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1. A new life in Loma Chata

   cooperative basis. As part of the peace accords, the government agreed to assist cooperatives buy land. ... cough cures and a campesino self-help health manual. Blanca's mother Maria assists with home ... January, 17 died and 2000 suffered from the disease. Easter week two died and 371 cases were reported. Loma ...

2. Deaths in custody: steps toward a solution

   hit the newspapers. We are angry that CDBR has set itself up to assist the families of those who died ... support, through voluntary work. The families are treated with disrespect and continue to have their rights ... in custody and yet the government does not assist us to give them support. Over five months ago we ...

3. Justice for the kanakas: Australia’s ‘invisible’ Melanesians

   the 1880s, 1890s and early 1900s: recruiting became a voluntary affair. “The change came not from any ... influenza epidemic of 1919, which killed many prominent Islanders. An astounding 30% of kanakas died in ... six of whom had died in the previous 13 months. Equal treatment Since the 1973 Trans-Tasman ...

4. Kurds mobilise to fight Islamic State

   any outside humanitarian aid and on a completely voluntary basis.” The PYD has its critics. One ... refuge on stony barren Mount Shengal to the north. Hundreds have since died of thirst, starvation and ... being established. US assistance The Kurds desperately need better and heavier weapons to counter the IS ...

5. and ain't i a woman?: Volunteers to the rescue

   showcased to the world through the superlative efforts of our Olympic volunteers... Volunteers and voluntary ... pressure". The survey found that 67% of agencies reported an increase in the number of people they assisted ... the sick will simply live and die on the streets, or charities will try to tend to the most needy. As ...

6. Pope\'s immoral stance a death sentence

   supporting voluntary euthanasia. Assisting the powerful Furthermore, the pope, or Cardinal Josef Ratzinger as ... theology assisted in the maintenance of US hegemony over Latin America — although the influence of the ... Africa. More than 25 million people have died of AIDS since 1981 — 2.1 million in 2007. Almost 70% of ...

7. New Labour's war on the Kurds

   a £500 sugar plum. The Voluntary Assisted Return and Reintegration Programme (VARRP) was extended from ... made refugees. Most Kurdish refugees tried to escape to Iran or Turkey. Over a thousand people died ... return — until August 2005. Until then, their policy was to encourage voluntary return to northern Iraq, ...

8. Write on

   members of the medical profession. As a one-time voluntary worker in the QCC office for over 20 years, ... have been tearing their hair out over Die Gruenen [German Greens] — and we're extremely frustrated ... (we're the only major party opposing the bombing), but are hearing about Die Gruenen and Les Verts ...

9. Seeds of death

   Often, those who laid the mines die in combat, together with their knowledge. But the landmines will lie ... occur in rural areas where there are no hospitals, most victims die before they can receive any medical ... treatment. The ICRC estimates that 5O% of landmine victims die within minutes of the explosion. Usually, ...

10. A washing of hands in Cambodia

    if there is an accident. "Everything has been clawed back", said a voluntary aid worker, ... amputations every month; and for every victim who reaches an ill-equipped hospital, another will die without ... century". The accords spelled out the UN's responsibility to "assist with mine clearing" ...

11. Socialist Alliance climate charter: A plan to save the planet

    adapted. In a warmer world, most existing species would die out. Large-scale agriculture would be difficult ... dying manufacturing industry. It would provide quality, skilled jobs for tens of thousands. It would ... by climate change. This assistance is just part of repaying our ecological debt for our historical ...

12. Write on: letters to the editor

    scientifically advanced than these countries? We are honouring our heroes who died on so many battlefields or ... were tortured in prison camps. They offered their lives for our freedom. Surely they have not died in ... Thousands of public servants have been offered Targeted Voluntary Separation Packages during the past twelve ...

13. Losing the struggle against HIV in Africa and Asia

    had contracted HIV infection worldwide, of whom 6 million had already died. Ninety-four per cent of ... people become ill and die without treatment or diagnosis. Few countries can maintain comprehensive ... voluntary and employment-based schemes. Because of its predominantly sexual transmission, HIV strikes ...

14. Bolts drawn on Fortress Europe

    disappointment that issues of detention and the right to legal assistance will be left to member states' ... fingerprinting of 60 million people. While the card will initially be offered as a voluntary piece of ID, the ... resort to methods which often prove fatal, thousands have died in the process. Many would remember the ...

15. John Pilger: New threats of war and fascism

    died.” His murder, like the destruction of his country, was justified with a familiar big lie; he was ... the mujaheddin, a program that grew to over $500 million a year in U.S. arms and other assistance. The ... justification, who will live and who will die. His execution weapon is the Hellfire missile carried by ...

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