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18 Jun 2010 22:27

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World: Kyrgyzstan conflict: Holy crap, there’s a lot of people who need help

  • 1M number of people directly affected by the ethnic conflict
  • 191 number of people killed in the conflict since it started last week
  • $65M the amount of help the UN is trying to get the country source
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07 Jul 2009 10:16

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World: The riot police in Urumqi, China is out in full force

In a giant battle between two groups of rival protesters fighting in a conflict over social class, you kinda need some of these guys. source
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23 Feb 2009 10:59

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World: The Tamil Tigers want a truce. Sri Lanka says no.

  • The L.T.T.E. is ready to accept the calls for a cease-fire issued by the international community with the good intention of ending the human suffering.
  • Balasingham Nadesan • Political chief of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, in a letter sent to the United Nations. The Sri Lankan separatist group will accept a conditional cease-fire as long as they get to keep their weapons. The Sri Lankan government quickly rejected the request. • source
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