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Relay strike crosses 194 days
Imphāl :: India | 5 months ago
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The relay hunger strike organized by the Sharmila Kanba Lup has completed the 194 days today on Sunday and on this day with satisfaction of women folk (meira paibis) who have been struggling for so long in order to save the Iron Lady of Manipur Irom Chanu...
Tags: relay hunger, hunger strike
Iraqi prisoners protest at torture, rape
Baghdad :: Iraq | 5 months ago
Credibility Hundreds of Iraqi prisoners have launched a protest at dire prison conditions and systematic torture including rape, lawmakers said on Monday. The prisoners have gone on a partial hunger strike to try to draw the government's attention to their plight,...
Tags: hunger strike, Iraqi
The Sun, UK: House torn in hunger strike row
London :: United Kingdom | 5 months ago
Credibility FED-UP Noirin sparked a massive BB row as she went on hunger strike. Noirin, 25, vowed to give up food over the "glasses" and "moustache" she has to wear. The Dublin-born lass had been told by Big Brother to draw specs and whiskers on her face...But Marcus...
Tags: hunger strike, Noirin
Officials warn of crocodile attack
Bengkulu :: Indonesia | 5 months ago
Credibility The local natural conservation agency head, Jaja Mulyana, cautioned villagers, however, more crocodile attacks might occur, saying the river that dissects the village is infested with the reptile. “I don’t know if the crocodile that we captured is the...
Sri Lanka: British Aid worker suspends hunger strike
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | 5 months ago
Credibility British Aid worker suspends hunger strike [TamilNet, Tuesday, 09 June 2009, 12:08 GMT] Over 500 people gathered in London outside Parliament, for a ceremony to mark the end of a hunger strike carried out by Tim Martin, a British former aid worker and...
Tags: Sri Lanka, Bruce Fein, aid worker, white paper, lankan tamils, Chennai, hunger strike, Jayalalithaa
- New earth tremor felt in North Texas
Cleburne :: TX :: USA | 6 months ago
Credibility Texas (AP) — It's another day, another earth tremor for Johnson County in North Texas...Geological Survey says a 2.3-magnitude tremor shivered the timbers about 8:02 a.m...The agency's Web site said the quake was centered in a western neighborhood of...
Tags: Cleburne, North Texas, earth tremor, Dallas Morning News, University of Texas, S. Texas, North Central Texas, tremor felt, South Texas, hunger strike
UC Santa Cruz students launch hunger strike over budget cuts
Santa Cruz :: CA :: USA | 6 months ago
Credibility 46:07 PM PDT Updated: 05/26/2009 07:46:07 PM PDT say whether campus officials are working with striking students to address their demands. However, Burns did say, "We appreciate and share the frustration of students and others over continued reductions...
Tags: UC Santa Cruz, hunger strike
Darfur JEM clashes with former rebel group
Khartoum :: Sudan | 7 months ago
Credibility Rebels from the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) today clashed in North Darfur with former rebel Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) led by Minni Minawi near the border with Chad. "There were air raids this morning near Umm Baru," northwest of the North...
Tags: Darfur JEM, North Darfur, Mia Farrow, hunger strike, Sudan Liberation Movement, humanitarian situation
China Post: Chen hospitalized after hunger strike
Taipei :: Taiwan | 7 months ago
Credibility Chen's health deteriorated quickly having refused food, water or any medical checkups since Thursday after he was remanded into custody, officials at the Taipei Detention Center said. Chen was carried out of the detention center on a stretcher as he left...
Tags: hunger strike, Chen
Mia Farrow ends fast over health concerns
Khartoum :: Sudan | 7 months ago
Credibility Mia Farrow ended her liquid-only fast aimed at calling attention to the crisis in Darfur after 12 days as her health took "a downturn," according to her publicist. Farrow began her fast last month to call attention to the demand that "world leaders take...
Tags: Mia Farrow, Celebrity Darfur Fasting Network, Richard Branson, hunger strike, health concerns
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