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Jolie-Pitt Foundation donates $1 mil to Iraqi kids

AP — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:26:35 +0000

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s love for children is by no means limited to their own: The couple has donated $1 million to help kids affected by the war in Iraq, the Education Partnership for Children of Conflict announced...

Conflict hit regions and women: Manipur- Nupi Lan

Jaiyant Cavale — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:58:46 +0000

Women have played major roles in the politics of Manipur. Not that there have been many politicians, but women groups do have a say in many matters. This can be dated back to 1931, when a very important event took place called the Nupi Lan. Nupi...

Missouri elected officials reap money from tax credits

AP — Fri, 02 May 2008 20:16:45 +0000

About 20 past or present Missouri officials have received more than $400,000 in tax credits for investing in alternative fuels such as ethanol or biodiesel. But many of them had an advantage: They wrote the tax breaks into law or voted to award millions of tax dollars to energy companies in which they were invested.

Inspector General: Conflict of interest on NASA review board

AP — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:38:33 +0000

The NASA inspector general says the space agency is breaking the law by allowing conflicts of interest on a board overseeing the building of a new spaceship to return astronauts to the...

Two injured in Pepiliyana

Prabhath R — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:05:04 +0000

Two people were injured following a grenade explosion in Pepiliyana. Borelasgamuwa police said that according to eyewitnesses unidentified men riding a motorbike lobbed the grenade and...

Protests in Brazil Reservation Eviction

AP — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 05:58:39 +0000

Protesters fighting removal of settlers from an Amazon Indian reservation burned two bridges and blocked another, federal police said Wednesday.

UN: Child Soldiers Used in 13 Countries

AP — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:15:44 +0000

The situation for children caught in conflict remains “grave and entirely unacceptable” because 58 groups in 13 countries still recruit and use child soldiers, according to a senior U.N....

Missouri Ethanol Plant Faces Conflict

AP — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:38:20 +0000

A potential conflict of interest involving a congressman’s wife, the governor’s brother and a state legislator has kept a new $82 million ethanol plant from receiving a valuable state financing...

Ex-Child Soldier Named UNICEF Advocate

AP — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 07:18:11 +0000

Former child soldier and best-selling author Ishmael Beah has taken on a new role _ showing children caught in conflict that there can be a better life after war and urging government leaders to help fund their return to...

Report: African Conflicts Cost Billions

AP — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 00:01:44 +0000

About $18 billion a year has been drained from Africa by nearly two dozen wars in recent decades, a new report states, a price some officials say could’ve helped solve the AIDS crisis and created stronger economies in the world’s...