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13 hrs ago | Daily Monitor

Floods displace 15,000

Heavy rains have again hit several parts of Uganda, leading to two deaths, destruction of property and displacement of at least 15,000, people.

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Related Topix: World News, Uganda, Africa, Malawi, Weather, Natural Disasters

22 hrs ago | The Winnipeg Free Press

Massive famine solemnly marked

Halina Matwijiw was six the year she lived through the Ukrainian famine in the fall of 1932 and the winter of 1933.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters

Sun Nov 16, 2008

The Hill Times

Holodomor was arguably a crime against humanity without parallel in European history

Those who survived knew that the famine of 1932-1933 in Soviet Ukraine was a deliberate, politically-engineered catastrophe whose victims numbered in the many millions yet few dared even whisper about this ...

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Related Topix: Europe, Ukraine, Natural Disasters

Journal Gazette

Do not be intimidated by Ethiopia

Out of a possible 5 $ There is a sense of intimidation when trying a new restaurant, especially when it is one that serves something way outside the norm.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Dining, Fort Wayne, IN, Natural Disasters, Baked Goods, Bread

Sat Nov 15, 2008

Pravda

Russia condemns Ukraine for distorting history

Dmitry Medvedev sent a message to his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yushchenko in which he harshly criticized his approach to famine in Ukraine in 1932-1933. Medvedev also refused to participate in the ...

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Ukraine, Russia, Asia, Viktor Yushchenko, Natural Disasters

New Vision

Better living will check population growth

By Paul Busharizi The State of Uganda Population Report 2008 was released this week.

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Related Topix: World News, Uganda, Africa, Natural Disasters, Agriculture, Science

Fri Nov 14, 2008

Canoe

Story of genocide endures on web

Stephan Horlatsch will never forget being 12-years-old and finding his relatives who starved to death during the famine in the Ukraine.

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ITAR-TASS

Medvedev criticises Yushchenko's "Holodomor" policy

President Dmitry Medvedev has addressed a message to Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, the Kremlin Press Service reported on Friday.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Ukraine, Viktor Yushchenko, Natural Disasters

Contra Costa Times

Thomas Sowell: Once again, pushing phony intellectualism

AMONG THE many wonders expected from an Obama administration, if Nicholas D. Kristof of the New York Times is to be believed, is ending "the anti-intellectualism that has long been a strain in American life." ...

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters

Thu Nov 13, 2008

Sky News

Smuggling, Sex And Slavery

People are fleeing their homeland with the promise of new lives and jobs - only to find themselves forced into lives of slavery and prostitution in China.

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Related Topix: Asia, North Korea, World News, Natural Disasters, Entertainment

Wed Nov 12, 2008

Carolina Peacemaker

Pray for Africa

'It had its beginning in the year 1619 when the first Negro slaves landed on the shores of this nation.

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Related Topix: World News, South Africa, Africa, Natural Disasters, Congo

IWPR

Grim Harvest Predictions

It rained in most parts of Zimbabwe last week, signalling the official start of the planting season in this troubled country.

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Related Topix: World News, Zimbabwe, Africa, Agriculture, Science, Weather, Natural Disasters, Heat Wave, Movement for Democratic Change (Zimbabwe)

Newsday.com

Patchogue looks to heal after death

Last Saturday, on a balmy night, four blocks separated two very different images of the village of Patchogue.

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Related Topix: Patchogue, NY, Natural Disasters, Education Etc., Sayville, NY

Tue Nov 11, 2008

Free Republic

Thomas Sowell: "Intellectuals"

Among the many wonders to be expected from an Obama administration, if Nicholas D. Kristof of the New York Times is to be believed, is ending "the anti-intellectualism that has long been a strain in American ...

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Related Topix: Illinois, Natural Disasters

International Herald Tribune

UN food agency to double aid for Zimbabwe's hungry

GENEVA : The U.N. food agency will double the number of Zimbabweans it feeds because of the famine in the impoverished African country, officials said Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Agriculture, Science, Business News

Journal News

Ukraine's mass starvation recalled in Yonkers

YONKERS - When they heard the toning of the bell, people stepped outside to find two black coffins being carried outside their doors, led by a procession of about 100 Ukrainians and Ukrainian-Americans. ...

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Related Topix: Yonkers, NY, Natural Disasters

Mon Nov 10, 2008

UNIAN

Ukrainian honour for Welsh journalist who exposed famine

A pioneering Welsh journalist who alerted the world to widespread famine in Stalin's Soviet Union is to receive a posthumous award from the Ukrainian government, Wales Online reported.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters

NEWSgrist

Cooper Union Removes Picasso/Stalin Banner

Cooper Union removed a banner showing a 1953 Picasso portrait of Stalin from the facade of its historic Foundation Building on East Seventh Street.

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