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aavenda2

Weaker oil prices take a toll in US as companies witness share prices, profits, jobs de... - 0 views

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oil prices toll saudi

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  • aavenda2 on 11 Apr 15
     
    The lack of cooperation by Saudi to lower oil production output is hurting other countires.
tdford333

Yemen civilians shudder, bristle under bombing campaign - US News - 0 views

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civilian yemen

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  • As Saudi-led airstrikes pound Yemen rebels, UN and Red Cross alarmed over civilian casualties
  • The U.N. human rights office in Geneva said that in the past five days, at least 93 civilians have been killed and 364 wounded in five Yemeni cities engulfed in the violence, including, Sanaa. The overall figures are likely much higher and it was not immediately clear if the casualties cited by Geneva referred to just airstrikes or the strikes and fighting between Yemen's warring factions. The Saudi-led coalition says rebels have set up positions near civilians but that it is doing its best to avoid civilian casualties
  • tdford333 on 03 Apr 15
     
    Almost 100 civilians have been killed and 364 injured in Yemen due to the fighting there. The toll is weighing heavy on civilians and causing a humanitarian crisis.
wmulnea

Three Years After Gadhafi's Death, Libya Slides Into Civil War As Death Toll Rises In B... - 0 views

www.ibtimes.com/th-toll-rises-benghazi-1707824

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  • sliding further and further into all-out civil war, with pro-government forces battling Islamist militias for power in the eastern city of Benghazi, where the revolution that ousted Gadhafi started in 2011. 
  • renegade army general Khalifa Hifter, the man who has assembled a militia of former Libyan soldiers and is leading them on a campaign to oust Islamists from the country.
  • He is now at the head of a militia that supports moderate values against radical Islam in a campaign called "Operation Dignity." 
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  • The new Libyan House of Representatives, which was elected in June, has formally announced its alliance with Hifter on Monday
  • But other Arab nations are intervening directly in the conflict.
  • Hifter would now lead Libyan army soldiers as well in the fight against the Islamist militias.
  • Operation Dawn, seized Tripoli in August, parliament and the rest of the government have all decamped to faraway Tobruk, in the eastern end of the country close to Egypt.  
  • Egyptian officials told the Associated Press that Egyptian warplanes, operated by Libyan pilots, were bombing Islamist militias in Libya. Both Libyan and Egyptian officials later denied those reports, and aviation experts said it was highly unlikely that Libyan pilots would have the skills needed.   On Monday, the presidents of Egypt and Sudan said they would support the Libyan military.  
  • Prime Minister Abdullah al Thinni is planning to visit Moscow to seek Russian support for the army.  
hkerby2

Syria explained: What you need to know - CNN.com - 0 views

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syria explained cnn civil war President Bashar al-Assad

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  • hkerby2 on 31 Mar 15
     
    This link is considered a refresher course on the Syrian civil war. It mentions how it started, who's involved, the reasoning behind the fighting, the death toll, the leadership, and much more.
eyadalhasan

Oil's Decline Takes Toll on Saudi Conglomerate - 0 views

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OIL Saudi economic

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  • eyadalhasan on 29 Mar 16
     
    A construction conglomerate at the center of Saudi Arabia's petrodollar-fueled economic boom is teetering under billions of dollars of debt, bankers and financial advisers familiar with the matter said, showing the strain of cheap oil on the kingdom and its companies.
eyadalhasan

Oil rout and global volatility take toll on Dubai - 0 views

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economic oil recession

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  • eyadalhasan on 17 Mar 16
     
    A closely watched indicator of Dubai's economic health on Wednesday revealed the first contraction of its private sector economy since the recession of 2009, underlining the growing impact on the city-state of low oil prices and global economic
benjaming9

Intervening in Syria and the humanitarian case: What does the research say? Journalist'... - 1 views

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Humanitarian crisis

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      benjaming9 on 05 Sep 14
       
      Chemical weapons just shed light to already alarming crisis
  • But even prior to the use of chemical weapons, Syria was a humanitarian disaster: The U.N. estimates the death toll at more than 100,000, with some 2 million refugees displaced.
  • benjaming9 on 05 Sep 14
     
    Syrian Crisis 
diamond03

BBC News - Egypt: Deadly risks, but female genital mutilation persists - 0 views

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news egypt risks female genital revolution

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  • youngster was frighten
  • female genital mutilation (FGM). She did not survive it
  • small farming communit
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  • r lived and died
  • bedrock of faith and tradition
  • Both play a role in perpetuating FGM
  • It has been outlawed since 2008
  • religious duty
  • highest prevalence rates in the world.
  • Over 90%
  • under 50 have experienced it, according to government figures.
  • removal of all or part of the external genitalia
  • promoting chastity.
  • still widely practised in Egyp
  • girls aged between nine and 13
  • young as six,
  • unconfirmed reports of newborns being subjected to it.
  • "It is God's will
  • asked if it was right to subject Suhair to FGM
  • "Yes of course,
  • People here are used to i
  • circumcision, girls are full of lust
  • Hidden death toll
  • "We were four sisters, and we were circumcised in one day
  • Afterwards they gave us food and drinks."
  • Gypsies used to carry out the circumcisions, she told us, placing dust and salt on the wounds
  • 70% of FGM procedures in Egypt.
  • "It's perceived as being safer, but no-one learns how to do this at medical school. We should definitely assume more girls are dying as Suhair did,
  • his is a form of violence against children”
  • private clinic in his home.
  • dozen procedures carried out there every day.
  • enied performing FGM on Suhair and said he had only treated her for genital warts.
  • Dr Halawa on trial, together with Suhair's father, who brought her to his clinic
  • FGM is hard to quash
  • "The case has started a debate among the liberal-minded," said Mohamed Ismail, who works for a local women's rights organisation.
  • A thousand or so girls were circumcised after she died."
  • plans to have the curly-haired infant circumcised, by a doctor, when she reaches her teens
  • "In the past there was ignorance,
  • brought barbers to their homes to circumcise girls.
  • we are more modern
  • Campaigners warn that it will take more than one prosecution to spare other girls. More on This Story
  • they just turn up at the doctor's office with their daughters.
  • This is a form of violence against children,"
  • "It's an irreversible act. There are mental and physical scars that stay with the girl for a lifetime."
  • only one opponent of FGM in Suhair's village
  • "It's a very bad thing for girls," said Amira. "There's no need for it. It's wrong because it's dangerous."
  • he problem is the mentality of the farmers."
  • still easy to arrange.
  • Egypt: Deadly risks, but female genital mutilation persists
  • diamond03 on 27 Oct 14
     
    The article mentions an ogling trial about FGM. A young girl Suhair died during the procedure. Outlawed in 2008, FGM continues to happen.
tdford333

Aid for Yemen Dwindles as Need Rises Amid Chaos - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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yemen medical

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  • Aid for Yemen Dwindles
  • Residents said that water had been cut off for days and that electricity was out for hours at a time.
  • raising fears of a lengthy war that is expanding the destabilizing regional conflict between the Persian Gulf monarchies and Iran.
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  • aid agencies intensified their warnings on Tuesday about the toll on civilians and hospitals, which are running critically low on medical supplies.
  • The Houthis, acknowledging their alliance with Iran but denying acting on its orders, have been able to extend their offensive despite intensifying airstrikes by Saudi warplanes across Yemen.
  • physicians had treated more than 500 people in the last two weeks in Aden, including burn victims from explosions at an ammunition depot and passengers on a bus that had apparently come under shelling.
  • unable to reinforce its surgical teams or bring in supplies
  • not been able to negotiate the safe arrival of the aircraft.
  • tdford333 on 03 Apr 15
     
    Battle in Yemen has left many displaced and in need of goods and healthcare. The blockade has made it difficult for humanitarian organizations to deliver aid to Yemen.
ccfuentez

Modern-day slavery ensnares millions worldwide - World - CBC News - 0 views

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human-trafficking Syria abused International Labour Organization

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  • Millions of men, women and children around the world were victims of modern slavery last year, according to a new U.S. report of human trafficking.
  • he dark underbelly of human trafficking, an umbrella term that includes sexual exploitation, child prostitution, forced labour and debt bondage
  • First-hand accounts from victims highlighted the physical and psychological toll of modern slavery.
  • ccfuentez on 03 Feb 16
     
    Millions of women, children, and men fall victim to modern day slavery especially in the Middle East. Syria was listed as the worst offender in 2012. Victims of human trafficking suffer physical, mental, and emotional abuse while they are taken prisoner. 
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