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Palestinians ride on a donkey cart in front of women and children as they march during a protest by the Islamic group Hamas against Israel's economic blockade of the Gaza Strip, near the Erez Crossing in the northern Gaza Strip, Saturday, April 19, 2008. Israel has reduced shipments of fuel and other supplies since Hamas took control of Gaza in June, 2007. Hamas militants drove two booby-trapped military vehicles into another Israeli border crossing with Gaza under the cover of morning fog Saturday, detonating one and wounding 13 soldiers in one of Hamas' most ambitious attempts to target Israelis since Israel's pullout from Gaza in 2
Aid   Gaza   Israel   Photos   Poverty		  BBC News 
World 'failed Gaza over Israeli blockade' - aid groups
Tue 22 Dec 2009
Aid agencies have strongly criticised the international community for failing to help bring an end to Israel's blockade of Gaza. The charities made the accusation in a report published just ahead of... (photo: AP / Hatem Moussa,Pool)
Palestinians welcome a boat carrying members of the "Free Gaza" group, upon its arrival at Gaza port in Gaza City, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008. A small boat carrying pro-Palestinian activists has sailed into Gaza's port in defiance of an Israeli blockade on the coastal territory. It's the fourth boat of activists to reach Gaza from Cy
Aid   EU   Gaza   Israel   Photos		  The Guardian 
Help end Gaza blockade, aid groups urge EU
Tue 22 Dec 2009
A Palestinian boy walks past a house in Beit Lahiya damaged during Israel's three-week offensive. Photograph: Suhaib Salem/Reuters The EU should commit itself to ending the blockade of the Strip and... (photo: AP / Hatem Moussa)
The Vice President, Shri Mohd. Hamid Ansari .  Deccan Herald  Mon 21 Dec 2009
Ansari seeks CJI aid on Dinakaran
New Delhi, Dec 22, DH News Service: Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari has sought the advice of Chief Justice of India (CJI) K G Balakrishnan on forming a three-member panel to look into the charges... (photo: PIB of India)
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Children hold a placard at an AIDS awareness walk organized by American NGO Project Concern International in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2005. 30 walkers from across India participated in a 6,800 kilometers (4250 miles) walk to raise HIV/AIDS awareness that culminated in Delhi Thursday, coinciding with World AIDS Day. With 5.13 million cases, India ranks second only to South Africa in terms of the number of people infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS  The Examiner  Mon 21 Dec 2009
Group: HIV/AIDS among Top 10 crises of the year

Comments NEW YORK (Map, News) - Dwindling funding for HIV/AIDS threatens to leave an estimated 10 million infected people without treatment in the developing world, making it one of 2009's Top 10... (photo: AP Photo / Gurinder Osan)
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Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich waves to his supporters after talking to the media outside of his Chicago home, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009. Chicago Sun-Times Mon 21 Dec 2009
Blagojevich aide's computer yields new secrets
Did then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich try to work out a plan to keep White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel's old congressional seat warm for him if Emanuel decided in a few... (photo: AP / Nam Y. Huh)
Chicago   Congressional   Emanuel   Photos   Temporary
FILE** In this Dec. 19, 2008, file photo, then Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich bites his nails as he enters a news conference to make his first substantial public comments since his arrest on federal corruption charges at a news conference in Chicago Chicago Sun-Times Mon 21 Dec 2009
Blago aide's computer yields new secrets

Did then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich try to work out a plan to keep White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel's old congressional seat warm for him if Emanuel decided in a few... (photo: AP / M. Spencer Green)
Business   Chicago   News   Photos   US
091118-F-9171L-169 U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Efren Lopez, a photographer with the 5th Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, poses for a photo with Afghan children in the Zabul province of Afghanistan during a medical civilian affairs patrol conducted by U.S. Army medical personnel and Afghan physicians on Nov. 18, 2009. Villagers receive assorted medical services during the patrol. DoD photo by Tech. Sgt. Efren Lopez, U.S. Air Force. (Released) Newsday Mon 21 Dec 2009
Despite aid, hunger still stalks Afghan children
December 21, 2009  ALFRED de MONTESQUIOU (Associated Press Writer) AQCHA, Afghanistan (AP) — While international forces in Afghanistan battle militants hiding in the... (photo: US DoD / Tech. Sgt. Efren Lopez, U.S. Air Force)
Afghanistan   Children   Food   Hunger   Photos
Ichiro Ozawa, the leader of the Democratic Party of Japan reacts during a press conference at the party headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, March 4, 2009. Japan's opposition leader Ozawa said Wednesday he will stay on following the arrest of his top aide for allegedly accepting illegal donatio Asahi News Mon 21 Dec 2009
EDITORIAL: Ozawa's aide on trial

The trial of a key aide to Ichiro Ozawa, secretary general of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, over a political funds scandal involving Nishimatsu Construction Co.... (photo: AP / Shuji Kajiyama)
Japan   Ozawa   Photos   Politics   World
A box of cannabis. Business Day Online Mon 21 Dec 2009
‘Poverty pushed us into drug trafficking’
•As NDLEA nabs three with 265 bags of cannabis in Lagos Three suspected dealers in substance which turned out to be Cannabis after being tested by operatives of the... (photo: Public Domain / Alkivar)
Drug   Lagos   Photos   Police   Poverty
Poverty - poor old man sitting along the roadside, - India The Hindu Mon 21 Dec 2009
Head-count ratio of people below poverty line higher in State: Tendulkar committee

V. Sridhar... (photo: WN / Geeta)
Bangalore   Karnataka   People   Photos   Poverty


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Refugee women carry mud bricks at the outskirts of the south Darfur refugee camp of Kalma Thursday April 12, 2007. Now in its fourth year, the Darfur conflict has become the world's worst humanitarian crisis, and rape is its regular byproduct, U.N. and other human rights activists say. UN urges Gulf states to aid 140 million Arabs living in poverty Daily Star Lebanon
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Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar prepares to play a shot as young cricketers watch from behind a fence during a practice session in the nets in Hyderabad, India, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. India and Australia will play the fifth one-day international cricket match of the ongoing series on Thursday in Hyderabad. Happy being of help: Sachin The Telegraph India
Hedge fund operator Rajaratnam pleads not guilty Yahoo Daily News
England's captain John Terry at a press conference in London, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009. England play a World Cup qualifying soccer match against Belarus on Wednesday Oct. 14. Chelsea deny claims against Terry Yahoo Daily News
Aid groups adjust as funding crisis bites Yahoo Daily News
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Tsevie is a village located a few kilometres from Lome the capital, in the south east of Lome. Tsevie est un village situé à quelques kilomètres de Lomé la capitale , au sud est de Lomé. une petite fille en train de vendre dans les rues à Lomé Togo and Africa Employment: SA falls terribly short Business Report
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Gay rights activists celebrate the legalization of same-sex marriage in front of Mexico City's local assembly, Monday, Dec. 21, 2009. Mexico City approves gay marriage with landmark law The Times of India
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