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The Parallel Crisis: 50,000 Children Die from Hunger Every Day

It is also estimated that 400 million children are slaves for the despotism of exploitation.

(MADRID, Spain) - The Sahel region in Africa is facing a severe food crisis. The droughts of 2005, 2010 and 2012, along with increased insecurity, are driving many families into chaos.

More than one million children have no access to food, medicines, safe drinking water, sanitation or education.

Knesset Bill Would Deny Migrants Right to Appeal Deportation

Interior Ministry: Migrants who are denied residency would be forced to leave country before appealing the government's decision to deport them.

(TEL AVIV Ha'aretz) - Migrants who are denied residency in Israel would be forced to leave the country before appealing the government's decision to deport them, according to an Interior Ministry-sponsored bill put out yesterday.

In an explanatory note, the ministry acknowledged it was seeking to reduce the number of appeals.

Daughter with Downs Syndrome Needs Her Father - Let Enrique Gonzales Go

As is typical all too often, as an inmate, Enrique has been denied adequate medical treatment.

(SALEM) - Since 2000, Enrique Gonzales and his family; four children, 13, 5, and two 2-year old twins, have been living in Florida, but now his family is suffering without him as he sits in jail where he became developed a kidney condition.

Enrique was pulled over by police in mid-June as he left his place of employment; a construction site, for allegedly driving on a private road.

Your Tax Dollars Pay for a Study to Study Other Studies

Unknown Amount of Tax Dollars Spent for Study that Determined Wind Turbine Blade Shadows Don’t Trigger Epileptic Seizures.

(SALEM) - Oregon Capitol Watch Foundation says Petunia the Pork Detective’s first ever ‘Porker Award’ was given to the Oregon Health Authority.

It's over a wasteful study to determine if giant wind turbine blade shadows trigger epileptic seizures in humans.

Assurance Wireless Provides Cell Phones and Wireless Service to Aid Oregon Residents Facing Economic Hardship

As it becomes available in its 34th state, Assurance Wireless can help more than 817,000 eligible Oregon residents stay connected.

(WARREN, N.J.) - Today, Assurance Wireless, which provides a wireless phone and 250 free voice minutes and 250 free text messages monthly with no contract to eligible residents, introduces its services in Oregon.

Assurance Wireless is a Lifeline Assistance program supported by the federal Universal Service Fund and now offers the best value in calling plans among major Lifeline Assistance programs.

Transparency or Transparent Lies

A basic tenet of a healthy democracy is open dialogue and transparency. --Peter Fenn

(MANAMA, Bahrain) - Do you remember when President Obama called for an unprecedented level of openness in Government?

"We will work together to ensure the public trust and establish a system of transparency, public participation, and collaboration," promised the president.

`Baptized by Fire` - Interview With Afghan New Media Journalist

Ahmad Mukhtar is a reporter with a high tech take on the current war in historic Afghanistan.

(SALEM / KABUL) - Afghanistan's war has drawn far too many people into the line of fire. Among these witnesses to war are combatants, civilians, and a select handful of journalists in place to document conflict for the sake of history.

Ahmad Mukhtar is one of the new generation of Afghan media delivering breaking news through social media channels and getting a large, positive response.

Anna-Team: Go to Jail or Agitate Against Pranab

Anna should either ask his Team to go to jail or should launch agitation for clearing Pranab from corruption Charges.

(BANGALURO, India) - The credibility of Anna Hazare is at stake if he allows the matter concerning the alleged corruption against the likely President of India, to go unaddressed.

Unlike the US President, the President of India is not a real Chief Executive, rather only Head of State, hence ought to be above controversies.

Mexico: Year of the Grasshopper

The four presidential candidates are scheduled to engage in what is expected to be their second and last nationally-televised debate on Sunday, June 10.

(LAS CRUCES, NM) - As Mexico enters the final weeks of the 2012 election campaign, the grasshoppers are hopping about the land.

In Mexican political lingo, a chapulin, or grasshopper, is a person who jumps from one political party to another, even if the two organizations are diametrically opposed in ideology.

WFP Humanitarian Convoy Attacked in Parwan, Province

It's the first time a WFP-marked convoy was directly attacked in Afghanistan.

(KABUL, Afghanistan) - A convoy of WFP trucks carrying humanitarian food supplies was attacked by unknown assailants, 4 June.

The drivers are safe, but three of the trucks and their contents were burned.