, Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel     Add Comment

Immigration helps boost relative wages of U.S.-born workers at all levels of education 
Economic Policy Institute - 15 Hours ago
There is broad agreement among economists that immigration has a small but positive impact on the average wages of workers born in the United States: while new immigrant workers add to the labor supply,     Add Comment
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>>   International development
India Globalization Capital Announces Conference Call to Discuss Third Quarter Fiscal  
SYS-CON Media - 6 Hours ago
India Globalization Capital, Inc. (NYSE Amex: IGC), a company competing in the rapidly growing materials and infrastructure industry in India, announced today it will hold a conference call to discuss     Add Comment

Developing nations lack biosafety norms to test GM crops: US think-tank 
Times of India - 7 Hours ago
NEW DELHI: As many as 100 developing countries lack biosafety norms to test the risks posed by genetically modified (GM) crops to human health, environment and biodiversity, says the US-based think tank     Add Comment

Child poverty not merely a question of money 
Thanhnien - 13 Hours ago
Thanh Nien Weekly: Does child poverty have anything to do with abuse of child labor in Vietnam? Why or why not? Geetanjali Narayan: Child poverty is about children being deprived in key areas related     Add Comment

NGO donates essential commodities to Bokoto, Zai Qur'anic schl pupils 
Daily Triumph - 15 Hours ago
THE Foundation for Social Development of Destitutes, Jigawa state chapter, a Non Governmental Organization (NGO), has donated essential commodities worth thousands of Naira to 150 pupils of Bokoto and     Add Comment
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>>   Charities
Haiti charity song set to be biggest single of the year... 
Marieclaire.co.uk - 5 Hours ago
Simon Cowell's Haiti charity song, a cover of REM's Everybody Hurts, was made available as a download on Sunday and is expected hit number one, ousting Owl City's Fireflies after five weeks. In the video,
Haiti charity single makes history Antrim Times
Haiti charity single makes history The star-studded cover of Everybody Hurts has  Isle of Man Online
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Haiti disaster puts Red Cross CEO to the test 
Washington Post - 5 Hours ago
American Red Cross chief executive Gail J. McGovern was about to give a fundraising pitch to a roomful of Texas millionaires when news of the earthquake in Haiti reached her by text message. This Story
Red cross appeal for Haiti help Paisley Daily Express
Red Cross: $1.6 Million for Haiti from Local Donations WOKR 13
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Youngest Non-Profit Founder Holds Charity Art Show and Auction to Benefit Children  
Forbes.com - 5 Hours ago
10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Driskill Hotel, 604 Brazos Street, Austin, Texas Brianna's Pennies of Love (www.penniesoflove.org), a not-for-profit 501(c) (3) organization, founded by 10-year-old Brianna Vogel, will     Add Comment

In Haiti, no act of charity 
Washington Post - 15 Hours ago
Even in the midst of a terrible natural disaster, spiriting away a busload of kids in that manner -- with vague plans to worry about the "paperwork" later -- is no act of charity. The missionaries' misadventure     Add Comment
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>>   Gay
Gay couples seek inclusion in immigration reform 
Chicago Tribune - 17 Hours ago
Six members of the U.S. House sent a letter last week to President Barack Obama and other leaders, expressing strong support for a little-known piece of legislation that would grant gay and lesbian couples     Add Comment

Anne Hathaway quits Catholicism for gay brother 
USA Today - 91 Minutes ago
Anne Hathaway, who was among the stars hitting the red carpet in Hollywood last night for the premiere of Valentine's Day,  says in the new British GQ that her family left the Catholic Church over its     Add Comment

Malawi gays 'must be more open' 
BBC - 114 Minutes ago
The Malawi authorities have told gay activists who put up posters and distribute leaflets on the streets anonymously to "come out in the open". Government official Kingsley Namakhwa said it was against     Add Comment

Letters: Soldiers should speak on gays in military, not president 
USA Today - 15 Hours ago
Soldiers should speak on gays in military, not president Garry Allyn DeManty - Stockton, Calif. It is very easy for President Obama, and before him President Clinton, to take a soft line on gays in the     Add Comment
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>>   Latino
Hispanic MediaWorks, Telenueva TV Partner for Content Syndication and Sales 
Forbes.com - 4 Hours ago
BusinessWire - Hispanic MediaWorks (www.hispanic-mediaworks.com) has partnered with San Diego, California-based Telenueva TV for content syndication and sales. Financial terms of the partnership were
Hispanic MediaWorks, Telenueva TV Partner for Content Syndication and Sales Business Wire
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Nation's Brightest Hispanic PR and Social Marketing Stars Highlight Roster of Speakers  
FOXBusiness.com - 6 Hours ago
/PRNewswire via COMTEX/ ---- The Hispanic Public Relations Association (HPRA) and the Hispanic PR Blog today unveiled the roster of industry thought leaders and presentations that will be featured at     Add Comment

K-12: Minorities, mostly Hispanics, flock to suburban schools 
USA Today - 19 Hours ago
Minority enrollment in suburban school districts has exploded since the early 1990s, and Hispanic students account for most of that growth, a report released Tuesday finds. But the data show that while     Add Comment

HISPANIC STUDENTS: Aspire to higher education but face barriers 
USA Today - 19 Hours ago
WASHINGTON Nearly nine in 10 Hispanics say it's 'necessary' to get a college education to get ahead in life more than any other ethnic or racial group in the USA. But Hispanic students' plans to get
Students attend Higher Education Day Eastern Washington University Easterner
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>>   US social policy
Obama Willing to Consider Republican Health Care Ideas 
CNBC - 104 Minutes ago
President Barack Obama said Tuesday that he is willing to consider Republican proposals on a U.S. health care overhaul but that he has some key goals that must be met in any final agreement. In a rare     Add Comment

Obama Says Willing to Consider GOP Health Care Ideas 
CNBC - 90 Minutes ago
President Barack Obama said Tuesday that he is willing to consider Republican proposals on a U.S. health care overhaul but that he has some key goals that must be met in any final agreement. In a rare     Add Comment

Healthcare summit view will be bleak 
Guardian.co.uk - 4 Hours ago
In an attempt to counter growing speculation that healthcare reform might be dead, President Obama plans to hold a televised bipartisan summit this month with Republicans to hash out their differences     Add Comment

Obama, congressional Republicans in a staring contest over health care 
Washington Post - 9 Hours ago
1. House Republicans' threat to boycott President Obama's proposed health care meeting on Feb. 25 creates the political equivalent of a staring contest with each side waiting for the other to blink. "A     Add Comment
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>>   Womens rights
Museum recruiting agency in gender discrimination scandal 
China Post - 16 Hours ago
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The recruiting agency responsible for hiring and managing staff at the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts (NTMFA) in Taichung was forced to stop asking female applicants to show proof     Add Comment

Older women have more abortions than teens 
The Scotsman - 20 Hours ago
WOMEN aged over 35 who believe they can have unprotected sex because their fertility is on the wane are fuelling the demand for abortions, according to a sexual health charity.The Conceivable? campaign,     Add Comment

Sleep is a Feminist Issue? 
Care2 - 20 Hours ago
Well, I really don't know, even if ---the publishers of the Huffington Post and of Glamour, respectively---have proclaimed such about sleep, citing studies that about the effects of sleep deprivation     Add Comment

Pakistan: Tortured and murdered Christian girl an example of growing violence against  
EnerPub - 4 Hours ago
The sad story of Shazia - a Christian girl who was raped, tortured, and killed by her employer, a wealthy Muslim lawyer in Lahore, Pakistan is "a reminder to the public and the international community
Pakistan: No justice for Christian girl murdered by Muslim employer EnerPub
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