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March 28, 2006

To The Honorable John Boozman

On your website you express the following concern and intention:

I am committed to working with Arkansas' Congressional delegation and federal officials to get Arkansas a HIDTA designation so that we can tap into those resources to help us fight the spread of these deadly drugs.
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Source:Reliefweb"(February 19, 2006) Save the Children is working to assist children and families in the central Philippines following a huge mudslide that killed hundreds of people in the village of Guinsaugon on Friday ( Read more... )

Turin winter Olympics to go carbon neutralIn what seems to be an accelerating trend, the Olympic winter games in Turin, Italy will be rendered carbon neutral and plans are being put in place to reduce resource consumption and the environmental footprint of the events ( Read more... )

World Vision is running a TV ad campaign urging people to sponsor an AIDS orphan today. A fine idea, but please do it through Foster Parents Plan or Save the Children instead. World Vision is part of the rightwing Christian evangelical movement that is trying to stop the AIDS epidemic through abstinence (i.e., wishful thinking), as opposed to

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I'm really getting frightened by how off the radar the situation in Pakistan following the earthquake has become these days. SO much help is needed, but we haven't seen ANYTHING like the awareness/attention and cooperation that Katrina and the tsunami got. It's practically a non-issue. WHY? I don't get it...and I find it strange and heartbreaking. ( Read more... )

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