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Six Months to Copenhagen
Friday, 12 June 2009 09:52 The UN climate talks wrapped up today. These talks were the second of six lined up this year, with the goal of reaching a post-2012 global climate agreement by December in Copenhagen at the annual meeting of the Conference of Parties to the UN Conven...
Double Lives
Thursday, 11 June 2009 13:55 We are parents who hold our children on our lap while listening to conference calls about the latest developments in fighting poverty. We are individuals who hold corporate jobs and sneak to an empty cubicle to call our politicians on pending humanit...
Words Matter
Tuesday, 09 June 2009 17:52 Words are pretty important at these UN climate talks in Bonn, Germany. Over the past nine days, my CARE colleagues and I have been meeting with negotiators in Bonn and suggesting what words should (or is it shall?) be included in the legal ...
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Little Man
Monday, 29 June 2009 12:34
by Rick Perera, Media
& Communications Officer
Just 12 years old, he carries the weight of the world on his
narrow shoulders. The eldest of five
children of a widowed mother, Sajjad Ahmad feels responsible for his family. It’s no...
A crime against hope
Thursday, 11 June 2009 12:01 Blog by Rick Perera, Media Officer, CARE International in Pakistan:
ISLAMABAD – It’s become depressingly familiar: a tragic attack on civilians. Tuesday’s hotel bombing in Peshawar is just the latest in a string of events marring this beaut...
Can't we do more?
Thursday, 11 June 2009 11:24 Blog by Rick Perera, Media Officer, CARE International in Pakistan:
ISLAMABAD
-- It’s frustrating to sit in an air-conditioned office while 150 kilometers
away people are crowded dozens to a room in the simple homes of generous but
poor ...
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Latest News From Around The Web
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UN chief begins mission in Burma
The UN secretary general visits Burma to seek the release of political prisoners including Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Air France Jet Hit Water Largely Intact
Air France Flight 447 plunged vertically into the Atlantic Ocean intact at a very high speed, a French investigator said, adding that problems with the plane's speed sensors weren't the direct cause.
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Latest Blogs From Around The Web
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You Can't Push These Guys Around
When I was 15, I went to a birthday party for one of my cousins. I was trying to get closer to my f
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Comment: World Vision's wishes for next weeks G-8
With the G-8 meeting in Italy next week, aid organizations around the world are making their voices heard on what they would like to see done. Advocacy campaigns director for World Vision Patrick Watt, has written an opinion that the G-8 needs to fir...
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