Jul 8, 2008First step toward peace is for more to demand it
Eau Claire, WI Leader-Telegram, Sunday, June 29, 2008, Page 7F
First step toward peace is for more to demand it
By Don Huebscher
One of the greatest impediments to that elusive goal of "world peace" is the inability to break the...
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Jun 27, 2008Open World Delegation Visits Madison, WI Community
MADISON, WI — “Radiation and Health” was the subject of a June 25 roundtable organized by Madison, WI host Norma Berkowitz for an Open World delegation of five Ukrainian local and NGO officials from cities especially hard-hit by the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. Three U.S. radiation experts...
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May 15, 2008Citizen Power and the Middle East
Check out two new books on or related to the Middle East, Tragedy in South Lebanon: The Israeli-Hezbollah War of 2006 , by Cathy Sultan (Scarletta Press), and Re-engage! America and the World after Bush , by Helena Cobban (Paradigm Publishers). I'm prompted to write about them after a friend...
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Oct 10, 2006Archbishop Desmond Tutu Looks Back, Definitely Not in Anger
Rev'd Up
Archbishop Desmond Tutu Looks Back, Definitely Not in Anger
By Lynne Duke Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, October 9, 2006; Page C01
NEW YORK
The cleric is laughing. He laughs a lot. He can't help it. Desmond Tutu is tickled by his life, his...
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Mar 12, 2006Rice hopes to increase humanitarian aid to Palestinians
Source: Reuters
By Sue Pleming
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, March 12 (Reuters) - The United States is considering increasing humanitarian aid to the Palestinians, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Sunday, and she urged the militant group Hamas to choose a peaceful path in...
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Mar 10, 2006Quake aid gives radical Islam a stage
Militant groups have become a vital part of Pakistan's quake relief, raising concerns that extremism will spread.
By David Montero | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
MUZAFFARABAD, PAKISTAN - The long-bearded doctor won't reveal his name...
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Mar 2, 2006War on terror needs more humanitarian efforts
From the March 02, 2006 edition
By Kenneth Ballen
WASHINGTON - It is time we heed what America 's military leaders are telling us about the war on terror. Pentagon officials involved in writing the Joint Chiefs of Staff recently released...
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Feb 22, 2006Humanitarian Relief Sustains Change in Muslim PublicOpinion
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A new poll released today by Terror Free Tomorrow demonstrates that one year after the tsunami struck Indonesia, the dramatic increase in Indonesian support for the United States and against Bin Laden has continued. American humanitarian aid to...
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Nov 21, 2005Betty Bumpers Inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame
Last month the National Women’s Hall of Fame celebrated the induction of ten women for their outstanding contributions to the arts, athletics, business, education, government, humanities, philanthropy and science. The 2005 Inductees were:...
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February 1, 2006 WASHINGTON DC -- For the last two decades scholars and practitioners of peace have promoted the hypothesis that religions and religious actors can be sources of peace and pluralism, and not only sources of war, violence and conflict. Others are less sure... MIDDLE EAST TIMES- Professor Mohammed Abu-Nimer more...