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Photo: Fardin Waezi
Hashmas, an 8-year-old boy from the nomadic Afghan tribe of Kuchis,
stands in front of the tent where he and his family will stay for the
rest of the winter in the outskirts of Kabul.
About 60 per cent of Afghan Kuchis like Hashmas – whose family walked
100 kilometers to Kabul from Laghman province in eastern Afghanistan –
follow the nomadic way of life.
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Photo by 2nd Lt. Bill Hooks
Story by Arwen Consaul
FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas – Much needed specialized and general medical
treatment was provided to the people of Colombia during a Medical
Training and Readiness Exercise from Jan. 25 to Feb. 3. At the
invitation of the Colombian Government, Army Soldiers from U.S. Army
South and the Army Reserve provided medical treatment at La Macarena
and San Vicente del Caguan, Colombia.
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Photo by Cherie Cullen
Story by Fred Baker
PARIS - Iran's continuing nuclear development program only serves to
put the Middle East in danger of nuclear weapons proliferation, Defense
Secretary Robert M. Gates said here today.
But, Gates pushed for stronger diplomatic and economic pressure from
the international community rather than calling for military conflict.
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Photo: Fardin Waezi
A little girl and her two little brothers from Helmand province live in
a refugee camp in the Charahi Qamber area of Kabul as the security
situation gets worse in the rural districts of Helmand.
Thousands of families have abandoned their homes in Helmand and sought
refuge in Kabul where some of them receive basic needs like food,
blankets, warm clothing and shoes from international organizations such
as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
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February 5, 2010
By Amy Lieberman
UNITED NATIONS – Non-Communicable,
or transferable, diseases, like diabetes and cancer, account for more
than 60 percent of the global deaths, 40 percent of which are premature,
yet no international resolution or convention recognizes this growing
trend.
The Caribbean Community Initiative on
Non-Communicable Diseases, or CARICOM, is now appealing to member nations
– and soon, to the General Assembly as a whole – with
a resolution that will unite nations in the fight against non-communicable
diseases, which have a direct link to not only people’s health, but
also to social and economic development, .
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February 4, 2010
By Amy Lieberman
UNITED NATIONS – Diplomatic immunity
might allow foreign embassies to avoid paying parking fines, but it
doesn’t allow them to wipe away, and forget, just how much they owe
the city of New York.
The total?
Continue reading "NYC Trying to Make Embassies Fork Over $18M in Parking Fines" »
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From left, actress Michelle Rodriguez, director James Cameron and actor
Stephen Lang sign autographs while being transported over the Red Sea
to the Nimitz-class nuclear aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower
(CVN 69) Jan. 27, 2010. Rodriguez, Cameron and Lang are members of the
cast and crew of the film Avatar and are visiting Eisenhower to meet
with Sailors as part of a Navy entertainment event. Eisenhower is
deployed as part of an ongoing rotation of forward-deployed forces to
support maritime security operations in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet
areas of responsibility (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication
Specialist 2nd Class Gina K. Wollman/Released)
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