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'Top Ten' Humanitarian Crises | Scoop News
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NZ in World News. NZ National News Video. Top Ten' Humanitarian Crises. Tuesday, 23 December 2008, 12:53 pm. Top Ten' Humanitarian Crises Reveal Growing Insecurity, Neglected Health Needs. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) releases 11th annual list. New York, NY. View the Top Ten Humanitarian Crises of 2008. The reality on the ground is that the humanitarian community is unable to do nearly enough for populations in grave need of medical assistance," Dr. Fournier said. "With the release of this list...MSF b...
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the nekkid truth: Is culture a hindrance to progress?
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Arrr i think and write therefore i am :). Friday, April 24, 2009. Is culture a hindrance to progress? During a recent visit back to Samoa, one of the family elders, in his 80s and losing a grip on our reality, made some decisions about the extended family home. 8220;Cut down all the trees in the front of the house, I want to see the cars on the road,” he proclaimed. One, worn out chain saw, two machetes and four tired cousins later, his wish was granted, the trees were gone. But what is progress? Sometim...
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We're Really Hiding in Your Cupboard: One step for mankind and oh bugger a step backwards
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Hiding In Your Cupboard. Banksy's desecration of the Palestinian wall. Wednesday, 5 November 2008. One step for mankind and oh bugger a step backwards. Click the title above for the Timesonline story. It is shameful that on a day when discrimination and those who wish to discriminate took a slap in the face, this backwards step has been taken. What right do those people who voted "no" have to impinge on a person's life in such a manner. Offending narrow-minded people's sensibilities is not reason enough.
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We're Really Hiding in Your Cupboard: April 2008
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Hiding In Your Cupboard. Banksy's desecration of the Palestinian wall. Sunday, 27 April 2008. It all looks a bit tits up for Gordon Brown as he continues to obfuscate his way from one problem to the next. Even Peter Mandelson is having a go at him with the fervour of the bullied child for once getting his own back. In fact I think I might make that the point of this rather rambling blog entry. Boris Johnson and Ken Livingstone face much the same problem. Boris wanders around like an old, drunken fart...
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We're Really Hiding in Your Cupboard: June 2008
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Hiding In Your Cupboard. Banksy's desecration of the Palestinian wall. Thursday, 26 June 2008. The news story I am waffling on about here can be seen by clicking on the title. I am not sure whether it is reason to be happy or reason to be deeply depressed that we live in a world where a politician will appear as a breakdancing dwarf to curry favour. He danced with the social grace and timing of your mother-in-law at a wedding. But on the other, the cause he was fighting for was just naff. Gordon Brown co...
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We're Really Hiding in Your Cupboard: June 2007
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Hiding In Your Cupboard. Banksy's desecration of the Palestinian wall. Sunday, 24 June 2007. Things with Marilyn started ok. We were slightly worried that we would find it hard to make friends while living with someone so much older than us but the people here are so friendly that making friends has been no problem at all. Wash out all your tin cans before you throw them away. If you put the heater on open all the windows (? Make sure the blinds twist upwards not downwards. Things came to a head with Mar...
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AN EXPERIMENT IN NATION-BUILDING Part IV | fiji UNCENSORED
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June 10, 2009. AN EXPERIMENT IN NATION-BUILDING Part IV. 8212; fijiuncensored @ 15:23. This is the final part of the paper GRAHAM LEUNG. Was to have delivered at the annual Fiji Institute of Accountants Congress convention at the Sheraton Fiji in Nadi on Friday. No force however strong can ever be a substitute for reason, logic and consensual governance. History has taught us that regimes which rule through fear and the blunt instrument of coercion will fail. Franklin Roosevelt the only United States Pre...
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AN EXPERIMENT IN NATION-BUILDING Part I | fiji UNCENSORED
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June 10, 2009. AN EXPERIMENT IN NATION-BUILDING Part I. 8212; fijiuncensored @ 15:53. This is part 1 of the paper GRAHAM LEUNG. WE have had five coups in 22 years. Dictatorship and arbitrariness has replaced the rule of law, democracy and human rights. We have a regime whose authority is based on force rather than the consent of the people. That is our reality. Who can say with certainty that this scenario will not continue beyond September 2014? No matter how attractive the fiscal and policy incentives ...
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We're Really Hiding in Your Cupboard: Alternative Maps of the World
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Hiding In Your Cupboard. Banksy's desecration of the Palestinian wall. Friday, 26 September 2008. Alternative Maps of the World. Click on the title for a fascinating way of analysing the planet. These maps have been made in proportion to certain criteria. For instance the first map you see shows the world through the lens of the amount of books published. Consequently the UK looks like it is suffering from a rare form of giganticism - its nearly bigger than the USA and Canada. Hiding in your cupboard.
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