1 hour ago by kanan48

Via: SteveLendmanBlog. In January 2010, Feeding America (FA, formerly America’s Second Harvest) released its disturbing new report on growing hunger titled, “Hunger in America 2010.” The Chicago-based organization is the nation’s “leading domestic hunger-relief charity,” serving the needy “through a ...

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1 hour ago by kanan48

Via: Truth Dig. The tragedy of the Haitian earthquake continues to unfold, with slow delivery of aid, the horrific number of amputations performed out of desperate medical necessity, more than a million homeless, perhaps 240,000 dead, hunger, dehydration, the emergence of infections and waterborne d ...

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1 hour ago by kanan48

Via: ZCommunications. 890 million. Amount of international debt that Haiti owes creditors. Finance ministers from developing countries announced they will forgive $290 million. Source: Wall Street Journal 644 million. Donations for Haiti to private organizations have exceed $644 million. Over $200 m ...

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1 hour ago by Kara Swisher

What is it about TED, the iconic conference that was founded an astonishing 25 years ago, that gets so many people who don’t go in a lather? Read one typical tweet from Mathew Ingram of GigaOm: “and so it begins–all the pretentious and annoying tweets from people at TED, just to prove that they are ...

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2 hours ago by holtranch

(If you’re not familiar with the case in question – the recent decision overturning limits on corporate political spending – check out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_United_v._Federal_Election_Commission) A couple weeks ago, the US Supreme Court made a 5-4 decision that opened up the floodga ...

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3 hours ago by Lee

Holy See at U.N.: Solution to Poverty Found in Population Growth, Not Population Control February 09, 2010 Archbishop Celestino Migliore, apostolic nuncio and permanent observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, has told a UN commission that population growth, rather than population control, ca ...

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3 hours ago by bw

Technology Review - An Indian telecom company is deploying simple cell phone base stations that need as little as 50 watts of solar-provided power. It will soon announce plans to sell the equipment in Africa, expanding cell phone access to new ranks of rural villagers who live far from electricity s ...

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3 hours ago by Lee

Holy See at U.N. Solution to Poverty Found in Population Growth, Not Population Control February 09, 2010Archbishop Celestino Migliore, apostolic nuncio and permanent observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, has told a UN commission that population growth, rather than population control, can ...

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3 hours ago by admin

Pagkain sa bawat hapag-kainan. Pangunahing pangangailan na di mapunan ng maraming pamilyang Pilipino. Sa Public Service Announcement na Muchsticks ng Kabataan News Network ( KNN), masisilip ang kalunuslunos na kondisyon na ito. Inuudyok din ang bawat isa na kumilos para mai-angat ang kalidad ng pamu ...

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3 hours ago by admin

Are you in favor of discontinuing your education so your other sibling can continue? With only 28% of high school graduates proceeding to college, Kabataan News Network ( KNN) walked the streets and interviewed students to find out what the youth of today have to say. Listen to their answers, their ...

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