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Aid workers kidnapped in Darfur, Afghanistan
07 Jul 2009 16:02:00 GMT
Author: Michael Kleinman

This blog post is taken from Michael Kleinman's change.org blog on humanitarian relief

Bad, bad week on the abductions front. Last Friday night, gunmen kidnapped two aid workers in Darfur - the two women, one Irish and one Ugandan, work for Goal.

They were taken from the compound in Kutum, North Darfur shortly after nightfall. The kidnappers identity is still unclear.

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Russia: Reactions to OSCE Hitler-Stalin resolution
07 Jul 2009 08:51:29 GMT
Author: Global Voices

LJ community Politika v Rossii posts [RUS] an online poll to find out blogger reactions to a recent OSCE resolution comparing the crimes of Hitler and Stalin, showing interesting results.

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Bosnia-Serbia: Leak of secret Srebrenica documents
07 Jul 2009 08:08:53 GMT
Author: Global Voices

Srebrenica Genocide Blog reports that classified documents, implicating deeper involvement of Serbia-Montenegro in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre in Bosnia-Herzegovina, have been leaked from the Hague Tribunal.

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Kyrgyzstan: UNESCO shields environment
05 Jul 2009 09:45:12 GMT
Author: Global Voices

Elena reports that Sulamain-Too, the Sacred Mountain, has become the Kyrgyzstans first site to be inscribed on UNESCOs World Heritage List.

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Japan: Aokigahara and Suicide
03 Jul 2009 16:58:26 GMT
Author: Global Voices

Matt Holland at Feedbackward on Aokigahara, and Meaningful Suicide in Japan - The ubiquitous and accessible nature of trains in Japan make them a logical and effective choice for those attempting suicide, but it is Aokigahara, the forest situated at the base of iconic Mount Fuji that hosts the most suicides of any location in Japan, and is second in the world only to the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.

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