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Majority of Westerners Concerned About Rising Food Prices
A new Financial Times/Harris Poll in the United States and the five largest European countries looks at public reactions to food…
Tag: Human Rights
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U.S. School Funding is Patently Unfair says Study
Illinois is one of only four states that fall below average on all four measures evaluated, placing it among "low-effort, regressive…
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Day for Disaster Reduction Comes with Red Cross Warning
The American Red Cross released today the 2010 World Disasters Report, marking International Day for Disaster Reduction with a warning that…
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U.S. Doctors Secretly Infected Guatemalans with Syphilis (Video)
Democracy Now reports that approximately 700 Guatemalan soldiers, prisoners, prostitutes and mental patients were infected by U.S. doctors in the 1940s…
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Former Tiananmen Square Leader Calls for End to Gendercide
Saturday marks the 30th anniversary of the formation of China's One-Child Policy, and for millions of girls and mothers affected by…
Entertainment
Sean Penn To Receive ‘Hollywood Humanitarian Award’
The Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Awards, presented by Starz, announce today that Sean Penn will be recognized for his outstanding…