tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126614902012-01-28T10:17:46.422+11:00The blog that's read by people who don't read blogs! The award winning, flagship blog of Mike Hitchen Online. Read by government departments, NGOs, and numerous agencies. First published May 2005, the blog has more than 16,000 articles and 500 plus topics including Human Rights, Corruption, Human Trafficking, Child Exploitation,Child Soldiers, Zimbabwe, Iran, Sri Lanka, Middle East, Burma and the tragic ongoing betrayal of Madeleine McCann. Truth is only dangerous to the dangerous!Mike Hitchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04941415634345652481noreply@blogger.comBlogger16255125IOnGlobalTrends-WorldNewsOpinionAnalysishttp://feedburner.google.comSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesSubscribe with PlusmoSubscribe with The Free DictionarySubscribe with Bitty BrowserSubscribe with NewsAlloySubscribe with Live.comSubscribe with Excite MIXSubscribe with Attensa for OutlookSubscribe with WebwagSubscribe with Podcast ReadySubscribe with FlurrySubscribe with WikioSubscribe with Daily Rotationtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12661490.post-64313949114759874822012-01-28T10:11:00.002+11:002012-01-28T10:17:46.433+11:002012-01-28T10:17:46.433+11:00

SOURCE Russia InsightsAnthony T. Salvia, Director of the American Institute in Ukraine, and consultant in international public advocacy and governmental affairs, has said that there is little doubt Washington would prefer that anyone but Putin win the election, even if that meant a Communist restoration under Zyuganov. Mr

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SOURCE Embassy of the Republic of the SudanThe humanitarian crisis in South Kordofan and Blue Nile is an expected, logical and inevitable consequence of the war waged by the rebels of the South Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) and the non-signatory Darfuri rebel groups, against the Government. It must be stressed that there is no higher priority for Sudan than ensuring the

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Several detainees in Libya have died in recent weeks as a result of torture, according to Amnesty International. The human rights group says the crimes were committed by the Libyan military and security forces. The accusations follow similar claims by a French medical aid agency. Thousands of Gaddafi loyalists remain behind bars, now suffering the same atrocities handed out under the late

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An independent United Nations human rights expert today urged Brazilian authorities to suspend evictions from the Pinheirinho settlement in São Paulo and find durable solutions with residents. Raquel Rolnik, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, called on the authorities to find a “peaceful and appropriate solution,” including housing alternatives, for those evicted

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UN - The United Nations today honoured the memory of the more than 1.5 million boys and girls who perished in the Holocaust, with top officials stressing the need to speak out against intolerance and to protect the lives and human rights of children around the world. “We will never know what these children might have contributed to our world. And among the survivors, many were too shattered

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By Pía Figueroa*Courtesy IDN-InDepth NewsInterview | PressenzaSANTIAGO DE CHILE (IDN) - A series of student-led protests across Chile from May to December of 2011, which have come to be known as Chilean Education Conflict, drew worldwide attention. Protesters had multifaceted goals, to begin with broadly related to lowering the costs and strengthening the role of the state in secondary and

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U.S. Department of JusticeOffice of Public Affairs WASHINGTON—The Justice Department announced today that a federal grand jury in Greenbelt, Md., has indicted Anthony McIntosh, 48, a former corrections officer at the Prince George’s County Detention Center in Upper Marlboro, Md., on three charges related to the in-custody death of a pretrial detainee, Ronnie White, on June 29,

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Photo: Mohammad Popal/IRIN. Drought in parts of Afghanistan is causing food insecurity and displacementSource: IRINMAZAR-I-SHARIF, 27 January 2012 (IRIN) - Much of Dawood Boy’s village in northern Afghanistan is empty.More than 1,000 families from Alburz in Balkh Province abandoned it 4-6 months ago after a drought affecting nearly half the country left 2.8 million people in need of food

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Nigerian president says government will engage in 'dialogue' if Boko Haram identify themselves and state clear demands.

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Source: IRNATehran, Jan 27, IRNA – OPEC member Algeria has no plans to increase its oil exports to compensate for reduction in Iranian oil exports caused by imposition of further US and EU sanctions, Algerian Energy Minister Youcef Yousfi said.“We have a fixed program for exporting our oil and this program will not change by any means,” Yousfi added. Commenting on the impact of crude oil

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Source: Voice of AmericaThe State Department says U.S. officials are very actively involved in getting Egypt to stop preventing several U.S. citizens from leaving the country. As many as five Americans, including Sam LaHood – son of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, have been stopped from boarding planes for home by Egyptian authorities. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said

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Source: Enough Project With attention focused on the tense Sudan-South Sudan talks in Addis Ababa this week, media coverage only paused for a moment to recognize yet another aerial bombardment of a refugee site in South Sudan. Not that the Sudanese government—who wasn’t specifically named as the culprit but is the only force with air

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Source: IFEX(CPJ/IFEX) - New York, January 26, 2012 - A U.S.-based journalist convicted on politicized terrorism charges in Ethiopia was sentenced to death in absentia today, while two other Ethiopian journalists received heavy prison sentences in connection with their coverage of banned opposition groups, according to news reports.Elias Kifle, exiled Ethiopian editor of the Washington-based

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Source: International Crisis Group Jakarta/Brussels | 26 Jan 2012 Involvement in violent campaigns against vice and religious deviance has become one pathway to terrorism in Indonesia. Indonesia: From Vigilantism to Terrorism in Cirebon , the latest briefing from the International Crisis Group, examines

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Egyptians moving past fear through filmby Rasha DewedarCairo - In the year following the Egyptian revolution, a newfound freedom of expression is breaking the silence about crucial issues in Egypt that were previously considered taboo. A recently released feature film is a practical example of how art in Egypt can be an effective tool in shaping community awareness and overcoming silence.Asmaa is

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SOURCE Kingdom of BahrainYesterday, Bahrain was elected as a vice president of the UNESCO International Bureau of Education (IBE) after a vote from the IBE Council's 28 member states.Based in Geneva, Switzerland, IBE builds networks throughout the world to assist with curriculum development and educational policies. It works under the "Education for All" goals adopted at the World Education

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Iran's threatening to switch off its oil supplies to Europe before the EU embargo comes into force in July. Parliament will discuss whether to make the move next week. The EU decided to stop buying Iranian oil hoping to force Tehran back into talks over its nuclear programme. Shirin Shafaie, from the Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran, says the West is obsessed with

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The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today is honouring Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and activist Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu for his efforts in the battle against hunger and his advocacy on behalf of the world’s most vulnerable people. “I can think of no more worthy individual as a recipient of this honour, than a man who has confronted tyranny and defended the weak and the

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UN - Almost 1,100 Palestinians, over half of them children, were displaced due to home demolitions in the West Bank by Israeli forces in 2011 – over 80 per cent more than in the previous year – according to a United Nations report released today. “Demolitions and Forced Displacement in the Occupied West Bank,” prepared by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA),

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Photo: Andrew Green/IRIN. Members of the Basua community in Bundimasoli, western UgandaSource: IRINThe marginalized western Ugandan Basua community is fighting extinction; forcibly removed from their forest home two decades ago, they have struggled to cope with modern life and have been ravaged by health crises, including HIV.Uganda has two indigenous forest communities - the Batwa people of

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U.S. Attorney’s OfficeDistrict of Maryland BALTIMORE—Antonio Martinez, aka Muhammad Hussain, 22, of Baltimore, a U.S. citizen, pleaded guilty today to attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction against federal property in connection with a scheme to attack an armed forces recruiting station in Catonsville, Md. Martinez was arrested on Dec. 8, 2010, after he attempted to

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By Jamshed BaruahCourtesy IDN-InDepth NewsReportVIENNA (IDN) - Global use of nuclear power will continue to grow in the coming decades, although at a slower pace than previously projected, says Yukiya Amano, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and assures that the Agency's assistance to newcomer countries, especially those which are most advanced on the road to

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An open mouth can hit harder than a closed fist

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Today is our National holiday, so I will be taking the day off to do typically Australian things such as sheltering from the rain every time there is a public holiday! However, the blog will be back tomorrow! Wherever you may be - be safe!

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Washington is working flat out to get its hands on alleged copyright violators both at home and abroad. The founder of file-swapping website MegaUpload was arrested in New Zealand last week and could face extradition to the U.S. Rick Falkvinge, founder of the Swedish Pirate Party, believes the anti-piracy bills being pushed through Congress, will violate basic human rights.

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