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Charity:Water - 0 views

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    Charity:water is a nonprofit organization that brings clean and safe drinking water to people in developing countries. In this article charity:water has helped Uganda put in safe water wells for the women to collect in a more efficient way to bring back to their families. Without this, the women would continue to walk three miles a day to a putrid river or a disease infested swamp. This brought disease and death more many children and families. But with the help from charity:water, the CDR will improve along with HDI.
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Mistrust Threatens Delicate Balance at a Sacred Site in Jerusalem - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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  • Amid roiling unrest over a contested Old City holy site, the
  • this month declared that the name used for the site by Jews, the Temple Mount, was “null and void.” Instead, the
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  • group said, the compound — “a symbol for all
  • must be called Al Aqsa Mosque or the Noble Sanctuary.
  • The real struggle over the site, however, is not over semantics but over sovereignty, between two peoples who seem unable to find a way to simply share.
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  • The attacks
  • contend that threats to the holy site were the prime motivation of the violence.
  • have shattered Israelis’ sense of security but in many cases only strengthened their assertions of ownership.
  • Jewish presence at the site
  • “The Israelis try to force it — it’s not through negotiation, it’s not through discussion, it’s not through any rational means: They use the police, they come in a brutal manner to take over the place,” said Ali Qleibo,
  • “The security argument is also a religious argument, it’s an argument about the No. 1 principle in Judaism, which is thou shalt not spill blood.”
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    In this current event, territory conflicts among Jews and Palestinians arise due to their different beliefs dealing with the city of Jerusalem and the boundary between the two religious groups. What will the Jews and Palestinians do to resolve their disputes over this issue?
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Thousands Of Illegal Immigrant Children Will Be Able To Attend Public Schools - 0 views

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    Many children are crossing the border to the US to have a better life, which will put a strain on the US budget. The theme of mobility is shown in this current event. The immigrants move from place to place bringing their ideas and practices, which will eventually change the culture.
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