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Abuse of Ethiopian domestic workers in Lebanon leads to suicide
Nov 21 2009, Incognito

There is something terribly wrong in Beirut, Lebanon. Female migrant domestic workers are apparently killing themselves in droves, at least one per week, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW). 6 in October alone; and there are plenty more who are injured.

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Philippines imposes emergency massacre toll reaches 46
Jb, Manila
The Philippines placed two southern provinces and a city under emergency rule on Tuesday after gunmen killed 46 people in a brutal election-related massacre that has...
Philippines, emergency, Terrorists
made popular 14 hr. ago
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21 dead in Philippines hostage slayings
Joel, Manila
The wife of a candidate for governor and about 30 others were abducted Monday morning in the southern Philippines — with at least 21 of them later killed, army...
Philippines, Hostages, Kidnapping
made popular Nov 23 2009
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Five killed in shooting spree on Mariana Islands
Ding, Manila
At least five people have died in a shooting incident in the Northern Mariana Islands in the Pacific. The gunman killed four local people in the main island of Saipan,...
shooting, Mariana Islands, Saipan
made popular Nov 20 2009
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Communist rebel attack kills 12 in Philippines
Joel, Manila
Communist rebels killed 12 security forces when they responded to an attack on a logging company in the southern Philippines, the military said Friday. At least one...
Rebels, Communists, communist rebels
made popular Nov 13 2009
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Militants Behead School Principal in Philippines
Joel, Manila
Muslim militants beheaded a school principal on a remote southern island in the Philippines after holding him for ransom for three weeks, a marine general said on...
Philippines, Militants, Muslim rebels
made popular Nov 9 2009
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The Significance (to me) of Obama’s Nobelization
Grace Calderon, Quezon City
I know I should be attending more to my car repairs and house repainting (I was a victim, too, of the recent massive flooding of Metro Manila, thanks to Cyclone...
Obama, Nobel Peace Prize, peacekeeping
made popular Oct 12 2009
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Philippine mudslides, floods kill more than 160
Jack, Los Angeles
Rescuers struggled through mud and pounding rain Friday to clear mountain roads and retrieve more than 160 dead from dozens of landslides that buried villages and cut...
mudslides, floods, landslides
made popular Oct 9 2009
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Typhoon batters northern Philippines
Nicholas, Liverpool
A powerful typhoon Saturday battered extreme northern Philippines with forceful winds and heavy rains, but spared the capital and surrounding areas still recovering...
Typhoon Parma, typhoon, floods
made popular Oct 3 2009
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More woes for Philippines: flood deaths rise to 300, second storm threatens the country
Rizaldy, Manila
Victims of floods in the Philippines trudged through ankle-deep sludge to crowded relief centres in search of scarce food and clean water today, as the government...
Philipines strom, Floods, Death in floods
made popular Sep 30 2009
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Philippine toll rises to 246 as new storms brew
Khalil, Manila
Rescuers pulled more bodies from swollen rivers and debris-strewn streets Tuesday, pushing the toll from flooding in the northern Philippines to more than 284 dead or...
storm, Philippines storm, Philippines Death Toll
made popular Sep 29 2009
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9 Dead, 926 Rescued From Capsized Philippine Ferry
Marcus, Manila
Passengers leapt into the dark sea and parents dropped children into life rafts when a ferry carrying nearly 1,000 people capsized in the middle of the night in the...
rafts, ferry, rescue
made popular Sep 7 2009
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Easy steps to relieve 'moments of depression'
Maynard, Manila
The global effects of recession have resulted to numerous setbacks worldwide. Conflicts among nations, particularly the war against terrorism, worsen the situation....
recession, depression, global problems
made popular Aug 27 2009
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Philippines' deadly clashes devour Dozens
Patrick, Manila
The fighting was sparked by military raids on Abu Sayyaf militant training camps in the villages of Silangkum and Baguindan on the southern island province of Basilan,...
Philipines Crashes, Islamic militants, military raids
made popular Aug 13 2009
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Typhoon Morakot kills 10 in Philippines
Johnny, Manila
Three French tourists died when their vehicle was swept into the water; two local tourist guides also died when they tried to rescue them, she said. Heavy rain...
Typhoon, Morakot, Philippines Typhoon
made popular Aug 8 2009
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Philippines’ Icon of Democracy Ms Aquino Passes Away
Karim Khan, Peshawar
Ex-president of Philippines and global icon of democracy Miss Corazon Aquino died on Saturday (August 01, 2009) at the age of 76. She had been suffering from colon...
Corazon Aquino, Ferdinand Marcos, icon of democracy
made popular Aug 5 2009
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Thank You, Cory
Grace Calderon, Quezon City
She passed away 8 hours ago, after a 16-month battle with colon cancer which doctors found a week ago to have spread to her liver. I don’t wish to remember Cory on...
Cory Aquino, People Power Revolution, female stereotype
made popular Aug 1 2009
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Saudi Marries Philippine Woman for Kidney
Marco Villa, Connecticut
Some men marry for love, other for the men, and then there are the romantic type who marry for the kidney. A Saudi man falls in that third category. The Philippines...
organ transplant industry, ban on foreign organ sales, Saudi Arabia
made popular Jul 21 2009
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Hate: Not a Meme to Trust (or Why Armed Jihad in Southeast Asia Will Not Prosper)
Grace Calderon, Quezon City
In Jack Balkin’s Cultural Software: A Theory of Ideology, memes are said to be the foundation of ideological thought, and that they form the cultural ideas behind...
religion, Jemaah Islamiah, al-Qaeda in Southeast Asia
made popular Jul 18 2009
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12 killed, 100 others injured in series bombings in S Philippines
Khalil, Manila
Two separate blasts rocked the restive southern Philippines and killed six civilians Tuesday morning, bringing the death toll to 12 in bombings there over the past...
Philippine, bombings, Bombing in Philipines
made popular Jul 7 2009
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No one to take them, the Guantanamo Uighurs can stay in my house
Grace Calderon, Quezon City
The Uighurs are an ethnic group composed mostly of Muslim people who want their territory, the Xinjiang province in western China, to become independent. In their claim...
Guantanamo Uighurs, global untouchables, terror suspects
made popular Jun 15 2009
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Uruguay's ex-ruler Alvarez jailed
Korey, Houston
The former military ruler of Uruguay, Gregorio Alvarez, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for murder and human rights violations.
former military ruler, Gregorio Alvarez, murder
made popular Oct 23 2009
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Human trafficking plagues UAE
Ayman, Damascus
More than one million people, the majority of them women and children, are smuggled across international borders to work in near slavery every year, the US state...
Sex trafficking, Sex slaves, slavery
made popular Jul 31 2009
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In China, a New Breed of Dissidents
Prabhunarayan, Pondicherry
As she strolls through a park near her temporary home, Shen Lixiu glances warily at passers-by who may be listening in on her conversation. The 53-year-old mother of...
China, Dissidents, activists
made popular May 30 2009
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Amnesty: Economic crisis fuels rights 'time bomb'
Keith, London
The global economic downturn has aggravated human rights violations and distracted attention from abuses, Amnesty International said on Thursday. The world faced a...
Economic crisis, Recession, Human Rights
made popular May 28 2009
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Barbaric Torture Of Gays In Iraq
Incognito, Boca Raton
What kind of person willfully harms another human being? Subjects them to such unimaginable pain and torture for the simple fact they happen to be different. A...
Gays in Iraq, torture of gays, lesbians
made popular Apr 25 2009
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Human Rights (and Wrongs)
Grace Calderon, Quezon City
60 years down the line and every human rights celebration across the globe is a reminder that atrocities committed by man against man have not known any bounds,...
human rights, human rights violations, International Bill of Human Rights
made popular Dec 22 2008
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US Weapons Sold To Human Rights Violators
Kevin, Columbia
The U.S. arms trade is booming — sales reached $32 billion last year — and more than half of the purchasers in the developing world are either undemocratic...
US Weapons, US Arms sale, Human rights violations, Politics & Society
made popular Dec 12 2008
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DESAPARECIDOS
Grace Calderon, Quezon City
I thank all of you for giving me the opportunity to face you today to tell my story. Your microphones, voice recorders, and cameras make me realize that this story will...
desaparecidos, involuntary disappearances, human rights violations
made popular Aug 8 2008
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Does China Deserve The Olympics?
Incognito, Boca Raton
I’m still trying to figure out what possessed the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to bestow upon China the honour of hosting the 2008 Olympic Games. A...
Beijing Olympic Games, China, Human Rights Violations
made popular Mar 28 2008
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Plan to set up Rs 1000 crore Police University to make policemen more professional
Pratyush, New Delhi
The national Police University is expected soon in India to teach police officers to maintain some important matters while on duties such as internal security matters,...
National Police University, Union Home Ministry, Human rights Violations, Global
made popular Sep 18 2006
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