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Dogs on death row - North Sulawesi

The current state of animal welfare, and in particular dogs, in North Sulawesi. Dogs are processed for human consumption in a market in the remote...

by Alan Tibbotts in Indonesia on 20/10/2011

Society

Liberia still recovering from past 14 years of war - Monrovia

Liberia will go to the polls on November 8th this year in the second presidential election since the end of a brutal 14-year civil war. A peaceful...

by Tommy Trenchard in Liberia on 01/08/2011

Behind annual figures for greyhounds adopted lies another story; one that demonstrates a blatant disregard for the welfare of racing dogs on the part of their trainers and owners.

Society

Rescue speaks out on cruelty to greyhounds

Behind annual figures for greyhounds adopted lies another story; one that demonstrates a blatant disregard for the welfare of racing dogs on the part...

by Sighthound in United Kingdom on 12/05/2011

BREAKING NEWS

20/10/2011 - Dogs on death row - North Sulawesi - Indonesia - The current state of animal welfare,...
01/08/2011 - Liberia still recovering from past 14 years of war - Monrovia - Liberia - Liberia will go to the polls on...
27/04/2011 - Current state of cockfighting in the Philippines - Panglau - Philippines - A look at the current state of the...
22/04/2011 - Good Friday in Jerusalem - Israel - Christian pilgrims flocked to Jerusalem...
28/11/2010 - Strike protesting against terror Attack, Dhaka - Bangladesh - The southern region bound launches...
23/11/2010 - Port-au-Prince ten months after earthquake, Haiti - Haiti - Images from Port au Prince during the...
13/11/2010 - Campaign Against the Fur Trade Marches through London - United Kingdom - 300 animal rights activists marched...
12/11/2010 - Justice For CJD Victims Protesters Opposite Downing Street, London - United Kingdom - Protesters seek Justice from the UK...
14/09/2010 - Liberian Refugees on the Ivory Coast - Tabou Guiglo - Ivory Coast - Long after the end of the Liberian...
24/06/2010 - Indonesian migrant Workers are deported from Malaysia - Indonesia - 153 Indonesian workers are repatriated...

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Tibetans hold protest over Occupation by China - London
A vigil was held outside the Chinese embassy, one of many world-wide, following a call by the Kalon Tripa, the exiled Tibetan PM, for solidarity with people in Tibet who continue to suf...
In pictures: The orphans of Haiti - Port au Prince
As the world observes Global Orphan Week attention is being drawn to Haiti, whose population of 9 million has a staggering 370,000 orphans, even before the 2010 earthquake and recent hu...
Italian National Women's U19 team in West Bank for match - Bethlehem
The Italian Women's National Team under 19 is in the West Bank city of Bethlehem for two friendly matches with the Palestinian national team. Palestinian Territory. 6th February 20...
Displaced families from Kandahar province suffer in the cold - Kabul
Internally displaced families from the southern provinces have urged the government to provide them with basic amenities of life in their make-shift arrangements outside Kabul. Afghanis...
Protest against bicycle lanes
Palestinians protest against the construction of bicycle lanes in the neighborhood of French Hill. Jerusalem, Israel. 5th February 2012
Thala, the coldest city in Tunisia, is also the most impoverished
Located over 1,000 meters above sea level, Thala suffers every winter by the harsh climate, the extreme poverty of its inhabitants in an area that receives no aid from the state. Thala,...
Patient undergoes treatment ahead of World Cancer Day - Agartala
Nearly 80% of cancer patients in India are in the advanced stages of suffering when they come to hospitals, compared to 20% in the West. World Cancer Day on February 4th, is an occasion...
Homeless sleep rough on benches - Thessaloniki
Homeless people could be seen sleeping rough on benches in the central parks and squares of the city. Their individual predicaments were not known but some are thought to be suffering f...
Cold front kills dozens in Ukraine - Lviv
Forty-three people have died in the Ukraine since the cold snap began last week, the Emergency Situations Ministry in Kiev said. Many of them had died after drinking alcohol, then faili...
Woman locked in bathroom for past decade poses for photos - Ramallah
Baraa Melhem poses for a photo at her mother's house in the West Bank city of Ramallah. The 21-year-old Palestinian woman has told authorities she was locked in a bathroom for the ...
In pictures: Hall of Last Supper - Jerusalem
The Last Supper is the final meal that, according to Christian belief, Jesus shared with His Apostles in Jerusalem before his crucifixion. The Last Supper provides the scriptural basis ...
UN Special Rapporteur Raquel Rolnik in Sheikh Jarrah
Raquel Rolnik, the UN Special Rapporteur on adequate housing, during a visit to the neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah to listen to their problems. Jerusalem, Israel. 30th January 2012
 Communist Party of Bangladesh warns of danger by militants - Dhaka
The Communist Party of Bangladesh alerted the incumbent government saying that the militant can cause danger at any time. Leaders said, “Jamaat, along with other collaborators, are tryi...
Security alert closes the port of Dover - Kent
A bomb disposal team was called to the port of Dover after two vehicles containing what were believed to be decommissioned firearms were examined by the military. The drivers of the veh...
Coldiretti gives fruits and vegetables to families and pensioners
Fruit and vegetables were offered by the National Confederation of Farmers (Coldiretti) as gifts to pensioners and families in need, following a strike that has devastated the shelves i...
Animal Rights activists protest the mass murder of stray animals
Animal activists, human rights activists, pet owners and several dogs picketed the Cabinet of Ministers in protest of the government's killing of stray animals in preparation for E...
Kuwaiti Bedoons call for official Kuwaiti citizenship - London
A small group of Kuwaiti Bedoons living in the UK gathered outside Downing Street to implore the British Government to use its influence and help them in their bid for official Kuwaiti ...
The last of the Franco repressed
Reprisals and retaliation we live. The last fighters and fighters who were prisoners in the jails of dictatorship.
Ethiopians march for equality in Israel - Jerusalem
Thousands of Ethiopians and supporters join Mulet Hararo, who set out on a 70Km 3-day trek to Jerusalem from his home in Kiryat Malachi, at the Wohl Rose Garden opposite the Knesset pro...
Ghulam Azam taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital
Former Jamaat-e-Islami chief Ghulam Azam is taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital Wednesday for MRI (magnetic resonance imaging). He is said to be suffering from age-related health co...