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Further Victims Identified in DRC Mass Rapes Case

Syndicated from Common Dreams on Thu, 2010-09-02

by Aprille Muscara

UNITED NATIONS - The number of women raped by rebel groups during last month's raid of more than a dozen villages centred around Walikale, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has risen to over 240, U.N.

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Risks Remain With Gulf Well Cap Coming Off, Govt. Offers No Promises Oil Won't Gush

Syndicated from Common Dreams on Thu, 2010-09-02

by Harry R.

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(en) Debate on Industrial Organising in Australia - Project "X" - Worker Solidarity Network Manifesto

Syndicated from A-Infos (English) on Thu, 2010-09-02

We have a problem. Australia currently has the lowest rate of strikes and industrial
action in history. The Fair Work legislation, and previously the Work Choices legislation,
limits the legality of industrial action to a complicated system of "protected" action,
where workers must vote in favour of industrial action, which can only be carried out
during a limited bargaining period.

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Feds Warn Residents Near Wyoming Gas Drilling Sites Not To Drink Their Water

Syndicated from Common Dreams on Thu, 2010-09-02

by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica

The federal government is warning residents in a small Wyoming town with extensive natural gas development not to drink their water, and to use fans and ventilation when showering or washing clothes in order to avoid the risk of an explosion.

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NATO Probes Afghan Civilian Deaths Claims

Syndicated from Common Dreams on Thu, 2010-09-02

KUNDUZ, Afghanistan - An Afghan official said Thursday that 10 election campaigners had been killed in an airstrike by international forces in the relatively peaceful north of the country.

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Pakistan flood relief work

Syndicated from International Viewpoint on Thu, 2010-09-02

Three members of Home Based Women Workers Federation Zehra Khan, Irfana Jabbar and Shahla Rizwan visited 15 flood relief camps and distributed dry food and clothes among women and men in Moro 28 to 30th August 2010 where they visited and met with women and others in the camps.

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Ethanol blend E85 case study: Iowa

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Thu, 2010-09-02

Iowa is to corn ethanol what Saudi Arabia is to oil. At present Iowa has the capacity to produce 3.5 billion gallons of ethanol per year, which is 26% of the nation's total. This is of course due to the large amount of corn production in Iowa, enabled by ample rainfall and rich topsoil.

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Time management for overworked people or planning the harvest

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Thu, 2010-09-02

It is manifestly the case that I have never fully mastered keeping things from getting overwhelming, but I get better at it every year (mostly). And there is a lot you can do to make sure that the canning and preserving don't make you crazy!

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Greenpeace Activists Arrested After Abandoning Occupation of Arctic Oil Rig

Syndicated from Common Dreams on Thu, 2010-09-02

by Severin Carrell, Scotland correspondent

Four Greenpeace activists » Read more | 149 reads «
Food: Growing community food systems

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Thu, 2010-09-02

Food systems can be a very powerful tool for resilience.

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Democracy Now! 2010-09-02 Thursday

Syndicated from Democracy Now! on Thu, 2010-09-02

Democracy Now!

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Peak oil notes - Sept 2

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Thu, 2010-09-02

A midweekly roundup of peak oil news, including:
-Prices and production
-China continues to grow

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How fools progress

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Thu, 2010-09-02

There are days I wonder if I'm out of my depth homesteading. (I'm a new homesteader in rural Ontario.

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An exemplary garden at 7,400 feet altitude

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Thu, 2010-09-02

Boulder, where I live, is approximately 5,430 feet above sea level, or just over a mile.

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Review of Brenda Boardman’s Fixing Fuel Poverty

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Thu, 2010-09-02

Brenda Boardman continues to do pioneering work in the field of fuel poverty in Britain.

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