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August 2007

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Community Demands End to Landmines After Farmers' Deaths

31.08.2007 BOGOTA, Aug 31 (OneWorld) - A Colombian indigenous community has called for an end to the use of anti-personnel mines in the country after an explosion killed two men.

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From: OneWorld US
Related topics/regions: [Colombia] [Indigenous rights] [Justice and crime] [Conflict] [Landmines] [Security]

Image: Landmine. © Spinndoctor (flickr)

U.S. Poverty Data Raise New Questions About Cost of War

More and more Americans' finances just aren't working out.

31.08.2007 NEW YORK, Aug 31 (OneWorld) - It is one of the most affluent countries in the world, but sill millions of people in the United States find it very difficult to put a nice meal on their dinner table.

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From: OneWorld US
Related topics/regions: [United States] [Poverty] [Governance] [Conflict]

Image: More and more Americans' finances just aren't working out. © Moving Ideas Network

Iraq War Resisters to Get Boost from Veterans Group

U.S. Army medic Augustin Aguayo filed for conscientious objector status and refused a second tour of duty in Iraq.

20.08.2007 SAINT LOUIS, Aug 20 (OneWorld) - Members of a leading Iraq war veterans' organization voted this weekend to launch a campaign encouraging U.S. troops to refuse to fight.

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From: OneWorld US
Related topics/regions: [Iraq] [United States] [Activism] [Peace]

Image: U.S. Army medic Augustin Aguayo filed for conscientious objector status and refused a second tour of duty in Iraq. © aguayodefense.org

Thousands displaced by blast in Kashmir India

20.08.2007 The fire at an Indian army ammunitions base in Jammu and Kashmir has made over 30,000 people homeless. According to the officials it could take up to six months to clear the area of unexploded shells.

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Related topics/regions: [India] [South Asia] [Emergency relief] [Civil rights] [Governance]

Lebanon Army 'Torturing Palestinian Refugees'

14.08.2007 BADDAWI CAMP, Northern Lebanon, Aug 13 (IPS) - Palestinians displaced by the fighting at the northern Lebanese refugee camp Nahr al-Bared have accused the Lebanese Army of torturing and abusing civilians.

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From: Inter Press Service (IPS)
Related topics/regions: [Lebanon] [Refugees] [Human rights] [Social exclusion] [Security] [Terrorism]