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Israel's Gaza Blockade Criticized By UN Humanitarian Chief

AP | Posted 03.11.2010 | World

Read More: Palestine, Gaza Blockade, Gaza, Palestinians, Weapons, Gaza City, Refugee Camps, Palin Gop @Y:US-News, Gaza Strip, Peace Talks, Trade, Egypt, Gaza Border, Food, Tunnels, Humanitarian Aid, John Holmes, Un, Israel, Medicine, World News

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. humanitarian chief says Israel's blockade of Gaza is not helping its security or weakening Hamas' hold on the territor...

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Killing at the Seaport: Port Pollution a Silent Killer

John Petro | Posted 02.26.2010 | New York

Read More: Port of Elizabeth, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Port of Los Angeles, Chris Ward, New York, Truck Drivers, Representative Jerold Nadler, Port of Newark, Port of Long Beach, John Holmes, Kim Thompson-Gaddy, Organized Labor, New Jersey, Los Angeles, New York News
John Petro

For those Americans who happen to live near a seaport, pollution is a serious health hazard leading to negative health outcomes and even death.

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Chad, Home to Sudanese Refugees, Wants UN to Leave

Evelyn Leopold | Posted 02.19.2010 | World

Read More: Un Peacekeepers, Idriss Deby, Human Rights Watch, Darfur, West Africa, Sudan, Chad, Alain Le Roy, Refugees, John Holmes, World News
Evelyn Leopold

In this barren sandy moonscape, UN troops replaced European peacekeepers last March. Recently, Chad asked the UN to leave, but the reasons for their request are opaque.

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Responding to Famine in the Horn of Africa: Learn from Past Mistakes

Gary Paul Nabhan | Posted 11.01.2008 | Green

Read More: Farming, Institute of Biodiversity Conservation, Humanitarian, Nikolay Vavilov, Minor Crops, Wheat Barley, Horn of Africa, United Nations, Aid, 700 Milion, Low Input, Teff, Drought, Fossil Fuel Based Fertilizer, Bailout, M, Climate Change, Famine, Crop Diversity, Environment, Food, Melaku Worede, Food Relief, John Holmes, Genetically Engineered Hybrid, Seeds of Survival, Ethiopa, Green News
Gary Paul Nabhan

The sad truth is that famines are shaped less by drought and more by inequitable political and economic access to seed diversity, technical assistance, and temporary food relief.

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