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Human Trafficking Modern Day Slavery
Human Rights   Human Trafficking in the World   Photos   USA   Wikipedia: Human trafficking  
 Swissinfo 
U.S. says Thailand, Malaysia, Venezuela among worst human trafficking centres
Arab Spring | Reuters | June 20, 2014 - 16:59 | By David Brunnstrom | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States downgraded Thailand, Malaysia and Venezuela on Friday to its list of the world's worst ce... (photo: WN / Bright Mills)
File - A boy plays with a soccer ball inside Zaatri refugee camp, host to tens of thousands of Syrians displaced by conflict, near Mafraq, Jordan, 7 December, 2012.
Human Rights   Photos   Refugee Crisis   UN   Wikipedia: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees  
 The Guardian 
Global refugee figure passes 50m for first time since second world war
UNHCR report says more than half of those displaced are children, with aids organisations reaching breaking point | Women and their children sit outside their tents at the Zam Zam refugee camp for int... (photo: UN / Mark Garten)
FILE - In this Jan. 30, 2008 file photo, the logo of Swiss Bank UBS on Zurich's Bahnhofstrasse, Switzerland. U.S. government official says Swiss banking giant UBS will give the IRS the details of more than 4,000 client accounts, under a deal to end a contentious international lawsuit. The agreement is scheduled to be formally announced later Wednesday morning, Aug. 19, 2009  Swissinfo 
UBS Belgium Chief Quizzed in Multibillion-Euro Tax-Fraud Case
Banks in turmoil | Bloomberg business | June 19, 2014 - 13:10 | June 19 (Bloomberg) -- Belgian investigators are questioning the head of UBS AG’s local arm today as part of a multibillion-euro tax f... (photo: AP / Walter Bieri)
Banking Fraud   Marcel Bruehwiler   Photos   UBS Belgium   Wikipedia: Bank fraud  
Beginning of the Blue Nile River by its outlet from Lake Tana. The lake has a number of islands, whose numbers vary depending on the level of the lake; it has fallen about 6 feet (1.8 m) in the last 400 years.  The Guardian 
Is the UN turning its back on the human right to water?
By focusing on access rather than on rights, the UN sustainable development goal on water won't eliminate inequality | A Unicef team collects water from the Nile to be treated with chlorine near Juba ... (photo: Creative Commons / Ondej vek)
Health   Photos   Pollution   Water Crisis   Wikipedia: United Nations  
Top Stories
Hyena - Animal - Wildlife - Zoo The Siasat Daily
Water crisis hits Rajasthan wildlife sanctuary
Jaipur, June 09: | The death of at least 10 panthers in Kumbhalgarh Wildlife Sanctuary over last six months has again raised the problem of scarce water in Rajasthan's wi... (photo: WN / hend)
Photos   Rajasthan   Tourism   Wikipedia: Rajasthan   Wildlife  
Australian opposition leader Tony Abbott speaks at a parliamentary dinner in Canberra, Australia, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011. Canberra Times
Tony Abbott seeks alliance to thwart President Obama on climate change policy
Where am I? Tony Abbott arrives in Ottawa on Sunday Photo: Andrew Meares | Tony Abbott is seeking a conservative alliance among "like-minded" countries, aiming to dismant... (photo: AP / Charles Dharapak)
Australia   Barack Obama   Photos   Tony Abbott   Wikipedia: Climate change  
The Marshall Islands - Majuro - Burial grounds The Daily Telegraph
World War Two skeletons washed from Marshall Islands graves 'by rising seas'
Related Articles | US drift study backs Marshalls castaway's remarkable tale 16 Feb 2014 | Too incredible to be true? Survivor tells of ordeal 03 Feb 2014 | Seas washing ... (photo: European Community / Stefan Lins)
Marshall Islands   Photos   Skeleton   US Navy   Wikipedia: World War II  
The Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting (Independent Charge), Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Independent Charge) and Parliamentary Affairs, Shri Prakash Javadekar addressing on the occasion of the World Environment Day, in New Delhi on June 05, 2014. Newstrack India
Javadekar calls for cooperation to protect environment
Tweet | New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar Thursday called for "collective partnership of all stake h... (photo: PIB of India)
Business   Environment   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Prakash Javadekar  
Taj Mahal at Agra -tourism-India. Khaleej Times
Taj Mahal: A victim of man and nature
June 5 is World Environment Day | India’s tourism icon and a symbol of earthly love, the 17th century white marble mausoleum, the Taj Mahal, is a victim of both nat... (photo: WN / Sayali Santosh Kadam)
Bagh-e-Baahist   Braj Heritage Society   Noxious Gas   Photos   Wikipedia: Taj Mahal  
A THIRSTY CRAIN BIRD  DRINK WATER AT RAMNABAGAN MINI ZOO IN BURDWAN IN EASTERN INDIA ---- WN/BHASKAR MALLICK San Francisco Chronicle
Here's How Long A Person Can Survive Without Water
BI Answers: How many days can a human survive without water? | We can't live on air and sunshine alone. The human body needs food and water to survive.  | A human ca... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
Health   Photos   Research   Science   Wikipedia: Water  
Climate Change Environment and Nature
- Climate change training forum tomorrow
- Barack Obama praises Kiwi prime minister as climate change a
- Death penalty, climate change, and Redskins: Letters
- On climate change: Perot Museum’s stance disappointing
File - A view of the landscape near Uummannaq, Greenland, and the fastest moving glacier on the planet. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon visits Uummannaq Greenland with the PM of Denmark and the PM of Greenland to witness the fastest moving glacier on the planet.
Climate change will ‘cost world far more than estimated’
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- St. Vincent and the Grenadines urged to Develop a Clear Poli
- Fight Against The Chikungunya Outbreak In SVG Continues (Gov
- Tasmanian Government calls for developers to pitch projects
- Test city abuzz for world record match
President Barack Obama gestures during a Medal of Honor ceremony in the East Room of the White House on Tuesday, March 18, 2014, in Washington. Obama awarded 24 Army veterans the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry in recognition of their valor during major combat operations in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War.
White House task force charged with saving bees from mysterious decline
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Desalination Hydrology
- On water: A coordinated plan is needed; Desalination is a gr
- Trans-Tasman kayaker running out of supplies
- Your water is not endangered — and not for sale
- Why Californians Will Soon Be Drinking Their Own Pee
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- Floods kill 12 people after torrential rain in East Bulgaria
- A list of storm-protection work funded by $100M
- A list of storm-protection work funded by $100M
- A list of storm-protection work funded by $100M
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Hydropower Oceans and Seas
- Ten teenagers rescued after floodgates opened at Tenughat da
- 10 boys rescued after floodgates opened at Tenughat dam
- Beas tragedy: one more body found
- Beas tragedy: One more swollen body recovered
24 students from Hyderabad feared drowned in Beas river
24 students from Hyderabad feared drowned in Beas river; Irani assures all help to HP
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- Clearance cloud over sea wall - Geotube project to check soi
- Protecting the Health of the Ocean: A Worldwide Challenge
- Commentary: Florida’s ocean and coastal ecosystems need ac
- Obama pushes scheme to cede U.S. oceans to U.N.
The Marshall Islands - Majuro - Burial grounds
World War Two skeletons washed from Marshall Islands graves 'by rising seas'
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Global Warming Water Pollution
- >Three Global Warming Skeptics Win Awards
- Exporting Natural Gas Ignores Global Warming and Energy Chal
- Global warming of the Earth’s surface has decelerated (Vie
- Interview: Chinese envoy calls for greater efforts from int&
File - A view of the landscape near Uummannaq, Greenland, and the fastest moving glacier on the planet. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon visits Uummannaq Greenland with the PM of Denmark and the PM of Greenland to witness the fastest moving glacier on the planet.
Climate change will ‘cost world far more than estimated’
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- Egypt court confirms death sentence on Brotherhood leader
- Iraqi militants take border post with Syria
- NGRBA recommends new legislation for the river management
- Climate change training forum tomorrow
Human Trafficking Modern Day Slavery
U.S. says Thailand, Malaysia, Venezuela among worst human trafficking centres
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