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Official: Kenya's postelection aid program failed
Nairobi :: Kenya | about 5 hours ago
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Kenya — A top human rights official in Kenya says a government aid program for tens of thousands of people displaced by Kenya's 2007 postelection violence has failed because of widespread corruption and inefficiency. Tom Kagwe says the victims are forced...
Tags: Kenya Human Rights Commission, aid program, Kenya, Nairobi, Politics, Social Issues, Demography, Refugee, East Africa, Persecution, Internally displaced person, Forced migration, Right of asylum, Politics of Kenya, Human migration
Taylor Lautner: ‘New Moon Was Nerve-Wracking
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility Lautner admits he was nervous about having “more responsibility” in Twilight Saga: New Moon . The 17-year-old actor — who plays werewolf Jacob Black in the vampire movie franchise — says he got stressed out about the amount of work he had to do. “I wouldn’t...
Tags: Taylor Lautner, Los Angeles, Twilight series, Romance novels, Social Issues, Persecution, Jacob Black, New Moon, Teen films, Twilight, Entertainment Culture, Bullying
Nearly 1.7 lakh Tamil IDPs resettled: Lanka
Trincomalee :: Sri Lanka | 2 days ago
Credibility Civilians in Kilinochchi and Mullaittivu were awaiting the end of de-mining process to move to their homes, according to reports. Priority has been given to public roads, common places and villages earmarked for speedy resettlement during the demining...
Tags: Sri Lanka, Trincomalee, Politics, Internally displaced person, Forced migration, Sinhalese people, Provinces of Sri Lanka, War Conflict, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Sri Lankan people, Velupillai Prabhakaran, Persecution, Eelam War IV, Sri Lankan Civil War, Mahinda Rajapaksa, Politics of Sri Lanka, Tamil Eelam, Mahinda Samarasinghe
'Drama Therapy' delivers powerful themes for teens
Bel Air :: MD :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility A chaotic dress rehearsal did not rattle the drama teacher at Havre de Grace High School. Mark Cummins seemed to be in the thick of the student practices on stage and in corners of Harford County's largest school auditorium. He kept track of it all, even...
Tags: Mark Cummins, drama therapy, Ashley Brinegar, Bel Air, Havre De Grace High School, Social psychology, Education, Social Issues, Persecution, Life, Aggression, Entertainment Culture, Bullying, Abuse
'Kick a Ginger Day' leaves a bitter lesson
Calabasas :: CA :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility Attacks on redheads show that even on a campus that stresses civility, bullying can take over. Courtesy is a big deal at A.E...Caring was the recent "trait-of-the-month," the focus of the school's website, and the theme of an "anti-bullying" assembly.
Tags: Calabasas, Social psychology, Red hair, Cyber-bullying, Social Issues, Persecution, Arthur E. Wright Middle School, Ginger, Facebook, Bullying
Murray school system notified of possible lawsuit in bullying case
Dalton :: GA :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility At this time, we have not made a final determination as to what claims, if any, will be made, against whom such claims will be asserted, or where such claims would be filed.” School system spokesman Dean Donehoo said federal law prohibits him from discussing...
Tags: Murray County Schools, Murray County High School, Tyler, Dalton, Tyler Texas, Education, Social psychology, Murray, Social Issues, Persecution, Bully, Aggression, Law Crime, Bullying, Abuse
Special Envoy on children and Armed conflict visiting Sri lanka
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | 2 days ago
Credibility Special Envoy Major General (ret) Patrick Cammaert is visiting Sri Lanka on behalf of the Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict. The visit will take place from 6 to 11 December 2009, at the invitation of the Government of Sri Lanka.
Tags: Sri Lanka, Colombo, War Conflict, Internally displaced person, Forced migration, Persecution, Tamil Eelam, Palitha Kohona, Politics, Patrick Cammaert, Sinhalese people, Provinces of Sri Lanka, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Sri Lankan people, Refugee, Politics of Sri Lanka, Military of Sri Lanka
Houthi fighters blow up Saudi army tanks
Sanaa :: Yemen | 3 days ago
Credibility The Saudi military push towards Mount Mamdouh has failed, the Houthis said on Friday, adding that the late evening clashes destroyed three Saudi tanks and killed several soldiers. The conflict in northern Yemen began in 2004 between Sana'a and Houthi...
Tags: Yemeni, Northern Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Saudis, Houthis, Al-Houthi, saudis forces, Yemen, Sanaa, War Conflict, Politics, Western Asia, Terrorism in Yemen, Huthis, Sa'dah insurgency, Arab League member states, Al-Huthi, Social Issues, Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi, European Community Humanitarian Aid Office, Internally displaced person, Humanitarian aid, Modern history of Yemen, Consolidated Appeals Process, Persecution, Al-Qaeda, Forced migration, North Yemen, Outline of Yemen, Red Cross, Saudi Arabian Army
The other side
Islamabad :: Pakistan | 3 days ago
Credibility The 34 politicians belong mainly to another singled-out political party except for a few who betrayed their party and others. Similar is the nature of the cases regarding bureaucrats and other functionaries in the public sector. And this is just the tip...
Tags: Pakistan, Islamabad, Politics, Persecution, Irony, Labor
Sri Lanka Navy rescues 4 Indian fishermen
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | 3 days ago
Credibility Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) has said that it has rescued four Indian fishermen found drifting in their fishing boat near the Maradapuram fishing marshalling point in Karainagar Island on Wednesday. SLN gave their names as Karunanidhi Sekar (44), Ramachandiran...
Tags: Sri Lanka Navy, Jaffna peninsula, Jaffna Human Rights Commission, rehabilitation centre, Jaffna Peninsula, sri lankan, Vanni, Sri Lanka, Colombo, War Conflict, Politics, Internally displaced person, Tamil Eelam, Sri Lankan Civil War, Jaffna, Jaffna District, Politics of Sri Lanka, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Persecution, Eelam War IV, Forced migration, Sinhalese people, Vavuniya, Rohitha Bogollagama, Northern Province Sri Lanka, TamilNet, Human Interest, Kachchatheevu, Sri Lankan people, Sri Lankan Army Northern offensive, Karainagar
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