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POPSGreen toilet wins city approval Composting toilets should not just be permitted, they should be mandatory. I have one in 'my' woodland. It works perfectly with less smell than the water closet system.
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POPSHumanitarian crisis in Somalia Mogadishu civilians have been fleeing intense fighting. Radical Islamist militia groups, Hisbul-Islam and al-Shabab, have been locked in see-sawing battles in the Somali capital with pro-government forces that have displaced more than 60,000 civilians since 7 May.
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POPSSMOKING AND CIVIL RIGHTS
On a practical level, there is simply no reason for the ban on American smokers. The "Public Health" argument, deployed by the EPA, is unconscionably flawed4 and distressingly familiar. Public Health as a rationale for legislation and segregation has a long and dishonorable record. Till the end of the 1950's, the identical kinds of arguments--the "menace to public health"--supported racial discrimination. It was widely accepted and officially tossed around that if a black person and a white person drank for the same fountain, rested in the same rest room, or ate from the same plate--even though the plate had been washed in between--poor whitey would catch his death. In the course of our history, the banner of Public Health--"statistically proven" and trumpeted by the press--has been used to discriminate--also to legislate--against the Chinese, the Italians, the Irish and the Jews...who've been fingered as the "causes" of polio, cholera, TB and bubonic plague.5 This is simply an old hus
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POPSZimbabwe cholera epidemic worsening According to a report released Tuesday by Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders), new cholera patients were being registered at a rate of one every minute at the beginning of February in Zimbabwe. Unless urgent action is taken, the aid group said, the country could see a worsening of the "massive medical emergency that is spiraling out of control," MSF President Dr. Christophe Fournier told CNN Tuesday after his latest visit to Zimbabwe.
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POPSlove in the time of crimes & cholera Furaha and her husband, Hakiza, both 30, fled with their two sons and two daughters to a makeshift camp, Kuhindo, in the eastern hills of the Democratic Republic of Congo. It lacks water, toilets and food but it is in a relatively safe part of this war-racked region. Laurent Nkunda, rebel leader, was arrested during a surprise joint operation by Rwandan and Congolese government troops. He is currently in Rwanda awaiting extradition to DR Congo. Circumstances apparently shifted after Nkunda's forces were accused of committing war crimes, and Paul Kagame, the Rwandan president - under pressure for the West - struck a deal with Joseph Kabila, the DR Congo president, last month.
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POPSAfrica's cocaine coast Parasites always use the weak. I dare say that the basic wage would make these people rich beyond dreams, so it wouldn't cost the drug peddlers much of a percentage.
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POPSWomen Cry for peace in Congo In Congo people are dying day in and day out from undramatic causes. Only a tiny proportion - a fraction of 1% - died from violence. Most died for mundane reasons associated with malnutrition, simple diseases or childbirth. A new report on deaths in DR Congo. The IRC believes that almost all of those deaths could have been prevented by basic health care.
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POPSa blessed cloak could help Afghanistan “It’s a suitable time now to show the cloak to the general public and have collective prayers with it.” But he worries that the garment and its admirers would make irresistible bombing targets. interesting read...
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POPSAll Hope is Lost My friends in South Africa say there are so many problems on the continent of Africa, and this is just one more. They feel that nobody really cares about a bunch of blacks so far away from them. Apathy is the word for today.
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POPSzimbabwean $100 trillion note it said that....hyperinflation has become so extrem that the treasury of zimbabwe's treasury is set to print 100 trillion, 50 trillion, and 10 trillion dollar notes-compared to U.S. currency the 100 trillion dollar note is worth approximately $300 dollars- they then jokingly said that that's a quick $290 dollar profit- lol- and said QUICK spend it while there is still time- i then went on a shopping spree- lol
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POPSMugabe Unleashes Wave of Terror with Mass Abductions Robert Mugabe is a 'dictator in democratic clothing'. The South African Development Community has been urging Mugabe to address the cholera epidemic (which he refuses to acknowledge) and the economic crisis (which he helped create). The U.S. recently gave $600,000 to fight the cholera epidemic. Any aid sent to this country ends up in the pockets and mouths of the ruling elite. Recent elections were marred with violence and intimidation designed to keep Mugabe in office. 'International pressure' and 'sanctions' are not changing anything in Zimbabwe. How can the world stand by and allow this humanitarian crisis to continue? We need a mechanism to rid ourselves of this vermin not give them aid.
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POPSMugabe claims to offer PM job to rival in Zimbabwe Tsvangirai has long accused Mugabe of trying to sideline the opposition to a minor role in a coalition government. Deadlock on implementing their September power-sharing agreement has centred on control of key cabinet posts. The opposition leader said on Friday negotiations were endangered by what he called a wave of abductions of MDC supporters. The MDC blames Mugabe’s ZANU-PF party.
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POPSAssisted suicide shown on British TV It has befuddled me for years that people become so upset at the idea of someone not wanting to suffer and yet the same people wouldn't know that 600 people have died due to cholera in Zimbabwe.
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POPSMaking Water From Thin Air I'm pretty sure there are a lot of corporate types out there who aren't going to like this news. Water is expected to be for the 21st century what oil was for the 20th, so you can imagine that a village-worth of water for 300 bucks is throwing a monkeywrench into a lot of long-range planners long-range plans.
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